🚫📰 Can we use nudges to mitigate news avoidance? Yes and no — it depends on what nudges we use! Together with @hajoboo.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social I wanted to test whether nudges can reduce news avoidance as limited news consumption—and to do so beyond established Western democracies. 🧵👇

If you submit to one new exciting conference in 2026, this could be it: @epssnet.bsky.social Deadline Nov 7 New kid on the block, with the right value set 💪🏽 @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social #polisky #Belfast epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

🚨📝 New publication: Svenja Schäfer w/ Lea Gorski and PolCom members @hannahgreber.bsky.social + @solecheler.bsky.social explored whether solutions are effective in sustainability communication and examined the attribution of responsibility through an experiment. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1751...

Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity 🧒 How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔 Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛

Had so much fun at our workshop on incivility and content moderation, based on our @wwtf.at Digital Humanism project, at the Vienna children’s university today! @amplanitzer.bsky.social @allanhanbury.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 😎🫶🏼😆

Big congratulations to Dr. @dbetakova.bsky.social, who defended her dissertation today with excellent results! Thank u so much to the reviewers @skruikemeier.bsky.social & @antoniskalog.bsky.social, & committee chair @desireeschmuck.bsky.social ! @hajoboo.bsky.social and I are more than proud. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

Another windowless room (but this time way bigger) in which I got to present first preliminary findings on how strategic politicians can *actually* be about their emotions in election campaigns 📷 @amplanitzer.bsky.social

What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? 🤔 @dbetakova.bsky.social presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social at an engaging #ICA25 panel on news avoidance 👏

What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? 👀 Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer 🙂 #ICA25 #PolComm

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@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver! From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨

📰 Empathy in journalism - meant to connect us, but can it also divide? @hannahgreber.bsky.social presents findings on the unintended side-effects of empathy-driven journalism at #ICA25 w/ @jesperstromback.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏

Welcome to the ICA conference!

YES! Come see me presenting our paper “The shadow side of empathy? Eliciting empathy in journalism and its (potentially) unintended side-effects on polarization”- w. @solecheler.bsky.social & @jesperstromback.bsky.social Sunday, 13:30, Mineral G #ica25

Presenting in the coziest corner of #ICA25 including a weird neck tilt to see the screen ✅ w/ the one and only @andiisto.bsky.social, co-authored with @solecheler.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer. Come watch me do that move again! 📅 Monday, 10:30 📍 Mineral G (again) 🗣️ „Science on the Political Stage“

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

I won something at #ica25 🥹❤️

🙂 Kicking off #ICA25 this week in beautiful Boulder, CO ⛰️ @amplanitzer.bsky.social presents our ongoing work on political information needs across neurodiverse cognitive profiles at the 2nd Disability, Communication, and Media Preconference w/ @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 👏

What a wonderful evening! Insights into inspiring teaching and doctoral research, a well-deserved birthday party and a fantastic concert of The Sound of Social Science: vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/rising-voices/

Only one week left until the ICA! 🤩 We are pleased to present an overview of the Polcomm programme. Make a note of the sessions you cannot miss!

I look great in a hat so… It was a pleasure to celebrate the 5th birthday of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences - i miss working with excellent colleagues @evakoessner.bsky.social Roman Pfefferle @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social Emma Dowling & many more 🫶🏼🫶🏼 vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/your-benefit...

This was an easy job with such a great candidate! well done and congratulations! 🎉

It still feels surreal, but on June 3, I defended my dissertation! 🎓 SO grateful to my reviewers @solecheler.bsky.social & Silke Adam, committee chair @hajoboo.bsky.social, advisors @anniewald.bsky.social & @nicolarighetti.bsky.social, co-authors Paul Balluff & Nanda Wijermans, & Team! 🙏✨ #PhDone

So proud of former PhD candidates at @polcomvienna.bsky.social , @hannahgreber.bsky.social and @teresaelena.bsky.social, who won the dissertation award of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences this year! Absolute 🌟🌟!

At #DigHum2025 conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier🌞 and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w @pia-p.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 🙂

🆕 Introducing the ✨PolComm ECR Club✨ – a new monthly online forum for early career researchers in political communication! Organized by @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social, this initiative is open to PhD students & postdocs (≤4 yrs post-PhD) in the ECPR or ECREA polcom sections!

🤩 Proud to announce the launch of our new @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Club!! 📅 First (online) session scheduled for 22 May, 1pm 📱Check the post below for details, especially the Qualtrics survey to express your interest in joining! @alenakluknavska.bsky.social

Please help spread the news! 🙏 @solecheler.bsky.social @compcommlab.bsky.social @hajoboo.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @kgattermann.bsky.social

Keynote & panel speakers from University of Vienna: ⤵️ @coeckelbergh.bsky.social, @solecheler.bsky.social, @laurakoesten.bsky.social, Christiane Wendehorst & Katja Mayer. 🤓🤩

📅 May 25-28, 2025: Digital Humanism Conference - #DigHum2025 brings together experts to discuss technology through the lens of human values and democratic principles. Challenging the digital, empowering the human. More information about the programme & speakers here: ⤵️

Congrats to the brilliant @andiisto.bsky.social !

Thank you, @icacat.bsky.social for this recognition. It truly means the world 💛 & thank you @solecheler.bsky.social, Svenja Schäfer and @hannahgreber.bsky.social for your guidance and support throughout this study 💗

Thank you to @lindabos.bsky.social for an interesting and engaging guest lecture at @univie.ac.at! Dr. Bos's lecture discussed three studies about how populist communication -- in addition to its negative aspects -- can build bridges through its other dimensions. 📝

Wir sind überzeugt davon, dass das auch so bleibt und dass die entsprechenden Anstrengungen und Unterstützungen in Zukunft noch stärker ausfallen werden. Als Mitglied der Wiener Forschungscommunity werden wir daran mitwirken. Denn wir leben und forschen gerne in Wien! 3/3

Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten in vielen Ländern schwieriger und finsterer geworden. Hier in Wien wurden die Bedingungen für Wissenschaft und Forschung in den letzten Jahren immer besser. 2/3

Für unser Team der Political Communication Research Group bietet Wien hervorragende Rahmenbedingungen. #IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien 1/3

Wie kann man einen öffentlichen Diskurs schaffen, der unserer Demokratie nicht schadet? Eine große Frage, die @polcomvienna.bsky.social an der @univie.ac.at motiviert, und die wir hoffentlich auch in den kommenden Jahren noch erforschen dürfen. #IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien

I am spending March and April at the @univie.ac.at to visit the groups of prof. dr. @solecheler.bsky.social and prof. dr. @desireeschmuck.bsky.social The first week already flew by, and I had a great start by picking up my bike to feel right at home 🚲 Looking forward to the upcoming weeks 🤩

#AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDChat #AcademicChatter ⤵

A bit more time to apply for one of these amazing PhD positions! Position #5 is co- supervised by myself, Hoster by @polcomvienna.bsky.social together with great colleagues at @compcommlab.bsky.social and @tuwieninformatics.bsky.social ! ☺️

Apply for a phd position to be part of a unique cohort of interdisciplinary researchers ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🗳️🤔 - ❤️‍🔥 🧠 🤔 Next up in our Interdisciplinary Future Thinking Lecture Series: @solecheler.bsky.social on "Political Thinking - What Role Do Emotions Play in Politics?"! 🗓️ Tuesday, Dec 17, 18:30 📍 Hörsaal 1, Main Building of the University of Vienna More info: cogsci.univie.ac.at/futurethinki...

Exciting news ✨ The new Vienna Doctoral College for Digital Humanism has 5 open PhD positions, one of them based in our very own POLCOM group. Thinking of applying, or know someone who might be interested? All info can be found 🔗 t.ly/836lz

Great PhD opportunities for #css scholars in this new interdisciplinary doctoral college in Vienna! #commsky #ai #digitalhumanism

⭐ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 5 open PhD Positions at the newly founded Vienna Doctoral College for Digital Humanism, funded by the WWTF, @univie.ac.at , Technische Universität Wien and WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). All information here: t.ly/836lz

Excited for our research lecture by @claesdevreese.bsky.social at our department @univie.ac.at

@solecheler.bsky.social 👋 🎧

@solecheler.bsky.social was a guest on the podcast series “Rund ums Parlament,” initiated by the Austrian Parliament, and discussed the question: “Are Social Networks a Threat to Democracy?” You can listen to the full episode at 🔗 📻 www.parlament.gv.at/aktuelles/me...

Jetzt gleich 1. Theodor Herzl VO heuer von @martinthuer.at gehalten in der Journalismus VO von @solecheler.bsky.social

Our score went up 📈, but we dropped a spot compared to 23. Tough luck! We’ll come back stronger next year 💪✨. Always funny to reflect on how perceptions of the discipline in the country can differ from international rankings 🌍. Still, we’re proud to be the top-ranked department at @univie.ac.at! 🏆