Social media has reshaped political communication—but how diverse is the research behind it? Our systematic review published in SComS answers this question. Together with the wonderful co-authors Kira Klinger, @juliametag.bsky.social, and Lukas Lindenschmidt. doi.org/10.24434/j.s...

The editorial of the #SCM issue 1/2025 gives insights into the past year’s developments. It is also the final one with @juliametag.bsky.social and Kerstin Thummes as our editors. Many thanks to them for their excellent work and for being part of the SCM team! doi.org/10.5771/2192...

🔍 Who are the users of alternative scientific media? 🔍 New study published in Science Communication. Lead by the wonderful Lena Zils, and together with @juliametag.bsky.social, @nielsmede.bsky.social and @mss7676.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1075...

I am super excited to serve as an editor of @scmeditor.bsky.social. It’s the official journal of #dgpuk, it’s open access, it is in English and German, it supports registered reports. So great journal all around, go submit your work :) #dgpuk2025

We present: A new instrument to measure people’s science literacy. #OpenAccess in #ScienceCommunication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 📢 It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡

Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...

We are happy to announce that our Special Issue on Media representations in an era of #pornification is out right before the holidays! Many thanks to the guest editors Nicola Döring, Nicole Krämer, Dan J. Miller, @thorstenquandt.bsky.social, and Gerhard Vowe. doi.org/10.5771/2192...

Call for Papers! On June 12, 2025, we host a pre-conference on #ScienceCommunication before the 75th Conference of the International Communication Association in Denver, CO 📢 #CallForPapers and more info: cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o... #Deadline for submissions: Jan 24, 2025 Spread the word! #ICA25

🚨 Call for Papers 📢 We invite abstract submissions for a special issue of Studies in Communication and Media (SCM), an ICA affiliate journal, on "The age of synthetic media" by Jan 31, 2025. Please submit & share widely 🙂 www.digital-participation.org/call-for-pap...

New Study with Gwendolin Gurr and @juliametag.bsky.social finds: Negative evaluations of topic-specific coverage such as migration do not lead to a loss of trust in the media in general. More in the paper here: ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

Liliann Fischer und Bastian Kremer blicken auf 10 Jahre #Wissenschaftsbarometer zurück. Im Interview erzählen sie, welche Einstellungen sich über die Jahre stark verändert haben & wie sie die Ergebnisse zu #Wissenschaftsfreiheit interpretieren: wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/blog/ein-all... #Wisskomm

How do people use social media if they overestimate their knowledge about science issues like COVID-19? 🦠 Our new study shows: In Germany and Taiwan, overestimation is not linked to social media exposure, but to more engagement – and to populist views of science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 PEER REVIEW STUDY ALERT 🚨 We are about to launch a (very) large-scale survey on peer review in social sciences 150,000+ scholars worldwide will receive an invitation to participate via email. You might be one of them! Wanna know more? peerreviewstudy.com Plz repost!

Das @mscl.bsky.social und die Impact Unit laden herzlich zur Konferenz “Evaluation in Science Communication” an der Universität München ein. Tauscht euch vom 7. bis 8. Dezember 2023 mit Praktiker*innen und Wisskomm-Forscher*innen zu Entwicklungen und Perspektiven aus: www.mscl.de/evaluation-i...