danah boyd recently argued that social media (as we knew it) is mostly dead; what we have now is parasocial media: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I agree. Networked social media is disappearing, replaced by a new logic/structure of content creator, creator-centered community, & algorithm.

New review: #ClimateChange #Communication in the Age of #ArtificialIntelligence w/ @kaipingchen.bsky.social #DanielaMahl #JamesPainter @sophiavolk.bsky.social - how GenAI shapes climate comm, stakeholders, journalism/creators, content, use & effects 🔗 wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Heute bei "Weizenbaum & Friends": Mike S. Schäfer über sein Distinguished Fellowship am Weizenbaum-Institut. 👉 Einblicke aus Mike S. Schäfers Zeit am Weizenbaum-Institut, gibt es im Interview auf unserer Website: buff.ly/edctIks @mss7676.bsky.social

This JCOM editorial by @marinajoubert.bsky.social & @riedlinm.bsky.social tackles the problem of "ghost references" in academic publishing. 👻 We welcome your feedback. #scicomm - doi.org/10.22323/388... @brossard.bsky.social @mss7676.bsky.social Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash

In this systematic review and meta-analysis of up to 153 longitudinal studies: Social media use was associated with higher depression, behavioral problems, self-injury, and substance use, and lower self-perception and academic achievement tinyurl.com/47z3anym

Can personalized #conversationalAI persuade on contested science topics like #GMfoods? New paper tests DeepSeek-style chats experimentally in China: ▶️AI chats shift attitudes ▶️effects differ by segments ▶️personalization can provide boost if done right Paper: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

🚨New study out in @jscicom.bsky.social, together with Isabel Sörensen, sophiavolk.bsky.social, @mss7676.bsky.social & @dnvglr.bsky.social We examined changes in the communication departments of universities over the past decade. In a nutshell: EVERYTHING has changed! 👉 doi.org/10.22323/149...

New in JCOM: "Everything has changed!"A qualitative study of Swiss university communication over the past decade. Diversification, professionalisation, intensification… but strategic alignment is lagging behind. doi.org/10.22323/149... - @mss7676.bsky.social @dnvglr.bsky.social

Headlines and images matter This is 🔥 (On a very important and long overdue movement towards autonomy) apnews.com/article/euro...

💬 Wir haben mit Mike S. Schäfer ist Professor für Wissenschaftskommunikation und Distinguished Fellow am Weizenbaum-Institut über die Veränderungen in der Wissenschaftskommunikation gesprochen. Das ganze Interview gibt es auf unserer Website! Jetzt lesen: 🔗

jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi... Can research help practitioners get evaluation in science communication right? Here we give insights into the views of heads of communication in different organisations across four countries. Includes proposals too! @mss7676.bsky.social @sophiavolk.bsky.social

Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess

@mss7676.bsky.social enseña #ComunicaciónCientífica en Zurich e investiga la actitud de la gente hacia la #ciencia #IA #cambioclimático #mediosdigitales @cern.bsky.social @who.int Vente a #CCSC25➡️ eventos.aecomunicacioncientifica.org/producto/ccs... aecomunicacioncientifica.org/ponentes-ccs...

Während der Pandemie erlebte Deutschland Vertrauensschwankungen in Bezug auf Forschung. In der Schweiz blieben die Werte stabiler. Das Schweizer Wissenschaftsbarometer zeigt, welche Faktoren dafür verantwortlich sind. www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/warum-das-wi... #Wisskomm @mss7676.bsky.social

How can we evaluate science communication in a way that is both meaningful and fair—and should evaluation even be standardised at all? Read our summary of the lunch talk to find out about unresolved tensions, emerging approaches & good practices. 🆕 wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/blog/standar... #SciComm

🤖 AI delegation fuels dishonesty Across 13 studies with 8,000+ participants, people were more likely to cheat when tasks were delegated to AI. LLMs also complied with unethical prompts far more than humans. 🔗 www.mpg.de/25409477/091... #SciComm #Ethics #AI #GenAI 🧪

Science Barometer Switzerland 2025 is out today! 🎉 Key findings: • 60% of Swiss trust science • 4 audience segments: Sciencephiles, Critically interested, Passive supporters, Skeptics • Video platforms & AI tools outrank radio/podcasts among the young More info: www.wissenschaftsbarometer.ch

New publication (4+ years in the making): “The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook”. shorturl.at/VE2fU We analyze the propagation of 1B+ posts across content moderation regimes, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social @taliastroud.bsky.social @annenbergpenn.bsky.social

Ever wondered why scientists don't communicate more? 🤔 Finally got the real answer from @mss7676.bsky.social ! We covered: ✨ Why researchers hesitate 🎯 Reaching audiences 🔬 Building trust in science 🤖 AI in sci-comm Had so much fun I nearly forgot our pub quiz! 😅 #scicomm #sciencepodcast

Social media in climate change communication: State of the field, new developments and the emergence of generative AI by @mss7676.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Die Aufzeichnung unseres Lunchtalks mit @mss7676.bsky.social ist jetzt auf unserem YouTube-Kanal verfügbar. Im Gespräch ging es u.a. darum, wie #KI wissenschaftliches Arbeiten verändert, was das für die #Wisskomm bedeutet und welche Kompetenzen wichtig für AI literacy sind: youtu.be/w2R0PmmAA9c

Die Zusammenfassung unseres Lunchtalks mit @mss7676.bsky.social ist jetzt online. Wir sprachen über den disruptiven Einfluss von #KI auf #Wisskomm, über AI literacy, praktische Anwendungsszenarien und über intelligente Kennzeichnung. wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/blog/wie-sic... #Wisskomm

👀 "All eyez on AI: A roadmap for #ScienceCommunication research in the age of #ArtificialIntelligence #AI" 👀 📚 Literature review by @mss7676.bsky.social, @sophiavolk.bsky.social, D. Mahl & me - reflects on current trends & research gaps + proposes a research agenda 👉 jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

Außerdem freuen wir uns, dass @mss7676.bsky.social, @annetteless.bsky.social, @snatale.bsky.social und @mayameme.bsky.social bereits zugesagt haben – und uns mit Impulsen und Vorträgen durch die Tagung leiten und Diskussionen anregen werden!

How is AI reshaping #scicomm? A new special issue explores promises & pitfalls of gen AI, and its transformative impact on how science-related info is created & consumed. Image generated with OpenAI’s DALL·E based on article abstracts in the style of different art eras. jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

New Term - new ComAI Lecture hosted by @zemki.bsky.social & @unibremen.bsky.social Looking forward to welcome @mss7676.bsky.social and listen to his talk on „Science Communication and Artificial Intelligence: How AI is Changing Public Communication about Science“ 📍Bremen Press-Club Tue 15.04. 18:30

🚀 Besuch aus Zürich am RHET AI Center! Im März haben uns @mss7676.bsky.social, Daniela Mahl und @sophiavolk.bsky.social vom IKMZ der UZH Zürich besucht. Beim Workshop rund um #Wisskomm und KI ging es um AI Literacy, Machtstrukturen uvm. 📢 Hier geht's zum Nachbericht: rhet.ai/2025/04/02/n...

📢 Looking for #postdoc researcher on #sciencecommunication ➡️ researching communicators and/or effects ➡️ quantitative methods, e.g. surveys or experiments ➡️ 3-year position, can likely be extended ➡️ Deadline & more: see below It this appeals to you - do apply! If not: Pls pass it on! 🙏

Wir sprechen mit Mike Schäfer @mss7676.bsky.social über den Einsatz von #KI in der #Wisskomm. Es geht um die Fragen, wie KI Kommunikationsprozesse verändert, wie der Einsatz gut in den Arbeitsalltag integriert werden kann und wer für die Governance verantwortlich ist. ℹ️🎫 eveeno.com/wid-lunchtal...

How does #Disinformation affect public trust in science? Can healthy scepticism be good? A debate with Sonia Seneviratne, Mike S. Schäfer and former Swiss Chancellor Walter Thurnherr. Welcome to our first contribution of our focus week on trust. Article: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

🔍 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...

Social media in climate change communication: State of the field, new developments and the emergence of generative AI New article online first in @dialoguescc.bsky.social by @mss7676.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Wir haben Besuch! Heute waren @mss7676.bsky.social, Daniela Mahl und @sophiavolk.bsky.social vom IKMZ von der Uni Zürich beim RHET AI Center zu Gast. Gemeinsam haben wir uns in einem Workshop unsere Forschungsansätze vorgestellt und Ideen ausgetauscht zu #Wisskomm, Zielgruppen, #AIliteracy und mehr

Veeeeeeery much looking forward to having you, dear @tobiasdienlin.com! 🙏🥳

Georgia was about to retire coal plants. Then came the data centers. Utilities nationwide are falling back on fossil fuels to meet huge energy demand. Written by @ejreports.bsky.social . grist.org/energy/georg... #Georgia #Coal #Energy #Climate #Data

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 💡

"We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces. (...)" Carl Sagan. ⬇️ Diese Petition! ⬇️ @mss7676.bsky.social

Petition against budget cuts in #sciencejournalism at #SRF! Switzerland needs strong science journalism to deal w/ issues like #AI, #publichealth, #climatechange & #disinformation - esp. as many media houses cut science journalism Sign petition under openpetition.eu/!sciencejour... - & pass it on!

What are the effects of communicating #uncertainty in #sciencecommunication? ▶️epistemic uncertainty increases credibility w/o affecting attitudes ▶️consensus uncertainty & technical uncertainty negatively impact attitudes but not credibility #Metaanalysis here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

📊 See how your country ranks: We developed a #ShinyApp @posit.co that lets you do the analyses for single countries and run some tests not presented in the paper: www.tisp-manylabs.com/explore-tisp... (8/13)

🗳️ However, trust levels differ depending on people’s #political orientation: In Western countries, people with right-wing political views have less #trust in scientists than those with left-wing views. But in most countries, political orientation and trust in scientists were unrelated. (4/13)

Here are the main #results: 🤝 Most people in most countries have relatively high #trust in scientists: Average trust level was 3.62 on a scale from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high). Majorities perceive scientists as qualified (78%), honest (57%), and concerned about people’s well-being (56%). (3/13)

Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣 It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social (1/13)

Trust in science, trust in ChatGPT? How Germans think about generative AI as a source in science communication, by Mike S. Schäfer @mss7676.bsky.social, Bastian Kremer, Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social, Liliann Fischer @liliannf.bsky.social / @jscicom.bsky.social jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

Does public #trust in scientists suffer or grow when they #advocate for #climate policies? ✊ We tested this during the referendum on the #Swiss Climate Protection Law on 18 June 2023 – which was preceded by a statement by 252 scientists supporting the law 🗳️ Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza

Do ppl trust #GenAI as a source in #sciencecommunication? Paper in @jscicom.bsky.social w/ #BKremer @liliannf.bsky.social @nielsmede.bsky.social: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi... ➡️Germans sceptical about #GenAI in #scicomm ➡️46% of population don't trust it ➡️Trust in GenAI linked to trust in science

Excited to share my first Bluesky post! 🌟 It’s a teaser for our #ICA25 #SciComm preconference on #ScienceCommunication Research, happening June 12, 2025 in Denver, CO. Looking forward to your Extended Abstracts by January 24! 🔗 #CfP: cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o...

I've started a few months ago, on *that* other website, a thread of the novels that I have read this year. Given the Xdodus, reposting it here. Feel free to comment & add suggestions on what to read next! Always on the lookout for great books