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Anne Schulz
@annisch.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Political Communication at IKMZ, University of Zurich and Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

Political science 25%
History 23%
As the BBC faces fresh scrutiny, what does our research say about it?

Here's an updated version of a piece by @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @annisch.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social and Craig T. Robertson originally published in 2020

📱 Full piece here buff.ly/iLaMzHa
🧵 4 findings in thread

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Apropos...

1) For all its challenges the BBC is the single most widely used source of news in the UK and is highly and broadly trusted across much of the political spectrum,. See e.g. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und... 1/3
The BBC is under scrutiny. Here’s what research tells about its role in the UK
The BBC is the most widely used source of news in the UK. It has lower reach among the young and the less formally educated.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
UZH: Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation
An der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. August 2027 eine Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation zu besetzen. Die künftige Stelleninhab...
jobs.uzh.ch
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?

@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".

Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...

🪝Two more weeks to submit to the annual conference of the DGPuK's PolComm division in HAMBURG! 🎣

The conference theme is ‘Democratic resilience as a task for political communication in an unstable world’ and submissions in English are more than welcome!
HAMBURG CALLING - EINREICHUNGEN MÖGLICH

Ab sofort ist das Conftool für unsere FG-Tagung 2026 offen: www.conftool.net/polkomm26/

4.-6.2.26, Hamburg

Tagungsthema: Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt

Alle Infos unter: uhh.de/wiso-polkomm26

At the ECREA PolComm Section conference in Innsbruck with Zhengyi Xu @ikmz.bsky.social First conference together as a team! Enjoying great discussions and incredible dinner location. Tomorrow morning I present (on behalf of @sophiavolk.bsky.social) our work on news overload, avoidance & wellbeing.
MAX SCHINDLER GEWINNT KICKSTARTER FUND 2025

Für sein Projekt „Narrative Muster in Parteinewslettern: Eine Analyse von Claims, Akteuren und Ereignissen in deutschen Parteien“ zeichnet die Fachgruppe @maxschindler.bsky.social mit dem PolKom-Kickstarter-Fund 2025 aus. Das Preisgeld beträgt 750 Euro.
HAMBURG CALLING - EINREICHUNGEN MÖGLICH

Ab sofort ist das Conftool für unsere FG-Tagung 2026 offen: www.conftool.net/polkomm26/

4.-6.2.26, Hamburg

Tagungsthema: Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt

Alle Infos unter: uhh.de/wiso-polkomm26
⏰Another opening for a PhD position in our (w @morganwack.bsky.social and @esserfrank.bsky.social ) SNF project on political social media influencers! 🥳 If you are into computational methods, social media, and political communcation, we are looking for you 🔎 All details here: tinyurl.com/44arrawh
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.

Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.

It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.

A thread:
The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries
Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count
academic.oup.com
🐘 Have you ever wondered about the elephant(s) in the newsroom?

In a new mixed-method study, we argue that news agencies still shape the news - which our interview partners agree with but which contrasts with academia's low attention to them.

Findings in 🧵

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Lesenswertes NZZ-Streitgespräch mit @dominiquewirz.bsky.social : "Medien vermitteln im Moment den Eindruck, soziale Netzwerke seien Teufelszeug. Doch im Grunde macht bei vielen Menschen erst das schlechte Gewissen die Nutzung schädlich." www.nzz.ch/technologie/...
Sollen Social-Media-Plattformen für Teenager verboten werden? Ein Streitgespräch
Was, wenn ein höheres Mindestalter den Teenies mehr schadet als nützt? Ein Streitgespräch.
www.nzz.ch

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‪BEFRAGUNG ZUM WISSENSTRANSFER

Die AG Third Mission und Wissenstransfer der DGPuK bittet um eure Unterstützung:

Ihr forscht aktiv in der Kommunikationswissenschaft? Wie tragt ihr eure Erkenntnisse in die Gesellschaft? Und was kann euch dabei helfen?

www.soscisurvey.de/dgpuk_transf...
www.soscisurvey.de
POLKOM KICKSTARTER FUND 2025

Die FG vergibt wieder ihren Preis für nicht-promovierte Kolleg:innen aus dem Forschungsfeld Kommunikation & Politik.

Preis: 750 Euro für deine Forschung
Bewerbungsschluss: 30. Juni 2025
Alle Infos unter: www.dgpuk.de/de/fachgrupp...
Kommunikation und Politik | dgpuk
www.dgpuk.de
News is too much and too negative according to growing shares of the audience.

In 2025, 40% say they sometimes or often avoid the news (up from 29% in 2017). Switzerland & Germany right on trend.

Why?
• 39%: “negatively affects my mood”
• 31%: “worn out by the amount”
• 30%: “too much conflict”
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

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Aus aktuellem Anlass (für alle, die an der Medienpolitik in der Schweiz interessiert sind)
Verdrängen öffentliche Medien wie die SRG private Medien, wenn es um Online-Nachrichten geht?
Unsere Studie zeigte: nein.
👇 Zusammenfassung der Resultate, Stand der Forschung - und Diskussion der Kritik an unserer Studie.
@markeisenegger.bsky.social @sfuerst.bsky.social

medien.epd.de/article/2560
Keine Verdrängung - epd medien
Menschen, die Online-Angebote öffentlicher Medien nutzen, konsumieren auch häufiger die Angebote von Abonnementmedien als Personen, die kein
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🏆 Think your best PolCom article in the past year was better than others' best article? Let's find out!
10 days to submit to the Kaid-Sanders Award for the Best Political Communication Article of the Year: 📬 c.baden@mail.huji.ac.il
Details: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKe...
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I am hiring :-). I look for a PhD student & a postdoc for my new Digital Lives team at the U of Basel. Looking for 2 who are excited to study our everyday digital lives with me in the next years.

Please share with your network.

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: PhD in Media Psychology (100%)
The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and i...
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch 👏
HAMBURG CALLING!

Unsere nächste Jahrestagung findet vom 4. bis 6. Februar 2026 in der Hansestadt statt.

Thema: „Demokratische Resilienz als Aufgabe für die politische Kommunikation in einer instabilen Welt“

Der Call for Papers ist jetzt raus und findet sich hier: www.dgpuk.de/sites/defaul...

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BUT: In contrast to these dystopian narratives: reserach does NOT find that much societal polarisation on the level of societies and polarisation does not increase over time (which doesn't mean that some do not radicalize!) - so what happened? /4

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Familiar face, new position: We're excited that @annisch.bsky.social is our new Asst. Prof. for #PoliticalCommunication. After a postdoctoral stay at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, she was a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at IKMZ since 2021. Welcome, Anne! 🙌
www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...
IKMZ welcomes Prof. Dr. Anne Schulz
www.ikmz.uzh.ch

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📢 Call for Papers 📢

Communication in Election Campaigns: Staggering Changes or Same Old, Same Old?

Editors: @vioreladan.bsky.social, Uta Rußmann, @annisch.bsky.social & Philipp Müller

📅 Abstracts: 1-15 June 2025
📅 Full Papers: 15-30 October 2025

🔗 Full CfP: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Next Issues | Media and Communication
Media and Communication is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields.
www.cogitatiopress.com

Excellent and brave.
The top student contribution at our conference comes from Sophia Rothut & Sophie Lexhaller @teamrieger.bsky.social @ifkw.bsky.social
Congratulations on their excellent research: ‘The Soft Touch of Extremism? Gendered Narratives, Framing, and the Role of Women in the Far Right.’ #polkomm25 #commsky
The top student contribution at our conference comes from Sophia Rothut & Sophie Lexhaller @teamrieger.bsky.social @ifkw.bsky.social
Congratulations on their excellent research: ‘The Soft Touch of Extremism? Gendered Narratives, Framing, and the Role of Women in the Far Right.’ #polkomm25 #commsky

Many things don’t seem particularly promising these days, but THIS looks like a great start to @fgkommpol.bsky.social’s first full conference day in Innsbruck. Looking forward to meeting many wonderful colleagues, including @profvaccari.bsky.social, for his keynote on campaign communications 💫

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Wir sind in Innsbruck! Und freuen uns auf unsere Fachgruppentagung zum Thema: "Wahlkampfkommunikation:
(Kaum) Veränderungen im digitalen Zeitalter?". Nach einem erfolgreichen Workshop des Napoko gestern, starten wir heut um 9 Uhr mit einer keynote von @profvaccari.bsky.social 🌟

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On-site participation is "sold out" but feel free to register for our WORKSHOP on

DATA DONATION FOR PLATFORM RESEACH

this Thursday 12:30-16:00

www.dsi.uzh.ch/de/current/e...

After the workshop we will also present key findings from the @dizh.bsky.social Data Donation Days