Jakob Ohme
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
digital // political // mobile comm scholar, head of ‘Digital News Dynamics’ research group at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
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New recording published!
➡️Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
📺 youtu.be/8gf2mjIs5j8
New recording published!
➡️Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
📺 youtu.be/8gf2mjIs5j8
What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
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December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚨 Content alert 🚨
New recording published!
➡️Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
📺 youtu.be/8gf2mjIs5j8
New recording published!
➡️Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
📺 youtu.be/8gf2mjIs5j8
Thanks @ddc-sdu.bsky.social for joining!
How can platform researchers make use of the #DSA40 (EU Digital Services Act)?
The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is on the road today, visiting the with the University of Copenhagen to learn more from @dscheykopp.bsky.social, here from Berlin's @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social.
The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is on the road today, visiting the with the University of Copenhagen to learn more from @dscheykopp.bsky.social, here from Berlin's @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social.
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thanks @ddc-sdu.bsky.social for joining!
Check out our new Mobile Research Resources Section @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social! You can publish software, data, methods, or any resource that will support the Mobile CommUnity to do research.
You asked, we listened: ✨Relaunching Mobile Research Resources in MMC✨
Why?🧐
Digital & comp tools are central to our field, but scattered. MRR gives them a home - supporting transparency, reuse & recognition.🏠🤝
✍🏻 Editor @dscheykopp.bsky.social
Learn more here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
Why?🧐
Digital & comp tools are central to our field, but scattered. MRR gives them a home - supporting transparency, reuse & recognition.🏠🤝
✍🏻 Editor @dscheykopp.bsky.social
Learn more here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Check out our new Mobile Research Resources Section @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social! You can publish software, data, methods, or any resource that will support the Mobile CommUnity to do research.
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🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms' by
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
(Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
(Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
![Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
Hybrid event [A5, 6, Room A231 + Zoom]
Dezember 03, 2025, 13:45-15:15
Abstract
The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) marks a turning point for the study of digital platforms by establishing a legal framework for researcher access to platform data, including from major social media companies. Article 40 of the DSA outlines how researchers can request such access, opening unprecedented possibilities for empirical investigations into the digital public sphere. Yet, the practical implementation of this right to data access raises important challenges. Questions of eligibility, the scope of accessible data, and the ethical and technical standards required for secure processing are central to understanding what this new regime will mean in practice. This talk provides an overview of the DSA’s data-access provisions, explains their relevance for the research community, and discusses what opportunities—and limitations—emerge for studying systemic risks, algorithmic effects, and platform governance. It reflects on early experiences with Article 40 implementation and considers what it will take to build a sustainable infrastructure for independent, policy-relevant research on digital platforms in Europe.
Presenter
Jakob Ohme leads the interdisciplinary "Digital News Dynamics" research group at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin, exploring the impact and dissemination of professional journalism on digital platforms versus other sources like influencers or AI. His work emphasizes the changes digital and mobile communications bring to news consumption and political engagement, particularly across different generations. Jakob Ohme is dedicated to advancing digital methodologies in political communication and journalism research, notably through the innovative use of digital trace data. He's also a Co-Principal Investigator in the #DSA40 Collaboratory, foc…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oizrkjzyr6vekl76tjctghcl/bafkreiel7po2hq6ec4nl66aupw2wper4yrmr4dywhmbeihjiki2mapsowe@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms' by
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
(Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
(Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
This is important for all platform researchers! Please read and sign the OPEN LETTER to the EU Commission and share widely in your networks!
We've published an Open Letter urging EU policymakers to reject the Digital Omnibus' proposed Amendment to Article 12(5) GDPR, which would undermine citizens' data access rights & the researchers who depend on them for #DataDonation research.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is important for all platform researchers! Please read and sign the OPEN LETTER to the EU Commission and share widely in your networks!
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🗞️ At the Weizenbaum Institute today: workshop “What is News? Platforms, Audiences & Algorithms.” With colleagues from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, we’re exploring how societies get informed in the digital age. Plus a hybrid lunch talk on how changing ideas of “news” may reshape journalism.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🗞️ At the Weizenbaum Institute today: workshop “What is News? Platforms, Audiences & Algorithms.” With colleagues from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, we’re exploring how societies get informed in the digital age. Plus a hybrid lunch talk on how changing ideas of “news” may reshape journalism.
On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.
October 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.
This was a great roundtable, lots of important questions from the audience, giving the impression that data donations will be around for longer, if we get it right (based on comments from the audience on postcards) #aoir2025
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This was a great roundtable, lots of important questions from the audience, giving the impression that data donations will be around for longer, if we get it right (based on comments from the audience on postcards) #aoir2025
How often is too often in ESM research?
🚨New study out!
We compared 6 beeps/day vs. 12 beeps in 2 h bursts.
Both work, but burst designs show more fatigue + attrition — still useful if high temporal precision matters.
App onboarding, though? Big bias alert. 📱
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🚨New study out!
We compared 6 beeps/day vs. 12 beeps in 2 h bursts.
Both work, but burst designs show more fatigue + attrition — still useful if high temporal precision matters.
App onboarding, though? Big bias alert. 📱
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
How often is too often in ESM research?
🚨New study out!
We compared 6 beeps/day vs. 12 beeps in 2 h bursts.
Both work, but burst designs show more fatigue + attrition — still useful if high temporal precision matters.
App onboarding, though? Big bias alert. 📱
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🚨New study out!
We compared 6 beeps/day vs. 12 beeps in 2 h bursts.
Both work, but burst designs show more fatigue + attrition — still useful if high temporal precision matters.
App onboarding, though? Big bias alert. 📱
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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#datadonationsymposium2025 @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lboeschoten.bsky.social
@antmandan.bsky.social
On the myth of the need for representative samples, public partnership recruiting, the value of specialty samples, and a value proposition to the public as an incentive.
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lboeschoten.bsky.social
@antmandan.bsky.social
On the myth of the need for representative samples, public partnership recruiting, the value of specialty samples, and a value proposition to the public as an incentive.
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#datadonationsymposium2025 @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lboeschoten.bsky.social
@antmandan.bsky.social
On the myth of the need for representative samples, public partnership recruiting, the value of specialty samples, and a value proposition to the public as an incentive.
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lboeschoten.bsky.social
@antmandan.bsky.social
On the myth of the need for representative samples, public partnership recruiting, the value of specialty samples, and a value proposition to the public as an incentive.
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#DigitalNewsDynamics research group present #datadonationsymposium2025
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#DigitalNewsDynamics research group present #datadonationsymposium2025
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
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Come work with us 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Come work with us 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
September 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Mit dem Digital Services Act versucht die EU ihre Bürger*innen vor den Risiken digitaler Plattformen zu schützen. Wir sprachen mit LK Seiling, Co-Autor unseres neusten Policy Papers, wie das inmitten geopolitischer Spannungen mit den USA funktionieren kann. #DSA40
Zum Interview 👉 buff.ly/5zISV6z
Zum Interview 👉 buff.ly/5zISV6z
Was, wenn die Plattformen einfach mit den Schultern zucken?
Mit dem Digital Services Act versucht die EU ihre Bürger*innen vor den Risiken digitaler Plattformen, großteils US-amerikanischer, zu schützen. Wir sprachen mit LK Seiling, Co-Autor eines neuen…
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
September 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mit dem Digital Services Act versucht die EU ihre Bürger*innen vor den Risiken digitaler Plattformen zu schützen. Wir sprachen mit LK Seiling, Co-Autor unseres neusten Policy Papers, wie das inmitten geopolitischer Spannungen mit den USA funktionieren kann. #DSA40
Zum Interview 👉 buff.ly/5zISV6z
Zum Interview 👉 buff.ly/5zISV6z
Our new policy paper on #DSA40 explains the detailed processes of data access (with updates from Delegated Act), describes still existing bottlenecks, and discusses the challenges of legal right vs. platform resistance and is asking all stakeholders to act in good faith and to deliver.
September 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our new policy paper on #DSA40 explains the detailed processes of data access (with updates from Delegated Act), describes still existing bottlenecks, and discusses the challenges of legal right vs. platform resistance and is asking all stakeholders to act in good faith and to deliver.
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Wie wirkt sich #SocialMedia Konsum auf die politische Meinungsbildung aus? Mit dieser Frage befasst sich ein Filmscreening mit Publikumsgespräch mit Annika Baumann, Merja Mahrt und @dscheykopp.bsky.social am Montag, 22.9.2025. In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social.
▶️ Jetzt anmelden: t1p.de/4fzs9
▶️ Jetzt anmelden: t1p.de/4fzs9
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wie wirkt sich #SocialMedia Konsum auf die politische Meinungsbildung aus? Mit dieser Frage befasst sich ein Filmscreening mit Publikumsgespräch mit Annika Baumann, Merja Mahrt und @dscheykopp.bsky.social am Montag, 22.9.2025. In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social.
▶️ Jetzt anmelden: t1p.de/4fzs9
▶️ Jetzt anmelden: t1p.de/4fzs9
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👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗
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Wie wirkt sich #SocialMedia Konsum auf die politische Meinungsbildung aus? Mit dieser Frage befasst sich ein Filmscreening mit Publikumsgespräch mit Annika Baumann, Merja Mahrt und @dscheykopp.bsky.social am 22. September 2025.
In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social
▶️ Mehr Infos: t1p.de/4fzs9
In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social
▶️ Mehr Infos: t1p.de/4fzs9
September 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Wie wirkt sich #SocialMedia Konsum auf die politische Meinungsbildung aus? Mit dieser Frage befasst sich ein Filmscreening mit Publikumsgespräch mit Annika Baumann, Merja Mahrt und @dscheykopp.bsky.social am 22. September 2025.
In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social
▶️ Mehr Infos: t1p.de/4fzs9
In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social
▶️ Mehr Infos: t1p.de/4fzs9
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▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Fall 2025 Events
Six input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)!
🗓️ Details & Zoom:
socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👥 Organizers:
@rubac.bsky.social,
@denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
Six input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)!
🗓️ Details & Zoom:
socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👥 Organizers:
@rubac.bsky.social,
@denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
September 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Fall 2025 Events
Six input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)!
🗓️ Details & Zoom:
socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👥 Organizers:
@rubac.bsky.social,
@denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
Six input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)!
🗓️ Details & Zoom:
socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👥 Organizers:
@rubac.bsky.social,
@denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
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We already have over 100 sign-ups but a few spots are still available for Day 1 of the Data Access Days on research access to platform data under the Digital Services Act (DSA) — happening on 25 September 2025.
Join us in Berlin! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...
#DSA40 #DigitalServicesAct
Join us in Berlin! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...
#DSA40 #DigitalServicesAct
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We already have over 100 sign-ups but a few spots are still available for Day 1 of the Data Access Days on research access to platform data under the Digital Services Act (DSA) — happening on 25 September 2025.
Join us in Berlin! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...
#DSA40 #DigitalServicesAct
Join us in Berlin! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...
#DSA40 #DigitalServicesAct
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@lkseiling.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @europeannewschool.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social @udkberlin.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @fraunhoferfokus.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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„Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss” –
@lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social,
@claesdevreese.bsky.social & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social heute im @tspbackground.bsky.social:
🔗 t1p.de/zf6pa ⬅️
#dsa @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social
@lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social,
@claesdevreese.bsky.social & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social heute im @tspbackground.bsky.social:
🔗 t1p.de/zf6pa ⬅️
#dsa @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social
Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss
Das letzte Puzzlestück für den Forschungszugang für nicht öffentlich verfügbare Plattformdaten ist da. Die Aufgaben für DSCs, Forschende und Plattformen sind nun klar verteilt. Die Wissenschaftler:inn...
t1p.de
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
„Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss” –
@lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social,
@claesdevreese.bsky.social & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social heute im @tspbackground.bsky.social:
🔗 t1p.de/zf6pa ⬅️
#dsa @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social
@lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social,
@claesdevreese.bsky.social & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social heute im @tspbackground.bsky.social:
🔗 t1p.de/zf6pa ⬅️
#dsa @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social
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In this piece for Tech Policy Press, @dscheykopp.bsky.social , @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social and I argue that it's time for regulators, researchers, and platforms to fulfil their roles and standards set by the delegated act on data access.
LK Seiling, Jakob Ohme, Ulrike Klinger, and Claes H. de Vreese outline what’s needed from researchers, platforms, and regulators to make data access under the EU’s Digital Services Act work.
Time To Deliver: Stakeholder Roles In The EU’s Delegated Act On Data Access | TechPolicy.Press
The Delegated Act on data access under the DSA provides much-needed clarity about both the access process and expectations towards the actors involved in it.
www.techpolicy.press
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In this piece for Tech Policy Press, @dscheykopp.bsky.social , @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social and I argue that it's time for regulators, researchers, and platforms to fulfil their roles and standards set by the delegated act on data access.
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📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond:
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
July 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond:
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
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In welchem Verhältnis stehen #SocialMedia Konsum und politische Meinungsbildung? Mit dieser Frage befasst sich am 2. Juli ein Filmscreening mit Publikumsgespräch mit Annika Baumann, Merja Mahrt und @dscheykopp.bsky.social. In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social.
Mehr Infos: tinyurl.com/4bsjwpv5
Mehr Infos: tinyurl.com/4bsjwpv5
June 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
In welchem Verhältnis stehen #SocialMedia Konsum und politische Meinungsbildung? Mit dieser Frage befasst sich am 2. Juli ein Filmscreening mit Publikumsgespräch mit Annika Baumann, Merja Mahrt und @dscheykopp.bsky.social. In Kooperation mit @belapobi.bsky.social.
Mehr Infos: tinyurl.com/4bsjwpv5
Mehr Infos: tinyurl.com/4bsjwpv5