Edda Humprecht
@eddahumprecht.bsky.social
@Prof of Communication Science @Uni of Jena, head of research group Digitalization & the Public Sphere
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✨ MORGEN ✨ #Wissen und #Macht: Welche Rolle kann die #Wissenschaft in der #Politikberatung spielen - und wo liegen die Grenzen? 15.10. ab 9.30 Uhr 🔗 www.ethikrat.org/live
@ue-umweltethik.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @schroep.bsky.social @jud1th.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.social
@ue-umweltethik.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @schroep.bsky.social @jud1th.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
✨ MORGEN ✨ #Wissen und #Macht: Welche Rolle kann die #Wissenschaft in der #Politikberatung spielen - und wo liegen die Grenzen? 15.10. ab 9.30 Uhr 🔗 www.ethikrat.org/live
@ue-umweltethik.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @schroep.bsky.social @jud1th.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.social
@ue-umweltethik.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @schroep.bsky.social @jud1th.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.social
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Our study on the strategic narratives about the Russian-Ukrainian war in 7 EU countries, co-authored with @eddahumprecht.bsky.social, is out in the IJoC.
We trace pro-Russian messages across countries, platforms, and actor types ahead of the 2024 EP election. Check it out: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
We trace pro-Russian messages across countries, platforms, and actor types ahead of the 2024 EP election. Check it out: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
September 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our study on the strategic narratives about the Russian-Ukrainian war in 7 EU countries, co-authored with @eddahumprecht.bsky.social, is out in the IJoC.
We trace pro-Russian messages across countries, platforms, and actor types ahead of the 2024 EP election. Check it out: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
We trace pro-Russian messages across countries, platforms, and actor types ahead of the 2024 EP election. Check it out: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
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💥Postdoc call 💥
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
March 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
💥Postdoc call 💥
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
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🚀 Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being.
Apply by: 11 May 2025
Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement)
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Apply by: 11 May 2025
Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement)
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
UZH: Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years) in Political Communication Research with a Focus on News Audience Research
The Political Communication Division, led by Prof. Dr. Anne Schulz, at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich is seeking to fill the position of a postdoctoral...
jobs.uzh.ch
April 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🚀 Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being.
Apply by: 11 May 2025
Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement)
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Apply by: 11 May 2025
Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement)
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
💫 New Open Access Special Issue in IJPP!
Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms
The SI explores how misinfo spreads, is perceived & countered across political systems, info environments & platforms.
Read the intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms
The SI explores how misinfo spreads, is perceived & countered across political systems, info environments & platforms.
Read the intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms—Introduction to the Special Issue - Edda Humprecht, Sebastián Valenzuela, Frank Esser, Edson Tandoc, 2025
The global spread of political misinformation poses serious challenges to democracies, eroding trust and distorting public discourse. However, research has larg...
journals.sagepub.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
💫 New Open Access Special Issue in IJPP!
Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms
The SI explores how misinfo spreads, is perceived & countered across political systems, info environments & platforms.
Read the intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms
The SI explores how misinfo spreads, is perceived & countered across political systems, info environments & platforms.
Read the intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Here's why fact checking matters.
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine
As US-Russia talks continue in Saudi Arabia, we look at the US president’s misleading and outright false statements
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Here's why fact checking matters.
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Science is under a wide-ranging attack in the U.S. From arbitrary and catastrophic funding cuts to censorship based on keywords, scholarship is no longer free from government interference. How can scientists respond? 1/n
February 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Science is under a wide-ranging attack in the U.S. From arbitrary and catastrophic funding cuts to censorship based on keywords, scholarship is no longer free from government interference. How can scientists respond? 1/n
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AP @apnews.com denied access to White House. For not taking orders on Gulf of Mexico 🤯
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
AP @apnews.com denied access to White House. For not taking orders on Gulf of Mexico 🤯
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
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Western European men in their twenties show the sharpest rise in considering the far right.
Women in their twenties remain less likely to consider the far right.
Great article from @tabouchadi.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Women in their twenties remain less likely to consider the far right.
Great article from @tabouchadi.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
January 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Western European men in their twenties show the sharpest rise in considering the far right.
Women in their twenties remain less likely to consider the far right.
Great article from @tabouchadi.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Women in their twenties remain less likely to consider the far right.
Great article from @tabouchadi.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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What 10 years of education can do to combat disinformation. The Finland 🇫🇮 case!
Education, literacy but also strong media and trustworthy politicians
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Education, literacy but also strong media and trustworthy politicians
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:39 AM
What 10 years of education can do to combat disinformation. The Finland 🇫🇮 case!
Education, literacy but also strong media and trustworthy politicians
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Education, literacy but also strong media and trustworthy politicians
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
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1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go.
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
November 30, 2024 at 8:26 PM
1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go.
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
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We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
April 4, 2024 at 3:43 PM
We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
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📣 Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) looks for authors for specific variables/constructs in #ContentAnalysis 🔭
hope.uzh.ch/doca
#openaccess #openmethod
💡 Suggestions: 20.3.24
📅 Submission Deadline: 1.5.24
👉 Call for Authors: t.uzh.ch/1Bn
January 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
📣 Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) looks for authors for specific variables/constructs in #ContentAnalysis 🔭
hope.uzh.ch/doca
#openaccess #openmethod
💡 Suggestions: 20.3.24
📅 Submission Deadline: 1.5.24
👉 Call for Authors: t.uzh.ch/1Bn
🚀 🤖I'm very much looking forward to Sophie Morosoli‘s talk as part of the Speaker Series at IfKW Jena! Today she will talk about "Individuals' attitudes and perceptions towards AI in journalism and generative AI". #AIinJournalism #generativeAI
January 24, 2024 at 8:27 AM
🚀 🤖I'm very much looking forward to Sophie Morosoli‘s talk as part of the Speaker Series at IfKW Jena! Today she will talk about "Individuals' attitudes and perceptions towards AI in journalism and generative AI". #AIinJournalism #generativeAI
Hey #PolCom community! 🚀 My bookshelf’s in need of a refresh and I need your help. 📚What are your go-to reads from the last couple if years? Share those gems! 💡
January 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Hey #PolCom community! 🚀 My bookshelf’s in need of a refresh and I need your help. 📚What are your go-to reads from the last couple if years? Share those gems! 💡
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)
If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!
More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Pls distribute widely!
IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)
If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!
More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Pls distribute widely!
January 8, 2024 at 3:20 PM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)
If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!
More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Pls distribute widely!
IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)
If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!
More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Pls distribute widely!
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Open AI announces policies to prevent abuse and increase transparency leading up to all the elections in 2024 across the 🌏
First steps. But reading these, a lot of questions remain unanswered…
Commsky polisky csssky
openai.com/blog/how-ope...
First steps. But reading these, a lot of questions remain unanswered…
Commsky polisky csssky
openai.com/blog/how-ope...
How OpenAI is approaching 2024 worldwide elections
We’re working to prevent abuse, provide transparency on AI-generated content, and improve access to accurate voting information.
openai.com
January 16, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Open AI announces policies to prevent abuse and increase transparency leading up to all the elections in 2024 across the 🌏
First steps. But reading these, a lot of questions remain unanswered…
Commsky polisky csssky
openai.com/blog/how-ope...
First steps. But reading these, a lot of questions remain unanswered…
Commsky polisky csssky
openai.com/blog/how-ope...
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Just out
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cleavage politics in ordinary reasoning: How common sense divides
This study explores how the ideological divide between the radical right and liberal left is anchored in the common sense reasoning of ordinary citizens. Across Western Europe, cleavage research ha...
www.tandfonline.com
January 15, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Just out
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Can searching for false news increase belief in misinformation? Yes, by approximately 20 percent, according to our new paper, out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. In addition, this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower quality information.
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Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity - Nature
Searching online to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles increases the probability of believing the false news articles.
www.nature.com
December 20, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Can searching for false news increase belief in misinformation? Yes, by approximately 20 percent, according to our new paper, out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. In addition, this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower quality information.
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Join us at LSE! 👇
🚨🚨Two tenure-track positions in the European Institute @LSE:
1. European Politics and Policy jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
2. Political Economy
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
It's a really great place to work. Consider applying! I won't be in the search committee but happy to chat. 1/2 polisky
1. European Politics and Policy jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
2. Political Economy
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
It's a really great place to work. Consider applying! I won't be in the search committee but happy to chat. 1/2 polisky
Assistant Professor in European Politics and Policy
jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 21, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Join us at LSE! 👇
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What is DOCA ❓❓❓
www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/
We explain the Database of Variables for Content Analysis: relevance, objective, content & participation possibilities
➡️
www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/articl...
#contentanalysis #OpenMethod #OpenScience
@voudigitou.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social
www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/
We explain the Database of Variables for Content Analysis: relevance, objective, content & participation possibilities
➡️
www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/articl...
#contentanalysis #OpenMethod #OpenScience
@voudigitou.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social
December 11, 2023 at 7:58 PM
What is DOCA ❓❓❓
www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/
We explain the Database of Variables for Content Analysis: relevance, objective, content & participation possibilities
➡️
www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/articl...
#contentanalysis #OpenMethod #OpenScience
@voudigitou.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social
www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/
We explain the Database of Variables for Content Analysis: relevance, objective, content & participation possibilities
➡️
www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/articl...
#contentanalysis #OpenMethod #OpenScience
@voudigitou.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social
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Immer wieder passiert es, dass Menschen oder ganze Organisationen im Berufsleben damit auffliegen, insgeheim KI genutzt zu haben - hier gebe ich ein paar Beispiele dafür und beschreibe, wie wichtig es ist, 2 Grundregeln im Umgang mit KI zu befolgen:
1.) transparent sein
2.) kritisch bleiben
👇
1.) transparent sein
2.) kritisch bleiben
👇
Heimliche Mitarbeiterin: KI
Es wird Zeit, dass wir endlich eine Etikette für künstliche Intelligenz entwickeln – sonst passieren peinliche Fauxpas.
www.profil.at
December 6, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Immer wieder passiert es, dass Menschen oder ganze Organisationen im Berufsleben damit auffliegen, insgeheim KI genutzt zu haben - hier gebe ich ein paar Beispiele dafür und beschreibe, wie wichtig es ist, 2 Grundregeln im Umgang mit KI zu befolgen:
1.) transparent sein
2.) kritisch bleiben
👇
1.) transparent sein
2.) kritisch bleiben
👇
Reposted by Edda Humprecht
One of the core AI dilemmas for journalistic organizations.
Audiences want publishers to flag the use of AI in reporting. But when they do, trust is not the reward.
@felixsimon.bsky.social @benjamintoff.bsky.social
commsky polcomm journalism AI
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/most...
Audiences want publishers to flag the use of AI in reporting. But when they do, trust is not the reward.
@felixsimon.bsky.social @benjamintoff.bsky.social
commsky polcomm journalism AI
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/most...
Most readers want publishers to label AI-generated articles — but trust outlets less when they do
"We already expect quite a lot from the public in terms of media literacy to be able to navigate the contemporary information environment; the use of these technologies in news adds a whole other laye...
www.niemanlab.org
December 6, 2023 at 7:47 AM
One of the core AI dilemmas for journalistic organizations.
Audiences want publishers to flag the use of AI in reporting. But when they do, trust is not the reward.
@felixsimon.bsky.social @benjamintoff.bsky.social
commsky polcomm journalism AI
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/most...
Audiences want publishers to flag the use of AI in reporting. But when they do, trust is not the reward.
@felixsimon.bsky.social @benjamintoff.bsky.social
commsky polcomm journalism AI
www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/most...