Lena Frischlich
@lenafrescamente.bsky.social
Communication scholar and media psychologist. Exploring the abyss of digital communications and how to foster democratic resilience. || Associate Professor Digital Democracy Centre University of Southern Denmark
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#AcademicSky
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#AcademicSky
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
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Die Bundesregierung will Internet-Zugangs-Anbieter verpflichten, IP-Adressen aller Nutzer für drei Monate zu speichern. Das geht aus dem Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung hervor. Das Gesetz betrifft auch Internet-Dienste wie E-Mails und Messenger. netzpolitik.org/2025/anlassl...
Anlasslose Speicherung: Justizministerium veröffentlicht Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung
Die Bundesregierung will Internet-Zugangs-Anbieter verpflichten, IP-Adressen aller Nutzer für drei Monate zu speichern. Das geht aus dem Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung hervor, den das Justi...
netzpolitik.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Die Bundesregierung will Internet-Zugangs-Anbieter verpflichten, IP-Adressen aller Nutzer für drei Monate zu speichern. Das geht aus dem Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung hervor. Das Gesetz betrifft auch Internet-Dienste wie E-Mails und Messenger. netzpolitik.org/2025/anlassl...
Come work with us - we have a very cool environment, amazing colleagues, and you're never far away from the sea (or a cinnamon bun). Also: 🇩🇰 actually beliefs in work-life balance, fair recruiting and being child friendly 😀
FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Come work with us - we have a very cool environment, amazing colleagues, and you're never far away from the sea (or a cinnamon bun). Also: 🇩🇰 actually beliefs in work-life balance, fair recruiting and being child friendly 😀
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Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
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Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"Die Analyse enthält auch einen 20-seitigen internen Evaluationsbericht der Armee (...) Die Militärexperten kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Abfluss von Daten aus den #Palantir Systemen technisch nicht verhindert werden könne." #Schweiz 🇨🇭
Schweiz: Palantir-Software hat verheerende Risiken
Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß. Da...
netzpolitik.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Class excursion day: @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is visiting Copenhagen University today to listen to @dscheykopp.bsky.social talking about data access under DSA - thanks @manuelmenke.bsky.social for the organisation!
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Class excursion day: @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is visiting Copenhagen University today to listen to @dscheykopp.bsky.social talking about data access under DSA - thanks @manuelmenke.bsky.social for the organisation!
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IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
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Learn more about the fellows and their projects here:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
DDCxTrygFonden fellowship cohort 2026
DDCxTrygFonden fellowship cohort 2026
www.sdu.dk
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Learn more about the fellows and their projects here:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
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Should you ask an AI chatbot what to vote for? No.
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
Bør jeg spørge ChatGPT til råds om, hvad jeg skal stemme?
Måske er du stadig i tvivl om, hvor du skal sætte dit kryds til kommunalvalget.
videnskab.dk
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Should you ask an AI chatbot what to vote for? No.
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
A long (very) long time ago, I started my academic journey as a student assistant in the lab of Gary Bente - back then, an environment where people studied intercultural communication, nonverbal communication, and basic virtual agents such as "Karl Klammer" -
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A long (very) long time ago, I started my academic journey as a student assistant in the lab of Gary Bente - back then, an environment where people studied intercultural communication, nonverbal communication, and basic virtual agents such as "Karl Klammer" -
Such a pleasure to listen to Joe Walther (scholar.google.nl/citations?us...) in person - talking about computer-mediated communication, from loving to lynching
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Such a pleasure to listen to Joe Walther (scholar.google.nl/citations?us...) in person - talking about computer-mediated communication, from loving to lynching
Very nostalgic and exiting day - sitting besides @dianarieger.bsky.social like in the #mediapsych lecture University zu Köln to listen to a Symposium @ifkw.bsky.social which brings together Ron Tamborini Joe Walther and our doctoral supervisor, Gary Bente.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Very nostalgic and exiting day - sitting besides @dianarieger.bsky.social like in the #mediapsych lecture University zu Köln to listen to a Symposium @ifkw.bsky.social which brings together Ron Tamborini Joe Walther and our doctoral supervisor, Gary Bente.
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14 postdoc fellowships for 2yrs, in Freiburg, Tübingen or Konstanz
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
14 postdoc fellowships for 2yrs, in Freiburg, Tübingen or Konstanz
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Excited to announce DID lab's first paper!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Excited to announce DID lab's first paper!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!
First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!
In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)
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SUPPORT THIS CAUSE! The deadline for signing our commentary on defending #academic #freedom is this Sunday, 9 Nov! Read this article led by Digital Journalism's Editor-in-Chief @oscarwestlund.bsky.social (bit.ly/4oUu6E0) & sign here (bit.ly/afsignatory) to support this cause!
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
SUPPORT THIS CAUSE! The deadline for signing our commentary on defending #academic #freedom is this Sunday, 9 Nov! Read this article led by Digital Journalism's Editor-in-Chief @oscarwestlund.bsky.social (bit.ly/4oUu6E0) & sign here (bit.ly/afsignatory) to support this cause!
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🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology!
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Psychology – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PRIO invites applications for a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in social psychology/ psychology/ cognitive science or a closely related fiel ...
www.prio.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology!
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
Soo many cool new projects have started/are on the way at the DDC right now - looking very much forward to dig into AI in news and excited to continue working with @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social on studying susceptibility to misinfo and how to support democratic resilience
Excited to share a wave of new projects either launching or joined by the Digital Democracy Centre here at SDU!
They span AI, platforms, public service media, & civic participation.
Visit our website & see thread below for more info:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
They span AI, platforms, public service media, & civic participation.
Visit our website & see thread below for more info:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Research Projects
Research Projects
www.sdu.dk
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Soo many cool new projects have started/are on the way at the DDC right now - looking very much forward to dig into AI in news and excited to continue working with @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social on studying susceptibility to misinfo and how to support democratic resilience
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Our new report provides a typology of news creators, based on analysis of 24 countries
The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics
The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our new report provides a typology of news creators, based on analysis of 24 countries
The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics
The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics
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This🧵of new @ddc-sdu.bsky.social projects👏
Cool projects by fx @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @curdknupfer.bsky.social @lyngemoller.bsky.social @emilbakke.bsky.social @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social @hannahdecker.bsky.social @hannescools.bsky.social @dieheiselberg.bsky.social @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social
Cool projects by fx @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @curdknupfer.bsky.social @lyngemoller.bsky.social @emilbakke.bsky.social @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social @hannahdecker.bsky.social @hannescools.bsky.social @dieheiselberg.bsky.social @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social
Excited to share a wave of new projects either launching or joined by the Digital Democracy Centre here at SDU!
They span AI, platforms, public service media, & civic participation.
Visit our website & see thread below for more info:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
They span AI, platforms, public service media, & civic participation.
Visit our website & see thread below for more info:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Research Projects
Research Projects
www.sdu.dk
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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@stockholm-uni.bsky.social has announced new vacancies for Postdoctoral Fellow and Researchers in Cinema Studies.
The positions are funded by the Anders Sandrews Foundation, with an application deadline of 15 November.
Visit our website for more information 🔗 : nordmedianetwork.org/latest/vacan...
The positions are funded by the Anders Sandrews Foundation, with an application deadline of 15 November.
Visit our website for more information 🔗 : nordmedianetwork.org/latest/vacan...
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social has announced new vacancies for Postdoctoral Fellow and Researchers in Cinema Studies.
The positions are funded by the Anders Sandrews Foundation, with an application deadline of 15 November.
Visit our website for more information 🔗 : nordmedianetwork.org/latest/vacan...
The positions are funded by the Anders Sandrews Foundation, with an application deadline of 15 November.
Visit our website for more information 🔗 : nordmedianetwork.org/latest/vacan...
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📝DDC Thesis Grant now open!📝
Students at SDU writing their thesis in Autumn 2025 on digitalization, AI, algorithms or democracy can apply for up to DKK 10,000.
Covers costs like software, data, travel, or participant compensation.
⌛️: Nov 15, 2025
Apply via ddc@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Students at SDU writing their thesis in Autumn 2025 on digitalization, AI, algorithms or democracy can apply for up to DKK 10,000.
Covers costs like software, data, travel, or participant compensation.
⌛️: Nov 15, 2025
Apply via ddc@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
DDC Thesis Grant
DDC Thesis Grant
www.sdu.dk
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📝DDC Thesis Grant now open!📝
Students at SDU writing their thesis in Autumn 2025 on digitalization, AI, algorithms or democracy can apply for up to DKK 10,000.
Covers costs like software, data, travel, or participant compensation.
⌛️: Nov 15, 2025
Apply via ddc@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Students at SDU writing their thesis in Autumn 2025 on digitalization, AI, algorithms or democracy can apply for up to DKK 10,000.
Covers costs like software, data, travel, or participant compensation.
⌛️: Nov 15, 2025
Apply via ddc@sdu.dk
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
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The Limits of Analogies of Misinformation
“Contrary to misinformation, viruses care little about ingroup dynamics, political supplies, or the larger media context in which they spread.”
By @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @abhishekr0y.bsky.social, @hdschulze.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #SocialPsyc 🧪
“Contrary to misinformation, viruses care little about ingroup dynamics, political supplies, or the larger media context in which they spread.”
By @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @abhishekr0y.bsky.social, @hdschulze.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #SocialPsyc 🧪
#PublicationAlert 🥰. This one has been long in the making: It started with a @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in 2023, lead to a working group at the SFI in 2024, multiple online-meetings (one from Costa Rica, Munich, Denmark, Mumbai, and the US), thought-provoking and truly interdisciplinary work.
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Limits of Analogies of Misinformation
“Contrary to misinformation, viruses care little about ingroup dynamics, political supplies, or the larger media context in which they spread.”
By @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @abhishekr0y.bsky.social, @hdschulze.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #SocialPsyc 🧪
“Contrary to misinformation, viruses care little about ingroup dynamics, political supplies, or the larger media context in which they spread.”
By @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @abhishekr0y.bsky.social, @hdschulze.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #SocialPsyc 🧪
#PublicationAlert 🥰. This one has been long in the making: It started with a @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in 2023, lead to a working group at the SFI in 2024, multiple online-meetings (one from Costa Rica, Munich, Denmark, Mumbai, and the US), thought-provoking and truly interdisciplinary work.
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#PublicationAlert 🥰. This one has been long in the making: It started with a @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in 2023, lead to a working group at the SFI in 2024, multiple online-meetings (one from Costa Rica, Munich, Denmark, Mumbai, and the US), thought-provoking and truly interdisciplinary work.