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Quirin Ryffel
@qryffel.bsky.social
Research assistant & PhD candidate
Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich (IKMZ)

🔎 Researching political information behavior, and its relation to individual perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in democracies.
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🪝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
October 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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How do journalists use #AI tools & how does this affect #journalism and #newsquality❓
We surveyed 730 Swiss media professionals

Study @foeg.bsky.social together with @dnvglr.bsky.social, @qryffel.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social & @cporlezza.bsky.social

Download:👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:12b5...
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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📉 Fast die Hälfte der Schweiz nutzt kaum Nachrichten – und wenn, dann meist über Social Media.
Was bedeutet das für Demokratie & Medien?
👉 Präsentation des Jahrbuchs Qualität der Medien 2025
📅 27. Okt | UZH Zürich & Livestream
🔗 Infos/Anmeldung: www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/jahrbuch-...
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Am 1.3. jährt sich Kurt Imhofs Todestag bereits zum 10. Mal. Sein Verstand, seine unerschrockene Art und sein einzigartiger Humor fehlen. Unvergessen ist seine Rede zur Verletzlichkeit der Demokratie, heute aktueller denn je (hier nachzuschauen: foeg.uzh.ch/de/news/2025...).
Mehr 👇
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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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...
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
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Exciting news! 🎉 Starting in March, I’ll take on a new role as Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) for Political Communication at UZH’s IKMZ.

Even better and please share!: We’re hiring a PhD candidate to join my group on news audiences & political participation! 🎓

jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Doctoral Position (3-6 years) in Political Communication Research with a Focus on Researching News Audiences and Political Participation
The IKMZ (Institute of Communication and Media Research) is a leading center for communication studies and research with a strong international standing. At IKMZ, communication and media research is e...
jobs.uzh.ch
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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⏰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
November 29, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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👋 Hallo Welt!

Wir sind das fög von der Universität Zürich und freuen uns hier auf spannende Diskussionen über den digitalen Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit, die Qualität der Medien und die Konsequenzen für Gesellschaft und Demokratie.

#commsky
November 29, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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👋 Hello world!

We are fög, the Center for Research on the Public Sphere and Society at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Looking forward to exciting discussions about the digital transformation of the public sphere, the quality of news and the consequences for society and democracy.

#commsky
November 29, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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✨Introducing the POLCOMM WHO-TO-FOLLOW List✨
(Bluesky Edition)

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!
November 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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4 Abstimmungen am 24. November in der 🇨🇭 – unterschiedliche Medienresonanz.

Fokus auf Autobahnen (emotional!), teilweise auch die Gesundheitsreform und kaum auf die Änderungen im Mietrecht.

Mehr Analysen und Einordnungen im Schlussbericht Abstimmungsmonitor
www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
November 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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We are looking for a new lead author of the Digital News Report.

See below for details.

Thanks to Nic Newman who has done a fantastic job steering the report for the last 10 years.
🚨 Big news today at the Institute

We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report

Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
The Reuters Institute is seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Starting in August – Our @dizh.bsky.social-project “AI literacy in 🇨🇭 journalism”, with @dnvglr.bsky.social
S. Pfeuti, N. Klopfenstein Frei, @qryffel.bsky.social, D. Lombardi, @cporlezza.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social, & our practice partners @quajou.ch, SSM & JJS
👉 www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2024/06/1...
June 26, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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📢Neuer CfP: Wie steht es um die Transdisziplinarität der Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft❓ Inwiefern betreiben wir Öffentliche Wissenschaft & Transformative Forschung❓
Larissa Krainer, Christopher Buschow & ich laden zu Beiträgen ein #OpenAccess
🗓️ 31. August
👉 netlibrary.aau.at/obvuklmj/dom...
March 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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#Hiring: Ich suche eine:n Oberassistent:in (100%, 5 J. befristet) für das neue Institut für digitale Kommunikation und Medieninnovation (IDCMI) der
@unifr.bsky.social & FHGR. www.unifr.ch/dcm/de/asset...
@sgkm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @polcomm.bsky.social
www.unifr.ch
February 7, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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We’re featured in Nature News: Carissa Wong reports on the first preprint of the TISP project, led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and me, and discusses our 67-country survey: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🌏
Thanks also to James Liu and Nan Li @uw-lsc.bsky.social for their thoughtful assessments!
Largest post-pandemic survey finds trust in scientists is high
Study of more than 70,000 people suggests that trust levels vary among countries and are linked to political orientation. Study of more than 70,000 people suggests that trust levels vary among countri...
www.nature.com
February 15, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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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!
January 8, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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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
December 11, 2023 at 7:58 PM
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Come and work with us in beautiful Amsterdam! We are looking for a PhD student to explore the 'Role of Social Norms in Negative Campaigning and Affective Polarization'

Deadline: 10 Jan 24
Starting: Preferably April 24
All details: tinyurl.com/45ryj32t

RT=🧡
@ascor.bsky.social, # commsky # polsky
November 28, 2023 at 11:32 AM
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Only a few weeks left to apply to join the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research team.

Great opportunity for someone who has just finished (or about to finish) their PhD.

Join us!

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies
November 13, 2023 at 8:30 AM
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Dezentrum is hiring!

Möchtest du die digitale Transformation mit und für die Gesellschaft vorantreiben? Willst du Teil eines interdisziplinären Teams sein?

dezentrum.ch/job-kommunik...
November 21, 2023 at 4:46 PM
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Countdown ⏳ ....

In two weeks (December 5) the deadline closes for applying for our full professorships in political communication and journalism @ascor.bsky.social University of Amsterdam.

And it is Sinterklaas time 😉

polcom commsky polisky @polcomm.bsky.social

vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Full...
Full Professor Political Communication & Journalism
Full Professor Political Communication & Journalism
vacatures.uva.nl
November 21, 2023 at 7:00 AM
Prädikat: Pflichtlektüre! «Es braucht eine mutige Neuauflage der Medienförderung, ein Medienpaket 2.0. (…) Die EMEK hat dazu sinnvolle Vorschläge gemacht. Allerdings braucht es Übergangs­massnahmen, und das kurzfristig. Wir haben nicht Zeit, zehn oder noch mehr Jahre auf den grossen Wurf zu warten.»
Im @republik.ch-Interview äussere ich mich auch zur "Halbierungsinitiative": Der öffentliche Rundfunk stärkt das System­vertrauen in den Journalismus. Davon profitieren alle Medienanbieter. Wer vertraut, ist eher bereit, für Journalismus Geld auszugeben.
www.republik.ch/2023/11/14/d...
November 20, 2023 at 8:38 AM
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🏁 3 weeks to go until the submission deadline 🏁

For our conference on "Science Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" 🤖 🧠 in June 2024 in 🇨🇭

Submit your abstract here: conftool.net/aiscicomm24/

Find the CfP here: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm...

We look forward to your contributions! 🚀
Call for Papers
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Annual Conference of the SciComm division of German Communication Association

June 6/7, 2024 at IKMZ Zurich

ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24

Pls apply & distribute!

#wisskomm #wissenschaftskommunikation #sciencecommunication
November 15, 2023 at 5:05 PM
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Die grossen Schweizer Verlage bauen massiv Personal ab.

Derweil plant der Bundesrat, die Einnahmen der SRG deutlich zu reduzieren. Statt über die Rolle des Service public in einer digitalen Gesellschaft nachzudenken.

#Medienpolitik #Medienkrise #PSM #ServicePublic
November 8, 2023 at 5:09 PM