Sami Nenno
@saminenno.bsky.social
Researcher at Synosys TU Dresden & Associate at Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
css-synosys.github.io
css-synosys.github.io
Happy to share our new preprint “Content-based detection of misinformation expands its scope across politicians and platforms.” We analyzed misinformation at the text level in posts by German politicians on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Happy to share our new preprint “Content-based detection of misinformation expands its scope across politicians and platforms.” We analyzed misinformation at the text level in posts by German politicians on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok.
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Reposted by Sami Nenno
We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade?
Reposted by Sami Nenno
#OutNow in #iCS
This study maps fact-checked claims across German public broadcasting, showing that misinformation largely remains separate from social media content. Yet in political talk shows, unverified statements often persist unchallenged.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This study maps fact-checked claims across German public broadcasting, showing that misinformation largely remains separate from social media content. Yet in political talk shows, unverified statements often persist unchallenged.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Separate worlds of misinformation. An explorative study of checked claims in German public broadcast news and talk shows
Research on misinformation has mostly focused on social and alternative media. By contrast, we know little about the extent of misinformation in mainstream media. While many argue that it acts as a...
www.tandfonline.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#OutNow in #iCS
This study maps fact-checked claims across German public broadcasting, showing that misinformation largely remains separate from social media content. Yet in political talk shows, unverified statements often persist unchallenged.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This study maps fact-checked claims across German public broadcasting, showing that misinformation largely remains separate from social media content. Yet in political talk shows, unverified statements often persist unchallenged.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to share that my paper "Separate Worlds of Misinformation" has just been published. When we talk about misinformation, we usually think of social media. But what about other information environments, even the most trusted ones?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Separate worlds of misinformation. An explorative study of checked claims in German public broadcast news and talk shows
Research on misinformation has mostly focused on social and alternative media. By contrast, we know little about the extent of misinformation in mainstream media. While many argue that it acts as a...
www.tandfonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Excited to share that my paper "Separate Worlds of Misinformation" has just been published. When we talk about misinformation, we usually think of social media. But what about other information environments, even the most trusted ones?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reposted by Sami Nenno
Our team at the Leibniz-Institut has two 100% vacancies! Deadline is 23.03.2025!
@dgpuk-meth.bsky.social
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@dgpuk-meth.bsky.social
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Postdoc Computational Social Science
Am Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) in Hamburg ist ab dem 1. Mai 2025 folgende Stelle zu besetzen: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (Postdoc) (m/w/d) im Bereich Comp...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Our team at the Leibniz-Institut has two 100% vacancies! Deadline is 23.03.2025!
@dgpuk-meth.bsky.social
leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-news/ste...
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@dgpuk-meth.bsky.social
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And another report on our work (with @saminenno.bsky.social), very pleased with the first output of our brand new group (css-synosys.github.io).
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Elon Musk wants far right AfD to win the German election - here’s how he’s doing it
Germany’s leading political figures say Musk will face consequences for his endorsement of the country’s far-right party, Tom Watling and Alicja Hagopian write
www.independent.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And another report on our work (with @saminenno.bsky.social), very pleased with the first output of our brand new group (css-synosys.github.io).
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Reposted by Sami Nenno
Our work (credit to @saminenno.bsky.social) is part of this article about Elon Musk and the AfD on X:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Here is our detailed report:
css-synosys.github.io/post/x_elect...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Here is our detailed report:
css-synosys.github.io/post/x_elect...
How Elon Musk used X to amplify Germany’s far right ahead of election
Musk won AfD a massive new audience, and JD Vance added support. That brought the party outsized attention, but the impact in Germany was limited, data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our work (credit to @saminenno.bsky.social) is part of this article about Elon Musk and the AfD on X:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Here is our detailed report:
css-synosys.github.io/post/x_elect...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Here is our detailed report:
css-synosys.github.io/post/x_elect...
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#CommunityNotes sollen #Desinformation bekämpfen – aber spiegeln sie auch politische Tendenzen wider? Vor der #Bundestagswahl analysiert @saminenno.bsky.social fast 9.000 Notes zu Posts von deutschen #Parteien & Politiker*innen. Zeichnen sich Muster ab?
👉Zum Artikel: www.hiig.de/community-no...
👉Zum Artikel: www.hiig.de/community-no...
February 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#CommunityNotes sollen #Desinformation bekämpfen – aber spiegeln sie auch politische Tendenzen wider? Vor der #Bundestagswahl analysiert @saminenno.bsky.social fast 9.000 Notes zu Posts von deutschen #Parteien & Politiker*innen. Zeichnen sich Muster ab?
👉Zum Artikel: www.hiig.de/community-no...
👉Zum Artikel: www.hiig.de/community-no...
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Do Alice Weidel and the AfD benefit from Musk's attention on X? @saminenno.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social examine how his public support & retweets coincide with Weidel’s massive reach increase. Can his influence be determined?
👉 Read full article: www.hiig.de/en/musk-x-an...
👉 Read full article: www.hiig.de/en/musk-x-an...
January 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Do Alice Weidel and the AfD benefit from Musk's attention on X? @saminenno.bsky.social and @lorenzspreen.bsky.social examine how his public support & retweets coincide with Weidel’s massive reach increase. Can his influence be determined?
👉 Read full article: www.hiig.de/en/musk-x-an...
👉 Read full article: www.hiig.de/en/musk-x-an...
Zusammen mit @lorenzspreen.bsky.social habe ich mir mal genauer angesehen wie sich Alice Weidels Reichweite in den vergangenen Wochen auf X entwickelt hat. Hier ein paar Ergebnisse. Alle Details gibt es im Blogpost: css-synosys.github.io/post/x_elect...
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Zusammen mit @lorenzspreen.bsky.social habe ich mir mal genauer angesehen wie sich Alice Weidels Reichweite in den vergangenen Wochen auf X entwickelt hat. Hier ein paar Ergebnisse. Alle Details gibt es im Blogpost: css-synosys.github.io/post/x_elect...