Andreas Jungherr
@ajungherr.bsky.social
Making sense of digital technology - the changes it brings, the opportunities it provides, and the challenges it presents. Professor, University of Bamberg.
The article is part of the project “Generative AI in Election Campaigns: Applications, Preferences, and Trust”, funded by the @bidt.bsky.social: www.bidt.digital/forschungspr...
Generative Künstliche Intelligenz im Wahlkampf: Anwendungen, Präferenzen und Vertrauen (AI Wahlkampf) | bidt
Das Projekt untersucht, wie deutsche Parteien generative KI nutzen, deren Einfluss auf Wahlkampagnen und auf das Vertrauen der Öffentlichkeit.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The article is part of the project “Generative AI in Election Campaigns: Applications, Preferences, and Trust”, funded by the @bidt.bsky.social: www.bidt.digital/forschungspr...
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Explaining public preferences for regulating Artificial Intelligence in election campaigns: Evidence from the U.S. and Taiwan
The increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in election campaigns, such as AI-generated political ads, automated messaging, and the widespread …
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October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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📖 The article contributes to a better understanding of public opinion and digital governance — and shows why international comparison matters for both research and regulation.
October 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📖 The article contributes to a better understanding of public opinion and digital governance — and shows why international comparison matters for both research and regulation.
🌏 Our findings highlight that cultural and societal contexts shape how people think about digital campaign regulation. The same perceptions and cognitions can have very different consequences across countries.
October 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🌏 Our findings highlight that cultural and societal contexts shape how people think about digital campaign regulation. The same perceptions and cognitions can have very different consequences across countries.
General attitudes toward AI also play out differently:
🇺🇸 In the U.S., perceived AI risks increase support for regulation, while perceived AI benefits reduce it.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan, both critical and optimistic citizens tend to support stricter rules.
🇺🇸 In the U.S., perceived AI risks increase support for regulation, while perceived AI benefits reduce it.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan, both critical and optimistic citizens tend to support stricter rules.
October 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
General attitudes toward AI also play out differently:
🇺🇸 In the U.S., perceived AI risks increase support for regulation, while perceived AI benefits reduce it.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan, both critical and optimistic citizens tend to support stricter rules.
🇺🇸 In the U.S., perceived AI risks increase support for regulation, while perceived AI benefits reduce it.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan, both critical and optimistic citizens tend to support stricter rules.
In Taiwan, by contrast, we observe a second-person effect: People favor regulation when they think that both they and others can be influenced by campaigning.
October 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
In Taiwan, by contrast, we observe a second-person effect: People favor regulation when they think that both they and others can be influenced by campaigning.
In the U.S., we find a third-person effect: People tend to support regulation when they believe others are more influenced by campaign messages than they themselves are.
October 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In the U.S., we find a third-person effect: People tend to support regulation when they believe others are more influenced by campaign messages than they themselves are.
🇺🇸 & 🇹🇼 Majorities in both the U.S. and Taiwan favor clear rules for using AI in election campaigns. But factors correlated with supporting regulation differ markedly between the two countries.
October 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🇺🇸 & 🇹🇼 Majorities in both the U.S. and Taiwan favor clear rules for using AI in election campaigns. But factors correlated with supporting regulation differ markedly between the two countries.
🔍 Study: Representative, pre-registered survey experiment (n=1850), conducted by Ipsos, funded by the EU 🇪🇺 as part of the AI4Deliberation project.
👉 Read the article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#AI #Deliberation #DigitalDemocracy #Democracy
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👉 Read the article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#AI #Deliberation #DigitalDemocracy #Democracy
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Artificial Intelligence in deliberation: The AI penalty and the emergence of a new deliberative divide
Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) promise help for democratic deliberation, such as processing information, moderating discussion, and fact-che…
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September 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🔍 Study: Representative, pre-registered survey experiment (n=1850), conducted by Ipsos, funded by the EU 🇪🇺 as part of the AI4Deliberation project.
👉 Read the article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#AI #Deliberation #DigitalDemocracy #Democracy
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👉 Read the article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#AI #Deliberation #DigitalDemocracy #Democracy
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⚠️ This means: Even if AI might factually improve the processes of democratic deliberation, there is a risk that its use will exacerbate existing inequalities in willingness to participate.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
⚠️ This means: Even if AI might factually improve the processes of democratic deliberation, there is a risk that its use will exacerbate existing inequalities in willingness to participate.
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🔸 Positive attitudes toward AI increase acceptance; perceived risks, on the other hand, significantly reduce it.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🔸 Positive attitudes toward AI increase acceptance; perceived risks, on the other hand, significantly reduce it.
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🔸 A new "deliberation divide" emerges: those who are skeptical of AI are less likely to participate.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🔸 A new "deliberation divide" emerges: those who are skeptical of AI are less likely to participate.
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🔸 If people are informed about the use of AI in deliberation, they expect discussions to be of lower quality than when moderated by a human.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🔸 If people are informed about the use of AI in deliberation, they expect discussions to be of lower quality than when moderated by a human.
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🧐 Our key findings:
🔸 AI-supported deliberation significantly reduces the willingness to participate.
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🔸 AI-supported deliberation significantly reduces the willingness to participate.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🧐 Our key findings:
🔸 AI-supported deliberation significantly reduces the willingness to participate.
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🔸 AI-supported deliberation significantly reduces the willingness to participate.
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You can take the speaker out of pol sci, but you can’t take pol sci out of the speaker :)
September 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
You can take the speaker out of pol sci, but you can’t take pol sci out of the speaker :)
In short: let’s start with what we do control and by doing so, expand our chances to manage interdependencies.
September 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
In short: let’s start with what we do control and by doing so, expand our chances to manage interdependencies.
Enforce internal reform of our own institutions & practices that slow development and fuel discontent: politics, journalism, industry-protective tendencies, and EU regulatory habits.
September 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Enforce internal reform of our own institutions & practices that slow development and fuel discontent: politics, journalism, industry-protective tendencies, and EU regulatory habits.
Build capacity and capability for future tech & industries. Not replicate what’s already settled. That gives the EU power it currently lacks to negotiate real commitments from others and better manage interdependencies.
September 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Build capacity and capability for future tech & industries. Not replicate what’s already settled. That gives the EU power it currently lacks to negotiate real commitments from others and better manage interdependencies.
I agree it’s high time to engage. But for me, this is about addressing aspects we can control. I see two arms to this:
September 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I agree it’s high time to engage. But for me, this is about addressing aspects we can control. I see two arms to this:
From a European perspective, that’s a lose–lose.
September 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
From a European perspective, that’s a lose–lose.
Blaming technology lets institutions dodge responsibility and internal reform, while deepening Europe’s dependencies on foreign infrastructures.
September 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Blaming technology lets institutions dodge responsibility and internal reform, while deepening Europe’s dependencies on foreign infrastructures.