Anna-Theresa Mayer
@atmayer.bsky.social
PhD candidate in the 'Digital News Dynamics' RG @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social | Interested in journalism, news & public value on social media
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On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.
October 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.
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#DigitalNewsDynamics research group present #datadonationsymposium2025
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#DigitalNewsDynamics research group present #datadonationsymposium2025
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
@lkseiling.bsky.social and Quentin Bukold on an Ontology for digital trace data, me on data donation behavior, and @dscheykopp.bsky.social on our experience with #deinfeeddeinewahl.
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Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....
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🚨 Wave 6 (2024) of the Weizenbaum Panel is now available in the Weizenbaum Panel Data Explorer. Check it out if you‘re interested in Germans‘ media use, political participation, civic norms, and more! panel.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/findings/...
July 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨 Wave 6 (2024) of the Weizenbaum Panel is now available in the Weizenbaum Panel Data Explorer. Check it out if you‘re interested in Germans‘ media use, political participation, civic norms, and more! panel.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/findings/...
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"From Isolation to Extremism: Radicalization in the Manosphere." We spoke to @lionw.bsky.social & Linda Coufal about how extremist views take hold and spread within digital communities: 🔗 t1p.de/sqii5
#DigitalExtremism #OnlineHate #PlatformAccountability #Misogyny
#DigitalExtremism #OnlineHate #PlatformAccountability #Misogyny
From Isolation to Extremism: Radicalization in the Manosphere
Together with his colleague Linda Coufal, Weizenbaum researcher Lion Wedel recently published two studies on the radicalization of Incels – a group known for its misogynistic views. We spoke to them a...
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July 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"From Isolation to Extremism: Radicalization in the Manosphere." We spoke to @lionw.bsky.social & Linda Coufal about how extremist views take hold and spread within digital communities: 🔗 t1p.de/sqii5
#DigitalExtremism #OnlineHate #PlatformAccountability #Misogyny
#DigitalExtremism #OnlineHate #PlatformAccountability #Misogyny
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For Tech Policy Press, the Collaboratory's core team and
@claesdevreese.bsky.social outline key provisions, changes from the draft version, and stakeholder responsibilities clarified by the recently adopted delegated act on data access.
@claesdevreese.bsky.social outline key provisions, changes from the draft version, and stakeholder responsibilities clarified by the recently adopted delegated act on data access.
LK Seiling, Jakob Ohme, Ulrike Klinger, and Claes H. de Vreese outline what’s needed from researchers, platforms, and regulators to make data access under the EU’s Digital Services Act work.
Time To Deliver: Stakeholder Roles In The EU’s Delegated Act On Data Access | TechPolicy.Press
The Delegated Act on data access under the DSA provides much-needed clarity about both the access process and expectations towards the actors involved in it.
www.techpolicy.press
July 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
For Tech Policy Press, the Collaboratory's core team and
@claesdevreese.bsky.social outline key provisions, changes from the draft version, and stakeholder responsibilities clarified by the recently adopted delegated act on data access.
@claesdevreese.bsky.social outline key provisions, changes from the draft version, and stakeholder responsibilities clarified by the recently adopted delegated act on data access.
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Wanna know what changed between the Draft of the Delegated Act on Research Data Access in the #DSA?
We've aligned the relevant passages and just published the comparison on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/dda-da-compa...
Data & code used are available on our github: github.com/access-colla...
We've aligned the relevant passages and just published the comparison on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/dda-da-compa...
Data & code used are available on our github: github.com/access-colla...
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Wanna know what changed between the Draft of the Delegated Act on Research Data Access in the #DSA?
We've aligned the relevant passages and just published the comparison on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/dda-da-compa...
Data & code used are available on our github: github.com/access-colla...
We've aligned the relevant passages and just published the comparison on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/dda-da-compa...
Data & code used are available on our github: github.com/access-colla...
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Am 20./21.11.25 veranstalten wir am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social einen Workshop zum Thema "GenAI&Power". Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen, die eine theoretische & konzeptionelle Perspektive auf das Wechselverhältnis von GenAI&Macht werfen. Alle Infos zum Workshop finden sich im CfA:
cloud.weizenbaum-institut.de
June 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Am 20./21.11.25 veranstalten wir am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social einen Workshop zum Thema "GenAI&Power". Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen, die eine theoretische & konzeptionelle Perspektive auf das Wechselverhältnis von GenAI&Macht werfen. Alle Infos zum Workshop finden sich im CfA:
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📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond:
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
July 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond:
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
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Do Alternative News users also use legacy media? Yes they do, shows a study by @gongbaobao.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social but a small fraction - around 1.3% of the German population - live in alternative news enclaves
June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Do Alternative News users also use legacy media? Yes they do, shows a study by @gongbaobao.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social but a small fraction - around 1.3% of the German population - live in alternative news enclaves
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It’s a wrap! #ica25 ends for #DigitalNewsDynamics team @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social with presentation by Felix Gaisbauer, showing that the more people use alternative news media, the more they share them, but still have the highest fear of reputation loss as reason to not share alt news
June 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s a wrap! #ica25 ends for #DigitalNewsDynamics team @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social with presentation by Felix Gaisbauer, showing that the more people use alternative news media, the more they share them, but still have the highest fear of reputation loss as reason to not share alt news
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Look at all these smart people from @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) and @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. #ica25
June 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Look at all these smart people from @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) and @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. #ica25
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At the 9am Sunday #ica25 panel, Felix Gaisbauer @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social presented work showing that news sharing on platforms in the German context is less fragmented and highly driven by intermediaries from the political right
Find method preprint here: arxiv.org/html/2505.08...
Find method preprint here: arxiv.org/html/2505.08...
June 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
At the 9am Sunday #ica25 panel, Felix Gaisbauer @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social presented work showing that news sharing on platforms in the German context is less fragmented and highly driven by intermediaries from the political right
Find method preprint here: arxiv.org/html/2505.08...
Find method preprint here: arxiv.org/html/2505.08...
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Insanely proud of @atmayer.bsky.social and @maakesalonen.bsky.social who both gave excellent presentations on ongoing research projects at the intersection of TikTok and journalism, where I am very fortunate to be a part of! #ICA25
June 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Insanely proud of @atmayer.bsky.social and @maakesalonen.bsky.social who both gave excellent presentations on ongoing research projects at the intersection of TikTok and journalism, where I am very fortunate to be a part of! #ICA25
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@atmayer.bsky.social with another 🔥 presentation at #ica25 How do news values and visual representations of news differ between public and private news media on TikTok?
Dataset paper on this out now!
doi.org/10.1609/icws...
with
@jonathanhendrickx.bsky.social !
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Dataset paper on this out now!
doi.org/10.1609/icws...
with
@jonathanhendrickx.bsky.social !
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
@atmayer.bsky.social with another 🔥 presentation at #ica25 How do news values and visual representations of news differ between public and private news media on TikTok?
Dataset paper on this out now!
doi.org/10.1609/icws...
with
@jonathanhendrickx.bsky.social !
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Dataset paper on this out now!
doi.org/10.1609/icws...
with
@jonathanhendrickx.bsky.social !
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
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@atmayer.bsky.social rocking the stage at #ica25 . Presenting work on identifying (non-)intermediation practices of digital journalists on social media. #silentintermediation
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
@atmayer.bsky.social rocking the stage at #ica25 . Presenting work on identifying (non-)intermediation practices of digital journalists on social media. #silentintermediation
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
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📍Day 1 at #ICA25 for our Digital News Dynamics team:
🕛 12:00 | @lionw.bsky.social & Jakob Ohme
🧹 User Deletion & Data Quality in Data Donation Studies
📍 Capitol 3
🕒 15:00 | @atmayer.bsky.social , Lion Wedel, Jakob Ohme
🕸️ Journalistic Intermediation on Platforms
📍 Grays Peak A
🕛 12:00 | @lionw.bsky.social & Jakob Ohme
🧹 User Deletion & Data Quality in Data Donation Studies
📍 Capitol 3
🕒 15:00 | @atmayer.bsky.social , Lion Wedel, Jakob Ohme
🕸️ Journalistic Intermediation on Platforms
📍 Grays Peak A
June 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📍Day 1 at #ICA25 for our Digital News Dynamics team:
🕛 12:00 | @lionw.bsky.social & Jakob Ohme
🧹 User Deletion & Data Quality in Data Donation Studies
📍 Capitol 3
🕒 15:00 | @atmayer.bsky.social , Lion Wedel, Jakob Ohme
🕸️ Journalistic Intermediation on Platforms
📍 Grays Peak A
🕛 12:00 | @lionw.bsky.social & Jakob Ohme
🧹 User Deletion & Data Quality in Data Donation Studies
📍 Capitol 3
🕒 15:00 | @atmayer.bsky.social , Lion Wedel, Jakob Ohme
🕸️ Journalistic Intermediation on Platforms
📍 Grays Peak A
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From text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨
June 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨
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Felix Gaisbauer presenting first insights into political content suggested too and seen by actual German users around the German election earlier this year. Debunking assumptions of asymmetrical algorithmic curation on #tiktok in recent years. #WIConf2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Felix Gaisbauer presenting first insights into political content suggested too and seen by actual German users around the German election earlier this year. Debunking assumptions of asymmetrical algorithmic curation on #tiktok in recent years. #WIConf2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info talks at #WIConf2025 about #SocialMedia Practice Mapping in #ClimateChange debates in Australia, from climate policy advocates to the local fire departments.
June 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Axel Bruns @snurb.info talks at #WIConf2025 about #SocialMedia Practice Mapping in #ClimateChange debates in Australia, from climate policy advocates to the local fire departments.
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Returning from second visit as @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Fellow.
What a privilege to spend time with @dscheykopp.bsky.social’s group and the inspiring and friendly WI community (including the Berlin ‘staffel run’) 🏃🏼♀️ 🇩🇪
Honoured to deliver the Weizenbaum conference #WIConf2025 keynote 🎙️
What a privilege to spend time with @dscheykopp.bsky.social’s group and the inspiring and friendly WI community (including the Berlin ‘staffel run’) 🏃🏼♀️ 🇩🇪
Honoured to deliver the Weizenbaum conference #WIConf2025 keynote 🎙️
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Returning from second visit as @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Fellow.
What a privilege to spend time with @dscheykopp.bsky.social’s group and the inspiring and friendly WI community (including the Berlin ‘staffel run’) 🏃🏼♀️ 🇩🇪
Honoured to deliver the Weizenbaum conference #WIConf2025 keynote 🎙️
What a privilege to spend time with @dscheykopp.bsky.social’s group and the inspiring and friendly WI community (including the Berlin ‘staffel run’) 🏃🏼♀️ 🇩🇪
Honoured to deliver the Weizenbaum conference #WIConf2025 keynote 🎙️
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Platforms need to be researched on the risks they pose to society, like our civic discourse or our mental health. But the relationships between researchers, platforms and regulators are complicated. @lkseiling.bsky.social presenting their work on the #DSA at #WIConf2025
June 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Platforms need to be researched on the risks they pose to society, like our civic discourse or our mental health. But the relationships between researchers, platforms and regulators are complicated. @lkseiling.bsky.social presenting their work on the #DSA at #WIConf2025
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What is the role of digital infrastructures in the current challenges for liberal democracies?
What do they mean for vulnerable people, for activists and for democracy as a whole? The #WIConf25 offers insights into the latest Research with speakers from over 25 countries and multiple diciplines.
June 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What is the role of digital infrastructures in the current challenges for liberal democracies?
What do they mean for vulnerable people, for activists and for democracy as a whole? The #WIConf25 offers insights into the latest Research with speakers from over 25 countries and multiple diciplines.
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Taking place now: @claesdevreese.bsky.social giving the #WIConf2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Keynote Speech on “Are we, citizens, ready for an AI democracy?”. Spoiler: we are not!
June 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Taking place now: @claesdevreese.bsky.social giving the #WIConf2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Keynote Speech on “Are we, citizens, ready for an AI democracy?”. Spoiler: we are not!