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Marko Bachl
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communication research at @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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gesis.org
#DataMethods #OpenScience

#GESISMethodsHub: An open portal for computational social science research—find tools, tutorials, and code, directly usable in your browser. Methods Hub makes it easy to learn, apply, and reproduce computational methods in the Social Sciences.

methodshub.gesis.org/
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
bachl.bsky.social
Happy start of the Berlin (German) Vorlesungszeit to all who celebrate!
October 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
bachl.bsky.social
Also available in English: www.rki.de/EN/Topics/In...
Screenshot of RKI info in english, topic EFFECTIVELY DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION ABOUT VACCINATION
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
bachl.bsky.social
Interesting page to watch today: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
Screenshot of the Wikipedia version page of paracetamol
September 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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rki.de
Die Aufklärung von Falschinformationen & Impfmythen ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, daher klären wir regelmäßig auf.
Fakt heute:
Autismus entsteht durch Veränderungen in der früh­kindlichen Gehirn­entwicklung.
Als Haupt­ursache gelten genetische Faktoren.

🔗 www.rki.de/impfmythen
„Fakt“: „Autismus (Autismus-Spektrum-Störung) entsteht durch Veränderungen in der frühkindlichen Gehirnentwicklung. Als Hauptursache gelten genetische Faktoren.“ "Mythos“: „Die Impfung gegen Masern-Mumps-Röteln kann Autismus auslösen.“ „Erklärung“ mit Illustration einer Impfampulle: „Erste Auffälligkeiten, die auf Autismus hinweisen, zeigen sich meist bereits vor dem dritten Lebensjahr – also genau in der Zeit, in der Kinder viele Impfungen, unter anderem auch gegen Masern-Mumps-Röteln, erhalten. Die Diagnose Autismus belastet Eltern und Familien erheblich. Eltern betroffener Kinder möchten verständlicherweise verstehen, warum das eigene Kind eine autistische Störung entwickelt hat und stoßen bei der Suche nach Ursachen auf eine scheinbar plausible Erklärung: Die zuvor erfolgte Impfung habe die Erkrankung ausgelöst. Das ist jedoch ein Trugschluss. Befeuert wurde der Mythos in den 90er-Jahren, als ein Arzt behauptete, Kombinationsimpfstoffe gegen Masern, Mumps und Röteln könnten den Darm schädigen und so zu Autismus führen. Später wurde aufgedeckt, dass Daten seiner Studie gefälscht waren und er mit der Verbreitung der Falschinformation eigene finanzielle Interessen verfolgte. Ihm wurde wegen unethischem Verhalten die ärztliche Zulassung entzogen. Mitautor:innen sowie das Fachmagazin, das seine Studie veröffentlicht hatte, distanzierten sich öffentlich von seinen Aussagen und die Veröffentlichung wurde zurückgezogen. In vielen großangelegten internationalen Studien wurde untersucht, ob es einen Zusammenhang zwischen Impfungen und dem Auftreten von Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen geben könnte. Das Ergebnis: Autismus tritt bei geimpften und ungeimpften Kindern gleich häufig auf. Es gibt außerdem Hinweise darauf, dass Veränderungen im Gehirn bei Autismus bereits im Mutterleib und im ersten Lebensjahr vorliegen – also bevor die Impfung gegen Masern-Mumps-Röteln verabreicht wird.“
September 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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A football field at kickoff
September 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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cais-research.bsky.social
🎉 As of today, September 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer heads the "Research Data & Methods" team at CAIS. Together with the University of Duisburg-Essen, he has been appointed Professor of Digital Social Sciences. 🎉
🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/news/joha...
@johannesbreuer.com @unidue.bsky.social
Portrait of Johannes Breuer + Text "Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer, New Professor & Head of the Team Research Data & Methods at CAIS"
September 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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cais-research.bsky.social
🎉 Prof. Johannes Breuer übernimmt ab 1.9.2025 die Leitung des Teams „Research Data & Methods“. Gemeinsam mit der Universität Duisburg-Essen wurde er zum Professor für Digitale Sozialwissenschaften berufen. 🎉
🔗 www.cais-research.de/news/Johanne...
@johannesbreuer.com breuer.com @unidue.bsky.social
Portrait von Johannes Breuer + Text "Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer, Neuer Professor und Leiter des Teams „Research Data & Methods“ am CAIS"
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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bredowinstitut.bsky.social
📣Open access erschienen: #M&K Heft 3/2025 zu "Diversität, Intersektionalität und Geschlecht im Journalismus" 🗺️🌈📖, herausgegeben von @mluenenborg.bsky.social, @ananzinga.bsky.social, @yenerbayramoglu.bsky.social und @bernadetteuth.bsky.social 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/1...
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
bachl.bsky.social
Very nice location for our 4th DiMES workshop today with @audreyalejandro.bsky.social. Thanks to @jojukao.bsky.social for organizing and @dennmis.bsky.social for setting us up in Villa Engler @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologi...
Pic of villa engler
July 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · Jul 14
Etwa 3000 Personen protestieren gerade vor den Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft gegen die Sparmaßnahmen des Landes Berlin. Toll, dass wir so viele sind! 👏

Motto: Hochschulen sind #unkürzbar 💪

ℹ️ www.fu-berlin.de/sites/hausha...
Protestierende mit Schildern
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
🤖 In einer Zeit, in der KI-basierte Systeme und Plattformen tief in unser tägliches Leben eingreifen – von Informationsverbreitung bis hin zur #Meinungsbildung –, stellt sich die dringende Frage:
July 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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bachl.bsky.social
I did not see the "declaration of competing interest" before. Now this seems to be problematic when you decide to use a data cleaning procedure that would likely bias your results in a predictable way, even if it is preregistered...
The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: The audio-learning materials used in this study were developed by the authors in collaboration with Anywyse B.V. The senior author is partly employed by Anywyse B.V (1 day/week). However, employment played no role in the validity of the results. The study was pre-registered and code has been made publicly available. Data is available upon request.
July 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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bachl.bsky.social
This paper seems relevant, claiming (per title) "AI-assisted audio-learning improves academic achievement through motivation and reading engagement" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...). Yet, excluding half of the treatment for not listening to the podcast seems like a problem, no?
Screenshot from the paper: "4.4. Data analysis plan As pre-registered, we excluded participants in the audio-learning group who listened to less than 76.8 min (20%) of the total 384 min of audio materials. " 5.1. Data preprocessing From the 257 participants in the audio-learning condition, 137 participants were excluded from the analyses as they listened to less than 20% of the audio-learning materials. All analyses were performed on the remaining 273 participants.
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
bachl.bsky.social
This paper seems relevant, claiming (per title) "AI-assisted audio-learning improves academic achievement through motivation and reading engagement" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...). Yet, excluding half of the treatment for not listening to the podcast seems like a problem, no?
Screenshot from the paper: "4.4. Data analysis plan As pre-registered, we excluded participants in the audio-learning group who listened to less than 76.8 min (20%) of the total 384 min of audio materials. " 5.1. Data preprocessing From the 257 participants in the audio-learning condition, 137 participants were excluded from the analyses as they listened to less than 20% of the audio-learning materials. All analyses were performed on the remaining 273 participants.
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · Jul 6
Holy shit, I hadn't even thought of this!

asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

You hide AI prompts in your paper that tell AI reviewers to say positive stuff (presumably both for public reviews and private analysis)

I wonder if Amazon sellers are already doing this?
'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review
asia.nikkei.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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PABLO FÜR IMMER - KONZERT
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July 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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scmeditor.bsky.social
How willing are scientists to act as experts in the news media? In the context of the #COVID-19pandemic, @birteleonhardt.bsky.social, Daniel Nölleke & Folker Hanusch interviewed 24 Austrian #ScientificExperts about their perception of news media logics. www.doi.org/10.5771/2192...
July 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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cbpuschmann.bsky.social
Why do people search for individual politicians? Because they (don't) like them. In a new paper we find sympathy/antipathy to be important predictors of political information seeking. We also find searches for female politicians more often concerned with appearance & family. doi.org/10.1177/1461...
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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bachl.bsky.social
Hey, @malarija.bsky.social and I published a research. Click below to find out more.
malarija.bsky.social malarija.bsky.social @malarija.bsky.social · Jun 25
(1) New publication from @bachl.bsky.social and myself: Sexist incivil comments in political discussions function as a form of injunctive norm signaling ... doi.org/10.1177/0093... #openaccess #sexism #politicalcommunication
Meme using the Two Buttons format. A woman is faced with two buttons: 'Share anything remotely resembling a political view' and 'Avoid harassment.' The text above the person reads 'Women online'
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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EPSA is a for-profit???
epssnet.bsky.social EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

🧵
June 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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friemel.bsky.social
Please spread the word about this fantastic job-opportunity at the UZH department for communication and media research @ikmz.bsky.social

✔️ permanent contract ♾️
✔️ 100% paid (123K CHF p.a.) 💰
✔️ best city 🏞️
✔️ fantastic colleagues 🤩
✔️ research with a purpose ⚕️

jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
UZH: LECTURER RESEARCH IN DIGITAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION (PERMANENT POSTDOCTORAL POSITION) AT IKMZ – DEPT. FOR COMMUNICATION & MEDIA RESEARCH
The lecturer position is a permanent postdoctoral position (100%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme; 123K CHF p.a.) with optional promotion to senior lecturer Workplace is Zurich
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June 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
bachl.bsky.social
Hey, @malarija.bsky.social and I published a research. Click below to find out more.
malarija.bsky.social malarija.bsky.social @malarija.bsky.social · Jun 25
(1) New publication from @bachl.bsky.social and myself: Sexist incivil comments in political discussions function as a form of injunctive norm signaling ... doi.org/10.1177/0093... #openaccess #sexism #politicalcommunication
Meme using the Two Buttons format. A woman is faced with two buttons: 'Share anything remotely resembling a political view' and 'Avoid harassment.' The text above the person reads 'Women online'
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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PABLO FÜR IMMER - KONZERT
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June 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM