Christian Pieter Hoffmann
@cphoffmann.bsky.social
Prof @ University of Leipzig, Institute for Communication and Media Studies & Institute for Political Science (Private account & personal opinions, of course.)
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Deepfakes don’t just fool us. They make us cynical. Study finds that perceived exposure to deepfakes increases media cynicism, &. that confidence in one’s ability to detect them may worsen mistrust. By Christian Pieter Hoffmann et al. @sscratsage.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Deepfakes don’t just fool us. They make us cynical. Study finds that perceived exposure to deepfakes increases media cynicism, &. that confidence in one’s ability to detect them may worsen mistrust. By Christian Pieter Hoffmann et al. @sscratsage.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📢 New publication on the positioning of executives on LinkedIn. We analyze more than 4'500 posts of CEOs and CEOs of EURO STOXX 50 companies and find distinct communicator profiles (re. content, timing, frequency, audiences and engagement).
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October 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📢 New publication on the positioning of executives on LinkedIn. We analyze more than 4'500 posts of CEOs and CEOs of EURO STOXX 50 companies and find distinct communicator profiles (re. content, timing, frequency, audiences and engagement).
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📢 New OA publication w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social
Do privacy concerns inhibit political posting on social media? Yes, but. We examine FB, X & Insta in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦 and find that highly politically interested users discount privacy concerns and seek large audiences.
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Do privacy concerns inhibit political posting on social media? Yes, but. We examine FB, X & Insta in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦 and find that highly politically interested users discount privacy concerns and seek large audiences.
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September 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📢 New OA publication w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social
Do privacy concerns inhibit political posting on social media? Yes, but. We examine FB, X & Insta in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦 and find that highly politically interested users discount privacy concerns and seek large audiences.
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Do privacy concerns inhibit political posting on social media? Yes, but. We examine FB, X & Insta in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦 and find that highly politically interested users discount privacy concerns and seek large audiences.
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📢 New OA article with @lutzid.bsky.social 🚨 Online politics are often criticized as performative. We examine the role of impression management in political expression on Facebook – and find some interesting relationships re. age, gender and political interest 👇
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Blasting and posturing: How impression management contributes to inequalities in political expression on Facebook
Social media provide opportunities for political engagement. Yet, previous research has shown that political engagement on social media remains social…
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September 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📢 New OA article with @lutzid.bsky.social 🚨 Online politics are often criticized as performative. We examine the role of impression management in political expression on Facebook – and find some interesting relationships re. age, gender and political interest 👇
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📢 New OA article with @lutzid.bsky.social 🚨 Online politics are often criticized as performative. We examine the role of impression management in political expression on Facebook – and find some interesting relationships re. age, gender and political interest 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Blasting and posturing: How impression management contributes to inequalities in political expression on Facebook
Social media provide opportunities for political engagement. Yet, previous research has shown that political engagement on social media remains social…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📢 New OA article with @lutzid.bsky.social 🚨 Online politics are often criticized as performative. We examine the role of impression management in political expression on Facebook – and find some interesting relationships re. age, gender and political interest 👇
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📢 New publication on the emergence of the #financialcommunication function in #startups. We interviewed both founders and investors to develop a model of how investor relations initially emerge - and then evolve across funding stages. w/ Lea Knabben & Torben Krueper
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The emergence of the financial communication function: exploring investor relations in start-ups
Purpose. Start-up companies need to attract the interest of investors to grow and mature. Yet, little is known about the investor relations (IR) of start-ups. This study applies a neo-institutionalist...
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August 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📢 New publication on the emergence of the #financialcommunication function in #startups. We interviewed both founders and investors to develop a model of how investor relations initially emerge - and then evolve across funding stages. w/ Lea Knabben & Torben Krueper
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New OA article out @journstudies 📢 We conducted interviews with journalists in Germany and Switzerland to explore the compatibility of #deepfake technology with journalistic norms. We identify boundary conditions for the use of deepfakes in journalism 1/2
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Deepfakes and Journalism: Normative Considerations and Implications
The possibility of using deepfake technology to create synthetic media content in journalism requires careful ethical deliberations. Being that journalism is a norm-oriented social institution, the...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New OA article out @journstudies 📢 We conducted interviews with journalists in Germany and Switzerland to explore the compatibility of #deepfake technology with journalistic norms. We identify boundary conditions for the use of deepfakes in journalism 1/2
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New open access publication on deepfakes in journalism together with
Patric Raemy, Daniel Bendahan Bitton, Hannah Ötting, @cphoffmann.bsky.social & Alexander Godulla
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Patric Raemy, Daniel Bendahan Bitton, Hannah Ötting, @cphoffmann.bsky.social & Alexander Godulla
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Deepfakes and Journalism: Normative Considerations and Implications
The possibility of using deepfake technology to create synthetic media content in journalism requires careful ethical deliberations. Being that journalism is a norm-oriented social institution, the...
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New open access publication on deepfakes in journalism together with
Patric Raemy, Daniel Bendahan Bitton, Hannah Ötting, @cphoffmann.bsky.social & Alexander Godulla
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Patric Raemy, Daniel Bendahan Bitton, Hannah Ötting, @cphoffmann.bsky.social & Alexander Godulla
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Grateful to be part of this wonderful special issue 👇🏼 Congratulations to the editors!
New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society!
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w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)
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w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)
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August 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Grateful to be part of this wonderful special issue 👇🏼 Congratulations to the editors!
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3. In "It's Fine If Others Do It Too" @cphoffmann.bsky.social and @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social nvestigate the relationship between privacy concerns, social influence, and online political expression on Facebook across five Western democracies. doi.org/10.1177/2056...
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
3. In "It's Fine If Others Do It Too" @cphoffmann.bsky.social and @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social nvestigate the relationship between privacy concerns, social influence, and online political expression on Facebook across five Western democracies. doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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📢 New paper out @JITP /w @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social & Thomas Feiler: Who uses Twitch for politics? Based on a survey in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 we present descriptive data for an underresearched platform & delve into the personality of those who see & post political content👇🏼
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Using Twitch for politics? The role of personality across five countries
Twitch is a popular live-streaming platform primarily used in the context of gaming. Streamers tend to be very sensitive to the content shared in their streams, often eschewing political content. A...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📢 New paper out @JITP /w @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social & Thomas Feiler: Who uses Twitch for politics? Based on a survey in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 we present descriptive data for an underresearched platform & delve into the personality of those who see & post political content👇🏼
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Danke für das (ausführliche) Gespräch, @tomcoal.bsky.social!
@cphoffmann.bsky.social hat bei #MachineAgainstRage des @idz-jena.bsky.social über #Echokammern in den sozialen Netzwerken geschrieben. Diese werden befördert durch die Abwanderung zu #bluesky und #Mastodon. Ich habe dazu mit ihm gesprochen.
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#SocialMedia #Kommunikation
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#SocialMedia #Kommunikation
Droht eine Fragmentierung der sozialen Netzwerke? Wir fragten Prof. Dr. Christian Pieter Hoffmann · Leipziger Zeitung
Nach der Übernahme von Twitter durch Elon Musk und den damit verbundenen Änderungen bei der Moderation und Faktenchecks, das muss hier nicht näher
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July 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Danke für das (ausführliche) Gespräch, @tomcoal.bsky.social!
📢 New paper out @JITP /w @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social & Thomas Feiler: Who uses Twitch for politics? Based on a survey in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 we present descriptive data for an underresearched platform & delve into the personality of those who see & post political content👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using Twitch for politics? The role of personality across five countries
Twitch is a popular live-streaming platform primarily used in the context of gaming. Streamers tend to be very sensitive to the content shared in their streams, often eschewing political content. A...
www.tandfonline.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📢 New paper out @JITP /w @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social & Thomas Feiler: Who uses Twitch for politics? Based on a survey in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 we present descriptive data for an underresearched platform & delve into the personality of those who see & post political content👇🏼
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Der »Engine Room« im @machine-vs-rage.net-Blog füllt sich: Neu dabei ist eine Quick-Response-Analyse von Matthias J. Becker zum Antisemitismus auf YouTube sowie ein Meinungsbeitrag von @cphoffmann.bsky.social über den sog. X-odus und seine Bedeutung für Polarisierungsdynamiken.📍Digitales im Fokus ⬇️
Emanzipatorisch verklärte Gewaltlegitimation: Der erste Insight-Beitrag auf dem MATR-Blog ist da. In einer Quick-Response-Analyse widmet sich Matthias J. Becker von Decoding Antisemitism den unmittelbaren Reaktionen auf den Anschlag in Washington, D.C., vor wenigen Wochen. 1|2
Stellvertretend schuldig. Antisemitismus auf YouTube nach dem Anschlag in Washington
Im Mai wurden zwei Angestellte der israelischen Botschaft in den USA getötet. Spott und Hass folgten direkt. Das zeigt eine Quick-Response-Analyse von Kommentaren in internationalen Nachrichtenkanälen...
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July 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Der »Engine Room« im @machine-vs-rage.net-Blog füllt sich: Neu dabei ist eine Quick-Response-Analyse von Matthias J. Becker zum Antisemitismus auf YouTube sowie ein Meinungsbeitrag von @cphoffmann.bsky.social über den sog. X-odus und seine Bedeutung für Polarisierungsdynamiken.📍Digitales im Fokus ⬇️
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New OPEN ACCESS article in our journal looks at perceived exposure to deepfakes and media cynicism based on a survey of Germans conducted in 2022. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
New OPEN ACCESS article in our journal looks at perceived exposure to deepfakes and media cynicism based on a survey of Germans conducted in 2022. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Freue mich, diese „Hottakes“-Reihe eröffnen zu dürfen - mit einem für Bluesky-Nutzende vielleicht provokativen Einwurf 😉 Macht Bluesky die Linke weniger diskursfähig?
Alternativplattformen im digitalen Lagerkampf: Mit einem Meinungsbeitrag von @cphoffmann.bsky.social starten wir die Op-Ed-Sparte unseres Blogs. Der Text behandelt die Frage, was der sogenannte X-odus mit Blick auf Polarisierungsdynamiken bedeutet. 1|3
Deine Kammer, meine Kammer. Alternative Plattformen: Fluch oder Segen für den öffentlichen Diskurs?
Zuletzt sind viele X-NutzerInnen zu Bluesky gewechselt. Die Gründe mögen nachvollziehbar sein, doch was bedeutet dies mit Blick auf Polarisierungsdynamiken? Dazu ein Meinungsbeitrag.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Freue mich, diese „Hottakes“-Reihe eröffnen zu dürfen - mit einem für Bluesky-Nutzende vielleicht provokativen Einwurf 😉 Macht Bluesky die Linke weniger diskursfähig?
📢 New OA publication in @sscratsage.bsky.social from our #DeepfakeProject. We find that perceived exposure to deepfakes is linked to media cynicism, and that detection self-efficacy positively moderates this relationship. No effect for intellectual humility :/
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June 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📢 New OA publication in @sscratsage.bsky.social from our #DeepfakeProject. We find that perceived exposure to deepfakes is linked to media cynicism, and that detection self-efficacy positively moderates this relationship. No effect for intellectual humility :/
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🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
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We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
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📢 New OA publication out at JEPOP w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social on concerns about misinformation on #Instagram. We find evidence of a third-person effect. Perceived ability to spot misinfo and exposure to (even like-minded) political content drive concerns.
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Concerns about misinformation on Instagram in five countries
Use of Instagram has proliferated over recent years, as have concerns about misinformation. Yet, most misinformation research has focused on Facebook and Twitter. Based on a survey of more than 400...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📢 New OA publication out at JEPOP w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social on concerns about misinformation on #Instagram. We find evidence of a third-person effect. Perceived ability to spot misinfo and exposure to (even like-minded) political content drive concerns.
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Desinformation – ein überschätztes Problem? Am vergangenen Montag (19.5.) fand in Leipzig die Demokratiekonferenz statt. Thema: »Desinformation & Demokratie«. Auf einem Panel zu »Perspektiven auf Desinformation« sprach Holger Marcks mit @cphoffmann.bsky.social. 1|15 (Bild: © Marvin Frommhold)
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Desinformation – ein überschätztes Problem? Am vergangenen Montag (19.5.) fand in Leipzig die Demokratiekonferenz statt. Thema: »Desinformation & Demokratie«. Auf einem Panel zu »Perspektiven auf Desinformation« sprach Holger Marcks mit @cphoffmann.bsky.social. 1|15 (Bild: © Marvin Frommhold)
Happy to report that this paper is now available open access 😊 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Happy to report that this paper is now available open access 😊 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Who supports free speech, and how consistent is the support? Together with @suthank.bsky.social, I’ve conducted a survey of citizens in 33 countries for The Future of Free Speech. A lot of interesting findings (see 🧵 + link): futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Who supports free speech, and how consistent is the support? Together with @suthank.bsky.social, I’ve conducted a survey of citizens in 33 countries for The Future of Free Speech. A lot of interesting findings (see 🧵 + link): futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
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We've just published a NEW REPORT by @waqasejaz.bsky.social and others on the role of digital platforms in today's media environments. It's funded by @knightfdn.bsky.social and based on survey data from 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇪🇸🇩🇪🇧🇷🇦🇷🇯🇵🇰🇷
🧵 Findings in thread
🔗 Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...
🧵 Findings in thread
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What do people want? Views on platforms and the digital public sphere in eight countries
Our research explores how people use platforms for news and information about politics, while also remaining sceptical of the information they see there.
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November 28, 2024 at 7:25 AM
We've just published a NEW REPORT by @waqasejaz.bsky.social and others on the role of digital platforms in today's media environments. It's funded by @knightfdn.bsky.social and based on survey data from 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇪🇸🇩🇪🇧🇷🇦🇷🇯🇵🇰🇷
🧵 Findings in thread
🔗 Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...
🧵 Findings in thread
🔗 Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...
🚨 New publication out at CCIJ in which we examine the role of the CFO and CEO in #financialcommunication - and their relationships with the PR and IR departments w/ Sandra Binder-Tietz & Daniel Bendahan-Bitton
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The role of the CFO in financial communication: implications for public relations and investor relations
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February 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🚨 New publication out at CCIJ in which we examine the role of the CFO and CEO in #financialcommunication - and their relationships with the PR and IR departments w/ Sandra Binder-Tietz & Daniel Bendahan-Bitton
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@theatlantic.com's lack of fact checking in this article about (among other things) the need for fact checking is ironic. But mostly it's depressing. These tired, bad, and wrong tropes about platforms and the law are a big reason we don't get better laws.
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Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@theatlantic.com's lack of fact checking in this article about (among other things) the need for fact checking is ironic. But mostly it's depressing. These tired, bad, and wrong tropes about platforms and the law are a big reason we don't get better laws.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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