Die Geisteswissenschaften und die Öffentlichkeit – Szenen einer Legitimationskrise

Mein Aufsatz über die Forderung, Geisteswissenschaften sollten öffentlicher sein oder sich verweigern, und über die Angst, Richard David Precht zu werden, ist erschienen (open access).

brill.com/edcollchap-o...

🚫📰 Can we use nudges to mitigate news avoidance?
Yes and no — it depends on what nudges we use!
Together with @hajoboo.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social I wanted to test whether nudges can reduce news avoidance as limited news consumption—and to do so beyond established Western democracies. 🧵👇

Big congratulations to Dr. @dbetakova.bsky.social, who defended her dissertation today with excellent results! Thank u so much to the reviewers @skruikemeier.bsky.social & @antoniskalog.bsky.social, & committee chair @desireeschmuck.bsky.social ! @hajoboo.bsky.social and I are more than proud. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

Another windowless room (but this time way bigger) in which I got to present first preliminary findings on how strategic politicians can *actually* be about their emotions in election campaigns

📷 @amplanitzer.bsky.social

Happening now at #ICA25: Diego Garusi is presenting some preliminary findings from our research project on constructive journalists‘ trustbuilding strategies in different European countries ✨

What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? 👀
Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer 🙂 #ICA25 #PolComm

🚨 New pub alert! 🚨

While many colleagues are still deep in ICA mode this week, I’m thrilled to take a moment to share our latest publication in Communication Theory: academic.oup.com/ct/advance-a...

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 🥳
@dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelists👏

I will be presenting first findings on how Austrian politicians are building their emotional capital to meet the increasing need for personalisation and emotionalisation on Monday at 12 noon ✨

But also come and see all the other inspiring research findings from our team 💫

📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25
Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂
Come say 👋 if you are around!

✨New publication #OA in Journalism✨
In this study I compare the journalistic cultures of freelancers and other atypically employed journalists in Austria, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the UK.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...

New #OA pub out with @acadianjprof.bsky.social in Journalism Studies, in which we examine true crime podcasters membership claims and epistemic practices. This was a fun side quest which combined my love for podcasts with my work on journalistic boundaries. tinyurl.com/5f427tja

New publication!
Sartre's concept of "the look" turned out to be insightful for grasping how local journalists construct and promote social identities in the communities they cover. With @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social & Folker Hanusch

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Das Journalism Studies Center ist auch auf der #dgpuk2025 mit mehreren Beiträgen am Freitag von @dominikhokamp.bsky.social und Melanie Haberl!

It felt a bit strange presenting my first dissertation paper in the same room where I had my first ever methods course, but I'm really grateful for all the feedback and input at #dgpuk2025

very happy that Melanie Haberl and me got the chance to present our thereotical framework on the emotional relationships between journalists and politicians at the ECREA Journalism Studies Conference:

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