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Thomas Friemel
@friemel.bsky.social
Professor for Media Use & Effects, University of Zurich, IKMZ
20 years into the future start now! Happy being back in Bremen for the 20 year’s anniversary of @zemki.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
On-site participation is "sold out" but feel free to register for our WORKSHOP on

DATA DONATION FOR PLATFORM RESEACH

this Thursday 12:30-16:00

www.dsi.uzh.ch/de/current/e...

After the workshop we will also present key findings from the @dizh.bsky.social Data Donation Days
February 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
📢Join the Media Use & Effects Research Group and help us doing research with a purpose 🎯, having an impact on society 🇨🇭, and having a good time 🪩. We welcome pre- and post-docs 🗿:
▶️ Oberassistent:in (PostDoc) — jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
▶️ Assistent:in (Doktorand:in) — jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
January 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Super proud of @nico-ap.bsky.social successfully defending his PhD on Data Donation! He did excel 🏆 in publishing empirical research in leading journals and developing an open-source Data Donation web application that enables also other researchers to take advantage of this new research method.
September 11, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Happy to provide some answers in the article of Christoph Neuberger and me in Communication Theory about
**The public sphere as a dynamic network** 😉

doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
September 3, 2024 at 7:00 AM
All of the above?
Apply for a visiting research fellowship in my team (2-3 month)*
Details are on our website: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:6bd8...
 
* Activities are subject to change
March 14, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Would you like to…
A)     Cuddle this dog?
B)     Make a serious jump?
C)     Relax in this pool?
March 14, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Julia Müller rocks our Digital Religions Speaker Series! 💪
March 12, 2024 at 5:26 PM
It was a pleasure to host our keynote @PhilippSprengholz and the 100+ participants from the 25 @nrp80.bsky.social projects and learn about their advances in the first project year. I enjoyed many interesting conversations and friendly encounters at this lovely site
March 11, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Today Pauline Cheong from ASU is kicking off our Digital Religions Speaker Series at UZH www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/ev...
February 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Im Rahmen unseres @dizh.bsky.social Data Donation Days suchen wir eine Projektassistent:in (40%), die uns bei der Planung und Durchführung des Anlasses unterstütz. Alle Informationen und das Bewerbungsformular unter jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
February 7, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Happy to announce that in September, we will organize a national Data Donation Day in 🇨🇭!
 
The day is funded by @dizh.bsky.social and we are currently looking for research projects to be featured in the event.
 
➡️ Infos and Call for project proposals: datadonation.uzh.ch/en/datadonatio
February 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Are you interested in data donations, a user-centered approach to collect digital trace data for academic research? If yes, you are invited to attend our next Data Donation Lab meeting tomorrow (November 30). All info and registration: bit.ly/3MODhoI
November 29, 2023 at 4:08 PM
Liebe Bild-Redaktion, auch wenn man die KI als Quelle transparent ausweist, sollte man so ein Bild nicht als Tatsachenbeweis verwenden.
November 23, 2023 at 7:37 AM
Stipends for the 2024 Excellence Program of the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich available. Apply now and profit from outstanding training and research opportunities! www.dsi.uzh.ch/en/education...
November 20, 2023 at 7:41 AM
Celebrating the founding chair of our ECREA Health Com Section Doreen Reifegerste at #ECHC2023 and happy to have @elena-link.bsky.social on board to continue our mission!
November 16, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Signed and ready for the award ceremony at the #ECHC2023 conference dinner 🎉
November 16, 2023 at 10:26 AM
UZH researcher finds (@6 am): Suitcases can have long-Covid. Not used to travel to conferences anymore. #ECHC2023 coming anyway!
November 15, 2023 at 11:44 AM
Are you more likely to drink if you are exposed to alcohol related posts on social media? Our longitudinal network analysis says NO. But if you drink, you are more likely to see these posts.

doi.org/10.1080/1081...
November 13, 2023 at 2:18 PM
It’s SELECTIVE EXPOSURE that explains the correlation between social media use and drinking.

All details in our new Journal of Health Communication article (open access).

doi.org/10.1080/1081...
November 13, 2023 at 2:16 PM
Da kann ich Armin Nassehi nur zustimmen :)
@arminnassehi.bsky.social
November 13, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Thank you @emesedomahidi.bsky.social for organizing today’s expert worshop on Advancing Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Computational Mental Health Research at the UZH DSI
November 10, 2023 at 3:27 PM
@fgilardi.bsky.social Remember 2020 when we met at this tiny run-down house with a minimum 1st round bid of 1.6m CHF 🙈
November 8, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Just in case this job post on other platforms has not reached the community here: Come and join the IKMZ #Healthcommunication community on a permanent post-doc position at the University of Zurich: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
October 19, 2023 at 2:39 PM
My credits go to @emesedomahidi.bsky.social for the invite code. Glad to have you here in Zürich as our DSI Fellow!
October 19, 2023 at 12:56 PM