Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt
@meckerehrhardt.bsky.social
Do people’s beliefs in the legitimacy of the WHO, IMF, or UN change based on what others think?
Our survey experiments from 🇧🇷+🇩🇪+🇺🇸 say: Yes!
Peer opinion matters—even in the face of elite cues.
➡️IO legitimacy is shaped socially, not just top-down.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s115...
Our survey experiments from 🇧🇷+🇩🇪+🇺🇸 say: Yes!
Peer opinion matters—even in the face of elite cues.
➡️IO legitimacy is shaped socially, not just top-down.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s115...
August 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Do people’s beliefs in the legitimacy of the WHO, IMF, or UN change based on what others think?
Our survey experiments from 🇧🇷+🇩🇪+🇺🇸 say: Yes!
Peer opinion matters—even in the face of elite cues.
➡️IO legitimacy is shaped socially, not just top-down.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s115...
Our survey experiments from 🇧🇷+🇩🇪+🇺🇸 say: Yes!
Peer opinion matters—even in the face of elite cues.
➡️IO legitimacy is shaped socially, not just top-down.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s115...
Strikingly, the strength of this effect depends on the degree to which citizens expect #nonstateactors to provide expertise, representation, public interest orientation, transparency, or operational capacity.
May 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Strikingly, the strength of this effect depends on the degree to which citizens expect #nonstateactors to provide expertise, representation, public interest orientation, transparency, or operational capacity.
See what I have in my news diet today: German far-right AfD parliamentary group calls for applications - what a challenge to start the day without Google Ads personalization...
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
See what I have in my news diet today: German far-right AfD parliamentary group calls for applications - what a challenge to start the day without Google Ads personalization...
The case study: Twitter communication on the Global Compact #ForMigration. The analysis of engagement patterns suggests that tweets sent by UN Global Communication handles (e.g. @UN) have mostly fueled ideological fragmentation through advocative retweeting, mentioning and (hash)tagging.
April 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The case study: Twitter communication on the Global Compact #ForMigration. The analysis of engagement patterns suggests that tweets sent by UN Global Communication handles (e.g. @UN) have mostly fueled ideological fragmentation through advocative retweeting, mentioning and (hash)tagging.