Sonja Utz
@sonja-utz.de
media psychologist | prof at @IWMTue
| interests: knowledge-related (effects of) social media use, ambient awareness, human-machine communication, algorithm acceptance
The new call for CSC fellowships is open - if you're a Chinese student who wants to work on health influencers on social media, check out my project #08: uni-tuebingen.de/internationa...
China Scholarship Council Program
uni-tuebingen.de
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The new call for CSC fellowships is open - if you're a Chinese student who wants to work on health influencers on social media, check out my project #08: uni-tuebingen.de/internationa...
Garbage in, garbage out - LLM models can get brainrot, too llm-brain-rot.github.io
LLMs Can Get Brain Rot
New finding: LLMs Can Get Brain Rot if being fed trivial, engaging Twitter/X content.
llm-brain-rot.github.io
October 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Garbage in, garbage out - LLM models can get brainrot, too llm-brain-rot.github.io
Busy but inspiring days: first #MediaPsych25, than the joint #Digikomm&HMC conference and now in train to Amsterdam for a PhD defense tomorrow.
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Busy but inspiring days: first #MediaPsych25, than the joint #Digikomm&HMC conference and now in train to Amsterdam for a PhD defense tomorrow.
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„AfD legt zu, Grüne verlieren"
Heißt es in den Medien. Die Journalisten fragen Grüne, ob sie jetzt auch mehr Abschiebungen fordern werden.
Aber auch richtig ist:
„AfD verliert im Vergleich zur BTW, Grüne zweitbestes Ergebnis in NRW“
Framing in den Medien macht den Rechtsruck.
Heißt es in den Medien. Die Journalisten fragen Grüne, ob sie jetzt auch mehr Abschiebungen fordern werden.
Aber auch richtig ist:
„AfD verliert im Vergleich zur BTW, Grüne zweitbestes Ergebnis in NRW“
Framing in den Medien macht den Rechtsruck.
September 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
„AfD legt zu, Grüne verlieren"
Heißt es in den Medien. Die Journalisten fragen Grüne, ob sie jetzt auch mehr Abschiebungen fordern werden.
Aber auch richtig ist:
„AfD verliert im Vergleich zur BTW, Grüne zweitbestes Ergebnis in NRW“
Framing in den Medien macht den Rechtsruck.
Heißt es in den Medien. Die Journalisten fragen Grüne, ob sie jetzt auch mehr Abschiebungen fordern werden.
Aber auch richtig ist:
„AfD verliert im Vergleich zur BTW, Grüne zweitbestes Ergebnis in NRW“
Framing in den Medien macht den Rechtsruck.
Nice surprise in the board meeting ;-) #mediapsych25
September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Nice surprise in the board meeting ;-) #mediapsych25
Great talk by @anneo.bsky.social about the eras of social media #mediapsych25
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Great talk by @anneo.bsky.social about the eras of social media #mediapsych25
@stefaniehklein.bsky.social presenting the results of our longitudinal study on the relationship between tool vs. actor+perception of communicative AI on credibility # mediapsych25
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@stefaniehklein.bsky.social presenting the results of our longitudinal study on the relationship between tool vs. actor+perception of communicative AI on credibility # mediapsych25
#Mediapsych25 started with inspiring methodological discussions this morning, followed by many good talks
September 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#Mediapsych25 started with inspiring methodological discussions this morning, followed by many good talks
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In the first keynote of ##MePsy25 Jessica Piotrowski talked a central question of #MediaPsych - social media use between controll and competence - bringing nuanced and much needed evidence to a highly debated topic (and often panic driven regulation)
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In the first keynote of ##MePsy25 Jessica Piotrowski talked a central question of #MediaPsych - social media use between controll and competence - bringing nuanced and much needed evidence to a highly debated topic (and often panic driven regulation)
Skimming social media posts can help you build ambient awareness about who-knows-what in your network. This can even happen under cognitive load: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @everydaymedialab.bsky.social (so between all my complaints about trains, there might be something useful ;-))
Examining the Automaticity of Ambient Awareness via Its Persistence Under Cognitive Load
Knowing where expertise is in one’s network is essential for knowledge transfer and collaboration. Browsing social media can foster ambient awareness of who-knows-what. Although ambient awareness i...
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Skimming social media posts can help you build ambient awareness about who-knows-what in your network. This can even happen under cognitive load: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @everydaymedialab.bsky.social (so between all my complaints about trains, there might be something useful ;-))
Toll Bahn. Man muss immer noch in Reutlingen umsteigen, 20 Minuten sollten ja an sich reichen, aber wir sind noch später und statt dass der dann 5 Minuten wartet, kriegen wir alle jetzt nochmal 26 Minuten drauf #sweg weiß schon, warum ich zuletzt geradelt bin
September 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Toll Bahn. Man muss immer noch in Reutlingen umsteigen, 20 Minuten sollten ja an sich reichen, aber wir sind noch später und statt dass der dann 5 Minuten wartet, kriegen wir alle jetzt nochmal 26 Minuten drauf #sweg weiß schon, warum ich zuletzt geradelt bin
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Excited to announce that my paper with @lpummerer.bsky.social, @sonja-utz.de & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social on conspiracy beliefs is published. We examined the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and procedural justice during the peak and decay of the pandemic.
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Excited to announce that my paper with @lpummerer.bsky.social, @sonja-utz.de & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social on conspiracy beliefs is published. We examined the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and procedural justice during the peak and decay of the pandemic.
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Feel free to reach out to special editors @curdknupfer.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @gehrke.bsky.social and 🙋 with questions
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social #commsky #journalism #technogarchy
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social #commsky #journalism #technogarchy
August 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Feel free to reach out to special editors @curdknupfer.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @gehrke.bsky.social and 🙋 with questions
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social #commsky #journalism #technogarchy
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social #commsky #journalism #technogarchy
What are social media? Seems obvious, right? #TikTok? Definitely. #LinkedIn? Sure. #Facebook? Yes. #YouTube? Well… maybe less clear?
In our @everydaymedialab.bsky.social project(lead @larawolfers.bsky.social) we suggest a framework for researchers #transparency
academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...
In our @everydaymedialab.bsky.social project(lead @larawolfers.bsky.social) we suggest a framework for researchers #transparency
academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...
What do you mean by “social media”? Introducing the Reporting Items for Social Media Research (RISoMeR)
Abstract. Scholars from various disciplines study social media. However, neither researchers nor users have a unified understanding of social media. Even m
academic.oup.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What are social media? Seems obvious, right? #TikTok? Definitely. #LinkedIn? Sure. #Facebook? Yes. #YouTube? Well… maybe less clear?
In our @everydaymedialab.bsky.social project(lead @larawolfers.bsky.social) we suggest a framework for researchers #transparency
academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...
In our @everydaymedialab.bsky.social project(lead @larawolfers.bsky.social) we suggest a framework for researchers #transparency
academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...
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Ich habe die in diesem “Politico”-Auszug beschriebene AfD-Strategie übrigens 2017 schon mal aufgeschrieben. Hergeleitet aus der Literatur über die Polarisierung in den USA. Das ist alles weder neu noch überraschend. Nur für die Union offenbar. Es geht um WIR gegen DIE.
July 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ich habe die in diesem “Politico”-Auszug beschriebene AfD-Strategie übrigens 2017 schon mal aufgeschrieben. Hergeleitet aus der Literatur über die Polarisierung in den USA. Das ist alles weder neu noch überraschend. Nur für die Union offenbar. Es geht um WIR gegen DIE.
Excited to join the workshop "Beyond Commands:
The Evolving Relationship between
Humans and Voice-Enabled AI" at the beautiful castle in Tübingen today!
The Evolving Relationship between
Humans and Voice-Enabled AI" at the beautiful castle in Tübingen today!
July 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Excited to join the workshop "Beyond Commands:
The Evolving Relationship between
Humans and Voice-Enabled AI" at the beautiful castle in Tübingen today!
The Evolving Relationship between
Humans and Voice-Enabled AI" at the beautiful castle in Tübingen today!
To clarify: This is for people with a master degree who want to pursue a PhD
I'm hiring! PhD position available at @everydaymedialab.bsky.social , starting in October and focusing on knowledge-related social media use. If you're at #ica25, feel free to talk to me at the opening reception or later. Or share the info with your master students www.psychjob.eu/de/job/resea...
Researcher / PhD Position (m/f/d)
The Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) conducts research into the acquisition and sharing of knowledge and cooperation with digital media. The institute is a member of the Leibniz Association (L...
www.psychjob.eu
June 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
To clarify: This is for people with a master degree who want to pursue a PhD
I'm hiring! PhD position available at @everydaymedialab.bsky.social , starting in October and focusing on knowledge-related social media use. If you're at #ica25, feel free to talk to me at the opening reception or later. Or share the info with your master students www.psychjob.eu/de/job/resea...
Researcher / PhD Position (m/f/d)
The Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) conducts research into the acquisition and sharing of knowledge and cooperation with digital media. The institute is a member of the Leibniz Association (L...
www.psychjob.eu
June 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I'm hiring! PhD position available at @everydaymedialab.bsky.social , starting in October and focusing on knowledge-related social media use. If you're at #ica25, feel free to talk to me at the opening reception or later. Or share the info with your master students www.psychjob.eu/de/job/resea...
The doctoral consortium is starting - looking forward to discussing the projects! #ica25 @icamobile.bsky.social #ica_cat
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The doctoral consortium is starting - looking forward to discussing the projects! #ica25 @icamobile.bsky.social #ica_cat
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Ich würde eigentlich erwarten, dass die Führungsspitzen von Viessmann, Vaillant und Buderus langsam mal laut und deutlich sagen, dass hier gerade die akute Gefahr besteht, dass die Fossilnostalgiker in diesem Land die nächste deutsche Branche an den Rand des Abgrunds geleiten.
May 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ich würde eigentlich erwarten, dass die Führungsspitzen von Viessmann, Vaillant und Buderus langsam mal laut und deutlich sagen, dass hier gerade die akute Gefahr besteht, dass die Fossilnostalgiker in diesem Land die nächste deutsche Branche an den Rand des Abgrunds geleiten.
Also der Zug nach Tübingen ist schon ne halbe Stunde zu spät (beim daheim losfahren nur 13 Minuten) und als Ausgleich für die frustrierten Fahrgäste fährt er jetzt nur bis Reutlingen. So wird das nur war mir der #bahn
May 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Also der Zug nach Tübingen ist schon ne halbe Stunde zu spät (beim daheim losfahren nur 13 Minuten) und als Ausgleich für die frustrierten Fahrgäste fährt er jetzt nur bis Reutlingen. So wird das nur war mir der #bahn
Did I already mention that I have a lovely team? @everydaymedialab.bsky.social back from 2 months lab visit in Salamanca @usaloficial.bsky.social (Homero Gil de Zuniga)
May 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Did I already mention that I have a lovely team? @everydaymedialab.bsky.social back from 2 months lab visit in Salamanca @usaloficial.bsky.social (Homero Gil de Zuniga)
Zweiter Tag diese Woche ohne gemütliches Frühstück und ausreichend Kaffee, weil der 7:57 nicht fährt...
May 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Zweiter Tag diese Woche ohne gemütliches Frühstück und ausreichend Kaffee, weil der 7:57 nicht fährt...
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Did you know that #Skype will be shut down today? Here's an interview with our lab member Carolin, who's investigating how you can still keep in touch ✉️ with your #long-distance friends👭: www.spiegel.de/psychologie/...
(S+) Freundschaften: Wie wir es schaffen, auf Distanz in Kontakt zu bleiben
Meine besten Freundinnen und ich halten seit Jahren Kontakt über Skype. Nun wird der Messenger abgeschaltet. Wie pflegt man Beziehungen trotz räumlicher Trennung? Zwei Expertinnen geben Tipps.
www.spiegel.de
May 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Did you know that #Skype will be shut down today? Here's an interview with our lab member Carolin, who's investigating how you can still keep in touch ✉️ with your #long-distance friends👭: www.spiegel.de/psychologie/...