Thorsten Quandt
@thorstenquandt.bsky.social
Professor of Online Communication. Researching the transformation of communication and society. Critical optimist.
🎓 We’re hiring!
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🎓 We’re hiring!
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
Today at #ica25 - panel "Retrospectives on 30 years of digital transformation in the journalism industry and media policy". Interview study with retired top managers and editors. With @hermida.bsky.social, Helle Sjovaag, Raul Ferrer, Mary Lynn Young. CU at Centennial B Regency 3 at 1.30 p.m.
June 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today at #ica25 - panel "Retrospectives on 30 years of digital transformation in the journalism industry and media policy". Interview study with retired top managers and editors. With @hermida.bsky.social, Helle Sjovaag, Raul Ferrer, Mary Lynn Young. CU at Centennial B Regency 3 at 1.30 p.m.
Institute of Communication Studies at @uni-muenster.de very busy at #ICA25 with 23 presentations. Overview here:
www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...
My first presentation is on Friday in the 25 years retrospective panel of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism. 😇 CU there.
www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...
My first presentation is on Friday in the 25 years retrospective panel of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism. 😇 CU there.
June 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Institute of Communication Studies at @uni-muenster.de very busy at #ICA25 with 23 presentations. Overview here:
www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...
My first presentation is on Friday in the 25 years retrospective panel of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism. 😇 CU there.
www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...
My first presentation is on Friday in the 25 years retrospective panel of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism. 😇 CU there.
On the way to #ICA25. Team members @mshu.bsky.social, Sofie Beisemann and me will present seven papers, ranging from interviews studies with retired media managers to religious fringe groups on the internet. Also, some disinfo stuff. CU there!
June 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On the way to #ICA25. Team members @mshu.bsky.social, Sofie Beisemann and me will present seven papers, ranging from interviews studies with retired media managers to religious fringe groups on the internet. Also, some disinfo stuff. CU there!
🗣️ The panel is complete!
Our online symposium on Autocratic Threats to Free Speech & Academic Freedom now has its final line-up.
Join four leading scholars from psychology, journalism, political science, and communication studies.
📅 May 28 | 6pm CET
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
Our online symposium on Autocratic Threats to Free Speech & Academic Freedom now has its final line-up.
Join four leading scholars from psychology, journalism, political science, and communication studies.
📅 May 28 | 6pm CET
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
May 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🗣️ The panel is complete!
Our online symposium on Autocratic Threats to Free Speech & Academic Freedom now has its final line-up.
Join four leading scholars from psychology, journalism, political science, and communication studies.
📅 May 28 | 6pm CET
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
Our online symposium on Autocratic Threats to Free Speech & Academic Freedom now has its final line-up.
Join four leading scholars from psychology, journalism, political science, and communication studies.
📅 May 28 | 6pm CET
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
🚨 Academic legend alert: Robert Sternberg joins our online event on Autocratic Threats to Free Speech & Academic Freedom – May 28, 6pm CET / Noon EDT.
One of the most cited scholars in the world will present his Wonderland Model of Emerging Autocrats.
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
One of the most cited scholars in the world will present his Wonderland Model of Emerging Autocrats.
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨 Academic legend alert: Robert Sternberg joins our online event on Autocratic Threats to Free Speech & Academic Freedom – May 28, 6pm CET / Noon EDT.
One of the most cited scholars in the world will present his Wonderland Model of Emerging Autocrats.
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
One of the most cited scholars in the world will present his Wonderland Model of Emerging Autocrats.
🔗 t1p.de/muenster-sym...
Autocratic attacks on free speech and science are a growing concern - in academia and beyond.
Join us for an online symposium with world-class experts like Robert Sternberg & @sethclewis.bsky.social.
Wednesday, 28. May, 6 p.m. CET. Open to everybody, register via link.
t1p.de/muenster-sym...
Join us for an online symposium with world-class experts like Robert Sternberg & @sethclewis.bsky.social.
Wednesday, 28. May, 6 p.m. CET. Open to everybody, register via link.
t1p.de/muenster-sym...
May 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Autocratic attacks on free speech and science are a growing concern - in academia and beyond.
Join us for an online symposium with world-class experts like Robert Sternberg & @sethclewis.bsky.social.
Wednesday, 28. May, 6 p.m. CET. Open to everybody, register via link.
t1p.de/muenster-sym...
Join us for an online symposium with world-class experts like Robert Sternberg & @sethclewis.bsky.social.
Wednesday, 28. May, 6 p.m. CET. Open to everybody, register via link.
t1p.de/muenster-sym...
Study the future of communication in a medieval city? Look no further...
New Master's programm "Knowledge and Communication" @uni-muenster.de
✅ In-depth understanding of knowledge & communication
✅ Focus on digital & data-based approaches
+ profs with German accent 🙃
👉 www.uni.ms/knowcom
New Master's programm "Knowledge and Communication" @uni-muenster.de
✅ In-depth understanding of knowledge & communication
✅ Focus on digital & data-based approaches
+ profs with German accent 🙃
👉 www.uni.ms/knowcom
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Study the future of communication in a medieval city? Look no further...
New Master's programm "Knowledge and Communication" @uni-muenster.de
✅ In-depth understanding of knowledge & communication
✅ Focus on digital & data-based approaches
+ profs with German accent 🙃
👉 www.uni.ms/knowcom
New Master's programm "Knowledge and Communication" @uni-muenster.de
✅ In-depth understanding of knowledge & communication
✅ Focus on digital & data-based approaches
+ profs with German accent 🙃
👉 www.uni.ms/knowcom
Berlin Main Station, post conference
March 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Berlin Main Station, post conference
@mshu.bsky.social presenting our BMBF project Hybrid at the national IT security conference in Berlin. #itskonf25 www.forschung-it-sicherheit-kommunikationssysteme.de/projekte/hyb...
March 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@mshu.bsky.social presenting our BMBF project Hybrid at the national IT security conference in Berlin. #itskonf25 www.forschung-it-sicherheit-kommunikationssysteme.de/projekte/hyb...
@Marcus Bösch at the national IT security conference, energetic as always. #itskonf25
March 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@Marcus Bösch at the national IT security conference, energetic as always. #itskonf25
National IT security conference in Berlin starts with Claudia Plattner of the German BSI. Looking forward to 2 days of input and exchange. #itskonf25
March 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
National IT security conference in Berlin starts with Claudia Plattner of the German BSI. Looking forward to 2 days of input and exchange. #itskonf25
Finally, out now in printed form - here's proof. Co-edited with the one and only @karinwahlj.bsky.social .
March 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Finally, out now in printed form - here's proof. Co-edited with the one and only @karinwahlj.bsky.social .
Just before the German elections, the Federal Agency for Civic Education/Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung did two Insta Reels with me on AI, disinformation and the elections. You can find them here (in German):
lnkd.in/e7VgWzFy
lnkd.in/eZbPeYvT
lnkd.in/e7VgWzFy
lnkd.in/eZbPeYvT
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just before the German elections, the Federal Agency for Civic Education/Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung did two Insta Reels with me on AI, disinformation and the elections. You can find them here (in German):
lnkd.in/e7VgWzFy
lnkd.in/eZbPeYvT
lnkd.in/e7VgWzFy
lnkd.in/eZbPeYvT
And here's the second Covid book edited by
@karinwahlj.bsky.social
and me. The articles are based on the special issues of Digital Journalism. Should be out soon.
(No, I am not deciding on the pricing. These are primarily aimed at university libraries...) ->
www.routledge.com/Journalism-a...
@karinwahlj.bsky.social
and me. The articles are based on the special issues of Digital Journalism. Should be out soon.
(No, I am not deciding on the pricing. These are primarily aimed at university libraries...) ->
www.routledge.com/Journalism-a...
January 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And here's the second Covid book edited by
@karinwahlj.bsky.social
and me. The articles are based on the special issues of Digital Journalism. Should be out soon.
(No, I am not deciding on the pricing. These are primarily aimed at university libraries...) ->
www.routledge.com/Journalism-a...
@karinwahlj.bsky.social
and me. The articles are based on the special issues of Digital Journalism. Should be out soon.
(No, I am not deciding on the pricing. These are primarily aimed at university libraries...) ->
www.routledge.com/Journalism-a...
This will be out soon. It's the first of two books on the topic edited by @karinwahlj.bsky.social and me, published by Routledge. It includes most of the articles from the #Covid & #Journalism special issues of #DigitalJournalism.
Available for preorder here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Available for preorder here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
December 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This will be out soon. It's the first of two books on the topic edited by @karinwahlj.bsky.social and me, published by Routledge. It includes most of the articles from the #Covid & #Journalism special issues of #DigitalJournalism.
Available for preorder here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Available for preorder here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Our seasonal project meeting on "patchwork religions online", with fitting decoration. Online, due to the cold that comes with the season, too... So: Seasonal Bluesky greetings from Münster! 🎄⛄❄️
👉 with wonderful team members @annadavydova.bsky.social and @mshu.bsky.social
👉 with wonderful team members @annadavydova.bsky.social and @mshu.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Our seasonal project meeting on "patchwork religions online", with fitting decoration. Online, due to the cold that comes with the season, too... So: Seasonal Bluesky greetings from Münster! 🎄⛄❄️
👉 with wonderful team members @annadavydova.bsky.social and @mshu.bsky.social
👉 with wonderful team members @annadavydova.bsky.social and @mshu.bsky.social
1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go.
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
November 30, 2024 at 8:26 PM
1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go.
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
'Pretty hairball' graph from ongoing project on patchwork religions online. We found sub-structures ranging from lifestyle to healers & shamans to conspiracy theorists & political extremists. Weird coalitions & connections emerge! Paper to follow, with @annadavydova.bsky.social & @mshu.bsky.social.
November 22, 2024 at 12:12 AM
'Pretty hairball' graph from ongoing project on patchwork religions online. We found sub-structures ranging from lifestyle to healers & shamans to conspiracy theorists & political extremists. Weird coalitions & connections emerge! Paper to follow, with @annadavydova.bsky.social & @mshu.bsky.social.
This is what happened in academia in 2016 - research on #disinformation, #misinformation and #fakenews exploded. The field was basically not existing before. I added a potential trigger element to our graph. From a presentation (and forthcoming paper) with @mshu.bsky.social and Johanna Klapproth.
November 18, 2024 at 11:34 PM
This is what happened in academia in 2016 - research on #disinformation, #misinformation and #fakenews exploded. The field was basically not existing before. I added a potential trigger element to our graph. From a presentation (and forthcoming paper) with @mshu.bsky.social and Johanna Klapproth.
New to Bluesky and lost in the stream of #starterpacks like me? You can find a directory of all the starter packs, including search options, over here:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Thanks to @mshu.bsky.social for guidance.
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Thanks to @mshu.bsky.social for guidance.
November 18, 2024 at 10:12 AM
New to Bluesky and lost in the stream of #starterpacks like me? You can find a directory of all the starter packs, including search options, over here:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Thanks to @mshu.bsky.social for guidance.
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Thanks to @mshu.bsky.social for guidance.
Out now, the Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Massive book, covers pretty much every aspect. I wrote a piece on #darkparticipation with Johanna Klapproth for this book. More info here. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
November 14, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Out now, the Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Massive book, covers pretty much every aspect. I wrote a piece on #darkparticipation with Johanna Klapproth for this book. More info here. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Who is still a reliable authority on what's right and wrong these days? - Some answers in this theory piece on new *epistemic authorities*, with lead author Anne Bartsch: doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
November 6, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Who is still a reliable authority on what's right and wrong these days? - Some answers in this theory piece on new *epistemic authorities*, with lead author Anne Bartsch: doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Final list of invited speakers at the @misdoom.bsky.social 24
#disinformation conference. Features 2 keynotes, FIMI panel, 40 presentations + networking options at lovely @unimuenster.bsky.social. Early bird registration is still available here: misdoom2024.uni-muenster.de
CU in September!
#disinformation conference. Features 2 keynotes, FIMI panel, 40 presentations + networking options at lovely @unimuenster.bsky.social. Early bird registration is still available here: misdoom2024.uni-muenster.de
CU in September!
July 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Final list of invited speakers at the @misdoom.bsky.social 24
#disinformation conference. Features 2 keynotes, FIMI panel, 40 presentations + networking options at lovely @unimuenster.bsky.social. Early bird registration is still available here: misdoom2024.uni-muenster.de
CU in September!
#disinformation conference. Features 2 keynotes, FIMI panel, 40 presentations + networking options at lovely @unimuenster.bsky.social. Early bird registration is still available here: misdoom2024.uni-muenster.de
CU in September!
Final KEYNOTE speaker of #misdoom24 announced: @walter4c.bsky.social ! Super excited to welcome a world-leading expert in #disinformation research. Conference will feature 40 presentations, 2 keynotes, doctoral workshop and podium discussion. Early bird pricing: misdoom2024.uni-muenster.de
July 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Final KEYNOTE speaker of #misdoom24 announced: @walter4c.bsky.social ! Super excited to welcome a world-leading expert in #disinformation research. Conference will feature 40 presentations, 2 keynotes, doctoral workshop and podium discussion. Early bird pricing: misdoom2024.uni-muenster.de