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Couldn’t have been happier about the outcome of our #ica26 Causal Turn Panel. The panelists highlighted the needs to move forward: 1. build theories on time and sequence in media effects 2. learn to control for confounding factors 3. develop analytical approaches like sequences analysis

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Happening now! @theoaraujo.bsky.social opening the Causal Turn in Digital Trace Data research at #ica26

Skip the lunch forfinding out how to establish more causal research with digital trace data. Great #ica26 panel with @theoaraujo.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social @hyunjinsong.bsky.social Isabel Villanueva and Yangliu Fan! Happening at 12.00 in Nerina CTICC2 See you there.

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Hi #ica26. We have an open 4.5 yr Postdoc position @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Berlin in PolComm/Comp Social Scienes on opinion dynamics in climate topics. Hit me up if you want a to talk about it in CT or send to colleagues who might be interested. www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Happening now! #ic26 Bluesky Workshop on DSA40 data access with @claesdevreese.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social - looks like a self-help group but that’s what we are need: a community around platform data access to make it work (beyond Europe!)

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🏃‍♂️ #ICA26 #RunningWithPresidents Join us Thursday, June 4, at 7:30 AM for an easy 5.5 km social run to Mouille Point Beach and back, with great ocean views along the way. 📍 Meet across from the Westin, in front of Southern Sun The Cullinan. Easy pace, ~40 minutes. All welcome! 🌊☀️

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This was a great roundtable, lots of important questions from the audience, giving the impression that data donations will be around for longer, if we get it right (based on comments from the audience on postcards) #aoir2025

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

How often is too often in ESM research? 🚨New study out! We compared 6 beeps/day vs. 12 beeps in 2 h bursts. Both work, but burst designs show more fatigue + attrition — still useful if high temporal precision matters. App onboarding, though? Big bias alert. 📱 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Our new policy paper on #DSA40 explains the detailed processes of data access (with updates from Delegated Act), describes still existing bottlenecks, and discusses the challenges of legal right vs. platform resistance and is asking all stakeholders to act in good faith and to deliver.

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Do Alternative News users also use legacy media? Yes they do, shows a study by @gongbaobao.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social but a small fraction - around 1.3% of the German population - live in alternative news enclaves

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It’s a wrap! #ica25 ends for #DigitalNewsDynamics team @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social with presentation by Felix Gaisbauer, showing that the more people use alternative news media, the more they share them, but still have the highest fear of reputation loss as reason to not share alt news

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

4️⃣th edition of #runningwithpresidents #ica25 ✅! Was #runningpostpresidents as @claesdevreese.bsky.social already had go back, but he was there in spirit 🙃. See you for new runs at #ica26 in South Africa 🇿🇦! @acadianjprof.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social @anishaarenz.bsky.social

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Stellar panel on data donations at #ica25 @lionw.bsky.social presenting on across platform sample biases, Yangliu Fan @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social on sequence mining in digital trace data, and @ernesto-deleon.com on tailored recruitment messages. Full room shows how important #datadonation is

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On the way to artificial intermediaries? @acadianjprof.bsky.social presents our #ica25 study of meta journalistic discourse about AI after 🤖 ChatGPT introduction in 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧. AI is seen as tool as precision but audience are rarely considered in question of how AI will change journalism.

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At the 9am Sunday #ica25 panel, Felix Gaisbauer @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social presented work showing that news sharing on platforms in the German context is less fragmented and highly driven by intermediaries from the political right Find method preprint here: arxiv.org/html/2505.08...

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Day 3 #ICA25 for #DigitalNewsDynamics @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🕘 09:00 | Felix Gaisbauer, Jakob Ohme 🗺️ News Sharing in the German Twittersphere 📍 Grays Peak A 🕒 15:00 | Lion Wedel, Jakob Ohme, Anna-Theresa Mayer, Yangliu Fan, Felix Gaisbauer 📊 Sample Biases in Data Donation 📍 Maroon Peak

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Pleasure to get all the interesting question from this engaged and crowded room #ica25

Closing the panel is @antmandan.bsky.social showing how to engage users with data donation by showing them what persona #fandomfox people are based on their data donations. Such a cool idea!

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Third up is @lionw.bsky.social showing insights on data omission in data download packages and potential biases resulting from data deletion options

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Second up is @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social talking about the connection between user diaries and data donations, showing the value of the method for qualitative research #ica25 #datadonation

Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Is the TikToK Algorithm biased in election contexts? A data donation study presented at #WIConf2025 by Felix Gaisbauer @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social shows no immediate biases in algorithmic supply and user demand in political For You page content around 2025 German Federal Election #workinprogress

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

We knew it! Turnout at the first #WIConf2025 session on “Gen AI and Algorithmic Dispute" is high - @rainerrehak.bsky.social opening this session.

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Taking place now: @claesdevreese.bsky.social giving the #WIConf2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Keynote Speech on “Are we, citizens, ready for an AI democracy?”. Spoiler: we are not!

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The #WIConf2025 is on with a full house of great and curious scholars and participants 🤩

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

New pub in Digital Journalism with Yangliu Fan & Christoph Neuberger @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social: We trace digital topics in journalism research (1995–2022). 2/10 clusters are digital—but few use digital methods. Our call: study digitalization with more digital methods. tinyurl.com/4zfm7txu

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

What a pleasure to listen to two exciting @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Fellow Talks @dgpuk2025.bsky.social - @claesdevreese.bsky.social and Keren Tennenboim-Weinblatt speaking about the conference topic of importance of values in digital society when they may never have been more important.

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What an exciting workshop on Visual Aspects of Political Communication and Digital Platforms, I had the pleasure to host at the Collegium Helveticum. Welcoming @franzimarquart.bsky.social for her keynote on Visual Velocity & researches from @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social and UZH. Really inspiring!

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Today my ‘political information and digital platforms” class at University of Zurich had the pleasure listening to a guest lecture by @bzar.bsky.social from KU Leuven sharing his knowledge and research on political micro-targeting on digital platforms! Great lecture and nice discussion, thx Brahim!

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

It was a pleasure welcoming @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social at IKMZ at U Zurich today, giving an online guest lecture on media effects on political participation in my ‚Political Participation in Digital Democracies‘ course. On spot lecture, great input for student projects, 🙏 for joining, Shelley!

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

We started the #DSA40Collaboratory Data Access Tracker to collect rejected, pending, and accepted data access requests under #DSA40 - please list your experience and share with colleagues widely @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Full house at today's Research Seminar, where @strippel.bsky.social and Elizaveta Kusnetzova and I presented a true team effort: First results from a survey with over n = 2000 German 'Alternative News Audiences', funded by @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social . Stay tuned for more insights.