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Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour @ipb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

📣 Call for Contributions: Policy Ultra Briefs (PUBs) zu Frühwarnsystemen & Klimarisiken Wir starten eine neue PUB-Reihe zu verhaltenswissenschaftlicher Evidenz für Frühwarnungen (z. B. Hitze, Flut, Extremwetter). Ziel: kompakte, policy-relevante Erkenntnisse für Entscheidungsträger:innen.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A very familiar feeling :) Looking forward to reading this, looks really helpful!

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sure, but it is a difference if the AI does the reviewing or just polishes the text a human wrote. I don't know what other prompts the reviewer gave from the screenshot, of course

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sounds quite reasonable, though: "take my original text and smooth it". Isn't that a completely legitmate use of an LLM? (and something I wish more reviewers would do, quite honestly...)

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 15/12/2025

Huh I wonder if there were any other global events happening in in 2008. Guess we’ll never know.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I already spent half my morning reading some of the excellent entries in this massive volume. Congratulations and thank you @dominiquewirz.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social and @maxgroemping.bsky.social My entry on self-effects is also available as a preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 02/12/2025

Works the other way around too. “If I was Jonathan Haidt, how would I destroy the next generation?”

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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Our new Postdocs @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social & @hannahdecker.bsky.social plus our current fellows @fprochazka.bsky.social & Maryam Khaleghipour present their research programs. Covering politician-influencers, targeted ads, views on climate change, & digital hate speech.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Und zu Fact-Checking die Arbeiten von Regina Cazzamatta: scholar.google.com/citations?hl...

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I like that metaphor for peer-review a lot! @gpccomm.bsky.social seems off to a good start! :)

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Hier bin ich heute Nachmittag und freue mich schon jetzt auf die Projekte unserer Studierenden im BA Kommunikationswissenschaft!

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The study has N=54 split in three groups. It basically has no power to detect the effects it seeks to detect. I’m all for pre-published media engagement but this is not enough to get it outside of your own lab environment. time.com/7295195/ai-c...

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ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

They have bike lanes in roundabouts 🤯Biking is really something else when not almost getting hit by a truck every five minutes!

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is a great environment with really smart, friendly and engaging people - plus: Odense and Denmark are beautiful, so do apply for their fellowships!

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Findings are based on survey data from political journalists in Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Full paper (open access) here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

This tendency to project is stronger among right-leaning journalists, but weaker when journalists are experts on a topic or think public opinion is ambiguous. Experience and audience orientation don’t seem to make much difference.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

How do journalists estimate public opinion? 👀🧠 Our new paper in Journalism (w/ Karolin Soontjens, @kathleenbeckers.bsky.social, David Hopmann & @andreasschuck.bsky.social) shows that many rely on their own views. The more they agree with policy proposals, the more they assume the public does too.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

👇 Und der Journalismus darf jetzt wieder aus dem Game-Frame rauskommen und sich inhaltlich mit der Koalition auseinandersetzen. Da gibt's genug zu tun

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Lara Wolfers @larawolfers.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I am hiring :-). I look for a PhD student & a postdoc for my new Digital Lives team at the U of Basel. Looking for 2 who are excited to study our everyday digital lives with me in the next years. Please share with your network. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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Universität Basel: PhD in Media Psychology (100%)

The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and i...

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Danke an Nina Springer und Hans-Jürgen Bucher und natürlich die Herausgeber:innen für die vielen hilfreichen Kommentare zum Beitrag!

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

3️⃣ Wie steht es um die "tatsächliche" Qualität der Medien, gibt es den oft bedauerten Qualitätsverlust im Journalismus wirklich? (Spoiler: so pauschal nicht) 4️⃣ Wie nimmt das Publikum Qualität im Journalismus wahr und wie lassen sich falsche Wahrnehmungen erklären?

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

1️⃣ Was bedeutet Qualität im Journalismus eigentlich, was sind wichtige Kriterien für Qualität und wer stellt welche Qualitätsansprüche mit welchen Gründen? 2️⃣ Wie wird Qualität im Journalismus selbst diskursiv verhandelt, sichergestellt und kontrolliert?

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Ich durfte ein Kapitel zu "Journalismus und Qualität" beisteuern und beleuchte journalistische Qualität darin aus Perspektive der Kommunikator-, Inhalts- und Publikumforschung. Es geht um vier Themen:

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Dieser Tage in der Post: Das neue Handbuch Journalismusforschung von @thanitzsch.bsky.social Wiebke Loosen, und @annikasehl.bsky.social. Es ist ein mächtiger und umfassender Band mit vielen tollen Beiträgen geworden!

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Of course, I hope it is used for good things, but if LLMs help people write, access knowledge or automate tedious tasks, I am glad my work helped.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

What I publish is out there, and people or companies can use it to their advantage/profit. I don’t need to give permission or be aware of all the uses of my work (I don't even know how I could). It is part of human knowledge and others are free to use it.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

My texts are constantly stripped of context and intention by *humans* who mis-cite my work, interpret it to fit their narrative and so on. But that is okay, it is part of knowledge spreads, and I probably do the same sometimes.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

(Besides, as far as I know most AI companies actually don’t profit (yet), because it is staggeringly expensive to run these models, develop them, etc.)

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Intellectual labor is constantly “absorbed into systems that generate value elsewhere". Taxpayer-funded Universities train students, and companies profit from their skills. Social media companies profit from user generated content, advertisers use research to make more effective ads…

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thank you for the thoughtful arguments! I see what you mean, and I agree with most of it. That said, I think a) much of what you describe isn’t unique to AI and b) I don’t necessarily see it as problematic.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Unpopular opinion but I don't really care. If a human uses my writing to learn something, I am happy. Why should I oppose to an AI learning from my writing?

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Das klingt ja toll, herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Gute Truppe für die anstehenden Koalitionsverhandlungen in Bonn!

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Side note: I am really happy (and a little proud) that this paper came out of working with my first cohort of BA students during the "project study phase" of our BA program at @unierfurt.bsky.social! 🎓

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

💬 Our results highlight how expressing opinions online shapes what people believe—especially on new topics. This could be a previously often overlooked factor in understanding polarization and radicalization.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

🔍 Key finding: Writing and posting a comment does change opinions—but mainly for those who didn’t have a firm stance to begin with. The opinion climate (agreement/disagreement) didn’t change this effect.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

In an online experiment with ~1000 participants, we tested whether commenting (vs. just reading a news post) influenced opinions, depending on whether the surrounding comments agreed or disagreed.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

New paper out in Communication Research Reports! 📄✨ We explore the self-effects of online commenting—does writing and posting political comments on social media change people’s opinions? Open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Screenshot of the paper head for "self-effects of online commenting in different opinion environments"

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Ergänzend: massives Strategie-Framing (wer gewinnt, wer verliert, wer kann wen "treiben"). Zu wenig Auseinandersetzung mit Inhalten, Ursachen von Problemen bei Migration/Integration und Lösungen - plus Verdrängung anderer Themen. Führt gut belegt zu politischem Zynismus und Normalisierung der AfD

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hier ist das (für Deutschland) nachzulesen: www.waxmann.com/index.php?eI...

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"Teenager" wurden übrigens auch nicht befragt, sondern 15-Jährige. Und: Das ist Selbstauskunft. Ob sie "Fake News" dann tatsächlich erkennen oder nicht, wissen wir (aus dieser Studie) nicht.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Nur rund 15% geben an, die Qualität von Informationen online nicht beurteilen zu können, oder Mühe zu haben, es allein zu schaffen.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Für Österreich sind die Daten nicht veröffentlicht, aber in Deutschland sagen 47%, sie schaffen das leicht, weitere 35%, sie schaffen es "mit etwas Mühe". In Deutschland glauben also 82%, die Qualität von Informationen im Netz "leicht" oder "mit etwas Mühe" beurteilen zu können.

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Das hat die PISA-Studie aber nicht erhoben. Erhoben wurde in Selbstauskunft (!), ob sie "die Qualität von gefundenen Online-Informationen beurteilen" können. Da sagen 44% "Ich schaffe das leicht".

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Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour @ipb.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#SaveTheDate Das Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (IPB) lädt herzlich ein zum 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗹𝘀𝗽𝗲𝘇𝗶𝗮𝗹, einer spannenden Diskussion über Demokratie, politische Teilhabe und wie Bürger:innen aktiv zum Klimaschutz beitragen können.🗳️ @unierfurt.bsky.social 👉 www.uni-erfurt.de/institute-fo...

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Climate Connect Spezial: Mehr Bürgerbeteiligung für eine stärkere Demokratie?

Veranstaltung mit Kathrin Schlup (Senior Projektleiterin und ehemalige Co-Direktorin sanu ag, Schweiz) im Rahmen der Reihe "Climate Connect".

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Fabian Prochazka @fprochazka.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Es ist wichtig, Obstskeptiker nicht von der gesellschaftlichen Debatte auszuschließen

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