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Lena Masch

@lenamasch.bsky.social
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political scientist | Political Psychology | Political Communication | text & images | 🐈‍⬛ lady she/her #firstgen linktr.ee/lenamasch 📷: Tobias Koch

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Christoph Nguyen @cgnguyen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A fun collaboration between federalism scholars, @jos38.bsky.social & Antonios Souris, who bring the institutional questions, and experimentalists @lenamasch.bsky.social & me who bring a design to test them cleanly. A real fun pairing, and hopefully useful for both fields.2/8
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Herzlichen Glückwunsch und einen guten Start!
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Although some differences persisted, the results show that empathy appeals could potentially facilitate the integration of refugees and strengthen social cohesion in diverse societies. The full paper (with more analyses and results) can be found here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Empathy During Crises: Investigating Attitudes, Tolerance, and Ingroup–Outgroup Dynamics in Response to Refugee Movements
Objective In times of societal crises, it is pivotal to understand and share others' feelings. Yet, the role of empathy in fostering prosocial responses during societal crises has not gained enough ...
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We asked participants how close they felt towards various groups of refugees and found that individuals with higher levels of empathy (empathic concern and perspective taking) perceived others as closer.
perceived closeness as a function of empathic concern and perspective taking for various social groups
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We found that higher levels of empathy were linked to more favorable views of refugees and pro-refugee policies, such as the admission of refugees, their access to social benefits, and the granting of work permits.
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚨 New Open Access Publiation! Under the lead of @ronjademel.bsky.social , David Schieferdecker, @hannaschwander.bsky.social , Swen Hutter, Jule Specht and I investigated the role of empathy on attitudes towards refugees and ingroup-outgroup dynamics
Empathy During Crises: Investigating Attitudes, Tolerance, and Ingroup-Outgroup Dynamics in Response to Refugee Movements
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
For this study, we developed a measure of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs with three items. It was implemented in a panel wave in summer/ fall 2020, and is available in the standard edition of the GESIS Panel.
Figure 1 of the article showing the distribution of conspiracy beliefs
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We find only small effects of individual need for cognitive closure, but strong effects for pre-pandemic political trust and concurrent crisis trust in political and medical institutions.
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
📢 New Publication: @jedinger.bsky.social and I have explored the relationshop between need for closure, political trust and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the @gesis-panel.bsky.social . Open access: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
Abstract of the article "Need for cognitive closure, political trust, adn belief in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic"
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Alexander Jedinger @jedinger.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Publication alert: lenamasch.bsky.social and I have explored the relationship between need for closure, political trust, and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the great @gesis-panel.bsky.social! Open-access doi.org/10.3389/frsp...
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political scientist @unimuenster.bsky.social | Political Psychology | Political Communication | text & images | 🐈‍⬛ lady she/her #firstgen https://linktr.ee/lenamasch 📷: Tobias Koch
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DGPuK Methoden @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Interested in updates from researchers who are committed to advancing the methods of communication research and related disciplines? The Count has something for you... go.bsky.app/ByqiKgq Feel free to share and comment, if you want to be added.
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
It'd be great if you could add me too if there's enough space. Thank you!
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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Two political psych starter packs! Both have been around, but 2 has had a lot more people added. Check them out if you haven’t already 1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx 2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Congrats Lisa! 💪🥳
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Julia Reiter @juliareiter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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. 👉
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Could you add me, too, on Sunday :)?
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thank you!
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Could you add me too?
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
vielen Dank :) !
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
🙋‍♀️👋
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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations for #COMPTEXT2025 is now out; please feel free to circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! Deadline: January 15! We look forward to meeting you at the University of Vienna and @compcommlab.bsky.social on 24-26 April 2025!
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
ja, wir arbeiten gerade an der detaillierten Darstellung in einem Paper, das teilen wir dann gerne.
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Christoph Nguyen @cgnguyen.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Today is German Unity Day. But how unified is Germany? To celebrate, I want to share some data from a project with @lenamasch.bsky.social, @jos38.bsky.social and Antonios Souris on how "popular" people from different German states are - and how this evaluation differs. Here is it for everyone:
A map of German states with the average evaluation of people from each state.
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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
@favstats.bsky.social and I wrote a piece about LLMs for the Encyclopedia of Political Communication (forthcoming '25, edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social and @dominiquewirz.bsky.social). Happy to share the accepted version! www.johannesbgruber.eu/publication/...
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Large Language Models | Johannes B. Gruber
Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a significant advancement for the field of political communication. Their capabilities for the study of language vastly surpass previous approaches, enabling a w...
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 27/06/2024
HELLO POSITRON #rstats Read about it: www.infoworld.com/article/3715... Download it: github.com/posit-dev/po...
Screenshot of Posit's new R + Python IDE
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 15/06/2024
Are you interested in pursuing a PhD? Or know someone who might be looking for a 5 year PhD position at FU Berlin (teaching + research in political sociology)?👇
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @handle.invalid · 15/06/2024
An upd report on our workshops for Ukraine series on #RStats, #Python & more. So far, we have raised >73k euro & the workshops have been attended by > 3300 ppl! you can find more info on how you can help & a detailed report. All info on workshops: bit.ly/3wBeY4S 1/n
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Political Psychology Network DE @polpsynetde.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
The German Political Psychology Network is currently seeking hosts for its sixth "24hours of Political Psychology" meeting scheduled for 2025. (1/3)
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
Paris schafft gerade 70.000 Parkplätze ab. So sieht das dann z.B. aus❤️
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
😂 viel Erfolg auf den letzten Metern!
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Oliver Dickhäuser @odickhaeuser.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
Interesse an empirischer Bildungsforschung, Daten(management) und einer unbefristete E14-Stelle mit Dienstsitz Frankfurt?👇
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Eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in für die Koordination des Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung ...
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Political Psychology Network DE @polpsynetde.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Two weeks left to apply! Don't forget to send your abstract for this year's meeting our way!
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
Congratulations Sebastian!
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Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug @honkhase.de · 29/11/2023
#Wasserverlust in Deutschland Seit der Jahrtausendwende ein Bodensee weniger "Durch #Hitzewellen und #Dürren verliert BRD so viel #Wasser wie kaum ein anderes Land. Das geht aus dem Klima-Monitoringbericht der Bundesregierung hervor.Er fordert Anpassungsstrategien" www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima...
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Klima-Monitoringbericht: Wasserverlust in Deutschland besonders groß
Durch Hitzewellen und Dürren verliert Deutschland so viel Wasser wie kaum ein anderes Land. Das geht aus dem Klima-Monitoringbericht der Bundesregierung hervor. Er fordert Anpassungsstrategien.
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
thank you! yes, I've also argued that anger is for the opposition vs government parties and politicians. The perception of authenticity is a moderator - like you mentioned the expressed emotion has to feel real and "honest", you could check work by Eric Bucy for more on that
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Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 24/11/2023
Von der Festschrift „Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie“ (Open Access!) für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck war hier schon die Rede. Drüben gibts einen zugehörigen Thread mit Vorstellung der einzelnen Beiträge, hier nur den Link zu ALLEN Beiträgen: www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783...
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Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie - Nomos eLibrary
Der vorliegende Band ist dem Verhältnis von Informationen, Wahlen und Demokratie gewidmet. Deutschland, aber auch andere Länder in den Blick nehmend, widm…
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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
We have all been waiting for it: Cas Mudde's take on the Dutch election outcome www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gregor Wiedemann @grenwi.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Das neue M&K-Themenheft beschäftigt sich mit #Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit. Herausgegeben von mir, @janschmidt.bsky.social, Jan Rau, @flxvctr.bsky.social und Philipp Kessling. Als Open Access verfügbar. www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/1615...
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
@danielhagemann.bsky.social
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
the impact of emotion expressions is also gendered. Female politicians are still more likely to face a "double bind" - they are easily seen as not competent enough when smiling too much, and often seen as unlikable when being assertive and angry: t.co/dVtU5GWExj
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Emotional woman – rational man? Gender stereotypical emotional expressivity of German politicians ...
Drawing on literature about the different television coverage of male and female politicians and gender-specific leadership behavior, differences in the visibility of female and male politicians’ em...
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
I was able to test some of the ideas empirically and found that expressing anger can be a very useful tool for the opposition in gaining support
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
the book provides a theoretical understanding of the impact of anger on viewers, under which circumstances can anger increase support ? when does it lead to less favorable candidate evaluations? the theoretical argument applies to mainstream and populist politicians alike
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
for a short overview check out the corresponding blogpost: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
if you find the impact of emotional expressions on citizens interesting, you can also check out my book (open access) on the prevalence and impact of anger expressions (Masch 2020): www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783...
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Politicians' Expressions of Anger and Leadership Evaluations - Nomos eLibrary
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
here are some key findings from over the years👇
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
New Publication with Oscar W. Gabriel, @maierjuergen.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Renner in "emotions in politics and society" (Nomos book series). Our book reflects the work of a decade and is the final publication of our DFG project on emotions in politics: t.co/sGbKuXUGYNew polpsy Germanpoliticsky
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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Priorisierung, Priorisierung, Priorisierung.
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Klimawandel - UNO-Umweltprogramm Unep befürchtet Erderwärmung um fast drei Grad
Das UNO-Umweltprogramm Unep warnt angesichts der gegenwärtigen Klimaschutz-Zusagen vor einer drastischen Erderwärmung. Falls die Länder den Ausstoß der klimaschädlichen Treibhausgase nicht stärk...
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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
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