Reposted by Markus AppelColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why do white men become white nationalists? Interesting new empirical results in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6386154
Reposted by Markus AppelUlrike Klinger @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fantastic PostDoc job (100%, 4 years) in a cool project at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social in Berlin funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de with brilliant colleagues @dscheykopp.bsky.social @thothiel.bsky.social @freiheitsrechte.org @wirsindderosten.bsky.social www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...weizenbaum-institut.deWissenschaftliche Projektleitung / Postdoctoral Re-searcher (m/w/d) zu Polarisierung auf digitalen Platt-formen 0139
Reposted by Markus AppelMax Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026📢 We're hiring! We're looking for new colleagues and have several open positions, ranging from Research Assistant to Research Scientist. If you're passionate about cutting-edge research and want to contribute to innovative projects, explore our current openings:🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/career 069
Reposted by Markus AppelCenter for Open Science @cos.io · 11/08/2026COS is announcing important changes to the Open Science Framework (OSF). OSF Projects—used for project collaboration, file mgmt, & storage—is being phased out as an active workspace over the next 6 months. This change does not affect persistence & accessibility of existing public projects. (🧵1/2) 53945
Reposted by Markus AppelFabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Do you think about doing a PhD? Are you interested in understanding how individuals use digital technologies to cope with the prospect of their own mortality? Then let’s get morbid together. www.mcm.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...mcm.uni-wuerzburg.de 132
Reposted by Markus AppelAndrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The first official data on the effectiveness of Australia's social media ban is out. Nothing unexpected, but it's worth reading. www.esafety.gov.au/research/soc... 13825
Reposted by Markus Appelvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026creative computing, cover, excerpt (1980) archive.org/details/Crea... 217161
Reposted by Markus AppelColson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 08/07/2026NY Noise www.youtube.com/watch?v=phff...youtube.comPussy Galore - Yü GungYouTube video by Shove Records 1313
Reposted by Markus AppelCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/20261. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.pnas.orgThe diffusion of large language models in published academic articles | PNASLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th... 9463245
Reposted by Markus AppelMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Rashid Johnson, Untitled (Anxious Man), 2018 whitney.org/collection/w... 920838
Reposted by Markus AppelFrau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Die Forschungsministerin freut sich auf Insta darüber, dass jetzt "Porträts" von Frauen der Geschichte in ihrem Haus hängen. Nur: Die sind mit KI erstellt. Und schleifen die Gesichter der Frauen gemäß moderner westlicher Schönheitsideale glatt. Was für ein irres Projekt Z.B. 1032429861
Reposted by Markus AppelHuman Communication Research @hcr-journal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026New in HCR: @markusappel.bsky.social et al. (2025) show that congeniality bias persisted regardless of fiction vs. non-fiction labeling, emerging for positive portrayals but not for negative ones, with non-fiction slightly preferred overall. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...doi.orgCan fictional stories beat the congeniality bias? Selective exposure to fiction and non-fictionAbstract. People prefer attitude-consistent information over attitude-inconsistent information (congeniality bias). Connecting theory on the processing of 022
Reposted by Markus AppelKevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker! 25388122
Reposted by Markus AppelStephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 22/02/2026The latest freedom-loving impulse from the people who cry about "censorship" when Europeans oppose AI-generated child pornography:theguardian.comTrump warns Netflix of ‘consequences’ unless it pulls top Democrat from boardUS president calls for removal of Susan Rice as streaming platform pursues takeover of Warner Bros Discovery 01610
Reposted by Markus AppelRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Helen Frankenthaler in her studio, photographed by David Parks for Life magazine in 1956. 722042
Reposted by Markus AppelSander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 18/02/2026New article in Nature describes a field experiment on X which shows that assigning users to an algorithmic feed pushes conservative content and demotes mainstream news. Sounds obvious but important in light of prior claims algorithms don't cause attitudinal changes. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 17933
Reposted by Markus AppelStephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 24/01/2026Difficult to see this as anything but an execution by a death squad in broad daylight. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...startribune.comLive: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses sayA video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. 46830
Reposted by Markus AppelAndrew Perfors @perfors.net · 22/01/2026I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.youtube.comPart 1: How do LLMs work?YouTube video by Andrew Perfors 20505193
Reposted by Markus AppelUniversity of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 20/01/2026Professor @orbenamy.bsky.social from @mrccbu.bsky.social will co-lead the world’s first major trial to test whether reducing social media use can improve teen mental health. Find out more about the IRL Trial: bit.ly/4a2FZmB #socialmedia #researchbit.lyThousands of UK schoolchildren to take part in major study of social media use and teen mental healthA trial that will put a daily limit on the social media use of thousands of Bradford teenagers is set to begin this year. It will be the largest study yet to investigate whether use of these online pl... 14720
Reposted by Markus AppelFabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Great thread. Definitely worth reading! 012
Reposted by Markus AppelEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Would love to hear expert views on this paper. It appears to show that the operationalization of brain activity the field has relied on for 3 decades—the BOLD response—is not actually a sensible measure of brain activity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comBOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature NeuroscienceUsing quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio... 76922
Reposted by Markus AppelBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 13/12/2025"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."commondreams.orgRichest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common DreamsA landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year 12838491652
Reposted by Markus AppelColson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 20/11/2025Work music, for real www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xuw...youtube.comFloating Points - 'Fast Forward' (Official Video)YouTube video by Floating Points 0414
Reposted by Markus AppelTimo Gnambs @tgnambs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025💡 How do people in Germany perceive Artificial Intelligence (AI)? In our recent population survey in Germany, we examined attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions regarding AI in work, healthcare, and education. 🔗 Read the full open-access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAttitudes, experiences, and usage intentions of artificial intelligence: A population study in GermanyArtificial intelligence (AI) increasingly affects individuals’ private and professional lives. Importantly, both the acceptance and adoption of new AI… 122
Reposted by Markus AppelAlexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The relationship between income and vote has reversed in the USA. 0147
Reposted by Markus AppelDGPS: Media Psychology @mepsy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025📣Job alert 📣 11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas: ✅ Immersive virtual reality ✅New (Para-)Social Encounters ✅Epistemic challenges Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇 083
Markus Appel @markusappel.bsky.social · 26/09/2025We are hiring 11 Doctoral Researchers (100%) in the DFG-RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age". Uni Wuerzburg, Germany. Disciplines: Communication, Psychology, Computer Science. Topics: VR / XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation. More: go.uniwue.de/rtg3087jobs Please share 086
Reposted by Markus AppelFernando Blanco 🦋 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @fernandoblancopsy.com · 16/09/2025We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information. Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️ Please share! 🔃 cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #PhDJobcimcyc.ugr.esJob Offer: Postdoctoral Researcher in DisinformationAs part of the strategic plan linked to the María de Maeztu Seal of Excellence award, the CIMCYC is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with experience in the field of the psychology of disinformatio... 376106
Reposted by Markus Appelsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 31/08/2025Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folksjobs.smartrecruiters.comLecturer in Social Psychology - Faculty of ScienceCompany Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the largest and most highly ranke... 27150
Reposted by Markus AppelWilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · 26/08/2025🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.deDoctoral Researcher (m,f,x) 03848
Reposted by Markus AppelNew York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025While riding the B or Q trains between Dekalb Ave station and the Manhattan Bridge, you may catch a glimpse of "Masstransiscope," a public art installation by Bill Brand. It was added to the #NYCsubway system in 1980. 161397285
Reposted by Markus AppelFabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 16/07/2025We snap photos of everything. But does more documentation mean better memories? 📸📲🤳 Not necessarily. Too many photos can drown out what really matters. Remembering is all about selection. Talked about this with Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German): www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...sueddeutsche.deErinnerungen: Fotografieren wir zu viel?Dank des Smartphones können wir jeden Moment festhalten. Warum das nicht unbedingt bedeutet, dass wir uns besser erinnern. 1155
Reposted by Markus AppelStephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 19/06/2025I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12sks.toThe Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic BackslidingThe Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ... 20833462
Reposted by Markus AppelOliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...leuphana.deHub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field 12829
Reposted by Markus AppelFabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025New paper on autobiographical #memory in the #digitalage 🚨 What do individuals do when being asked to remember past events? We show that they repeatedly switch between information stored in their minds and information stored in external resources (e.g., their smartphones) doi.org/10.1186/s412...doi.orgMediated autobiographical remembering in the digital age: insights from an experimental think-aloud study - Cognitive Research: Principles and ImplicationsAutobiographical remembering may undergo significant transformations in the digital age, in which the omnipresence of digital tools has led to an increased density of recorded life episodes. To gain d... 142
Reposted by Markus AppelLinda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 23/03/2025@davidryanmiller.com thought you might appreciate this work by @johnjost.bsky.social, which I see as very aligned with what you suggest spsp.org/news/charact...spsp.orgDebunking “Both-Sideology” for the Sake of Democracy and Social Science | SPSPConservative-rightists in the U.S. are more prejudiced, less democratic, and more violent than liberal-leftists. 286
Reposted by Markus AppelLukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀 Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested? ✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...gesis.org 35126
Reposted by Markus AppelGESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 11/02/2025📱 Interested in collecting data with smartphones? Join this #GESISworkshop with @lukotto.bsky.social @gesis.org for a hands-on guide to planning, conducting & analyzing mobile, intensive-longitudinal surveys. ➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25 01311
Reposted by Markus AppelWai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · 25/02/2025My fellow communication scientists, can you point to scientific articles about what @techconnectify.bsky.social is concerned about Some parts I believe relate to @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social & @markusappel.bsky.social's paper, but I know I'm missing other parts journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comThe Psychology of Personalization in Digital Environments: From Motivation to Well-Being – A Theoretical Integration - Fabian Hutmacher, Markus Appel, 2023The personalization of digital environments is becoming ubiquitous due to the rise of AI-based algorithms and recommender systems. Arguably, this technological ... 023
Reposted by Markus AppelMichael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I don't plan to read it, but this is what they mean by anxious generation, yes? 🫠 From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports... 1428
Reposted by Markus AppelGerman Neubaum @germanneubaum.bsky.social · 08/01/2025📢📢📢 #MediaPsych2025 It's time to update your to do lists! Submission system is open: www.conftool.net/mediapsych20... (Deadline February 15) @unidue.bsky.social @mepsy.bsky.social @CAIS 42016
Reposted by Markus AppelAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/01/2025"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comThe New RasputinsAnti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe. 12235651233
Reposted by Markus AppelGamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Nice to see that my employer has finally left this toxic place #eXit 0102
Reposted by Markus AppelPablo Jost @pjost.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Hej journalists, Elmo, Alice, and Hitler hit news values, but amplifying far-right provocations plays right into their hands. It might bring short-term clicks, but the long-term boomerang will hit—not only grabbing attention, fueling their agenda, but also undermining trust in the media. 02610
Reposted by Markus AppelCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 07/01/2025A less discussed aspect of normalization of the far right is the attacks on anyone using pre-normalization assessments and terminology. This has been going on for over a decade, in Europe and the U.S., where the term “far right” is being squeezed tighter and tighter until it only refers to Nazis. 719772
Reposted by Markus AppelDavid Rand @dgrand.bsky.social · 07/01/2025🚨In Nature🚨 Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias? We this test empirically & find that conservatives * ARE suspended more * BUT share more misinfo So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDifferences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - NatureWe find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political... 9727031136
Reposted by Markus AppelRoland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 05/01/2025#JobAlert: Full-time position as University Professor of ‹Interface Cultures/Critical Data› at the University of Arts Linz, application deadline: 7 February 2025 www.kunstuni-linz.at/en/current/j...kunstuni-linz.atProfessor of “Interface Cultures/Critical Data” according to Section 98 of the Austrian Universities Act (UG 2002)Applikation deadline: 07/02/2025 02618
Reposted by Markus AppelDaniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 04/01/2025"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 33996462