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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

On a more general note: Would there be interest in organizing a workshop/symposium/get-together in the coming months to exchange ideas, explore collaboration, concerted efforts, funding opportunities? Happy to set something up!

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

2️⃣ Mon, Jun 8 | 1:30–2:45 PM | Auditorium 2, CTICC1 "How Disclosure Prevalence and Relational Similarity Shape Social Norms on Social Media" (with Douglas A. Parry)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In case you are interested, I will talked about our project with the above mock-up simulation at #ica26: 1️⃣ Sun, Jun 7 | 10:30–11:45 AM | Diaz Room, Westin : "Fleeting Attention While Scrolling: Predicting Dwell Time on Social Media Feeds Using Behavioural Logs" and ...

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

6. VU Amsterdam = Several mock-up social media platforms including "Travelgram" (Masur (me 😅) et al.: osf.io/preprints/ps...)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

5. University of Zurich = VIRENA (Hoes et al: arxiv.org/pdf/2602.122...)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

3. VU Amsterdam = TWON project (Trilling et al.: www.twon-project.eu)

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TWON – TWin of an Online Social Network

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

1. Cornell University = Truman Platform (N. Bazarova, D. DiFranzo et al.: truman.gitbook.io/the-truman-p...)

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The Truman Platform

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

With so many similar projects being in development, I believe a concerted effort or at least a organized "coming together" might perhapy be very useful. From the top of my head I can think of these projects (thread below): ⬇️ #simulation #mockupsocialmedia #algorithms #experimentaldesign #ica26

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Code is available on GitHub, feel fee to fork and rework it. What would you like to be customizable? Perhaps I can provide some ways to make it me personalized…

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Fantastic first day at #ica26. Great conversations and discussions at the CAT doctoral consortium!

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Next to listing the publications, you can explore trending keywords, which topics are clustering in which journals and how topic importance changes over years. It has become quite useful for me, so I thought maybe others my find it useful too? #communicationscience #commsci #opencomm (4/end)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It is really light-weight tracking tool that exploits the OpenAlex API to pull relevant articles from 25 Comm Journals. It updates weekly. (3/n)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

And I always thought, why do we not somehow scrap latest, trending, and perhaps the most cited categories from the journal pages and put them all in one place.... Well, this is what the "Communication Science - Journal Tracker" does: masurp.github.io/ICA-Journal-... (2/n)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hey #ica26, I recently wrote a little something that I believe might be interesting to many. Over years I tried to find a way to properly keep up to date with new journal publications across those journals that are most important to me... (1/n)

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Human Communication Research @hcr-journal.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

New in HCR by @ymeier.bsky.social & @masurphil.bsky.social: A 3-wave longitudinal study shows dataveillance relates to privacy resignation between-person, while critical privacy literacy is the key within-person predictor of self-inhibition. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

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Escaping the digital panopticon? Longitudinal effects of dataveillance salience shocks on privacy attitudes and inhibited behaviors

Abstract. Using internet technologies exposes individuals to constant surveillance by companies and other actors. Perceptions of constant surveillance—term

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Journal of Communication @journal-of-comm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

“Nudges for news recommenders: prominent article positioning increases selection, engagement, and recall of environmental news, but reducing complexity does not”, by @nickmattis.bsky.social Heitz @masurphil.bsky.social @judith-moeller.bsky.social @vanatteveldt.com doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our new paper on replicating 3 seminal privacy studies out now in JOC! 👇🏼

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

New publication with @ymeier.bsky.social! Check out the threat below 👇🏼

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Not unexpected, but still shocking…

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Overall, our results differentiate norm inference from norm adoption and highlight behavioral prevalence as a stable normative driver. They also raise concerns about how visible peer behaviors may facilitate the diffusion of risky disclosure practices. Link: osf.io/preprints/ps... (9/end)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Reinforcement signals (likes and comments) showed no observable effect on norm formation or disclosure intentions. This challenges common assumptions about the centrality of engagement metrics in shaping behavior. (8/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Similarity moderated these processes. Participants relied less on prevalence cues when evaluating similar others, yet similarity amplified the impact of norms once they were formed. (7/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Written disclosure had a more limited role. It shifted norm perceptions modestly but did not meaningfully influence disclosure intentions, suggesting a modality-specific sensitivity to normative information. (6/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The findings were quite consistent: prevalence was the dominant mechanism. Higher levels of visual disclosure among peers led to stronger descriptive and injunctive norms, which in turn increased participants’ own disclosure intentions. (5/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We therefore developed a new platform called Travelgram, closely resembling Instagram. It simulated the full social media experience. Participants scrolled, posted, liked, commented and we manipulated what they saw. (4/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Across two preregistered experiments (n=590; n=1337) using a ecologically valid, but simulated platform, we independently manipulated two elements: the prevalence of others’ disclosures and reinforcement via likes/comments. We further measured perceived similarity of other users. (3/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Building on my previous work (doi.org/10.1371/jour...), we argue that platforms are saturated with signals about what others do, and these signals structure users' own decisions to share. (2/9)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

NEW PREPRINT 💡 Together with @dougaparry.bsky.social, I just published a new preprint experimentally examining how specific normative cues on social media shape self-disclosure using an innovative simulation approach. Link: osf.io/preprints/ps... Read on for more information (1/9) 👇

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Dima Epstein @thinkmacro.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society! journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec... w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Oh, this is old. I think I should revisit this. :D

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Using specification curve analyses, we show that this relationship is sensitive to analytical decisions, highlighting the importance of transparency and replication in survey-based privacy research. (4/4)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Only 32.5% of the original effects replicated exactly, though 67.5% were significant and in the expected direction. Interestingly, the widely reported negative link between privacy concerns and self-disclosure did not replicate—in our data, it turned positive. (3/4)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Together with Giulia Ranzini, we closely replicated three foundational studies in privacy research: 🔹 Krasnova et al. (2010) on the privacy calculus 🔹 Vitak (2012) on context collapse 🔹 Dienlin & Trepte (2015) on the privacy paradox (2/4)

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🎉 New publication out! Really happy to share that our article “Privacy calculus, privacy paradox, and context collapse: A replication of three key studies in communication privacy research” is now published in the Journal of Communication. Full article: doi.org/10.1093/joc/... (1/4)

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Privacy calculus, privacy paradox, and context collapse: A replication of three key studies in communication privacy research

Abstract. Since the advent of social network sites, researchers have investigated how and why users share personal information online. Yet, the replicabili

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 13/06/2025

CAT Best Paper Award at #ica25: @masurphil.bsky.social with a study on norms on social media

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Great PhD and PostDoc opportunity! Having worked with Tobias for years, I can only recommend applying!!! 👍👍👍

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hello world! Meet our consortium—15 organizations, 10 countries—joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. 🚀 Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions. More in the 🧵!

Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

New PhD students: This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your project as well as meet other PhD buddies! 👇

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

(4) analyzing how these units interact to shape privacy expectations, policies, and behaviors. The paper resulted from discussion within the comparative privacy research network. For more info, check out: comparativeprivacy.org

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Comparative Privacy Research Network

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

...whether privacy concepts are truly comparable across different contexts, (3) identifying meaningful units of comparison beyond national boundaries—exploring cultural, social, political, technological and economic units of comparison—and ...

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We propose the Comparative Privacy Research Framework (CPRF), which provides a systematic approach to studying privacy across contexts. The framework highlights four key principles: (1) critically examining researchers’ own epistemological biases and power positions, (2) assessing...

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Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

It offers a comprehensive literature review of privacy and comparative privacy research, thereupon develops a new framework and a research agenda for comparative privacy research.

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