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Maximilian Eder

@maxeder.bsky.social
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Researcher: @unistavanger.bsky.social on mediatized scandalization | Research Fellow: #UniBw Munich | PhD: University of #Passau 🦣 maxeder@sciences.social 🐦 _maxeder 🖥️ max-eder.de 
#Journalism #AI #LocalJournalism #Scandalogy

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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Read my new, short comment on wether #AI has been used in political campaigning (SPOILER: Yes, but it depends on context). Many thanks to the @fgkommpol.bsky.social for putting this report together.
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
⏰ New open-access special issue ⏰ I am happy to announce the publication of this new special issue on scandals in Austria 🇦🇹 Get it for free here 👇 www.journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/mz...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
⏰ New open-access paper ⏰ We explored the influences that might pose challenges to investigative #journalism in Germany. In short: Defamation lawsuits, threats, and a lack of resources to support time-intensive investigative research are the most important challenges. doi.org/10.1080/1751...
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Watchdogs Under Pressure: Influences on German Investigative Journalists and how they Deal with them
Investigative journalism is a distinct branch of the profession that serves democracy by being particularly willing to confront powerful elites and expose their misconduct through persistent resear...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the latest International Conference on #Scandalogy. I presented new #research on mediatised scandalisation processes. The conference also marked the official starting point of my #MSCA EU project. Many thanks to the HAW #Hamburg for having me 👍
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New paper out on challenges, opportunities, and limitations of pilot studies❗ Drawing on a #DesignThinking pilot study, I utilized a three-phase analytical framework for understanding how pilot studies facilitate #knowledge transfer. Get the study here: doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-...
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Challenges, opportunities and limitations of pilot studies: reflections on a Design Thinking project for knowledge transfer in journalism research
Purpose. This article provides insights into the value of pilot studies in facilitating and enhancing knowledge transfer within the broader field of journalism research. It specifically examines the c...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What you need to know before you buy: Check out my review of the new book by Ole J. Mjøs (University of Bergen) on #Schibsted. Click on the link below and get one of 50 free copies of my review: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FXJJC...
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Schibsted: The Digital Transformation of a Nordic Media Giant
Published in International Journal on Media Management (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
⏰ New book chapter ⏰ I examine the largely underexplored concept of AI-driven hyper-personalized news recommendations. In short, there are still several ethical and practical implications to be considered, both for newsrooms and audiences. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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AI and the Hyper-Personalization of News Content
For decades, editorial decisions and news media organizations’ strategic goals have primarily determined the distribution of journalistic content. However, the integration of artificial intellig...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
⏰ New open-access paper ⏰ We explored audiences' awareness of algorithmic news #personalisation in GER, FR, and the UK (N = 3,030). In short: There is a general lack of awareness and inequities related to age, gender, and political interest. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Being aware of algorithmic personalization? Insights from three European Countries
News recommender systems offer significant benefits for news media organizations by enabling the algorithmic selection and personalization of content based on individual user preferences. However, ...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
⏰ New open-access paper ⏰ We explored how #comments shape readers’ perception of an article’s journalistic quality. In short: positive reader comments affect the perception of specific journalistic #quality dimensions, while negative comments garner more attention. 🔗 doi.org/10.5771/2192...
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Journalistic quality in the eye of the beholder: An eye-tracking study on user comments and their effect on journalistic Quality perception - Nomos eLibrary
Nutzendenkommentare haben sich zu einem wichtigen Bestandteil von Nachrichtenartikeln entwickelt und damit die Art und Weise verändert, wie das Publikum m…
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🚨 New publication out now🚨 Together with Irene #Preisinger, I explore how structural & political pressures impact investigative journalism in Austria by using the #Ibiza affair as a case study. 🔍 Watchdog journalism is still hindered by elite influence & media-politics ties. 🔗 Get the full paper 👇
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Watchdogs on a leash: Austrian journalists and their obstacles to investigative reporting | Intellect
Investigative journalism is experiencing a new golden age facilitated by digital technologies for reporting and international, cross-border collaboration. Despite and often because of the vital role i...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The best way to start #ICA25 is hosting a preconference on AI and journalism. Thanks to all participants✨ #ICA2025 #AI #IfKW
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
🚨Publication alert🚨 I am very happy to see this article on the hybrid normalization of #Twitter published. Main finding: German political journalists follow their traditional norms and practices on the platform, while also adopting Twitter-specific ones. Get the article for free here 👇
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Hybrid normalization of Twitter: Political journalists’ practices during the 2021 German federal election debates - Maximilian Eder, 2025
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by social media platforms like Twitter, they have become normalized in journalists’ professional practices. At the same...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨 Publication alert 🚨 Why is local #journalism slow in #AI adoption? Helle Sjøvaag and I argue that regulatory framework, competitive pressures, and trust in technology collectively shape the AI #adoption curve. Download the 📰 for free as an open-access publication 👇
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Falling behind the adoption curve: Local journalism’s struggle for innovation in the AI transformation
This theoretical framework-driven article addresses the challenges faced by local journalism in adapting to technological innovations, particularly in the context of declining traditional funding m...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I had a lot of fun today at the #PolKomm25 retreat organized by @fgkommpol.bsky.social Special thanks to @vioreladan.bsky.social and @utarussmann.bsky.social for hosting the conference in #Innsbruck.
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
🚨Call for Papers 🚨 Tu Felix Austria? Political Scandals and Affairs in #Austria Submissions are welcome in English or German! 📆 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025 📜 Extended Abstracts: 500 words 💾 Download CfP: tinyurl.com/3ekx462u #Scandalogy #medien&zeit #CallForPapers
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🚨Call for papers 🚨 Interesting #ica25 pre-conference on AI and journalism. Organised by @maxeder.bsky.social and Helle Sjøvaag 📆 Deadline March 15 @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o...
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Daniel Drepper @danieldrepper.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
NEU: In Deutschland verschwinden immer mehr Lokalzeitungen. In fast jedem zweiten Landkreis gibt es inzwischen nur noch eine einzige Zeitung. Das ist ein Problem, denn nichts ist so wichtig für unserer Demokratie wie ein funktionierender Lokaljournalismus. Die ganze Studie: wuestenradar.de
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
🚨New paper on awareness of algorithmic news personalisation. Get the book chapter here:
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Personalisierte Nachrichten als Innovation: Die Perspektive des Publikums
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die bewusste Wahrnehmung indirekter Personalisierung von Nachrichteninhalten als eine Innovation für den Journalismus hinsichtlich der in der Forschung bisher wenig disk...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
And this is how we did it 😄 Presenting findings from an eye tracking study at the ECREA2024.
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
New publication 🚨 #AI and the dawn of a new divide? @hellesjovaag and I take a look at data from #Germany Get the publication (open access): doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.…
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 13/06/2024
Heute mal auswärts unterwegs. AI for Media Meetup @ippenmedia @BR_AILab
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
Second day at #emmaleeuwarden is about to start with the industry panel: @JohnOlivieira, @wilbertmutsaers, B. Beusmans & C. Vader
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
And again, an intersting panel on the transformative power of #AI #emmaleeuwarden
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
Crowded room in this session on #AI and its transformative potential @prof_bhm @AGodulla #emmaleeuwarden
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
It‘s on! A great keynote by Hans van Kranenburg @Radboud_Uni on digital disruption #emmaleeuwarden
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
It’s on! I am at the great #scandalogy conference @uni_bamberg_of. What a very nice location to meet researchers from all over the world. #scandalogy #crisis
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
My first visit to the German National #Library in Frankfurt. Had a lot of fun at their #Twitter Data Workshop 👍
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Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 18/03/2024
Looking forward to seeing you all @dgpuk2025.bsky.social :) The first three people to repost this quote post can stay at my place during the conference (checking if anyone is still using this platform anymore).
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
A blast from the past @DNB_Aktuelles. Party like it is 1998 🪩
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
Vi sees igjen Stavanger 🇳🇴 I had a great week at the @UniStavanger, together with @hellesjovaag, @raufercon and all the nice people there. Thank you to @VolkswagenSt for making this research stay possible.
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
🚨New paper on scandalization practices on #Twitter. Is the scandalization dynamic on social media different than in print? Find the answer here (open-access):  🔗 doi.org/10.20901/ms....
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From Questionable Incident to Political Scandal: The Ibiza Affair’s Scandalization on Twitter
Political scandals have become an everyday phenomenon, among other things, due to the crucial role of social media platforms as they shape how scandals unfold, are reported upon by journalists, and ar...
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
🎉 Exciting news for 2024: @pschwabl.bsky.social and I will join the Twitter data sprint organized by the German National Library. Two days, two guys, and millions of tweets ✊
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Bernadette Uth @bernadetteuth.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Wir suchen noch nach Journalist*innen, die mit uns gerne ein Interview zu ihren Erwartungen an die Interaktion mit Publikumsmitgliedern führen würden! Konkret suchen wir Journalist*innen aus Print oder Online (überregional, privat) und Rundfunk oder Online (lokal/regional, privat) 1/2
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Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
🚨New working paper on AI disclosure around news 🤖📝 Do audiences perceive news labeled as AI-generated as more or less trustworthy? In work led by @benjamintoff.bsky.social we find that the answer seems to be "less"  🔗 Pre-Print: osf.io/preprints/so... 🧵-summary ⬇️
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Interessante Aussage von Oskar Lafontaine: “Es ist ein Irrtum zu glauben, dass die Arbeiter Parteiprogramme lesen oder studieren, was der Neoliberalismus ist.“ Mit Populismus und Parolen gewinnt man demnach Wahlen?
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SMWB | Social Media Watchblog @socialmediawatchblog.de · 14/11/2023
Die ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie zählt zu den wichtigsten Erhebungen zur Nutzung von (sozialen) Medien in Deutschland. Wir haben für unsere Subscriber alle wesentlichen Ergebnisse an der Schnittstelle zu Social Media aufbereitet: socialmediawatchblog.de/2023/11/14/a...
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ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie 2023: Alle wichtigen Ergebnisse an der Schnittstelle zu Social Media
Die ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie zählt zu den wichtigsten Erhebungen zur Nutzung von (sozialen) Medien in Deutschland. Wir haben für dich alle wesentlichen Ergebnisse an der Schnittstelle zu Social Media au...
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Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
🥳 Lots of good things in the freshly released RSF Charter on AI & Journalism. Great work! 📄 These principles will be very helpful to news organisations looking to draft their own AI guidelines & for regulators considering these issues. However, I have some quibbles…🧵 rsf.org/en/rsf-and-1...
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RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism
The first of its kind, the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism defines ethics and principles that journalists, newsrooms and media outlets around the world will be able to appropriate and apply in thei...
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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 06/11/2023
*Updated*: A list of publicly available open datasets. Feel free to add further resources! Happy to add. tobiasdienlin.com/2019/03/03/p...
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A list of publicly available open datasets - tobias dienlin
In this blog post I have compiled a list of publicly available open data sets for the social sciences.
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Linards Udris @linardsudris.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Das Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2023 ist da! 🤖 Mit Schwerpunkt KI im Journalismus. Und mit Analysen zu Schweizer Medien auf Social Media, Medienvielfalt in den Regionen, Medienqualität u.v.m. Medienmitteilung & Jahrbuch 👉https://www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/news/2023/Jahrbuch-2023.html Hauptbefunde unten 👇
Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2023
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Linards Udris @linardsudris.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
❓ 🤖 Was hält das Publikum von künstlicher Intelligenz im Journalismus? Antworten zu KI, zur Qualität uvm im @foegUZH Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2023. Präsentation und Podiumsdiskussion am 30.10.2023, 10:15. Anmeldung für Event in Zürich oder für Live-Stream. 👉 www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/...
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Patrick Zerrer @pzerrer.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Zum Semesterstart ist unser Lehrbuch "Einführung in quantitative Forschungsdesigns und Datenanalyse" mit R & Quarto fertig geworden. Vielen Dank an das tolle Team! Katharina Maibach, @cbpuschmann.bsky.social Stephanie Geise, Hannah Büttner & Michael Linke patrickzerrer.github.io/R_Hands_on_B...
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Willkommen zur Einführung in quantitative Forschungsdesigns und Datenanalyse
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
That‘s what I call international research! German researcher @ninafabiolas (with @nuernbergk in the room) talking about the 🇺🇦 war and #twitter reporting #FoJ2023
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
Second presentation @FoJCardiff by @Sina_TK22 about the question: What comes after the algorithm in #journalism? Yes, on two screens 👀 #FoJ2023
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
How does the audience feel about and think of data-driven local news articles? Insights on cognitive and emotional impacts by @Sina_TK22 #FoJ2023
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
Still on my way to @FoJCardiff after the flight got delayed by 6 hours! Enough time to do some sightseeing in #Amsterdam with @Sina_TK22. See you tomorrow morning for the first panel. algorithmic.news
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Don‘t miss your chance to vote and show your support for @icahdq ✊ #IVOTEDICA23
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 12/07/2023
I had the chance to be a part of the #ICA partner panel on #trustworthy and #responsible #AI at #iamcr2023. I spoke about the challenges and opportunities of AI. 🙏🏻 to the other panelists Sun Sun Lim, @Shyamer, @TeachGuz, and chair Eun-Ju Lee.
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 12/07/2023
My @ifkw_lmu colleague @AnnaGaul_ presented findings regarding #planetary health research done by @msc_lab and funded by @VolkswagenSt. #IAMCR2023
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 22/06/2023
🚨Publication alert🚨 I’m over the moon. My dissertation (in German) about journalistic #framing of the Austrian #Ibizagate is now published by @NomosVerlag. If you want a copy, please get in touch. Here are the main findings 🧵 nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/po…
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Maximilian Eder @maxeder.bsky.social · 20/06/2023
The first part of the workshop is over. Had a great day with our two coaches (both not on Twitter) from @NaWik in @hannover. Thanks to @VolkswagenSt for organizing!
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