iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 13h

Really cool new tool by @yapete.bsky.social et al. for checking inconsistencies in social media data sets: shiny.gesis.org/datcha/

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IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 13h

📣 Weekly Spotlight 💡 Join us on Tuesday, October 6, for a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger on “Generative AI and Democratization.”

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Nadja Rupprechter @naru96.bsky.social · 7h

Talk is done! Thanks to everyone attending. It was such a fruitful discussion in the panel – really enjoy the vibes here at the @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social conference! ⭐

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📣 Important #ICA27 update for colleagues planning to submit: you can now be designated as presenter on up to THREE submissions 🎊

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Shinyi Kang @shinyikang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hi! After a year+ of Bluesky dormancy, I’m making my first post. I’ll be aperiodically sharing thoughts and reposting things I find interesting, especially around digital creativity, AI, and well-being. First up: a piece published yesterday on how we think and talk about 'AI slop'

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‘AI slop’ hides the conversations we should be having - npj Artificial Intelligence

The term “AI slop” hides conversations we need to have. When we call something “AI slop,” we’re often doing more than complaining about one output. Optimists use the term to quarantine failures away f...

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Nadja Rupprechter @naru96.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ever wondered what (test!) chatlog data donations from ChatGPT and Character.AI look like – and how to set up extraction in UZH's Data Donation Module? datadonation.uzh.ch Little blog post (part 1) here: nadjarupprechter.com/nadja-ddm-bl... #commsky #datadonation #ai

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Philippe Sloksnath @philippesloksnath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The #36th first annual #ignobel ceremony did indeed make us laugh, and then think. #Zurich #Science #Communication

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Dear folks, I’m happy to share the updated version of our preprint on self-defeating motivations in selective exposure and their implications for media effects and well-being, co-authored with @tobiasdienlin.com and Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick: 🗞️ osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A big thank you to @ikmz.bsky.social for the opportunity to participate in this female leadership course! Initiatives like this are much needed to equip and empower early-career women with strategies to strengthen leadership. Also a great opportunity to connect with peers across the department 💪

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 26/08/2026

Ich habe heute einen Vortrag bei der ZHAW Doctoral Summer School gehalten zum Thema "Rhetorik und Präsentieren". Habe mich sehr über die Einladung gefreut! Die Folien gibt es hier zum Download ⬇️ zenodo.org/records/2211...

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IKMZ Media Change and Innovation Division @ikmzmediachange.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

💡We are pleased to invite you to our public lecture series, “How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Our Society.” Starting September 22, international experts will share new perspectives and discuss current issues every week.

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And that’s a wrap on our second retreat! The city of Bern treated us very well. We explored the city, enjoyed a movie night (Bicentennial man 🔥), visited the museum of communication, and exchanged ideas. We even spotted the Berner bear! (1/2)

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Nadja Rupprechter @naru96.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Team retreat with the best in Bern 🥳

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/08/2026

Our department (@ikmz.bsky.social) is looking for a new post-doc working on AI, machine learning, and Digital Transformation in communication! Can only recommend applying! Deadline: August 15. More information: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/08/2026

This fall semester, there's a cool lecture series at UZH titled "Fake Science". Presenters include @yesuncomm.bsky.social, @ianhussey.mmmdata.io and @heldleonhard.bsky.social. Takes place every second Tuesday at 6.15 pm, open to the public. More information: www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv...

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Philippe Sloksnath @philippesloksnath.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Davos Tech Summit was actual fun! A great opportunity to connect with researchers, industry and governmental representatives. Thanks @uzhai.bsky.social for the opportunity to attend #Davos_Tech_Summit 2026.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 07/07/2026

New preprint: "Open science in Communication: How are we doing?" In this commentary, I provide a short narrative overview of how #openscience is developing in Communication. Feedback welcome! #openscience #opencomm osf.io/preprints/so...

Open science in Communication: How are we doing?
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Communication has recently started a conversation on open science. In this narrative overview, I share perspectives on how the field of Communication is doing regarding the implementation of open science practices and principles, highlighting positive examples and suggesting missed opportunities. I discuss this process using the open science – science reform wheel, which differentiates 10 different principles and practices: transparency, accessible publishing, research process, research practices, public discourse, inclusion, research infrastructures, publication system, incentivization, and teaching and training. Although overall levels are still low, Communication has made substantial progress in terms of data sharing and preregistration. On the other hand, still no ICA journal has introduced the publication format of registered reports, which is a missed opportunity to reduce publication bias and to improve research quality.

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Spent the day in Bern at a workshop organised by the Swiss Young Academy on innovative teaching tools. I joined as a speaker to share a teaching format I developed where students created digital health content for an Instagram profile Always inspiring to exchange ideas on creative ways of teaching✨📚

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🎉 We were very happy to host @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social for a guest talk on digital behaviourism, a fascinating approach grounded in operant conditioning that can help explain digital behaviour beyond aggregate measures of screen time. 📖 You can read the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#ICA26 highlight ✨ Presented my scoping review of mental health content creators in the session I chaired: “Mental Health Discourse on Social Media: Creators, Content and Effects”. Great panel, great discussion with @danilkowa.bsky.social and Yueliang, grateful to everyone who joined!

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New preprint out! 🎉 “From Wounded Healers to Commercialized Caregivers”: a scoping review of mental health content creators on social media. We reviewed 59 empirical studies on mental health content creators across platforms. Main findings below 🧵 Feedback very welcome! doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/05/2026

End of last year, the Open Access Open Scholarship Committee of @icahdq.bsky.social started a new term, and I was happy to be invited as new chair. Next to other activities we’ll write a column for ICA‘s newsletter — and here I copy-pasted the first entry where we introduce ourselves!

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 29/04/2026

Are you a Comm scholar and want to push #openscience in our field? The @icahdq.bsky.social committee "Open Access Open Scholarship", which I'm chairing, is currently looking for a new member. Interested? Then reach out and I'm happy to share more information!

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PROMISE @promiseproject.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Invitation to join the PROMISE Youth Advisory Board! We’re looking for young people (10–25 years old) from Austria, Estonia, Germany, Spain & the UK to contribute to research on digital well-being across Europe (1/3)

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 27/02/2026

Title: "Ban, Improve, or Ignore? Social Media Regulation From a Communication Research Perspective". Last week I gave my inaugural lecture at University of Zurich, @ikmz.bsky.social. Now online on YouTube.

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Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective

YouTube video by Prof. Dr. Tobias Dienlin

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Seminar lecturer here 👋 Quick tip 💁‍♀️ I recommend sending students a pre-course survey to assess their theoretical and methodological background before the seminar begins. Two key advantages (see thread) 🧵👇

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 09/02/2026

Monday next week, 5 pm, I’ll deliver my UZH inaugural lecture. Title: „Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective“ The talk is open to the public: you can join either on-site or via live-stream. Details, see: www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...

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fög / Universität Zürich @foeg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Welche Rolle spielt die SRG SSR im Mediensystem der Schweiz? Als Beitrag zur Debatte über die "Halbierungsinitiative" haben wir ein Factsheet zusammengestellt - mit Daten zur Mediennutzung (@reutersinstitute.bsky.social) und zur Qualität der Berichterstattung. www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/news/2026... 1/x

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PROMISE @promiseproject.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Our first issue of the PROMISE 3+3 Newsletter is out - a new way to follow our research on social media policies, and youth well-being! 1/4

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Nadja Rupprechter @naru96.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We are facing a transformative phenomenon in digital space: AI chatbots. Are they perceived as social beings...or just machines? How does that shape how we chat—and whether we end up bonding with them? We tackle these questions with the AI Relationship Process Framework: arxiv.org/abs/2601.17351

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 27/01/2026

Very much looking forward to reading this 🍿

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

To help our @ikmz.bsky.social students write their master thesis, we developed a guide with tips and tricks. If you're interested, you can download it here👇 drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/... Feel free to reuse it or provide feedback!

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/01/2026

Today, we presented the main results of the mental health days study 2025 (N = 8.177). Results > In May 2025, Austria implemented a nationwide smartphone-ban at schools > Compared to 2024, smartphone use went down by 30 mins > Life satisfaction went up (5.36 to 5.52) > Depression sank (15% to 12%)

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/01/2026

Starting now: press conference where we present the Mental Health Days Study 2025. Livestream/rewatch: www.mentalhealthdays.eu

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Have you conducted a content analysis and want to share your variable operationalizations? Or are you about to start one? If so, check out DOCA: a great openscience initiative offering a shared database of content-analytical variables for communication science. ➡️ www.hope.uzh.ch/doca

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DGPS: Media Psychology @mepsy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 🎉from the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs! We wish everyone a happy and successful 2026. Some activities and opportunities in our community were already highlighted in our December newsletter, in case you missed it:

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Starting off 2026 with a publication! @shinyikang.bsky.social co-published a paper on creative AI literacy education and ethics, titled “Ethical Thinking: Integration and Measurement in an AI Curriculum for Middle-High School Students” in Informatics in Education 🎨🤖🌍 infedu.vu.lt/journal/INFE...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 23/12/2025

"Finding hope in Hegel" Wrote a short post for @acadianjprof.bsky.social's end of year newsletter on "what's bringing you hope". Strongly inspired by Alain de Botton and Hans Rosling.

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Finding Hope in Hegel

By Tobias Dienlin, University of Zürich

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The Media Psychology & Methods Team wishes you a good end to 2025! The year was special for us: We started as a team, had our first retreat, conferences, teaching, and christmas party (together with the sci comm team). Off to new adventures! (But until then: Winter break ❄️☕️🦦)

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Media Psychology & Methods @mepsyme.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Our member @philippesloksnath.bsky.social, together with @saarataavila.bsky.social were awarded with the KLI PhD Seedgrant (€ 3000) for their project related with JRP (@jresearcherprog.bsky.social): Knowing What We Don't Know: Targeting Overconfidence to Combat Misinformation. Congratulations 🎉👏

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Nadja Rupprechter @naru96.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

What’s just as cringe as listening to your own voice recording? Seeing yourself in a magazine 🙂 All jokes aside, I was interviewed about chatbot companionship and loneliness by a lovely journalist—so much fun (and yes, they even mailed a copy to zurich!!). 🔗 wienerin.at/lifestyle/de...

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Nadja Rupprechter @naru96.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Dear Santa, a GRC travel grant is *exactly* what I wished for this Christmas. It’s so amazing that UZH & the Graduate Campus support early-career researchers. Can’t wait to visit VU Amsterdam and collaborate with @thvu.bsky.social this upcoming spring!

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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 18/12/2025

Happy to have received this note by @jmp-hogrefe.bsky.social! I don't review as much as I used to, so this was a pleasant surprise. It's a great idea of JMP to publicly acknowledge reviewers. Reviewing is an important part of quality control with little concrete benefits, so everything helps!

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Nicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Hit 100 citations on Google Scholar today, yay! 🥳 Somewhere out there, a hundred people found my work useful… or at least cite-able. Thank you my friends 🫂

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