@PascalMerz1

PhD candidate & research assistant – Political communication & psychology Lab @rptu_kl_ld – interested in Social Media Influencers, environmental com

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Joined June 2021
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🚨 Job Alert: 2 PhD Positions Available at 📍 @FU_Berlin 🚨 I recently started a new position as Prof of Communication @FU_Berlin, honored to lead the Media Effects Research Group. I have 2 PhD positions available—if you're passionate about media effects, political communication
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My suggestion for the weekend: Relax a bit, have a good coffee/tea, then: write 400-500 words on AI and disinformation, submit the abstract for our special issue @jmcquarterly (SEP 1). It's going to be a great weekend ;-) Reposts most welcome! @Hameleers_M @Prof_Dimitrova 👇
Christian von Sikorski@CvSikorski3 Jul 2024
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Michael Hameleers @Hameleers_M @UvA_ASCoR) and I guest edit a special issue on AI & Disinformation @jmcquarterly. We explore AI-generated disinfo and its impact on journalism & communication Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2024. 👇shorturl.at/e5AeW
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🚨 New Paper Alert🚨 Every wanted to understand online comments about the news? We completed a systematic review of 231 papers to understand the contents, correlates, and consequences of news-related user comments. Now published open access frontiersin.org/journals/com…
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Interested in research on misinformation, conspiracy theories or selective exposure? We’re searching for a PhD student in our Media Psychology group in Landau (3 years). Please contact me for any questions – very much looking forward to your applications! jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/52bd…
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🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Michael Hameleers @Hameleers_M @UvA_ASCoR) and I guest edit a special issue on AI & Disinformation @jmcquarterly. We explore AI-generated disinfo and its impact on journalism & communication Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2024. 👇shorturl.at/e5AeW
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Ever wondered how media could bridge divides? @emily_kubin & @cvsikorski develop the Polarizing Content Warning. Across 5 studies (N=3,414) they show that warnings reduce users’ perceptions of societal polarization, thereby reducing affective polarization doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqae006

The polarizing content warning: how the media can reduce affective polarization

Abstract. Past research suggests that journalists can (unintentionally) exacerbate affective polarization when reporting on growing levels of polarization

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“No-go zone for Jews? Examining how news on anti-Semitic attacks increases victim blaming” by @CvSikorski & @PascalMerz1 #OpenAccess degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

No-go zone for Jews? Examining how news on anti-Semitic attacks increases victim blaming

Antisemitism is on the rise. Recently, discussions have considered so-called “no-go zones for Jews” (city areas Jews should avoid to reduce the likelihood of being attacked). In this context and...

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🚨 New Special Issue Alert🚨 Open access @IJoC_USC. We bring leading scholars in political science, psychology, and communication research together to explore the relationship between media and polarization. Guest edited by @CvSikorski and myself. A 🧵:
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Next up our second Top Paper: Act Now! How Social Media Influencers' Climate Change Communication Affects Collective Environmental Action Intentions. by @PascalMerz1 and @CvSikorski ⭐️
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Some of our wonderful morning presenters at the @ICAEnviroComm pre-conference! .@CassandraLCTroy .@PascalMerz1
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🚨SPECIAL ISSUE🚨 5 days left to submit abstracts, Social Media Influencers & Politics @PascalMerz1 @RaffaelHeiss @KathrinKarsay @DesireeSchmuck 👇
Christian von Sikorski@CvSikorski19 Oct 2022
🚨SPECIAL ISSUE🚨Working on all things Social Media Influencers & Politics? Submit abstracts by DEC 15, 2022. Guest edited at American Behavioral Scientist by @PascalMerz1 @RaffaelHeiss @KathrinKarsay @DesireeSchmuck & myself 👇
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Small but mighty! Finally a photo of the Political Psychology and Communication Lab. @CvSikorski @PascalMerz1 and Estel Huh.
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The Landau squad is ready for the start of #ica22 🎉🇫🇷 Here is a list of our presentations - with @CvSikorski @ChristnerClara @teresa_gl @lea_jo @PascalMerz1 et al. We‘re excited to meet many friends and colleagues!
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🚨 New Review Paper 🚨 Myself and @CvSikorski systematically review literature (94 papers, 121 studies) on the role of traditional media and social media on both ideological and affective polarization 🧵 👇 (1/7) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The role of (social) media in political polarization: a systematic review

Rising political polarization is, in part, attributed to the fragmentation of news media and the spread of misinformation on social media. Previous reviews have yet to assess the full breadth of re...

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