Christian Pieter Hoffmann
@cphoffmann.bsky.social
Prof @ University of Leipzig, Institute for Communication and Media Studies & Institute for Political Science (Private account & personal opinions, of course.)
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We’re kicking off the year with the announcement of our 2025 special issue on how #SyntheticMedia challenge epistemic institutions. Many thanks to Alexander Godulla and @cphoffmann.bsky.social for their excellent work as guest editors. doi.org/10.5771/2192...
Very happy to see this special issue on "The age of synthetic media" out in OA 🥳 Many thanks to our great contributors, the SCM team and my co-editor Alexander Godulla!
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We’re kicking off the year with the announcement of our 2025 special issue on how #SyntheticMedia challenge epistemic institutions. Many thanks to Alexander Godulla and @cphoffmann.bsky.social for their excellent work as guest editors. doi.org/10.5771/2192...
Having been on the other end of one of your signed reviews: well-deserved 😊
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Pandemic activism in comparative perspective: exploring the roles of populist attitudes, direct online political sources, and misinformation
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic required governments to act quickly with little input from legislatures, civil society, and citizens. This crisis created a critical opportunity for populists to fuel...
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📣New article with @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social in @icsjournal.bsky.social on digital media & pandemic activism. Information from political actors (e.g., parties) & engaging with perceived misinformation, but not populism relates to activism (on the left & right)
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Active vs. passive bystander reactions to online political hostility: the role of personality in counterspeech and silencing among German facebook users
Hostility is an important obstacle to constructive online political discourse. Combating online political hostility often involves mobilizing the behavior of bystanders. Bystanders can react active...
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The personality predictors of general political expression, counterspeech and silencing largely align. Our findings raise the question if counterspeech will actually be civil and contribute to a calmer, less heated political discourse. 3/3
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Counterspeech, but not silencing, is related to openness and low neuroticism. So less fearful individuals and those more open to new experiences are more likely to engage in active bystander reactions to online political hostility. 2/3
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Active vs. passive bystander reactions to online political hostility: the role of personality in counterspeech and silencing among German facebook users
Hostility is an important obstacle to constructive online political discourse. Combating online political hostility often involves mobilizing the behavior of bystanders. Bystanders can react active...
www.tandfonline.com
New & OA w/ @lutzid.bsky.social in @icsjournal.bsky.social: The role of personality in bystander reactions to online pol. hostility. We find that both active (counterspeech) & passive (silencing) reactions negatively relate to agreeableness & conscientiousness 1/3 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....