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Julia Metag

@juliametag.bsky.social

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Professor of Communication Science, Research on science communication and political communication @ University of Muenster

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Nov 8

🚨 PEER REVIEW STUDY ALERT 🚨

We are about to launch a (very) large-scale survey on peer review in social sciences

150,000+ scholars worldwide will receive an invitation to participate via email. You might be one of them!

Wanna know more? peerreviewstudy.com

Plz repost!

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Christian Pieter Hoffmann @cphoffmann.bsky.social · Nov 26

🚨 Call for Papers 📢 We invite abstract submissions for a special issue of Studies in Communication and Media (SCM), an ICA affiliate journal, on "The age of synthetic media" by Jan 31, 2025. Please submit & share widely 🙂
www.digital-participation.org/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers: Special Issue on „The age of synthetic media“ - Center for Digital Participation

Submissions for a Special Issue of the journal Studies in Communication and Media are now open.

www.digital-participation.org

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Apr 15

Social media has reshaped political communication—but how diverse is the research behind it? Our systematic review published in SComS answers this question. Together with the wonderful co-authors Kira Klinger, @juliametag.bsky.social, and Lukas Lindenschmidt. doi.org/10.24434/j.s...

More of the Same or Manifold Perspectives? : A Systematic Review of Research on Politicians’ Use of Social Media | Studies in Communication Sciences

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Studies in Communication and Media (SCM) @scmeditor.bsky.social · Mar 30

The editorial of the #SCM issue 1/2025 gives insights into the past year’s developments. It is also the final one with @juliametag.bsky.social and Kerstin Thummes as our editors. Many thanks to them for their excellent work and for being part of the SCM team! doi.org/10.5771/2192...

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Mar 25

🔍 Who are the users of alternative scientific media? 🔍
New study published in Science Communication. Lead by the wonderful Lena Zils, and together with @juliametag.bsky.social, @nielsmede.bsky.social and @mss7676.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1075...

Literate and Critical? Characterizing Users of Alternative Scientific Media - Lena Zils, Florian Wintterlin, Julia Metag, Niels G. Mede, Mike S. Schäfer, 2025

Science is of crucial importance in contemporary societies. Concurrently, legacy news media outlets are losing their position as the main fora for discussing an...

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Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · Mar 20

I am super excited to serve as an editor of @scmeditor.bsky.social. It’s the official journal of #dgpuk, it’s open access, it is in English and German, it supports registered reports. So great journal all around, go submit your work :) #dgpuk2025

The image shows a presentation slide about an editorial board change (“Herausgeber:innenwechsel”) for what appears to be a German academic publication. The slide contains a mistake in the name of one of the proposed new editors. The person on the right side under “Wahlvorschlag” is labeled as “Mario Bachl” in the slide, but the correct name should be “Marko Bachl” instead. The slide shows outgoing editors Julia Metag and Kerstin Thummes on the left under “Verabschiedung” (farewell), and proposed new editors Helena Stehle and Marko Bachl (incorrectly labeled) on the right. The presentation is taking place in an auditorium with organizational logos for SCM and DGPuK visible at the top of the slide.

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Feb 12

We present: A new instrument to measure people’s science literacy. #OpenAccess in #ScienceCommunication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 📢
It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Jan 22

Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊

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Reposted by David Lusseau, Robert M. Ross, Janne Tukiainen , and 8 more David Lusseau, Robert M. Ross, Janne Tukiainen, Mathieu Hainselin, Raphaël Suire, Tom Broekel, Emma L. Tompkins, Ramit Debnath, Julia Metag, John R. Kerr, Zoe Leviston

Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Jan 20

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · Jan 14

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵

In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.

We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.

with @julianachueri.bsky.social
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Studies in Communication and Media (SCM) @scmeditor.bsky.social · Dec 20

We are happy to announce that our Special Issue on Media representations in an era of #pornification is out right before the holidays! Many thanks to the guest editors Nicola Döring, Nicole Krämer, Dan J. Miller, @thorstenquandt.bsky.social, and Gerhard Vowe. doi.org/10.5771/2192...

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Dec 14

Call for Papers! On June 12, 2025, we host a pre-conference on #ScienceCommunication before the 75th Conference of the International Communication Association in Denver, CO 📢

#CallForPapers and more info: cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o...
#Deadline for submissions: Jan 24, 2025

Spread the word! #ICA25

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Julia Metag @juliametag.bsky.social · Nov 29

Ich würde auch gerne auf die Liste. Danke 😊

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Nov 16

New Study with Gwendolin Gurr and @juliametag.bsky.social finds: Negative evaluations of topic-specific coverage such as migration do not lead to a loss of trust in the media in general. More in the paper here: ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

International Journal of Communication

https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

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Wissenschaft im Dialog @w-i-d.de · Nov 12

Liliann Fischer und Bastian Kremer blicken auf 10 Jahre #Wissenschaftsbarometer zurück. Im Interview erzählen sie, welche Einstellungen sich über die Jahre stark verändert haben & wie sie die Ergebnisse zu #Wissenschaftsfreiheit interpretieren:
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#Wisskomm

Vier Personen stellen Wissenschaftsbarometer vor.

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Feb 13

How do people use social media if they overestimate their knowledge about science issues like COVID-19? 🦠
Our new study shows: In Germany and Taiwan, overestimation is not linked to social media exposure, but to more engagement – and to populist views of science.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Title and abstract of our new study "The interplay of knowledge overestimation, social media use, and populist ideas: Cross-sectional and experimental evidence from Germany and Taiwan", published in Communication Research.

The image shows Figure 1: Hypothesized relationships of components investigated in our study.

The image shows Table 4: Overview of results for Germany and Taiwan.

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Wissenschaft im Dialog @w-i-d.de · Nov 8

Das @mscl.bsky.social und die Impact Unit laden herzlich zur Konferenz “Evaluation in Science Communication” an der Universität München ein. Tauscht euch vom 7. bis 8. Dezember 2023 mit Praktiker*innen und Wisskomm-Forscher*innen zu Entwicklungen und Perspektiven aus:
www.mscl.de/evaluation-i...

Einladung zur Konferenz "Evaluation in der Wissenschaftskommunikation". 7+8. Dezember 2023 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Logos Munich Science Communication Lab, Impact Unit, VolkswagenStiftung, BMBF. Bild: Mehrere Personen diskutieren Graphen, gemalt (Generiert mit Canva, Prompt: evaluation with graphs and highlighted figures)

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