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Dominika Betakova
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She/her | First-gen 🎓🏳️‍🌈 | Postdoc at the Centre for Journalism @sdu.dk | PhD from @ipk-univie.bsky.social‬ | news use & avoidance ❌📰 constructive journalism 🌱🗞️ climate change 🌎 polcom & journalism studies
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Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · Sep 25
🚫📰 Can we use nudges to mitigate news avoidance?
Yes and no — it depends on what nudges we use!
Together with @hajoboo.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social I wanted to test whether nudges can reduce news avoidance as limited news consumption—and to do so beyond established Western democracies. 🧵👇
The Role of Choice Architecture in Mitigating News Avoidance
News avoidance has become more common and is associated with negative democratic outcomes. However, only a handful of studies have explored solutions to reduce news avoidance, with nudges offering ...
www.tandfonline.com
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tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
I salute the honesty and courage of these authors, and I am sure we all share a collective shiver from knowing that we all could easily make (and maybe have made) similar analysis mistakes in our own work

#academicchatter
This article has been retracted at the request of the Authors. The Authors requested the retraction of the paper after detecting a critical error in the preprocessing script. Specifically, when selecting trial types to average reaction times for the calculation of the approach bias the Authors mistakenly treated a filtering variable - containing values of “0” and “1” - as logical, rather than as character-coded values. As a result, instead of averaging across all relevant trials in a condition, the approach bias was calculated based on the first trials only. To assess how severely this error affects the findings, the Authors re-ran all analyses from the published manuscript using the corrected preprocessing routine. Unfortunately, this correction substantially altered the results. The Authors found that the key findings are not robust to the corrected approach - with the only result remaining being that the link between approach bias and intake is moderated by dietary intentions. The Authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused.
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
ahrabhikat.bsky.social
Preprint alert! 🥳

How are social bias and CSS interconnected? 🤔

@aytalina.bsky.social, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @valeriehase.bsky.social, and I argue that social bias shapes CSS as a field and as a methodology. Progress in CSS depends on engaging with both dimensions! osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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floriso.bsky.social
🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior
Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior The Department of Political Science
web103.reachmee.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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doctorvive.bsky.social
Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.

3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.

worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
If we play this out: What would 3 °C of warming mean in 25 years? What would the world look like? FB: We would all live in different climate zones. Open an old world atlas and you see a huge red patch for the Sahara. With 3 °C of warming, that zone would stretch into parts of Spain. Vegetation, rainfall weather patterns, all would look very different. And what would 3 °C mean for Germany? FB: In summer, meteorological records could reach up to 50 °C. Three degrees of global warming does not mean hot days will just be 3 or 4 degrees hotter. It could mean up to 10 degrees hotter. We would also face much
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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dstoltenberg.bsky.social
📣 Job alert! 📣

For my Emmy Noether group on local digital public spheres, I'm hiring 3 predoc research associates who are interested in doing qualitative/mixed-methods research on local communication environments. Apply until 02 Jan 2026!

www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...
3 research associates in social science (m/w/d)
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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gessler.bsky.social
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
stellen.uni-hamburg.de
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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markrubin.bsky.social
"Multiple men have remained in senior roles at Oxford for months or years after allegations of sexual misconduct emerged against them, Bloomberg found in a nine-month investigation based on interviews with almost 50 people as well as documents and other records."
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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robertboehm.bsky.social
We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
casmudde.bsky.social
You don’t “engage”, you amplify, mainstream and normalize.

Don’t pretend you do this for anything else than 💰💰💰
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
polcomm.bsky.social
🎉 New to PolComm? Join our Welcome Webinar!

🗓️ Monday, Oct 27
🕕 6:15 AM (PDT) | 9:15 AM (EDT) | 3:15 PM (GMT+2) | 9:15 PM (GMT+8)
💻 Zoom: arizona.zoom.us/j/84832196943

Meet the PolComm Division’s Executive Committee and get your last-minute questions answered!

#PolComm #ICA
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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univie.ac.at
📣 Event tip: "Invitation Kick-Off Vienna Doctoral College on #DigitalHumanism" 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬
@wwtf.at @tuwien.at @wuvienna.bsky.social
🗓 November 19, 2025 | 🕙 10:00–16:00 | 📍 Vienna
‼️ The registration deadline is November 3.
More information about the program & registration here: ⤵️
Invitation Kick-Off Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism - dighumcollege Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism
🗓 November 19, 2025 | 🕙 10:00–16:00 | 📍 Vienna You are kindly invited to join the official Kick-off of the  Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism. We look forward to sharing with you the develop...
dighumcollege.at
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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claesdevreese.bsky.social
Work!! 🚨

We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social

Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥

Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci

🗓️ DL November 1

Spread the word 📣

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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lucykinski.bsky.social
Last day to apply! 👇
lucykinski.bsky.social Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Oct 7
📣 Call for student assistant (BA or MA level) to join the INCONEX project in Salzburg as soon as possible!

Deadline: 20 October 2025

⭐ More information at www.inconex.eu and in the call below.

@sceus.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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krangelie.bsky.social
2/2 And I am excited to announce that we are hiring a PostDoc and a PhD student to work with us on these topics.

Group description: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/research/...

PhD position: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

PostDoc position: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
Digitalization and Opening up Science
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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dgarcia.eu
Join us as postdoc at the Inequality Discourse Observatory at the University of Konstanz: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...
We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.
One postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: November 15th, 2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
digitaljournalism.bsky.social
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Dominika Betakova et al. uses a comparative online experiment to test whether nudges could help with #news avoidance. Available with OPEN ACCESS.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
dbetakova.bsky.social
🚫📰 Can we use nudges to mitigate news avoidance?
Yes and no — it depends on what nudges we use!
Together with @hajoboo.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social I wanted to test whether nudges can reduce news avoidance as limited news consumption—and to do so beyond established Western democracies. 🧵👇
The Role of Choice Architecture in Mitigating News Avoidance
News avoidance has become more common and is associated with negative democratic outcomes. However, only a handful of studies have explored solutions to reduce news avoidance, with nudges offering ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
lsemethodology.bsky.social
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
ddc-sdu.bsky.social
🎓Introducing *DR.* Rasmus Schmøkel 🎓

Today, our incoming Postdoctoral Researcher / former PhD student @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social expertly defended his thesis...

The Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption:
The Power of Social Media as Democratic Infrastructure and its Potential for Public Value
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
ddc-sdu.bsky.social
🎓 DDC DISSERTATION UPDATE 🎓
Please welcome ✨Dr.✨ Emil Bakkensen Johansen, who today expertly defended his PhD Thesis on...

Complex Dynamics in Digital News Ecosystems: Collaboration and Imitation in the Age of Al
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
fabiennelind.bsky.social
🎙️ New @ccspod.bsky.social episode!
I unpack how computational methods transform the study of opinionated communication + share insights from my work on studying climate change campaigns on social media with @cidape.bsky.social

Listen here 👉 aboutccs.net/opinion/
Observing Opinions – What is it about CCS
aboutccs.net
September 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
dbetakova.bsky.social
In case you are an ECR and you are already in Innsbruck 🏔️ for ECREA PolComm section conference, consider attending this preconference organized by the ECR representatives @amplanitzer.bsky.social & Andreea Stancea 🙂
September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by Dominika Betakova
janzilinsky.bsky.social
People in Denmark have varied concerns about tech giants:

- Impact on young people's development (83.5% concerned)
- Role in spreading misinformation (81%)
- Ability to influence public opinion (79.5%)
- Economic power (79%)
- Collection of personal data (78%)
- Impact on social cohesion (75%)
ddc-sdu.bsky.social Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · Aug 29
Danes are concerned about Big Tech’s influence on both their everyday lives and society as a whole – but few are willing to change their habits to limit the companies’ impact.
Read the new report from DDC to gain insights into Danes’ attitudes & actions:
portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publicati...
Cover image of new DDC Report
August 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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aytalina.bsky.social
Presented the @what-if-horizon.bsky.social project today at #SSC2025 in Delft 🙌 Very grateful for the helpful feedback from the social simulation community! Looking forward to implementing it w/ @anniewald.bsky.social and Taehee Kim ✨
August 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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ahrabhikat.bsky.social
In beautiful Thessaloniki to talk about salience and patterns of racist language in German news media (yeah… 🥳) at #ecpr25

Catch the last chapter of my PhD work in this exciting panel put together by @stefaniewalter.bsky.social on Thursday, 3.45pm
August 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM