Markus Appel
@markusappel.bsky.social
Psychology of Communication, Media Psychology, Professor at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Father and former table tennis player.
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Great thread. Definitely worth reading!
A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Great thread. Definitely worth reading!
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Would love to hear expert views on this paper. It appears to show that the operationalization of brain activity the field has relied on for 3 decades—the BOLD response—is not actually a sensible measure of brain activity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Using quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Would love to hear expert views on this paper. It appears to show that the operationalization of brain activity the field has relied on for 3 decades—the BOLD response—is not actually a sensible measure of brain activity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
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Work music, for real www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xuw...
Floating Points - 'Fast Forward' (Official Video)
YouTube video by Floating Points
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November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Work music, for real www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xuw...
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💡 How do people in Germany perceive Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
In our recent population survey in Germany, we examined attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions regarding AI in work, healthcare, and education.
🔗 Read the full open-access article here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our recent population survey in Germany, we examined attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions regarding AI in work, healthcare, and education.
🔗 Read the full open-access article here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions of artificial intelligence: A population study in Germany
Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly affects individuals’ private and professional lives. Importantly, both the acceptance and adoption of new AI…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
💡 How do people in Germany perceive Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
In our recent population survey in Germany, we examined attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions regarding AI in work, healthcare, and education.
🔗 Read the full open-access article here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our recent population survey in Germany, we examined attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions regarding AI in work, healthcare, and education.
🔗 Read the full open-access article here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The relationship between income and vote has reversed in the USA.
The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.
Updated estimates here:
Updated estimates here:
October 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The relationship between income and vote has reversed in the USA.
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📣Job alert 📣
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
We are hiring 11 Doctoral Researchers (100%) in the DFG-RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age". Uni Wuerzburg, Germany. Disciplines: Communication, Psychology, Computer Science. Topics: VR / XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation. More: go.uniwue.de/rtg3087jobs Please share
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣Job alert 📣
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
We are hiring 11 Doctoral Researchers (100%) in the DFG-RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age". Uni Wuerzburg, Germany. Disciplines: Communication, Psychology, Computer Science. Topics: VR / XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation. More: go.uniwue.de/rtg3087jobs Please share
September 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We are hiring 11 Doctoral Researchers (100%) in the DFG-RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age". Uni Wuerzburg, Germany. Disciplines: Communication, Psychology, Computer Science. Topics: VR / XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation. More: go.uniwue.de/rtg3087jobs Please share
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We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information.
Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️
Please share! 🔃
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
#socialpsychology
#cogpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#PsychJob
#PhDJob
Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️
Please share! 🔃
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#socialpsychology
#cogpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#PsychJob
#PhDJob
Job Offer: Postdoctoral Researcher in Disinformation
As part of the strategic plan linked to the María de Maeztu Seal of Excellence award, the CIMCYC is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with experience in the field of the psychology of disinformatio...
cimcyc.ugr.es
September 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information.
Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️
Please share! 🔃
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
#socialpsychology
#cogpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#PsychJob
#PhDJob
Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️
Please share! 🔃
cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...
#socialpsychology
#cogpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#PsychJob
#PhDJob
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Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
August 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
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While riding the B or Q trains between Dekalb Ave station and the Manhattan Bridge, you may catch a glimpse of "Masstransiscope," a public art installation by Bill Brand. It was added to the #NYCsubway system in 1980.
August 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
While riding the B or Q trains between Dekalb Ave station and the Manhattan Bridge, you may catch a glimpse of "Masstransiscope," a public art installation by Bill Brand. It was added to the #NYCsubway system in 1980.
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We snap photos of everything. But does more documentation mean better memories? 📸📲🤳
Not necessarily. Too many photos can drown out what really matters. Remembering is all about selection.
Talked about this with Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German): www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Not necessarily. Too many photos can drown out what really matters. Remembering is all about selection.
Talked about this with Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German): www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Erinnerungen: Fotografieren wir zu viel?
Dank des Smartphones können wir jeden Moment festhalten. Warum das nicht unbedingt bedeutet, dass wir uns besser erinnern.
www.sueddeutsche.de
July 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We snap photos of everything. But does more documentation mean better memories? 📸📲🤳
Not necessarily. Too many photos can drown out what really matters. Remembering is all about selection.
Talked about this with Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German): www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Not necessarily. Too many photos can drown out what really matters. Remembering is all about selection.
Talked about this with Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German): www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
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Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
www.leuphana.de
June 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
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New paper on autobiographical #memory in the #digitalage 🚨
What do individuals do when being asked to remember past events? We show that they repeatedly switch between information stored in their minds and information stored in external resources (e.g., their smartphones) doi.org/10.1186/s412...
What do individuals do when being asked to remember past events? We show that they repeatedly switch between information stored in their minds and information stored in external resources (e.g., their smartphones) doi.org/10.1186/s412...
Mediated autobiographical remembering in the digital age: insights from an experimental think-aloud study - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Autobiographical remembering may undergo significant transformations in the digital age, in which the omnipresence of digital tools has led to an increased density of recorded life episodes. To gain d...
doi.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New paper on autobiographical #memory in the #digitalage 🚨
What do individuals do when being asked to remember past events? We show that they repeatedly switch between information stored in their minds and information stored in external resources (e.g., their smartphones) doi.org/10.1186/s412...
What do individuals do when being asked to remember past events? We show that they repeatedly switch between information stored in their minds and information stored in external resources (e.g., their smartphones) doi.org/10.1186/s412...
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@davidryanmiller.com thought you might appreciate this work by @johnjost.bsky.social, which I see as very aligned with what you suggest
spsp.org/news/charact...
spsp.org/news/charact...
Debunking “Both-Sideology” for the Sake of Democracy and Social Science | SPSP
Conservative-rightists in the U.S. are more prejudiced, less democratic, and more violent than liberal-leftists.
spsp.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@davidryanmiller.com thought you might appreciate this work by @johnjost.bsky.social, which I see as very aligned with what you suggest
spsp.org/news/charact...
spsp.org/news/charact...
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🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀
Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested?
✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...
Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested?
✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...
www.gesis.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀
Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested?
✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...
Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested?
✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...
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📱 Interested in collecting data with smartphones? Join this #GESISworkshop with @lukotto.bsky.social @gesis.org for a hands-on guide to planning, conducting & analyzing mobile, intensive-longitudinal surveys.
➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25
➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25
February 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📱 Interested in collecting data with smartphones? Join this #GESISworkshop with @lukotto.bsky.social @gesis.org for a hands-on guide to planning, conducting & analyzing mobile, intensive-longitudinal surveys.
➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25
➡️ More info & registration: tinyurl.com/mobiledata25
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My fellow communication scientists, can you point to scientific articles about what @techconnectify.bsky.social is concerned about
Some parts I believe relate to @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social & @markusappel.bsky.social's paper, but I know I'm missing other parts
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Some parts I believe relate to @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social & @markusappel.bsky.social's paper, but I know I'm missing other parts
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
February 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My fellow communication scientists, can you point to scientific articles about what @techconnectify.bsky.social is concerned about
Some parts I believe relate to @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social & @markusappel.bsky.social's paper, but I know I'm missing other parts
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Some parts I believe relate to @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social & @markusappel.bsky.social's paper, but I know I'm missing other parts
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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I don't plan to read it, but this is what they mean by anxious generation, yes? 🫠
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
January 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I don't plan to read it, but this is what they mean by anxious generation, yes? 🫠
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
From here: www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
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📢📢📢 #MediaPsych2025 It's time to update your to do lists! Submission system is open: www.conftool.net/mediapsych20... (Deadline February 15) @unidue.bsky.social @mepsy.bsky.social @CAIS
January 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📢📢📢 #MediaPsych2025 It's time to update your to do lists! Submission system is open: www.conftool.net/mediapsych20... (Deadline February 15) @unidue.bsky.social @mepsy.bsky.social @CAIS
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"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Nice to see that my employer has finally left this toxic place
#eXit
#eXit
Sometimes the grass is indeed greener – and the sky is blue!
We are ending activities on X and joining bluesky.
➡️https://go.uniwue.de/exit
➡️https://idw-online.de/de/news845520
We are ending activities on X and joining bluesky.
➡️https://go.uniwue.de/exit
➡️https://idw-online.de/de/news845520
January 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nice to see that my employer has finally left this toxic place
#eXit
#eXit