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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · 14d

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Feb 3

Although some differences persisted, the results show that empathy appeals could potentially facilitate the integration of refugees and strengthen social cohesion in diverse societies. The full paper (with more analyses and results) can be found here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Empathy During Crises: Investigating Attitudes, Tolerance, and Ingroup–Outgroup Dynamics in Response to Refugee Movements

Objective In times of societal crises, it is pivotal to understand and share others' feelings. Yet, the role of empathy in fostering prosocial responses during societal crises has not gained enough ...

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Feb 3

We asked participants how close they felt towards various groups of refugees and found that individuals with higher levels of empathy (empathic concern and perspective taking) perceived others as closer.

perceived closeness as a function of empathic concern and perspective taking for various social groups

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Feb 3

We found that higher levels of empathy were linked to more favorable views of refugees and pro-refugee policies, such as the admission of refugees, their access to social benefits, and the granting of work permits.

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚨 New Open Access Publiation! Under the lead of @ronjademel.bsky.social , David Schieferdecker, @hannaschwander.bsky.social , Swen Hutter, Jule Specht and I investigated the role of empathy on attitudes towards refugees and ingroup-outgroup dynamics

Empathy During Crises: Investigating Attitudes, Tolerance, and Ingroup-Outgroup Dynamics in Response to Refugee Movements

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Jan 24

For this study, we developed a measure of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs with three items. It was implemented in a panel wave in summer/ fall 2020, and is available in the standard edition of the GESIS Panel.

Figure 1 of the article showing the distribution of conspiracy beliefs

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Jan 24

We find only small effects of individual need for cognitive closure, but strong effects for pre-pandemic political trust and concurrent crisis trust in political and medical institutions.

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Jan 24

📢 New Publication: @jedinger.bsky.social and I have explored the relationshop between need for closure, political trust and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the @gesis-panel.bsky.social . Open access: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Abstract of the article "Need for cognitive closure, political trust, adn belief in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic"

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Alexander Jedinger @jedinger.bsky.social · Jan 22

Publication alert: lenamasch.bsky.social and I have explored the relationship between need for closure, political trust, and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the great @gesis-panel.bsky.social! Open-access doi.org/10.3389/frsp...

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DGPuK Methoden @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social · Dec 16

Interested in updates from researchers who are committed to advancing the methods of communication research and related disciplines? The Count has something for you... go.bsky.app/ByqiKgq
Feel free to share and comment, if you want to be added.

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Dec 16

It'd be great if you could add me too if there's enough space. Thank you!

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · Dec 14

Two political psych starter packs!

Both have been around, but 2 has had a lot more people added.

Check them out if you haven’t already

1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx
2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Dec 9

Congrats Lisa! 💪🥳

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Julia Reiter @juliareiter.bsky.social · Dec 5

Have you ever been sexually harrassed (e.g., catcalled, groped), and there were others around, but not one intervened to help you? Have you ever seen this happen and didn't intervene?

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · Nov 30

1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go.

Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.

Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Nov 27

Could you add me, too, on Sunday :)?

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thank you!

Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Nov 21

Could you add me too?

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Nov 17

vielen Dank :) !

Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Nov 17

🙋‍♀️👋

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · Nov 13

The Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations for #COMPTEXT2025 is now out; please feel free to circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! Deadline: January 15! We look forward to meeting you at the University of Vienna and @compcommlab.bsky.social on 24-26 April 2025!

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Oct 4

ja, wir arbeiten gerade an der detaillierten Darstellung in einem Paper, das teilen wir dann gerne.

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Christoph Nguyen @cgnguyen.bsky.social · Oct 3

Today is German Unity Day. But how unified is Germany? To celebrate, I want to share some data from a project with @lenamasch.bsky.social, @jos38.bsky.social and Antonios Souris on how "popular" people from different German states are - and how this evaluation differs. Here is it for everyone:

A map of German states with the average evaluation of people from each state.

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Sep 11

@favstats.bsky.social and I wrote a piece about LLMs for the Encyclopedia of Political Communication (forthcoming '25, edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social and @dominiquewirz.bsky.social). Happy to share the accepted version!

www.johannesbgruber.eu/publication/...

Large Language Models | Johannes B. Gruber

Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a significant advancement for the field of political communication. Their capabilities for the study of language vastly surpass previous approaches, enabling a w...

www.johannesbgruber.eu

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