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Jakob-Moritz Eberl @jamoeberl.bsky.social · 2d

New publication out in #IJPP! 📑
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n

Screenshot of an academic article titled “Rally and Recalibrate: Political Dynamics of Audience Expectations of Journalism During Times of Crisis” published in The International Journal of Press/Politics (OnlineFirst, Sage Journals).
Authors: Claire Roney, Daniel Wiesner, Andreas A. Riedl, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl.
The abstract explains that the study examines how audience expectations of journalism in Austria evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies shifts toward emerging journalistic roles such as Fact Checker and Science Communicator, based on data from three waves of the Austrian Corona Panel Project. Findings show fluctuating audience expectations tied to changes in public trust and crisis dynamics, emphasizing journalism’s need for adaptability.
Keywords listed: journalism, audience expectations, trust in institutions, crisis attitudes, survey research, COVID-19.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 9d

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....

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Andrea Wiesner @andreawiesner.bsky.social · 12d

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I’m thrilled (and a little proud 🤗) to share my first single-authored publication!
It’s now out open access in Information, Communication & Society:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Tackling (misleading) incivility online: a user-centric evaluation of different comment moderation strategies

Uncivil online comments, e.g., in the form of insults or misinformation, come with severe consequences for platforms, users, and democratic processes – making effective moderation essential. Howeve...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · 13d

🚫📰 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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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣👀Early-Career Researchers @ ECREAs PolComm Section Conference 2025!
A few last-minute spots for the ‪@yecrea.bsky.social‬ pre-conference workshop just opened. Want to join a great lineup of speakers on early-career profile building, network development, and transience? Just drop us a message! 🙂

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨📝 New publication: Svenja Schäfer w/ Lea Gorski and PolCom members @hannahgreber.bsky.social + @solecheler.bsky.social explored whether solutions are effective in sustainability communication and examined the attribution of responsibility through an experiment. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1751...

Solutions that Move Us? The Role of Responsibility Framing in Audience Reactions to Sustainability Stories

Research on the effectiveness of solutions journalism in influencing self-efficacy, responsibility perception, and behavioral intentions has produced mixed results. While emotional responses to sol...

doi.org

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity 🧒
How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔
Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · Jun 16

@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver!

From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨

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Daniel Wiesner @danielwiesner.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks #ICA25 for a great panel on Science in Political Contexts. It was a pleasure to present our latest findings to such an engaged and insightful audience.
w/ @jamoeberl.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social

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Dominik Hokamp @dominikhokamp.bsky.social · Jun 16

Another windowless room (but this time way bigger) in which I got to present first preliminary findings on how strategic politicians can *actually* be about their emotions in election campaigns

📷 @amplanitzer.bsky.social

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 16

What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? 🤔
@dbetakova.bsky.social presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social at an engaging #ICA25 panel on news avoidance 👏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Jun 16

What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? 👀
Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer 🙂 #ICA25 #PolComm

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 15

📰 Empathy in journalism - meant to connect us, but can it also divide?
@hannahgreber.bsky.social presents findings on the unintended side-effects of empathy-driven journalism at #ICA25 w/ @jesperstromback.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jun 14

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

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Dominik Hokamp @dominikhokamp.bsky.social · Jun 13

I will be presenting first findings on how Austrian politicians are building their emotional capital to meet the increasing need for personalisation and emotionalisation on Monday at 12 noon ✨

But also come and see all the other inspiring research findings from our team 💫

Journalism Studies Center Vienna @jscvienna.bsky.social · Jun 12

💫The JSV Vienna team and friends are at #ICA25 this year with 15 presentations. We're looking forward to discuss our research with you! More details ⬇️

Friday
10:30–11:45, Mineral G (Regency 3)
Gender, Influence, and the Emotional Underpinnings of Journalist-Politician Interactions
Iveta Jansová, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Marína Urbániková, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Lenka Waschkova Cisarova, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Alena Kluknavska, Masaryk U, CZECHIA
Melanie Haberl, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Dominik Hokamp, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Sophie Lecheler, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

13:30–14:45, Mt. Blue Sky, (Grand Conv Center 2)
Audience Expectations of Diverse Forms of Journalism Across Media Systems
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Clara Juarez Miro, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Sandra Banjac, U of Groningen, NETHERLANDS

Friday
13:30–14:45, Mineral G, (Regency 3)
A Missed Opportunity? How Lifestyle Journalists Think About Inclusion in Their Work
Gregory Perreault, U of South Florida, USA
Miriam Donauer, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

13:30–14:45, Mt. Blue Sky, (Grand Conv Center 2)
Constructive Journalism Across Europe: Journalistic Role Perceptions and Negotiations in Six Countries
Birte Leonhardt, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Diego Garusi, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

Saturday

9:00–10:15, Mt. Oxford (Grand 3)
Exploring New Means of Source Transparency: Footnote Journalism's Effects on Credibility and News
Engagement
Lars-Ole Wehden, U of Münster, GERMANY
Bernadette Uth, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Lea von den Driesch, U of Münster, GERMANY
Katherine Engelke, U of Münster, GERMANY
Nina Springer, U of Münster, GERMANY

Saturday
10:30–11:45, Mineral F, (Regency 3)
Local Journalists and the Construction of Social Identities: A Phenomenological Approach
Diego Garusi, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Clara Juarez Miro, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

15:00–16:15, Mineral F, (Regency 3)
Activists for Diversity or Diverse Journalists? How Alternative Peripheral Journalistic Actors Use Role
Orientations as a Boundary Marker
Kim Löhmann, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Phoebe Maares, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

Sunday
9:00–10:15, Quartz, (Regency 3)
Communicating the Energy Transition in Germany: Enablers and Barriers at Local and National Level
Helena Stehle, U of Münster, GERMANY
Sigrid Kannengiesser, U of Münster, GERMANY
Julia Lührmann, U of Münster, GERMANY
Bernadette Uth, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Stephan Goerland, U of Münster, GERMANY

12:00–13:15, Agate B+C, (Regency 3)
Professional Norms as Boundary Markers in Sports Journalism
Daniel Nölleke, German Sport U Cologne, GERMANY
Phoebe Maares, U Vienna, AUSTRIA
Kim Löhmann, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Folker Hanusch, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

13:30–14:45, Poster Session, 70 Centennial Foyer (Regency 3)
A Matter of Negotiation: Value Patterns and Negotiation Strategies Among Austrian Journalists
Birte Leonhardt, U of Vienna, AUSTRIA

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Hannah Greber @hannahgreber.bsky.social · Jun 14

YES! Come see me presenting our paper “The shadow side of empathy? Eliciting empathy in journalism and its (potentially) unintended side-effects on polarization”- w. @solecheler.bsky.social & @jesperstromback.bsky.social

Sunday, 13:30, Mineral G
#ica25

Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jun 14

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

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Daniel Wiesner @danielwiesner.bsky.social · Jun 15

Presenting in the coziest corner of #ICA25 including a weird neck tilt to see the screen ✅
w/ the one and only @andiisto.bsky.social, co-authored with @solecheler.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer.

Come watch me do that move again!
📅 Monday, 10:30
📍 Mineral G (again)
🗣️ „Science on the Political Stage“

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Andrea Wiesner @andreawiesner.bsky.social · Jun 14

I won something at #ica25 🥹❤️

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IPK - Department of Communication @ipk-univie.bsky.social · Jun 15

Welcome to the ICA conference!

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 🥳
@dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelists👏

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 13

These are the participants of the #PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day, #ICA25 is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! ❤️

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25
Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂
Come say 👋 if you are around!

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jun 4

So proud of former PhD candidates at @polcomvienna.bsky.social , @hannahgreber.bsky.social and @teresaelena.bsky.social, who won the dissertation award of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences this year! Absolute 🌟🌟!

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · May 27

At #DigHum2025 conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier🌞 and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w @pia-p.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 🙂

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · May 23

It was a pleasure having you with us in Vienna, @academiuhhh.bsky.social! Thank you for the fantastic presentation 🤩🗣️ and best of luck to the entire INEQNEWS team 🗞️ with all your projects 🍀 We're happy to host you anytime!

dr courtney tabor @academiuhhh.bsky.social · May 23

have to give a HUGE thank you to @dbetakova.bsky.social and the whole @polcomvienna.bsky.social for the warm welcome this week!! thank you for sharing your desk space and listening to me talk about the ineqnews project ❤️ you are all welcome at my desk anytime!!!

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