Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky

How do German MPs debate wealth taxation on social media?

Although wealth in Germany is distributed very unequally and taxation could address this, the topic rarely features in public debate. This was our starting point for examining politicians’ FB, Insta, and X posts from the past nine years 🧵1/5

I hear a lot about misinformation as a "symptom" of "distrust". Here we test this & find that while trust is important, it doesn't buffer: misinfo isn't mitigated by high trust. Both misinfo & distrust *independently* predict vaccine denial. It's a disease of its own!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 New Publication Alert!

Thrilled to share our latest article with @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Johannes Steup
👉 Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964...

I am very excited to share a new working paper coauthored with @amaliaab.bsky.social.

Using a field experiment, we find that, in the real world, it is more costly to express far-right preferences than other political preferences.

osf.io/preprints/os...

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Interaktive Übersicht über Wählersegmente und Parteibindung bei der #Bundestagswahl2025. Interessant, dass
👉AfD mit Abstand bei Arbeitern und Menschen in schlechter finanzieller Lage zu punkten scheint.
👉 Frauen tendenziell eher links wählen, Männer eher rechts

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www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...

Wahlwerbung bei Meta für #Bundestagswahl2025.
👉 Deutliche Unterschiede zwischen Parteien hinsichtlich Reichweite/Kosten
👉 9mio+x Ausgaben nur an Meta; effektivität (auch aufgrund mangelnder Transparenz) unklar

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www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ

I have updated the starter pack of Europe-based misinformation researchers. Enjoy: go.bsky.app/36RdG8Z

A few papers I think worth reading. Mostly open access.

Causal inference is hard:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...