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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Huge thanks to Lenka Waschková Císařová for her brilliant leadership, and to Zvi Reich for his initiative in bringing together scholars from around the world to make this project possible.

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Sep 8

First publication of the News Beat Project is now out in Journalism!
If you're interested in geographically defined news beats from an international perspective, you should have a look.
Read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1177/1464...

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

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Hendrik Meyer @hendrikmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 23

New publication out in Social Science Computer Review, with @mikefarjam.bsky.social (lead) and Meike Lohkamp:
“A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis.”
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Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · May 27

Meet the #CAISfellows: Florian Wintterlin, University of Münster @wintterlin.bsky.social
🔍His Research at CAIS: “Framing Scientific Evidence – A Qualitative Analysis of Micro-Frames in Comments on Climate Change”
🗓️His Talk: May 28 | 🕜 13:30-14:30 | 🔗 www.cais-research.de/event/luncht...
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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Apr 15

Social media has reshaped political communication—but how diverse is the research behind it? Our systematic review published in SComS answers this question. Together with the wonderful co-authors Kira Klinger, @juliametag.bsky.social, and Lukas Lindenschmidt. doi.org/10.24434/j.s...

More of the Same or Manifold Perspectives? : A Systematic Review of Research on Politicians’ Use of Social Media | Studies in Communication Sciences

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Mar 25

🥼 Their motivation? Not outright rejection of science—but skepticism toward scientific elites.
🤳🏼 Social media plays a key role: exposure to alternative science news may happen incidentally, rather than through active searching.

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Mar 25

🤯 These users see themselves as highly media- and science-literate, yet they often overestimate their knowledge.

Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Mar 25

Here’s what we found:
📊 Only a minority of the population regularly uses alternative media for science information.

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Mar 25

🔍 Who are the users of alternative scientific media? 🔍
New study published in Science Communication. Lead by the wonderful Lena Zils, and together with @juliametag.bsky.social, @nielsmede.bsky.social and @mss7676.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1075...

Literate and Critical? Characterizing Users of Alternative Scientific Media - Lena Zils, Florian Wintterlin, Julia Metag, Niels G. Mede, Mike S. Schäfer, 2025

Science is of crucial importance in contemporary societies. Concurrently, legacy news media outlets are losing their position as the main fora for discussing an...

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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · Feb 26

Daten zum TikTok-Wahlkampf der Parteien und Spitzenkandidierenden: Im Durchschnitt erreichten die Videos der AfD (Kanal der Fraktion) die meisten Aufrufe während des Wahlkampfs (7.11. - 23.2.), dicht gefolgt von der Linken. Bei den Kandidierenden liegt Reichinnek vorne. #TikTok #BTW25

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Florian Wintterlin @wintterlin.bsky.social · Feb 23

Beeinflussen Social Media das Wahlverhalten? Johanne Burkhardt hat das für Wissen Weekly recherchiert und mich dafür interviewt. Das Ergebnis gibt es hier: open.spotify.com/episode/0XCc...

Bundestagswahl: Beeinflusst Social Media, wen wir wählen?

Wissen Weekly · Episode

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Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · Feb 22

Auch diese Bundestagswahl war es mir eine Ehre zusammen mit @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social und @whotargets.me an einer @zdfmagaz.in Folge zum digitalen Wahlkampf mitzuwirken!

Falls ihr noch nicht genug zum Thema haben schaut doch mal beim Dashboard vorbei:

shorturl.at/A10q9

#Grauburgunderbereich🍷

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · Feb 14

Excited to share our new article, "A Survey Study on Public Attitudes Toward Gaming Disorder", now published in Media and Communication (@CogitatioMaC)! Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm... #OpenAccess

A Survey Study on Public Attitudes Toward Gaming Disorder | Article | Media and Communication

Felix Reer, Lena Maria Küpper, Florian Wintterlin, Thorsten Quandt

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Feb 12

We present: A new instrument to measure people’s science literacy. #OpenAccess in #ScienceCommunication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 📢
It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Jan 22

Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Jan 20

Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · Jan 14

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵

In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.

We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.

with @julianachueri.bsky.social
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rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · Jan 3

Recommend two good pieces of reporting on misinformation, research on it, and debates around it that came out around the turn of the year

Laurie Clarke dismantles lazy "bad actors" framing www.politico.eu/article/nobo...

& @claradoodle.bsky.social AI deepfake panic www.ft.com/content/62d8... 1/3

‘Nobody was tricked into voting for Trump’: Why the disinformation panic is over

Eight years ago, Trump and Brexit sparked fears social media was corroding reality. Now, that narrative is crumbling.

www.politico.eu

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · Jan 2

This emerging hot take that misinformation was just some academic panic is mind-numbingly bad and reminiscent of attempts to frame climate science, etc… as hysteria.

www.politico.eu/article/nobo...

‘Nobody was tricked into voting for Trump’: Why the disinformation panic is over

Eight years ago, Trump and Brexit sparked fears social media was corroding reality. Now, that narrative is crumbling.

www.politico.eu

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · Jan 4

With 17 days to go until the US takeover by the new Trump (or Musk?) administration, I thought it might be worthwhile to share a number of recent papers published by our team that counter arguments that have been leveled against misinformation research. 1/n

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Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social · Dec 23

Interesting new study with three-wave panel data examining the relationship between hostile media perceptions and trust in news by @wintterlin.bsky.social Gurr @juliametag.bsky.social ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

How Are Attitudes Toward News Coverage of Immigration Related to General Trust in News Media? A Longitudinal Test of Spillover Effects of Hostile Media and Credibility Perceptions

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Asheley Landrum @asheley.bsky.social · Dec 19

Improving access to high-quality scientific information can fill information voids that exist for topics of interest to people and
reduce exposure to and uptake of misinformation about science. Read more in our report: nap.nationalacademies.org/27894 #scicomm #medialiteracy

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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Sandra González-Bailón @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social · Dec 11

New publication (4+ years in the making): “The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook”. shorturl.at/VE2fU
We analyze the propagation of 1B+ posts across content moderation regimes, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social @taliastroud.bsky.social @annenbergpenn.bsky.social

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Nov 26

Are you looking for the latest examples of AI deepfakes in the wild? We got you. #medialiteracy #factchecking lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/f8...

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Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.

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