The SAW-project „NewOrder – Understanding the erosion of the traditional knowledge order in scientific online discourse and its impact in times of crisis“ has been approved for funding. The interdisciplinary project will be led by Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze, together with researchers from GESIS and the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf we will examine how changed orders of the publication process (e.g., preprints) and blurring roles in science communication affect trust in science. Job ad for a PhD student is coming out soon (conducting experiments and a longitudinal study).
DFG-project on algorithm acceptance granted
My DFG-project “Egocentric biases meet biased algorithms” has been granted – job ad for a PhD position coming soon!
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My DFG-project “Egocentric biases meet biased algorithms” has been granted – job ad for a PhD position coming soon!
Continue reading “DFG-project on algorithm acceptance granted”Keynote at Cyberspace Conference
I’ll give the keynote at the 2022 Cyberspace Conference, organized by the Institute of Law and Technology, Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (Brno) and the European Academy of ICT Law (Vienna) in BRNO, November 25-26
Post-doc position
I’m looking for a post-doc, starting November or later. Preference for people with a few years of work experience after PhD; upgrade to E14/deputy head of the lab possible. Feel free to share or contact me with questions! Early applications (in August) increase the chance of an interview before my holiday in September
Wissensarbeiter*innen für Studie gesucht (sorry, currently only in German)
Studie zu Vorteilen von berufsbezogener Nutzung sozialer Medien. Super spannend!
Länger angelegte Studie, regelmäßig Fragebögen
Ggf. indiv. Feedback
80€ bei Abschluss
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PhD position available
I’m looking for a PhD student (36 months, starting July 1st or later) interested in the effects of knowledge-related social and mobile media use or other topics fitting to my Everyday Media Lab. Candidates should have a background in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline; knowledge of computational methods is an asset. Candidates who’d increase the diversity of the team are especially welcome.
Full job ad here
Lab upgraded
Now the official news is out – I have been upgraded from junior research lab to research lab. The title will also change from Social Media to Everyday Media to cover the fact that we also study how podcasts, YouTube videos, chatbots, or voice assistants like Alexa are used for knowledge-related processes. German news here.
Call for papers – Special Issue on Human-Machine-Communication
I’m co-editing a special issue of the Publizistik on Human-Machine-Communication, together with Katrin Etzrodt (TU Dresden), Peter Gentzel (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Sven Engesser (TU Dresden).
Full call here:
https://www.springer.com/journal/11616/updates/19728790
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New publication
Our review paper Social Media Use, Stress, and Coping in the special issue of Current Opinion in Psychology is finally online! Click here!