Anna Sophie Kümpel
@kuempelanna
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Communication researcher with a focus on information use in algorithmically curated media environments. Asst. Prof @tudresden_de & @ifkdresden | She/her
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💻🔓 New OA publication out
@ica_jcmc
, in which
@julian_unkel
and I are investigating the differential perceptions of and reactions to incivil and intolerant user comments: (🧵 1/18)
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1st year PhD student showing up at the 8 am panel with 25 expertly crafted slides, 57 backup slides, and print-outs prepared four weeks in advance
vs
Tenured professor giving the keynote with two slides of mood pictures clicked together in the hotel lobby 15 minutes earlier
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Students often struggle with creating good looking stimuli for experiments on online and social media news use. In these moments, I love to show them my ✨ magic trick ✨ (1/6)
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I’ve been sitting on some big news for a while now—thought I might finally share: Starting September 1st, I’ll be joining
@ifkdresden
as an assistant professor 🤗 Sad to leave my fab colleagues
@ifkw_lmu
behind, but looking forward to new adventures and challenges!
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I am excited to announce that my paper “The Matthew Effect in social media news use: Assessing inequalities in news exposure and news engagement on social network sites (SNS)” was just published in Journalism! Available here: (1/8)
@ifkw_lmu
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Super happy to announce that my paper “Social media information environments and their implications for the uses and effects of news: The PINGS framework” is finally out in Communication Theory! (1/8)
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The internet has a new favorite meme template. So I had to do something with it.
#AcademicTwitter
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I've just learned how to say "Unfortunately, our train has collided with two horses and is unable to drive on" in French. The trip back from
#ica22
goes well so far...
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Tell your students—doctors *do* want you to know that trick! And maybe also tell them to reinvest the time saved into preregistering their hypotheses 😇 (6/6)
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Heute fand im Rahmen der
#dgpuk22
der von
@LisaMerten
und mir organisierte Workshop „Facebook is dead—and so is our research? Zur Nachhaltigkeit und Anschlussfähigkeit plattformspezifischer Social-Media-Forschung“ statt. Leider virtuell, aber nicht minder ergiebig! [1/4]
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Damn, now I am even sadder to not be able to attend
#ica24
😭 Thank you SO much to the entire
@ICA_CAT
team and especially to
@CalebTCarrPhD
for the touching card and the plaque! It was an honor to work alongside the committed and inspiring colleagues that make up
#ICA_CAT
🫶
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Starting at the close of
#ica20
, I am going to be Secretary of
@ICA_CAT
. I'm very excited about this opportunity and look forward to continuing the great work of
@g_neubaum
😊
Congrats to our new officers! Vice Chair: Caleb T. Carr
@CalebTCarrPhD
; Secretary: Anna Kümpel
@kuempelanna
; Student & Early Career Representative: Bingjie Liu; & International Liaison: Natalie Bazarova
@nataliebazarova
Thanks to everyone for voting!
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Out now
@djeditorialteam
: „Using messaging apps in audience research: An approach to study everyday information and news use practices” (1/6)
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I am super proud to announce that my article "Getting Tagged, Getting Involved with News?" is now available as an Advance Online Publication in the Journal of Communication
@ifkw_lmu
@RiegerTeam
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#ica23
in Toronto has been wonderful! Great presentations, lots of iced coffee, and time to catch up with dear colleagues and friends. Sadly, this has also been my last ICA as Secretary of
@ICA_CAT
. Thx to the entire CAT team, especially
@CalebTCarrPhD
&
@katypearce
😻
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Although not printed yet, my dissertation (and thus my first book) is now available online :)
@ifkw_lmu
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Every communication researcher in the month of October:
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Did a lot of GLM and multilevel model stuff in R in the last couple of weeks and I can only recommend the great (and entirely free) resource: “Beyond Multiple Linear Regression” by Paul Roback and Julie Legler
#RStats
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Here is an example for an online news site. You simply select the part you want to edit, right-click, select “Inspect” and start the fun. Disclaimer: AFAIK, Kim Kardashian did not actually receive an ERC grant. Bummer. (4/6)
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I almost had to cry after receiving this wonderful bouquet from
@vkarnowski
- makes my start
@ifkdresden
even better! 🤗💐
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Today was the last (substantial) day of my course on multivariate data analysis with R
@ifkdresden
. As this was my first time teaching
#RStats
, I want to share my experiences—in case it might be helpful to others! (1/14)
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I have officially started my work as
@ICA_CAT
Secretary. So, if you have any CfPs for conferences, SIs, or job openings that are relevant for the CAT community, feel free to email or DM me 😊 They will then be featured in the regular division newsletters 🐈
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Ich freue mich total, dass ich für meine Lehre am
@ifkdresden
im letzten Semester einen Lehrpreis in der Kategorie „Beste Kommunikation“ erhalten habe 👩🏫 Großen Glückwunsch auch an meine liebe Kollegin Aya, die ebenfalls ausgezeichnet wurde! 💪
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For all
#ica18
vegs: While you wouldn't suspect it, Prague has amazing vegan/vegetarian restaurants. Already tried and loved Vegan’s Prague, Plevel, and MAITREA 😊
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I am recording a data analysis lecture about repeated measures ANOVA today and after repeatedly saying “Sphärizität (sphericity),” “Mauchly test,” “Greenhouse-Geisser,” and “Huynh-Feldt,” I have now officially lost my ability (and, for that matter, will) to speak.
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Somebody in the train perfectly expresses my feelings with their mobile network name 😷😄
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In meinem DFG-Projekt zur Informationsnutzung von Senior:innen in sozialen Medien ist eine WiMi-Stelle
@ifkdresden
zu vergeben! 75% Projekt, 25% Mitarbeit an meiner Professur. Beginn ab 01.10. Alle Details: - gerne teilen! 😊
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95% of the time, there is no need to learn GIMP or Photoshop, download 45 fonts, and struggle with layers. Why? Because you have the wonderful “Inspect” function in your browser. (2/6)
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🗞️ Mein Aufsatz „Nebenbei, mobil und ohne Ziel? Eine Mehrmethodenstudie zu Nachrichtennutzung und -verständnis von jungen Erwachsenen“ ist druckfrisch in der neuen M&K erschienen:
@ifkw_lmu
(1/6)
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Mein DFG-Projekt zur Informationsnutzung von Senior:innen in sozialen Medien ist am 01.10. gestartet und wir arbeiten bereits fleißig an den ersten Schritten:
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Question for my comm followers: Do any of you know about empirical research that investigates how journalists report on "algorithms," i.e. how algorithmic systems are described/evaluated in media reports? Grateful for any tips! 🙏
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The
#ica21
automated transcription wonderfully misinterpreted me saying my name 😂 (But apart from that it worked surprisingly well!)
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New publication out
@FrontPolSci
, in which
@julian_unkel
and I are investigating patterns of incivility on congress members’ social media accounts. Openly available here:
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Seven minutes for a full paper presentation is...certainly not that much. I apologize in advance for talking very fast 😇
#ica21
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In meinem
@ifkdresden
MA-Kurs zu Publikums- und Meinungsforschung hatte ich heute virtuellen Besuch von
@annisch
, die uns etwas über die Arbeit am
@risj_oxford
sowie insbesondere am Digital News Report erzählt hat. Vielen Dank für den spannenden Blick hinter die Kulissen! 🤩
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Up today at 11:00 -
@luiseante
and my
#ica22
presentation on young adults' information needs, use, and understanding in the context of Instagram [Room 304+305]. If you don't care for the research, then come for the cute cat pictures 🐈🐈⬛
@ICA_CAT
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Out now
@CogitatioMac
: „(A)synchronous communication about TV series on social media: A multi-method investigation of Reddit discussions” by
@julian_unkel
& me (1/6)
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I thought I knew a lot about biases against women (not least from own experiences - hi academia!). But well, obviously I didn't. "Invisible Women" by
@CCriadoPerez
should be mandatory reading for everyone.
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Im Rahmen der
@Dgpuk2022
organisieren
@LisaMerten
und ich einen Workshop zum Thema: „Facebook is dead—and so is our research? Zur Nachhaltigkeit und Anschlussfähigkeit plattformspezifischer Social-Media-Forschung.“ Vor Ort am schönen
@ifkdresden
, Anmeldung bis 30.11.! 😊
25 dezentrale Workshops zu wichtigen Themen, die unser Fach bewegen, wurden für die
#dgpuk22
eingereicht. Vielen Dank!
Bis 30.11. sind Workshop-Anmeldungen möglich! Details zum Anmeldeprozess im Video, hier im Post & auf 🧵(1/4)
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Und das war es auch schon wieder mit der
#RezFoForFuture
! Danke an alle Teilnehmer*innen und Vortragenden, die mit uns dieses Experiment Online-Tagung gewagt haben. Wir hatten sehr viel Spaß und ihr hoffentlich auch😊
@_DianaRieger
@grissib
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For the last ~5 months, I have cut my husband’s hair. Today, he went back to his actual barber who praised my neat work. I guess I have found my true calling.
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Ich habe das Privileg, am
@ifkdresden
eine WiMi-Stelle ausschreiben zu dürfen. Wenn ihr jemanden kennt, der gerne gemeinsam mit mir zum Thema digitale Medien & Methoden arbeiten (und promovieren) möchte, teilt gerne die Ausschreibung: (1/3)
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Heute feiern wir am
@ifkdresden
das 30-jährige Institutsbestehen 🎉
@lutz_hagen
eröffnet das wissenschaftliche Symposium.
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The first day of
#ica21
binging is done!
@luiseante
and I created a nice playlist featuring various presentations about (social media) news use and algorithmic content curation, and then watched and discussed them together 🤓 (1/7)
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Just chaired an awesome
@ICA_CAT
#ica22
8am session on cross-platform studies, featuring - among others - a great study by
@TommyTrillo
et al. on social media rituals 📱👩🏼💻
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I was invited to write a blog post about a recent research project on young adults’ news use for
@TAnalytica
. It provides some “behind the scenes” insights and details my experiences with using WhatsApp as a tool for data collection.
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Really enjoyed the opening session (and can't wait to read the book)! In case you were unable to attend my keynote and/or are interested in the slides, please find them here: I am also always happy to chat about it 😊
Last call 📢 Tomorrow, we are hosting the YNDE workshop, including a keynote by
@kuempelanna
on people's experience with news on social media and the book launch for 'Generational Gaps in Media Use and Civic Engagement'. Sign up here to join us on Zoom:
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Up now:
@uk_schmid
presenting our (
@_DianaRieger
) study on how social media users perceive different types of hate speech
#ica_cat
#ica22
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Thank you so much - it was always a pleasure 😊 I'm super happy to be joining the
@djeditorialteam
Editorial Board in 2020!
In extension of this, we have also enrolled the 2nd, 3rd and 4th most active reviewers throughout 2019:
@jnelz
,
@kuempelanna
and
@rodzam
. They all have important research agendas, and each have contributed to DJ with several great research articles in recent years!
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Bin gerade am schönen
@BredowInstitut
in Hamburg zu Besuch (Danke insb. an
@LisaMerten
) und darf dort morgen über meine Forschung zum Potenzial von Incidental News Exposure berichten. Freue mich auf alle Zuhörer*innen!
@RiegerTeam
@ifkw_lmu
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I have a homepage now and I think it's quite neat. Feel free to visit 😊
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My fitbit tracker has recognized the first half of last night's
#ica19
dance as "walking," and the second one as "aerobics." Seems like an accurate description of developments…
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Habt ihr Absolvent:innen, die an Projektarbeit & Promotion interessiert sind? Insg. 100% ab 01.10.
@ifkdresden
, spannend nicht nur für KWler:innen, sondern auch für andere Sozialwissenschaftler:innen mit Interesse an
#ComputationalMethods
🧑💻
In meinem DFG-Projekt zur Informationsnutzung von Senior:innen in sozialen Medien ist eine WiMi-Stelle
@ifkdresden
zu vergeben! 75% Projekt, 25% Mitarbeit an meiner Professur. Beginn ab 01.10. Alle Details: - gerne teilen! 😊
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Just want to take the time to thank everyone again who attended our full
@ICA_CAT
#ica22
Sunday afternoon! Happy that everything worked out with the hybrid setup for the business meeting (thanks
@edwards_america
🙏),...
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Had so much fun presenting my work on incidental news exposure on social media
@michiganstateu
today. Big thanks to
@kthorson
for inviting me over 😊
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Working with quantitative data? Use statcheck () to check for errors/typos in your statistical reporting. Requires APA-formatted documents and works with .pdf, .docx, or .html. [8/11]
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I have to teach SPSS this semester and got the newest version (27) to do so. Overall, the experience very much feels like meeting with somebody that says they have changed, but in reality, they haven’t…
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At this point, I'm certain that binge-watching the Kardashians is the only thing that will bring me through this COVID infection.
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I love the variety of academics’ out of office replies, ranging from “Please do not contact me, your e-mail will be burnt immediately” to “You can call me anytime and here is the address of my condo at the beach 🌴”
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My personal
#ica22
writing highlight of the day: I spelled "negligible" correctly on the first try.
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Two of my courses last semester have been awarded with a certificate for excellence in teaching by
@ifkw_lmu
- which is pretty cool, I guess 👩🏼🏫
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Thanks to my husband (♥️), my website is now built with Hugo and thus loads super fast. I have also redesigned and extended it a bit: 😇
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In knapp einer Woche beginnt die von
@_DianaRieger
@grissib
und mir organisierte
#RezFoForFuture
– alle Infos dazu auf . Wir freuen uns auf alle Teilnehmer*innen und zahlreiche Tweets unter dem Hashtag 🍏
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Basically, it allows you to edit the content on websites—you can delete/add text and change almost anything according to your liking. Once you’re finished, take a screenshot and that is it! (3/6)
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Schönes Erlebnis mit
@DB_Bahn
heute: Mitarbeiterin hat sich für alle Bahnhöfe ein Attribut überlegt und so fuhr ich durch das "bezaubernde Nürnberg", "idyllische Erlangen", "beschauliche Bamberg" und "zauberhafte Erfurt". Und dann war auch noch alles pünktlich 🤯
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Es macht mich sehr stolz zu sehen, wie stark unser (kleines, aber mehr als feines) Institut auf der
#ica22
präsent ist. Paris, wir kommen! 👩🎨🥖
Nur noch wenige Wochen bis zur
#ica22
in
#Paris
- wir haben schon mal eine Übersicht der IfK-Beiträge erstellt. Mit dabei u.a.:
@svengesser
@kuempelanna
@lutz_hagen
@LWeidmuller
@Katrin_ee
@JohannaMoeller
@luiseante
👉
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What really grinds my gears is studies running obscure mediation models, not visualizing them anywhere in the paper, and then expecting me to know what “Hayes Model 73” looks like.
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Here is another example for Instagram. Again, you can edit all text according to your liking and, of course, also change stuff like the number of likes. (5/6)
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Super excited to give the keynote to this amazing workshop!
19-20 November, we're hosting the virtual workshop Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement. We're kicking off the event 2.30-3.30 pm CET with a book launch and a keynote by
@kuempelanna
. If you wish to participate in this public session, register here:
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Handbuch Politische Kommunikation: Unser (
@julian_unkel
) Beitrag zur Verarbeitung politischer Informationen ist nun online. Das Handbuch von
@i_RoBo_
,
@kkvk7
, S. Marschall &
@TZerback
ist voller Beiträge toller Kolleg:innen und ein super Nachschlagewerk!
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So my first week as a visitor
@umsi
is almost coming to an end! What a nice place to be. Thanks to
@nicole_ellison
for having me. Looking forward to the rest of March in Ann Arbor ☀️
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🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 Very happy that our (w/
@JulioUnkglesias
) study on the effects of user comments on perceptions of journalistic quality is now available online in the Journal of Media Psychology
@RiegerTeam
@ifkw_lmu
[1/3]
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What motivates users to engage with news articles they encounter during their Facebook use? My new article “The issue takes it all? Incidental news exposure and news engagement on Facebook” is now online
@djeditorialteam
@ifkw_lmu
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The three L's of the challenges for tracking social media use, presented by
@dscheykopp
at great
#ica22
session on problems with online tracking data.
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Ich hatte die großartige Gelegenheit, mit der
@tudresden_de
ein Video zur Rolle von Instagram im Wahlkampf zu erstellen. Es geht um unsere (
@joerg_hassler_
& J. Keller) Studie zur
#BTW17
und weitere Befunde zum Insta-Campaigning 📲
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Merry Christmas from me and our entire department
@ifkdresden
! 🎄 My out-of-office message kicks in in about five minutes and I am very much looking forward to eating all the Christmas food, lying on the couch, and not thinking about work for a change. See y'all in 2022!
Wir hoffen, die To-do-Liste ist abgearbeitet und der Spekulatius steht bereit: Das IfK wünscht allen erholsame
#Weihnachten
und einen erfolgreichen Start ins Jahr 2022.
@GSW_TUDresden
@tudresden_de
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Social media opt-in at
#ica18
: To clarify „tweetability“, I added a little icon on my first slide. This might be helpful for session hoppers that are unable to catch the chair’s comment at the beginning. Shout out to
@JulioUnkglesias
for the idea!
#ica_cat
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Are scientists used as opportune witnesses by journalists?
@luiseante
of
@ifkdresden
presents the results of her qualitative interview study
#ica22
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My last New Year’s resolution was to read only books written by women. I’ve only managed 35 books, but 2020 being 2020, it often had to be Trash TV instead of reading. I enjoyed most of them one way or another, but my Top III are highlighted in bold 📚
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Doing a lot of reviews recently, I feel the urge to repost this. Please make it stop.
What really grinds my gears is studies running obscure mediation models, not visualizing them anywhere in the paper, and then expecting me to know what “Hayes Model 73” looks like.
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Interessiert an Themen für Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforscher:innen, aktuellen Jobs, spannenden Studien und guten GIFs? Dann folgt
@dgpuk_rezfo
- dem neuen Twitter-Kanal der RezFo, der von
@tdienlin
und mir bespielt wird 🤗
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Die schönen Seiten des akademischen Pendelns: Zufällig beim Umstieg in Erfurt
@vkarnowski
treffen und endlich mal wieder Zeit zum Ratschen haben 😊
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Do you have a paper about the role of digital media during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the works for
#ica23
? Consider submitting it to our (
@MarcCWJ
@grissib
@WimTulf
) Special Issue in
@FrontiersIn
– the deadline is *November 15, 2022*! [1/4]
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It was so great to have
@anneohirsch
here at our department today. Super engaging talk with lots to think about! I'm very excited about her upcoming projects 😊
Super insightful (non-zoom!) talk from
@anneohirsch
today about „Learning, Disputing, and Literacy: Understanding Engagement with News on Social Media“. Thanks a lot for visiting the institute and sharing your thoughts with us!
@tudresden_de
@GSW_TUDresden
@kuempelanna
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In case you didn't know already that the academic job market is evil...
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