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[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

Are social media harming democratic societies? Are we online only surrounded by those who share our beliefs? Is technology narrowing our political horizon?
Our research group deals with these questions – and we are happy to discuss them with you! #filterbubbles #echochambers

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In (3), findings revealed a significant influence on the opinion climate by #opinionleaders (OLs). While discrediting OLs can dominate the opinion climate and turn their stance into a majority opinion, ambivalent OLs can contribute to greater balance in the opinion climate.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

#ica2021 We contributed on (1) the impact of the exposure to congruent opinions and political social identities on political polarization, (2) the role of #populism and #ConspiracyTheories in online network homogenization, and (3) the investigation of #opinionleaders with an ABM.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

In (2), it turned out that higher levels in populist attitudes are linked to lower levels of perceived online network homogeneity. This unexpected finding was complemented by the, also unexpected, result that the belief in conspiracies is unrelated to perceived homogeneity.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

#ica2021 We contributed on (1) the impact of the exposure to congruent opinions and political social identities on political polarization, (2) the role of #populism and #ConspiracyTheories in online network homogenization, and (3) the investigation of #opinionleaders with an ABM.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

In (1), we found that the exposure to congruent and incongruent opinions has, if any, very limited effects on extremity of attitudes, political polarization, and selective exposure. This appears to be even the case, when political identities are salient.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

#ica2021 We contributed on (1) the impact of the exposure to congruent opinions and political social identities on political polarization, (2) the role of #populism and #ConspiracyTheories in online network homogenization, and (3) the investigation of #opinionleaders with an ABM.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

#ica2021 We contributed on (1) the impact of the exposure to congruent opinions and political social identities on political polarization, (2) the role of #populism and #ConspiracyTheories in online network homogenization, and (3) the investigation of #opinionleaders with an ABM.

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

What about social media leads people to refrain from expressing their political views? @g_neubaum's new study indicates that high message persistence reduces political outspokenness #OpenAccess #OpenData in Communication Research - Check this out https://t.co/4oJoWbsrJg

[akduell @akduell]

Medienpsychologe @g_neubaum von der @unidue forscht zu politisch motiviertem Entfreunden bei sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook. Warum es für die Demokratie nicht sinnvoll ist, politisch Andersdenkende aus der Freundesliste zu verbannen. #socialmedia

https://t.co/jOpsaiElq6

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**Publication Alert** Wann können sich politische Einstellungen verstärken? Wann entwickelt sich eine Wir-gegen-Sie-Mentalität? Diese Fragen zur politischen Polarisierung greift @g_neubaum im neuen Handbuch #polkomm auf https://t.co/odk8ZX68S4

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Das Buchkapitel bezieht Arbeiten von @snurb_dot_info @SabineTrepte @damian0604 und @kommueller mit ein

[Uni Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social @unidue]

Wir sind nicht mehr befreundet! Wie entscheiden #SocialMedia-Nutzende, wann und ob sie sich politisch motiviert entfreunden? Medienpsychologen der #UDE haben das in zwei neuen Studien herausgefunden. #entfolgen https://t.co/8vGOKqaMjx

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What is the moral background of our #unfriending decisions? See our latest article by @g_neubaum and @manuel_cargnino published in @plosone: https://t.co/IVefyQG8lp

[DICINT @DICINTunidue]

@NicholasAJohn Thanks, Nik! It was a fun paper to write :)

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Have you ever thought about #unfriending someone for political reasons? Our newest publication in the International Journal of Communication uncovers perceived benefits and inhibitors of unfriending someone after identifying political disagreements https://t.co/VUoVDIdt0s

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Now published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research 😊 https://t.co/cXUqQ87u56

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Are populist citizens more inclined to believe in conspiracies and are they more prone to homogeneous online networks? @manuel_cargnino addressed these questions in a new publication. Freely accessible pre-print: https://t.co/nvztnrayw1
#echochamber #populism #conspiracytheory

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Building on work by @LeticiaBode, @NicholasAJohn, @qfzhu, @mbarni109 and many others

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#hatespeech war, ist und bleibt ein Problem in unserer digitalen Gesellschaft. Unser neuer Blog-Beitrag befasst sich mit den relevanten Fragen rund um das Thema Hate Speech: https://t.co/DRtTIJGErM

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An honor to receive the Stafford Beer Medal 2020 for our article on the effects of #socialbots on opinion climates in social networks (@bjoernross, Laura Pilz, Benjamin Cabrera, Florian Brachten, @g_neubaum, and @RGStieglitz / @unidue ). The article: https://t.co/yB0slSsi22

[The OR Society @TheORSociety]

Congratulations to Bjoern Ross, Laura Pilz, Benjamin Cabrera, Florian Brachten, @g_neubaum from @DICINTunidue and @RGStieglitz who was awarded the prestigious Stafford Beer Medal 2020. This is given for the Best Paper in EJIS in 2019 https://t.co/d93q45WtyD #BlackettLecture

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Do effects of political talk in online networks depend on the "dose" of (dis-)agreement? A new experimental study (pre-print publication) by @manuel_cargnino and @g_neubaum gets to some seemingly counter-intuitive conclusions! #socialmedia #politicaltalk https://t.co/lmYlW6JR31

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*Publication Alert* We are happy to announce the preprint publication of our experimental study on opinion congruence and tie formation in social media! Main insight: Like-mindedness may drive friending, particularly in certain groups of users! https://t.co/NhibhXLMgr