Sophia Rothut

Research associate & PhD student @RiegerTeam @ifkw_lmu | (computational) communication science | (online-)radicalization, extremism, political influencers

[Sophia Rothut @SRothut]

@DarianHarff @DesireeSchmuck @polcommjournal Wow, congrats! Thanks for the thread and very excited to read the paper 😍

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

🎉Congratulations to our @SRothut on being awarded the #DGPuK @FG_KommPol Kickstarter Fund for her dissertation project, “Like, Share, Vote – Influencers in Political Communication and their Role as (Parasocial) Opinion Leaders.”

https://t.co/bWUn0UjiuE

[Laurence Bindner @LoBindner]

1/3 Merci @SRothut @LMU_Muenchen pour ce podcast sur l'évolution de la Strat Comm ds grps djihadistes & ls moyens de lutte ds petites plateformes contre la propagande
Réalisé dans le cadre de Tech Against Terrorism Europe, projet financé par @EU_Commission https://t.co/gTDLrmx6wp

[Sophia Rothut @SRothut]

@IfkwJ @RiegerTeam @ifkw_lmu Freue mich, dabei zu sein :)

[IfKW Jena @IfkwJ]

Wir freuen uns sehr auf den morgigen Vortrag von @SRothut @RiegerTeam @ifkw_lmu über die komplexe Welt politischer #Influencer im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung #PolitischeKommunikation. 🕒Mittwoch, 12:15 CET

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

🎙️It's a PODCAST🎉
Here's our Tech Terror Takedown Podcast. Join @SRothut as she discusses online extremism, terrorism & countermeasures with amazing guests on upcoming Tuesdays.

🎧Intro: https://t.co/UDgOawr8Wl

Concept: F.Selzer, @_DianaRieger @Bri_Nad, H.Schulze, TATE project

[Sophia Rothut @SRothut]

@DarianHarff @DesireeSchmuck @LHudders @L__Vandenbosch @Hameleers_M @Brahim_Zr @kathbeullens Juhuuuu, ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳🥳

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

Liebe Studis:
💻Come work with us!
Wir sind auf der Suche nach zwei Hilfskräften, die Lust haben und motiviert sind, uns bei zwei spannenden Projekten in den Themenbereichen Extremismus und Hassrede zu unterstützen.
🔍https://t.co/fPHQ8I1VGT Gerne weiterverbreiten, danke! 🙏

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

📢 Publication alert 🚀@uk_schmid, @Malena_Kah & @_DianaRieger just published their study „Who cares? How personal political characteristics are related to online counteractions against hate speech“ in @HCR_Journal 🔗 https://t.co/7Til0MxtBB #hate #hatespeech
A threat👇 1/7

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

Wir freuen uns über 2 #DGPuK2024 Zeitschriftenpreise im Team🎉
🥇@SRothut mit @AL_Sacher, @rebecca_tatjana & @ProfReinemann zu Meinungsfreiheit: https://t.co/yfbyXlgGHq
🥈Heidi Schulze zu Telegram-Sampling mit @pbjost @akheft @buehl_k @maexchenz @MissEsi: https://t.co/Qf7RwYJKM9

[Sophia Rothut @SRothut]

@DarianHarff @wunder_l @LisaMerten @hreinikainen @lizdubois @martinriedl @mariahlwellman @OMGBEARSS @grissib @Bri_Nad @BalabanDelia @PascalMerz1 Very very interesting! Thanks for the thread and tag. Congrats on that brilliant publication, Darian & Desiree! :)

[Darian Harff @DarianHarff]

🚨 Happy to announce a new publication! In this cross-country study (Germany and Belgium), we (w/ @DesireeSchmuck) explored which factors are linked with reliance on social media influencers (SMIs) for political information among youth. /1 https://t.co/MaIl9Gp5b5

[Julian Hohner @J_H_ohner]

Excited to see one of my dissertation projects published, in collab with the amazing @azade & @SRothut🎉 We delve into the presence, success in mobilization, and visual strategies of far-right groups on TikTok through image classification. Dive in here: https://t.co/rlHcAZBZ8u 🧵

[Suay Melisa Oezkula (@suayozkula.bsky.social) @SuayOzkula]

In the 1st paper, @J_H_ohner, @AzadeKakavand, & @SRothut show how TikTok serves as a mobilisation platform for German far-right factions and introduce a unique methodology, integrating manual annotation with image frame classification and machine-learning-driven content analysis.

[Sophia Rothut @SRothut]

@Schwarz3n3gg3r @RiegerTeam @hdschulze @_DianaRieger @Bri_Nad Thanks, dear Christian! Your work was very insightful to us as well in that regard :)

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

📢Excited to share our latest publication in Communication Theory, in which we propose a novel conceptualization of the #mainstreaming of radical and extremist ideologies into society's core. 📖✨ @SRothut @hdschulze @_DianaRieger @Bri_Nad
🔗 https://t.co/iIscqUTYvv
A 🧵1/5

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

2/5 Through a systematic review of 143 studies, our paper conceptualizes mainstreaming as an iterative, gradual, multi-layered process consisting of two steps (content positioning, susceptibility) and incorporating several sub-processes.

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

3/5 With this, we offer a new framework for understanding how radical and extremist ideas infiltrate mainstream discourse. Our paper highlights the importance of recognizing mainstreaming as a strategic effort by radical and extremist actors to subtly shift public discourse.

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

4/5 The conceptual model, as well as the 12 mainstreaming factors, can aid researchers, policymakers, and the public in monitoring mainstreaming dynamics and combating the subtle integration of extremist narratives into the center of society. #prevention

[Team Rieger LMU @RiegerTeam]

5/5. Thanks for following along! We're always looking to engage, share, and collaborate to address the challenges posed by the mainstreaming of extremism. Let's continue the conversation and work toward a more informed, resilient, and inclusive society. 🤝🌍