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Philipp K. Masur

@masurphil.bsky.social

Associate Professor at VU Amsterdam | digital communication, privacy, social influence & media literacy | Director of the Digital Media and Behavior Lab - www.dmb-lab.nl | More on: www.philippmasur.de

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Philipp K. Masur@masurphil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With so many similar projects being in development, I believe a concerted effort or at least a organized "coming together" might perhapy be very useful. From the top of my head I can think of these projects (thread below): ⬇️ #simulation #mockupsocialmedia #algorithms #experimentaldesign #ica26

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Experimental Social Media Platforms: A New Methodology to Study the Implications of Algorithmic News Curation @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social presenting our @ddc-sdu.bsky.social infrastructure 🚀 #ica26 Great stuff AND many challenges to further development and scale, in collaboration #TeamScience

Philipp K. Masur@masurphil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey #ica26, I recently wrote a little something that I believe might be interesting to many. Over years I tried to find a way to properly keep up to date with new journal publications across those journals that are most important to me... (1/n)

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Human Communication Research@hcr-journal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New in HCR by @ymeier.bsky.social & @masurphil.bsky.social: A 3-wave longitudinal study shows dataveillance relates to privacy resignation between-person, while critical privacy literacy is the key within-person predictor of self-inhibition. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

Escaping the digital panopticon? Longitudinal effects of dataveillance salience shocks on privacy attitudes and inhibited behaviors

Abstract. Using internet technologies exposes individuals to constant surveillance by companies and other actors. Perceptions of constant surveillance—term

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Nicolas Mattis@nickmattis.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New paper on algorithmic gatekeeping & news engagement out at JOC! Lucien Heitz, @masurphil.bsky.social, @judith-moeller.bsky.social, @vanatteveldt.com & me ran a 1-week long field experiment to test if we can nudge people to read (and learn from) environmental news. doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

Nudges for news recommenders: prominent article positioning increases selection, engagement, and recall of environmental news, but reducing complexity does not

Abstract. News aggregators inherently constitute choice architectures in which placement and presentation of news articles in the user interface affect how

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Philipp K. Masur@masurphil.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 New publication out! Really happy to share that our article “Privacy calculus, privacy paradox, and context collapse: A replication of three key studies in communication privacy research” is now published in the Journal of Communication. Full article: doi.org/10.1093/joc/... (1/4)

Privacy calculus, privacy paradox, and context collapse: A replication of three key studies in communication privacy research

Abstract. Since the advent of social network sites, researchers have investigated how and why users share personal information online. Yet, the replicabili

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Philipp K. Masur@masurphil.bsky.social · last yr.

Great PhD and PostDoc opportunity! Having worked with Tobias for years, I can only recommend applying!!! 👍👍👍

Tobias Dienlin@tobiasdienlin.com · last yr.

I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs. If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂 International applications welcome! Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

About the position • 3-year Ph.D. position (60%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme) • Can be extended by another 17 months • Workplace is Zurich What will be your main tasks? • Conduct a Ph.D. thesis in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects • Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach • Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA and MA levels • Take part in doctoral training programmes offered by UZH and IKMZ • Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required What should you bring to the team? • Master’s degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline • Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory • Expertise in quantitative research methods • Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics • Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory What do we offer you? • Great background and support for high quality research • Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division • Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere • Excellent track record of the department in academic career development How to apply Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post): • Letter of motivation (including ideas for your Ph.D. project; max. 2 pages) • Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and presentations, if applicable) • MA thesis or equivalent, research publications if already applicable • Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025 Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then The position starts in April or by agreement
WHAT-IF@what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello world! Meet our consortium—15 organizations, 10 countries—joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. 🚀 Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions. More in the 🧵!

Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam
Philipp K. Masur@masurphil.bsky.social · 2y ago

New PhD students: This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your project as well as meet other PhD buddies! 👇

German Neubaum@germanneubaum.bsky.social · 2y ago

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓📱💻 🤖You are a PhD student in Media Psychology? Then, this PhD Workshop is waiting for you! If you are interested in receiving feedback on your writing, presentation style, career planning and much more from mentors and PhD peers - please apply for this preconference! www.uni-due.de/media-psych-...

Philipp K. Masur@masurphil.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎆 New Publication on comparative privacy research! After almost 5 years, we (that is @thinkmacro.bsky.social, Kelly Quinn, Carsten Wilhelm, Lemi Baruh, @lutzid.bsky.social and myself) are proud to have published this article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Comparative privacy research: Literature review, framework, and research agenda

The ways in which privacy is understood, defined, perceived, and enacted are contingent on cultural, social, political, economic, and technological settings. Yet, privacy research is often criticiz...

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