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Lukas Otto
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Communication Researcher @GESIS political communication | mobile & computational methods | intensive longitudinal data | negativity & incivility | emotion | trust & cynicism
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Do people watch the news they do not trust? We tried to bring nuance to this question in a new paper (w Frank Mangold, Michaela Maier). Like others before us, we argue that “media distrust” comes in two flavors: skepticism and cynicism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Don't scroll past this opportunity! 👇 Registration is still open: t1p.de/MobileDataCo... 👀 Check also the interview with @lukotto.bsky.social & @klingelhoefer.bsky.social on mobile collection methods at t1p.de/Training-NL-...!
Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar. More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo... @gesis.org
🚨New publication Do emotions matter for attentional processes when dealing with political information? Yes, but it's complicated. In an experience sampling study during an election campaign, we examined how people reacted to campaign communication. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Angry and Alerted, Happy and Informed? An Experience Sampling Study on the Relationship Between Sentiment, Affect, and Attention Toward Campaign Communication - Lukas P. Otto, Fabian Thomas, Michaela ...
This study examines how emotional reactions to campaign communication relate to attentional processes and, ultimately, to general interest in a political campai...
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For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...
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🔎 Capturing media use and related variables is a crucial task in #MediaPsychology, which can be supported by smartphone-based approaches.📲 Our Youth Representative @klingelhoefer.bsky.social will host a workshop on "Mobile Data Collection and Analysis" together with @lukotto.bsky.social this fall. 👇
Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar. More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo... @gesis.org
📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱 Yes! So much looking forward to this tomorrow. Thanks to @joebayer.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social and colleagues for putting together such a fantastic program! 📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱📱
Gearing up for the Mobile Methods Minicon! 📶 Stoked to be part of the organizing team for this Avengers-esque gathering ✊ mobile-methods.github.io/mobile-metho...
Learn from @lukotto.bsky.social and @klingelhoefer.bsky.social how to study people's behaviors and experiences in real time with smartphone-based data collection and multilevel modelling at the #GESISfallseminar. More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/MobileDataCo... @gesis.org
📣 Our April newsletter is out! 🤩 Registration for #GESISfallseminar is open. 🔍 Interview with @lukotto.bsky.social & @klingelhoefer.bsky.social on mobile collection methods. ✨ Updates on #GESISworkshops on causal inference methods + Call for Individual Training. 👀 ➡️ t1p.de/Training-NL-...
📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org
#gutenachrichten #goodnews #evaluierung GESIS erhält sehr gute Bewertung bei der Leibniz-Evaluierung ^ Zur vollständigen Pressemeldung: https://t1p.de/heh2o Zum Wortlaut der Stellungnahme des Senats der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft: https://t1p.de/k87o9
📄 📣 New #Data-DrivenCampaigning research led by @xiaotongchu.bsky.social w/ contributions from @solecheler.bsky.social & co-authors reviews evidence on effects and outlines a research agenda on message tailoring, voter awareness, cross-national contexts and more. 🔗 academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...
Effects of data-driven campaigning: an integrative framework, literature review, and research agenda
Abstract. The positive and negative consequences of data-driven campaigning (DDC) in the digital era have been hotly debated among policymakers and scholar
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Web tracking data has great potential for social science research 🚀 It also comes with its own challenges though! In this hands-on #GESISworkshop, you'll learn everything you need to know about preprocessing, handling, and analysing web tracking data. More infos at t1p.de/WebTrackingD...
🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L
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#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy #TrustedResearchEnvironments Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg Apply now for a job as a Associate in Trusted Research Environments (Salary group 11 TV-L, working time 39,5 h/week, unlimited contract) gesis.jobs.personio....
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AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀 One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing 🫶 Please reach out if you have any questions. @polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
🫵WE WANT YOU 🎓 Are you interested in political communication, negative campaigning, and social norms? Are you experienced in quantitative methods? Do you have good rain clothes? Then our postdoc position might be just for you: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas
📖This is huge! Congrats to @alessandronai.bsky.social, @dominiquewirz.bsky.social and @maxgroemping.bsky.social on this success and the amazing resource for PolCom scholars. 📖 📱Also check out our (w Mareike Wieland) entry on experience sampling.📱
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵
FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY ...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰 ...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI. More info: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
DIAS Professorship in Digital Society and Democracy
Application deadline: March 15, 2026, 11.59 PM/23.59 CET/CEST.
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Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Top conditions, environment & colleagues. Candidates welcome across places and disciplines. 🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
*JOB* As part of the @assured.bsky.social project, we are searching for a person to work in our Secure Data Center team at @gesis.org to create safe researcher trainings. www.gesis.org/en/institute... The position is open until filled, so do not hesitate to reach our directly if you are interested!
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The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting. That is the title of Xiaotong Chu's timely and important PhD dissertation which she defends today. Go Tong!🚀 Proud supervisors: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @lukotto.bsky.social and 🙋 www.uva.nl/content/even...
De overtuigingskracht van politieke targeting
Xiaotong Chu promoveert op het proefschrift: 'The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. S. Kruikemeier en prof. dr. S.K. Lecheler. Copromotoren zijn dr. L.P. Otto en prof. ...
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📢 We're hiring a Doctoral Student in Research Software Engineering for Digital Behavioral Data! Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us. 👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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Social-Media-Daten zwischen Forschung und Infrastrukturen - nachhaltige Archivierung, Erschließung und Bereitstellung: An der @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social finden vom 17.-19.03.2026 die Social Media Access Days statt. Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen bis zum 31.10.2025. www.dnb.de/DE/Professio...
Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days
Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days
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On Monday September 22, Katharina Kraft, Maximilian Haag and @lukotto.bsky.social present the GESIS Panel.dbd, GESIS Surf and the GESIS AppKit in the workshop “Unlocking Digital Behavioral Data: New Frontiers in Web Tracking and App-Based Social Science Research”: www.conftool.com/dgskongress2...
The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Have you collected #data, built up #archives, or developed #tools that you want the communication and media research community to know about? Then submit your idea for an upcoming special issue of @cogitatiomac.bsky.social! Deadline for abstracts is Sept 15. www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut! Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread
🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience
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#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/ins...
Research by Joachim Piepenburg and @lukotto.bsky.social presented at the European Survey Research Conference 2025 www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/pro... #ESRA