@maierjuergen
Political scientist working on the content, processing, and impact of political/campaign communication. https://ksw.rptu.de/abt/politikwissenschaft/abteilung/politische-kommunikation/team/prof-dr-juergen-maier
📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Raimondas Ibenskas @ibenskasr.bsky.social & José Zurita-Tapia @josezuritat.bsky.social
👉 Pre-electoral Coalitions
📘 Thomas Bräuninger & Marc Debus (eds): Handbook on Coalition Politics, Elgar
🔗 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
Har idag skrivit några rader om den nya boken "News use, political knowledge, and misperceptions in 18 countries across the global north". På sidan finns också en länk för nedladdning.
Congrats, Alon!
New publication alert! 📘🚨
Our new book on news use, political knowledge, and misperceptions is out! (currently open access – link below🔓)
We examine across 18 countries (N = 26K) what we call the "twin challenge of increased media choice."
The 5th edition of Campaigns & Elections (or 9th if you count the midterm updates) is ready for Fall course adoption & review:
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
Political campaigns worldwide experiment with AI. But how do people see different electoral uses of AI and with what consequences?
In a new study in @polcommjournal.bsky.social with @adrauc.bsky.social and @kunkakom.bsky.social, we address these questions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/
Bestimmt die Schwiegermutter
If you have interesting ideas for SI proposals for the PVS/GPSQ @pvs-journal.bsky.social, please let us know 👇
Our book, Catching Fire in the News, is out!! 😅
By Amber Boydstun, me, @dallascard.bsky.social & Noah Smith!
Will do a longer thread soon, but so over-the-moon excited!!
Thank you to @snsoroka.bsky.social!
Online appendix: www.amber-boydstun.com/catching-fir...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
I'm very excited about the most recent @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Element in Politics & Communication, "Catching Fire in the News
The Necessary Conditions for Media Storms" by Amber Boydstun, @jilllaufer.bsky.social, @dallascard.bsky.social & Noah Smith. Check it out: doi.org/10.1017/9781....
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Some Wahlrechtsthoughts here im Gespräch mit @jbebermeier.bsky.social :)
🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
Trump, if you are after bad hombres, I have a suggestion:
And more job opportunities: @univie.ac.at aims to fill 40 (!) doctoral positions in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
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
Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.
Primary Responsibilities Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.
Education/Training/Experience Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. Background in social science research or data curation. Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk. Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements Strong organizational and communication skills. Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions FLSA Status: Exempt Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
New article with @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social and @jenniferbast.bsky.social in Party Politics on the perceived costs and benefits of negative campaigning for male and female candidates and its impact on attack behavior
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
Idee: Deutschland entführt Christian Stocker, regiert Österreich erstmal selbst und reißt sich alle Schätze des Landes unter den Nagel (Kaiserschmarrn, Fritattensuppe, Red Bull, Manner etc.).
🫵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
I am delighted to have been invited to write a chapter on #TelevisedDebates for this excellent encyclopaedia edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social & @dominiquewirz.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
wenn man den Wald nicht bewegen kann, bleibt nur Personen zu bewegen, um Synergien zu schaffen. Disziplinen eines FBs auf 2 Standorte zu verteilen ist m.E. das Grundproblem.
könnte man damit auch erzielen, aber nicht wenn der Wald dazwischen ist.
Ist ja nicht ganz richtig so. Wird ein FB Kultur- u. Sozialwissenschaften m.W.
Great to see this out in the world! My entry, on letters to leaders, is available here dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
Political communication research overwhelmingly relies on text. But parliamentary speech is multimodal! In our new @psrm.bsky.social article, Mathias Rask and I show that legislators also signal partisan conflict nonverbally— through changes in vocal pitch during floor speeches. 🧵 1/11 #polisky
Cover page of the article. "Affective States: Cultural and Affective Polarization in a Multilevel-Multiparty System" by Dylan Paltra, Marius Sältzer and Christian Stecker. "Affective Polarization—the growing mutual dislike among partisan groups—has been identified as a major concern in democracies. Although both economic and cultural ideological divides contribute to ideological polarization, their affective consequences can differ. This paper argues that cultural polarization becomes especially consequential when mobilized by far-right parties. Using data from 116 elections in Germany’s 16 states (1990-2023), we combine more than 550 state-level manifestos with more than 150,000 survey responses to examine how party polarization translates into voter affect. Our analyses show that both economic and cultural polarization increase affective divides, but cultural disagreements fuel hostility only in the presence of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Acting as a cultural entrepreneur, the AfD amplifies the emotional impact of cultural divisions such as immigration, employing affective rhetoric and provoking strong rejection from other parties and voters. These findings highlight the catalytic role of far-right parties in transforming ideological competition into affective polarization."
🚨Publication Alert!
My first first-author publication with @msaeltzer.bsky.social and @pluggedchris.bsky.social is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social, which began as my bachelor's thesis. We study how party polarization shapes affective polarization—with a particularly important role of the AfD. (1/7)🧵
Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1