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Gaffney, D.; Puschmann, C. (2013): Data Collection on Twitter. In: K. Weller, A. Bruns, J. Burgess, M. Mahrt, C. Puschmann (eds.), Twitter and Society. New York: Peter Lang. pp. 55-67.
Dr. Cornelius Puschmann
2013
The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) commissioned the Hans-Bredow-Institut with a report on the topic of "Algorithms in Digital Media and Their Influence on Individual Opinion Formation of Users".
Journalists like to use Twitter if they need an easily accessible “voice from the public.” However, do active tweeters not differentiate themselves in terms of their personality structure from the tweeting population? Does the mood on Twitter have little to do with the overall population...
Within the scope of this project, a discourse analyses on the topics of drug policy and drug consumption in social media will be carried out in an explorative way.
What role do intermediaries like Google, Facebook, YouTube or WhatsApp play when people get informed about social issues or when they form an opinion?
This cumulative dissertation project analyses user behaviour with regard to news on social networking platforms.
Heldt, A. P. (2018): Chers voisins d’outre-Rhin: Kommt das französische NetzDG? [Dear Neighbors from across the Rhine: Is the French Network Enforcement Act Coming?] In: JuWiss Blog: Junge Wissenschaft im Öffentlichen Recht. Website. Hamburg: Bucerius Law School (online).
Schmidt, J.-H. (2017): Twitter-Nutzung von Kandidierenden der Bundestagswahl 2017. Verbreitung, Aktivität und Informationsquellen [Twitter Use of Candidates for the German Federal Election 2017: Dissemination, Activity and Sources of Information]. In: Media Perspektiven, 12, pp. 616-629. (pdf)
Heldt, A. (2017): Die Umsetzung von Kennzeichnungspflichten im Influencer Marketing [The Implementation of Label Obligations in Influencer Marketing]. In: Wissenschaftsblog des Humboldt-Instituts für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) [Science Blog of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Inte...
Heldt, A. P. (2017): Anonyme Äußerungen im Netz: Der Fall 4chan [Anonymous Remarks on the Internet: The Case 4chan]. In: Science Blog of the HIIG. Website. Berlin: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. (online).
Schmidt, J.-H. (2017): Zwischen Partizipationsversprechen und Algorithmenmacht. Wie soziale Medien Meinungsbildung und Orientierung in der Welt prägen [Between Promises of Participation and the Power of Algorithms. How Social Media Shape Opinion Formation and Orientation in the World]. In: Akti...
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