Maximilian Eder

Being aware of algorithmic personalization? Insights from three European Countries News recommender systems offer significant benefits for news media organizations by enabling the algorithmic selection and personalization of content based on individual user preferences. However, ...

⏰ New open-access paper ⏰

We explored audiences' awareness of algorithmic news #personalisation in GER, FR, and the UK (N = 3,030). In short: There is a general lack of awareness and inequities related to age, gender, and political interest.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

⏰ New open-access paper ⏰

We explored how #comments shape readers’ perception of an article’s journalistic quality. In short: positive reader comments affect the perception of specific journalistic #quality dimensions, while negative comments garner more attention.

🔗 doi.org/10.5771/2192...

🚨 New publication out now🚨

Together with Irene #Preisinger, I explore how structural & political pressures impact investigative journalism in Austria by using the #Ibiza affair as a case study. 🔍 Watchdog journalism is still hindered by elite influence & media-politics ties.

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The best way to start #ICA25 is hosting a preconference on AI and journalism. Thanks to all participants✨

#ICA2025 #AI #IfKW

Hybrid normalization of Twitter: Political journalists’ practices during the 2021 German federal election debates - Maximilian Eder, 2025 Despite disruptions and challenges posed by social media platforms like Twitter, they have become normalized in journalists’ professional practices. At the same...

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I am very happy to see this article on the hybrid normalization of #Twitter published.

Main finding: German political journalists follow their traditional norms and practices on the platform, while also adopting Twitter-specific ones.

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Falling behind the adoption curve: Local journalism’s struggle for innovation in the AI transformation This theoretical framework-driven article addresses the challenges faced by local journalism in adapting to technological innovations, particularly in the context of declining traditional funding m...

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Why is local #journalism slow in #AI adoption? Helle Sjøvaag and I argue that regulatory framework, competitive pressures, and trust in technology collectively shape the AI #adoption curve.

Download the 📰 for free as an open-access publication 👇

I had a lot of fun today at the #PolKomm25 retreat organized by @fgkommpol.bsky.social

Special thanks to @vioreladan.bsky.social and @utarussmann.bsky.social for hosting the conference in #Innsbruck.

🚨Call for Papers 🚨

Tu Felix Austria? Political Scandals and Affairs in #Austria

Submissions are welcome in English or German!

📆 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025
📜 Extended Abstracts: 500 words
💾 Download CfP: tinyurl.com/3ekx462u

#Scandalogy #medien&zeit #CallForPapers

🚨Call for papers 🚨

Interesting #ica25 pre-conference on AI and journalism. Organised by @maxeder.bsky.social and Helle Sjøvaag

📆 Deadline March 15

@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

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NEU: In Deutschland verschwinden immer mehr Lokalzeitungen. In fast jedem zweiten Landkreis gibt es inzwischen nur noch eine einzige Zeitung. Das ist ein Problem, denn nichts ist so wichtig für unserer Demokratie wie ein funktionierender Lokaljournalismus. Die ganze Studie: wuestenradar.de

Personalisierte Nachrichten als Innovation: Die Perspektive des Publikums Dieser Beitrag untersucht die bewusste Wahrnehmung indirekter Personalisierung von Nachrichteninhalten als eine Innovation für den Journalismus hinsichtlich der in der Forschung bisher wenig disk...

🚨New paper on awareness of algorithmic news personalisation.

Get the book chapter here:

And this is how we did it 😄 Presenting findings from an eye tracking study at the ECREA2024.

New publication 🚨 #AI and the dawn of a new divide? @hellesjovaag and I take a look at data from #Germany

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doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.…

Heute mal auswärts unterwegs. AI for Media Meetup @ippenmedia @BR_AILab

Second day at #emmaleeuwarden is about to start with the industry panel: @JohnOlivieira, @wilbertmutsaers, B. Beusmans & C. Vader

And again, an intersting panel on the transformative power of #AI #emmaleeuwarden

Crowded room in this session on #AI and its transformative potential @prof_bhm @AGodulla #emmaleeuwarden

It‘s on! A great keynote by Hans van Kranenburg @Radboud_Uni on digital disruption #emmaleeuwarden

It’s on! I am at the great #scandalogy conference @uni_bamberg_of.
What a very nice location to meet researchers from all over the world.

#scandalogy #crisis

My first visit to the German National #Library in Frankfurt. Had a lot of fun at their #Twitter Data Workshop 👍

Looking forward to seeing you all @dgpuk2025.bsky.social :)

The first three people to repost this quote post can stay at my place during the conference (checking if anyone is still using this platform anymore).

A blast from the past @DNB_Aktuelles. Party like it is 1998 🪩

Vi sees igjen Stavanger 🇳🇴 I had a great week at the @UniStavanger, together with @hellesjovaag, @raufercon and all the nice people there.

Thank you to @VolkswagenSt for making this research stay possible.

🚨New paper on scandalization practices on #Twitter.

Is the scandalization dynamic on social media different than in print?

Find the answer here (open-access): 

🔗 doi.org/10.20901/ms....

🎉 Exciting news for 2024: @pschwabl.bsky.social and I will join the Twitter data sprint organized by the German National Library. Two days, two guys, and millions of tweets ✊

Wir suchen noch nach Journalist*innen, die mit uns gerne ein Interview zu ihren Erwartungen an die Interaktion mit Publikumsmitgliedern führen würden! Konkret suchen wir Journalist*innen aus Print oder Online (überregional, privat) und Rundfunk oder Online (lokal/regional, privat) 1/2

🚨New working paper on AI disclosure around news 🤖📝

Do audiences perceive news labeled as AI-generated as more or less trustworthy?

In work led by @benjamintoff.bsky.social we find that the answer seems to be "less" 

🔗 Pre-Print: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Interessante Aussage von Oskar Lafontaine: “Es ist ein Irrtum zu glauben, dass die Arbeiter Parteiprogramme lesen oder studieren, was der Neoliberalismus ist.“

Mit Populismus und Parolen gewinnt man demnach Wahlen?

ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie 2023: Alle wichtigen Ergebnisse an der Schnittstelle zu Social Media Die ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie zählt zu den wichtigsten Erhebungen zur Nutzung von (sozialen) Medien in Deutschland. Wir haben für dich alle wesentlichen Ergebnisse an der Schnittstelle zu Social Media au...

Die ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie zählt zu den wichtigsten Erhebungen zur Nutzung von (sozialen) Medien in Deutschland. Wir haben für unsere Subscriber alle wesentlichen Ergebnisse an der Schnittstelle zu Social Media aufbereitet: socialmediawatchblog.de/2023/11/14/a...

RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism The first of its kind, the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism defines ethics and principles that journalists, newsrooms and media outlets around the world will be able to appropriate and apply in thei...

🥳 Lots of good things in the freshly released RSF Charter on AI & Journalism. Great work!

📄 These principles will be very helpful to news organisations looking to draft their own AI guidelines & for regulators considering these issues.

However, I have some quibbles…🧵

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