Julia Partheymüller

Screenshot of an academic article titled “Rally and Recalibrate: Political Dynamics of Audience Expectations of Journalism During Times of Crisis” published in The International Journal of Press/Politics (OnlineFirst, Sage Journals). Authors: Claire Roney, Daniel Wiesner, Andreas A. Riedl, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains that the study examines how audience expectations of journalism in Austria evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies shifts toward emerging journalistic roles such as Fact Checker and Science Communicator, based on data from three waves of the Austrian Corona Panel Project. Findings show fluctuating audience expectations tied to changes in public trust and crisis dynamics, emphasizing journalism’s need for adaptability. Keywords listed: journalism, audience expectations, trust in institutions, crisis attitudes, survey research, COVID-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203

New publication out in #IJPP! 📑
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

Lukratives Leergut: Das Millionengeschäft mit verlorenem Pfand Wie der Handel über Umwege vom Pfandschlupf profitiert. Wer letztlich das Pfandsystem bezahlt. Und was das mit einem Büro in der Schönbrunner Schloßstraße in Wien zu tun hat.

Wer steckt sich eigentlich das Pfand für Dosen und Flaschen ein, die nicht zurückgegeben werden? Antwort: Die EWP Recycling Pfand Österreich gGmbH. In Summe etwa 40 Millionen Euro pro Jahr. Was sie mit dem Geld vorhat, wollte die EWP auf Anfrage nicht sagen. "Keine Zeit" für ein Interview.

Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

Hervorragender, würdevoller Nachruf von Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social und Michael Zürn auf den großen Claus Offe www.faz.net/aktuell/feui... Dankbar erinnernd: auf dem Gründungsparteitag der Grünen 1980. In Stanford 1988. Als Doktorvater 1996 an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social und immer wieder

This is what authoritarians do - use the powers of the state to humiliate and degrade their opponents in public so that others will not challenge them

YouTube video by WION French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

Now we have the Trump Administration's "nice university ya' got there, shame if anything should happen to it" campaign centered around a mafia-style protection racket they call "The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Did we help make it happen? 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired “I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.

“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details. 🧪💉
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Godfather of AI’ warns again that it could lead to the end of humanity

‘Godfather of AI’ warns again that it could lead to the end of humanity

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Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Methoden und Standards - Wissenschaftliche Integrität Zur Beantwortung von Forschungsfragen wenden Wissenschaftler*innen wissenschaftlich fundierte und nachvollziehbare Methoden an. Bei der Entwicklung und Anwendung neuer Methoden legen sie besonderen We...

#WissenschaftlicheIntegrität: Zur Einhaltung wissenschaftlich fundierter, nachvollziehbarer Methoden & Standards braucht es oft enge Kooperationen. Leitlinie 11 der "Guten wissenschaftlichen Praxis" #GWP erläutert, was das bedeutet - und welche Erfahrungen die Community damit schon hat:
fcld.ly/ll11

Ehemaliger Brexit-Politiker gesteht Bestechung durch Russland Nathan Gill gab acht Fälle von Bestechung zwischen 2018 und 2019 zu. Er sagte, er sei beauftragt worden, bestimmte Aussagen gegen Geld zu machen. #EuropeNews

de.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Targeted maintenance grants for students to be reintroduced Disadvantaged students studying priority courses will benefit from extra financial support to access and excel in higher education.

UK government to reintroduce maintenance grants (rather than loans) for students from the lowest income families
www.gov.uk/government/n...

GitHub - nicolaiberk/llm_ws: Materials for my Workshop on LLMs Materials for my Workshop on LLMs. Contribute to nicolaiberk/llm_ws development by creating an account on GitHub.

I had the pleasure to teach a 3-day crash course on #LLMs for PhD students.

We covered:

1️⃣ Text Representation and Embeddings
2️⃣ Machine Learning & Transformer Architecture
3️⃣ Generative Models for Social Sciences

The 6 slide sets and 10 notebooks are available on github: github.com/nicolaiberk/...

Moldova’s pro-EU party wins parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party decisively won a parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party decisively wins a tense parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims.

Thermostatic public opinion rules everything around me

Vacancy — PhD Position: "When Lies Take Root: Investigating the Impact of Misinformation on Those at Risk" Are you motivated to protect those most vulnerable against misinformation and to develop new interventions against misinformation? Do you want to know more about how mis- and disinformation impact at-...

If you're looking to do a PhD on a timely subject, I'm on the advisory board of a cool new project; "When Lies Take Root: Investigating the Impact of Misinformation on Those at Risk" at the top-ranked Amsterdam School of Communication Research/

Do share & apply: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Low-Cost Clean Energy Now Trumps Politics, Says Architect of Paris Accord As Climate Week delegates turn to COP, Christiana Figueres says the argument over investment in green technologies is being negated by the fall in cost.

Golden quote from @billmckibben.bsky.social in this important piece by the Wall Street Journal: “We are used to thinking of the sun and wind as the Whole Foods of energy, when in fact it’s now the Costco”.
www.wsj.com/articles/che...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two award recipients stand smiling in front of an ÖGPW banner. Both hold rolled certificates. The banner reads “Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft – Das Netzwerk für Politikwissenschaft in Österreich. Vernetzen. Fördern.”

Slide projected on a screen with the heading “PhD Awards 2025.” On the left, text reads: Christina Gahn, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Thomas Meyer. Title: Debunking the Myth of Targeted and Tailored Political Advertising. On the right, a portrait of Christina Gahn smiling, wearing a dark blue top.

A large screen displays a slide titled “Master Awards 2025.” The slide shows a portrait of Benjamin Riesch smiling, with text: Benjamin Riesch, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. Title: Negative Campaigning in the Austrian National Election. In the foreground, three people stand at a lectern in a lecture hall, with empty chairs and glasses on the table.

A large screen shows a slide titled “Bachelor Awards 2025.” The slide includes a portrait of Luca Conte smiling with arms crossed, and text: Luca Conte, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Katharina Pfaff. Title: How Experiencing Climate Change Affects Climate Change Attitudes in Austria. In the foreground, three presenters stand at a lectern in a lecture hall with chairs and glasses on a table.

Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨

At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:

🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte

👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉

#PoliSky 🧪

Diskussionsrunde zu „Fake News 2.0“ im Saal, moderiert von Verena Latzer. Auf dem Podium sitzen von links nach rechts Margit Draxl, Jakob-Moritz Eberl, Viktoria Klimpfinger und Marcus Franz. Im Hintergrund ein Bildschirm mit dem Veranstaltungstitel und den Portraits der Diskutant:innen, rechts ein Falter-Banner. (Foto Credits: Karin Gruber)

Nahaufnahme aus der Diskussion „Fake News 2.0“: Jakob-Moritz Eberl spricht, neben ihm links im Bild Margit Draxl und rechts teilweise sichtbar Verena Latzer und Marcus Franz. (Foto Credits: Karin Gruber)

Am Samstag stand eine Diskussion zu „Fake News“ auf dem Programm. Mein wichtigster Punkt:
Größte Gefahr von #Desinformation geht nicht von anonymen Webseiten oder „Trollen“ aus. Viel problematischer ist #Desinfo von "oben" – von Politiker:innen & Parteien, die demokratische Spielregeln missachten.

Russian satellites are shadowing our satellites, warns German defence minister Germany's defence minister has warned that his country's satellites are being shadowed by Russian satellites.

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“Germany's defence minister has warned that his country's satellites are being shadowed by Russian satellites.

Boris Pistorius cited concerns over two 🇷🇺 Luch/Olymp satellites shadowing Intelsat satellites used by German forces and others.“

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Sechs Wissenschafter*innen aus den USA wechseln noch dieses Jahr an die #univie, ermöglicht durch das Stipendienprogramm APART-USA der @oeaw.bsky.social, ein starkes Signal für internationale Wissenschaft! ✨ Mehr über die Forscher*innen und deren Disziplinen: 👉 www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...

🇦🇹 Welcome to Vienna! 🎉

I would be happy to connect while you are here ☕️ – and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out! 🙂

Fall Kellermayr: Verfahren in Deutschland eingestellt Der Mann, der die Ärztin vor ein "Volkstribunal" stellen wollte, hatte laut Behörden aus einer "irrigen" Sicht nur mit einem Verfahren "vor künftigen, dann rechtmäßigen Gerichten" drohen wollen

Das ist schon etwas irre. Ein Urteil, das Schleusen öffnen könnte.

Tech & Religion: Peter Thiels geheimer Besuch an der Uni Innsbruck Der Tech-Milliardär Peter Thiel ist fasziniert von der Idee eines "Anti-Christen". Im August hielt er dazu vier Vorträge im kleinsten Kreis an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät. Warum die Geheimni...

Warum besuchte Peter Thiel im Geheimen im August die Uni Innsbruck und was geschah dort? Meine Recherche dazu: www.falter.at/maily/202509...

Social scientists often bemoan falling survey response rates. A big part of the story has to be the proliferation of survey requests.

I took every survey I was invited to in an 8 day period and took 27 surveys totaling 33 minutes.

Gegen russische Desinformation Eine neue Plattform versucht, dem hybriden Krieg Putins zu begegnen

Die Plattform @inved.bsky.social für die ich auch schreibe, wurde im Standard vorgestellt:

"Gegen russische Desinformation -
Eine neue Plattform versucht, dem hybriden Krieg Putins zu begegnen"

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...