RT @magdalenasaldan: Another fulfilling #AEJMC experience! .Research at the conference, wine in #NapaValley, Weymo in #SanFrancisco, friend….

🇪🇸🇩🇪 Saludos desde Galicia! Katja Pook and I returned from an inspiring visit to Pontevedra @uvigo Thanks to our fantastic host Javier Abuin. We explored opportunities for student exchange and research on fact-checks and virtual influencers. Looking forward to the next steps 🤩

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RT @MediaPsychMEP: New editorial! 📷 Digital platforms and political polarization, environmental crises and media trust, smartphones and men….

And we had productive discussions with grad students and crafted plans for future research and further collaboration between UCatolica @fcomuc and RPTU @rptu_kl_ld Muchas gracias y hasta pronto 🙌.

🇨🇱🇩🇪 ¡Qué gran visita! Our institute had the pleasure to host Magdalena Saldaña @magdalenasaldan for a 10-day research visit in Landau in the @SCOPE_RPTU project. In an exciting talk, she gave insights on misinformation and traditional media use in Chile. 1/2

RT @g_neubaum: 📢📢📢Duisburg is calling! We are pleased to announce that the conference #MediaPsych2025 (DGPs) will take place on September 1….

RT @FSchwab6: Ausschreibung: Stelle im wissenschaftlichen Dienst (w/m/d) im Arbeitsbereich "Medienpsychologie".Das Team der Medienpsycholog….

RT @DGPs_MediaPsych: Starting soon: @OrbenAmy’s #dgps24 keynote “Screen Savers: Protecting Adolescent Mental Health in a Digital World” htt….

RT @magdalenasaldan: My friend/colleague/role model @Ingrid_Bachmann is running for #ICA president and I couldn’t be prouder! Excited and h….

RT @HCR_Journal: New study by @lea-jo & @MediaInvierno revisits Lavine et al. (2005) on how threats & right-wing authoritarianism influence….

RT @DGPs_MediaPsych: Great opportunity for a PhD in Media Psychology! Consider applying!.

Interested in research on misinformation, conspiracy theories or selective exposure? We’re searching for a PhD student in our Media Psychology group in Landau (3 years). Please contact me for any questions – very much looking forward to your applications!

RT @SebaValenz: 🚨New publication🚨 with @fcomuc @milenionudos @imfd gang in @IJPOR_Journal. We study people’s ability to discern truth from….

RT @CvSikorski: 🚨 Call for Papers 🚨.Michael Hameleers @Hameleers_M @UvA_ASCoR) and I guest edit a special issue on AI & Disinformation @jm….

Bienvenidos a Landau: Our institute was happy to host Javier Abuin @louban3 for an Erasmus visit and to exchange ideas on fact-checking, digital communication and AI. Looking forward to further collaboration between @rptu_kl_ld and @fcom_uvigo @sepcomuvigo

RT @SebaValenz: Thanks for leading the effort, Stephan. For a thread on key findings, read:.

RT @celoo: Preprint available: A thorough and detailed study unpacking risk and protective factors to discern misinformation from factual i….

Thanks to all co-authors 🇨🇱🇩🇪: @SebaValenz @celoo @TobiasRothmund & Lena Iwertowski Tobias Schreyer @rptu_kl_ld. All materials and data can be found here:

Overall, patterns, which should be re-tested in further settings, might explain different vulnerabilities across the political spectrum. Also supports the call for using signal detection measures instead of belief in false info, as argued by Batailler et al. and @BrianMGuay

On the protective side, none of the hypothesized factors showed a consistent positive influence. Some cause for optimism: Average truth discernment was OK, and traditional news media usage was an additional positive predictor.