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In this article by NiemanLab, Prof. Dr. Yannis Theocharis explains why uncivil posts on social media attract attention and how social media companies can prevent this. [read more]

Alongside Prof. Margaret E. Roberts and Prof. Nils Weidmann, Yannis Theocharis will lead a research project on opaque moderation procedures on social media platforms. They will focus on hate messages, 'fake news,' and freedom of expression. The project is funded by the Max Planck-Humboldt Research… [read more]

Yannis Theocharis is coauthor of "The Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Selective Exposure: Evidence from 17 Countries". It was published September 4th in Political Communication. [read more]

What are the political consequences of ongoing social sorting? This is the question Jan Zilinsky and his coauthor Seo-Young Silvia Kim ask in their paper "Division Does Not Imply Predictability: Demographics Continue to Reveal Little About Voting and Partisanship". [read more]

Prof. Theocharis and colleagues have published a new paper in West European Politics: "Politics under Pressure: Polarisation and Participation in Western Europe. Platform affordances and political participation: how social media reshape political engagement." [read more]

Team members presented groundbreaking research at the 72nd Annual ICA Conference in Paris. Soyeon Jin explored media salience's influence on anti-immigrant sentiments, while Shota Gelovani and Yannis Theocharis delved into the cross-country effects of social media on ethnocentrism. [read more]