Chair for Data Science & Digitization
- Chair for Data Science and Digitization
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Prof. Dr. Nicolas Pröllochs
Licher Straße 74
D-35394 Gießen
nicolas.proellochs@wi.jlug.de
Personal Website: https://www.nproellochs.com
- News
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BWL XI: Media Coverage of Our Research (FAZ, SZ, ZDF, Zeit, Stern, Handelsblatt, ...)Our research on Russian propaganda on social media during the invasion of Ukraine has been covered in various media outlets.
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BWL XI: Paper in EPJ Data ScienceA new research paper studying the spread of Russian propaganda on social media during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine has been accepted for publication in EPJ Data Science (IF: 3.6).
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BWL XI: Paper in European Journal of Information SystemsA new research paper has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Information Systems (VHB: A). The paper employs neurophysiological measurements to study the role of affect when users assess online news as real or fake.
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BWL XI: Two papers accepted at CSCWTwo new research papers have been accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW).
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BWL XI: Recent Media Coverage (The Atlantic, ARD, FAZ, ...)Our paper in Nature Human Behaviour studying the effect of negativity on click rates has been featured in various media outlets.
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BWL XI: Paper in Communications of the ACMA new article has been accepted for publication in Communications of the ACM. The paper discusses threats emerging from alt-tech social media platforms.
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BWL XI: Research Featured in the Financial TimesOur research studying Russian propaganda on social media during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine has been featured in the Financial Times.
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BWL XI: Paper accepted at WWWA new research paper has been accepted for publication at The Web Conference (WWW). The Web Conference is a flagship conference in data science with a very low acceptance rate (CORE Ranking A*).
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BWL XI: Paper in Nature Human BehaviourA new research paper examining the causal impact of negativity on news consumption has been accepted for publication in Nature Human Behaviour (IF: 24.25). The results of the study demonstrate a robust and causal negativity bias in news consumption from a massive dataset from the field.
- Featured Research: Moralized language predicts hate speech on social media
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This study provides large-scale observational evidence that moralized language fosters the proliferation of hate speech on social media. Specifically, we analyzed three datasets from Twitter covering three domains (politics, news media, and activism) and found that the presence of moralized language in source posts was a robust and meaningful predictor of hate speech in the corresponding replies. These findings offer new insights into the mechanisms underlying the proliferation of hate speech on social media and may help to inform educational applications, counterspeech strategies, and automated methods for hate speech detection.
- Research paper at PNAS Nexus (open access)
- Media coverage in Psychology Today
- Blog post on PsyPost
- Featured Research: Negativity Drives Online News Consumption
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Online media is important for society in informing and shaping opinions, hence raising the question of what drives online news consumption. Here, we analyze the causal effect of negative and emotional words on news consumption using a large online dataset of viral news stories. Specifically, we conducted our analyses using a series of randomized controlled trials (N = 22,743). Our dataset comprises ∼105,000 different variations of news stories from Upworthy.com that generated ∼5.7 million clicks across more than 370 million overall impressions. Although positive words were slightly more prevalent than negative words, we found that negative words in news headlines increased consumption rates (and positive words decreased consumption rates). For a headline of average length, each additional negative word increased the click-through rate by 2.3% Our results contribute to a better understanding of why users engage with online media.
- Research paper at Nature Human Behaviour
- Media coverage (selection): ARD, FAZ, Heise, Deutschlandfunk, ORF, Psychology Today, The Atlantic