New publication alert! In the new issue of the #MedienJournal, Ela Forrai, Manina Mestas, & Florian Arendt examine whether Austrians’ intentions to get a COVID-19 vaccine are linked to which news commentator (Mayr vs. Wegscheider) they prefer watching. bit.ly/3vJs6Uw

Key findings: Controlling for demographics, personal politics, & hopelessness, Wegscheider viewers (skeptical frame) were less willing to get vaxed than Mayr viewers (optimistic frame); and, the more (& the more exclusively) they watch either program, the stronger their positions

In (pre-pandemic) January 2020, Laura Vandenbosch and I announced our call for a special issue in Mass Communication & Society. Today, we’re thrilled to announce its publication 🎉 Endlessly Connected: Moving Forward with Agentic Perspectives of Mobile Media (Non-)Use 🧵

“Psychological Antecedents and Consequences of Ghosting Others Within Adolescents’ and Young Adults' Romantic Relationships and Friendships” by Ela Forrai, Kevin Koban, & Jörg Matthes. When? 9:30-10:45 I Where? Regency 7 (Hyatt) I Session? Mobile Media and Romance

ORF oder Servus-TV? Selektive #Medien-Wahl verstärkt #Corona-Haltung go.apa.at/jHshqK8I #ORF #ServusTV #mediaeffects Universität Wien @MestasManina

Wie beeinflusst Nachrichtenselektion unsere Haltung zu COVID-19? Wir haben uns diese auch von der APA aufgegriffene Studie von Florian Arendt, Ela Forrai und @MestasManina noch einmal genauer angesehen 👉 bit.ly/3rTsA9u

🙋‍♂️ How does news selection influence our attitudes toward COVID-19? This interesting study by Florian Arendt, Ela Forrai & @MestasManina was also widely picked up by the Austrian media. Check it out 👉 bit.ly/3SThn51

When you team up with the right Postdoc for your PhD

📢 New paper 📢 published (online, for now) in Journal of Communication by Florian Arendt, Temple Northup, our very own Ela Forrai, & dietram a. scheufele about how toning down party cue salience in news coverage can reduce biased selective political listening in the US ⬇️ bit.ly/405X2Nr

#Ghosting Why do we 👻 others in romantic relationships and friendships? Adriana Palloks Universität Wien asked Ela Forrai and colleagues about their recently published piece in "Telematics and Informatics". More: publizistik.univie.ac.at/en/news/latest…

Ghosting friends increases depressive tendencies over time, study finds dlvr.it/SnJsqm

📢 New publication 📢 Findings from a 2-wave panel survey by Matthes et al. (incl Anja Stevic, Ela Forrai, & Kathrin Karsay) in Cyberpsychology Journal on how reflective smartphone disengagement relates to young people’s #FOMO and loneliness feelings over time. ➡️doi.org/10.1089/cyber.…

Introducing new @Journal_of_Comm publication: “Why we stopped listening to the other side: how partisan cues in news coverage undermine the deliberative foundations of democracy”, by Florian Arendt, Temple Northup , Michaela Forrai, dietram a. scheufele . Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/jq…

PubAlert! Introducing new Journal of Communication publication: “Media stereotypes, prejudice, and preference-based reinforcement: toward the dynamic of self-reinforcing effects by integrating audience selectivity”, by Florian Arendt. Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/jq…

Job alert: Studienassistenz im Bereich Medienwandel und Medieninnovation gesucht ⬇️

So happy to be a part of this amazing team⚡️

When the entire team is going to #ECREA24

Our Vienna-Leuven VMCI meeting was a great success! Next to two days of productive work, networking, and reflection, we also had a dinner under palm trees, solved a thrilling “murder” mystery in historic Vienna, and went on a scenic hike to a traditional Viennese Heurigen dinner.