At this year's ICA conference in Denver a group of SCOPE scholars shared their ideas and presented their work centering around the topics of communication and polarization in times of crisis.
A special shoutout to Lukas Otto and Michaela Maier for winning PolComm Division's Top Poster Award for their awesome work on "Stubborn Cynics and Enlightened Skeptics? Disentangling Different Forms of Media Distrust and Its Association With Online News Consumption".
Our presenters and topics:
Stephan Winter: Blinded by the Lies or Lifting the Blinds? Using Signal Detection Theory to Examine Correlates of Belief in Plausible vs. Implausible Conspiracy Theories
Berend Barkela (organizer) and Michaela Maier (chair): Panel on 'Science Communication: Critical Challenges, Public Representation and Politicization'
Berend Barkela: Navigating Uncertainty: Political Actors' Strategic Communication of Scientific Evidence
Felipe Martins: Bias Amplified: Sexual Objectification in User-Trained Text-to-Image Models; Global Disparities in Communication Science: The Intersection of Latin American and International Research
Lisa Mai: Narratives Are Key: How Narratives Influence Solutions Journalism and Promote Climate-Friendly Behavior
Talisa Schwall: The Danger of Lacking Representation: Perceived Political and Media Representation and Its Effect on Voting for Extreme Parties
Jürgen Maier: Trouble When They Walk in? Candidates, Dark Personality, and Attack Behavior in German Televised Debates
Hannah Decker: Nothing to Track Here! A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of Political Targeting, Political Interest, and Trust in Democracy Before the Election to the European Parliament
Jennifer Bast: Climate Change Skepticism in Germany: A Comparative Analysis of the Populist Far-Right Alternative for Germany's Social Media Communication