Marko Bachl

@bachl.bsky.social

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communication research at @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

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Acknowledgements and disclosures Disclosure: Ironically, no AI tools were used in the writing of this article.
screenshot of the website "rückmeldung zum promotionsvorhaben". Includes a captcha in which the supervisor has to select all cars
Map of bsky accounts with a cluster "German-speaking communication researchers"
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Ho Ho Ho, Ihr Forschungsdatenzentrum des Statistischen Bundesamts
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Great experiment on AI podcasts and learning by Nanda Jafarian & Anne-Wil Kramer. AI-generated podcasts led to better student achievement by enhancing motivation and engagement. They were especially helpful for students with diverse learning needs. The authors generated podcast scripts from the textbook based on ChatGPT and then used Anywyse to generate podcasts. What was key, in my opinion, was the pedagogy behind AI. The scripts used effective pedagogical approaches : - Activate what students already know - Give a simple overview of key points - Use relatable examples - Add questions to check understanding Great use of AI, grounded in solid pedagogy... Link in the first comment.
The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: The audio-learning materials used in this study were developed by the authors in collaboration with Anywyse B.V. The senior author is partly employed by Anywyse B.V (1 day/week). However, employment played no role in the validity of the results. The study was pre-registered and code has been made publicly available. Data is available upon request.
Finally, as pre-registered, participants in the experimental group who listened to less than 20% of the audio-learning materials were excluded from the analysis. This decision was made to evaluate the audio-learning modules’ efficacy among those who actively engaged, as including non-engaged participants would conflate the effects of the intervention with a lack of exposure. Additionally, including non-engaged participants would create an unfair comparison with the control group, as their lack of engagement would align them more closely with controls than active users. However, it is worth noting that individuals may have different learning preferences, and audio-based learning is not effective or appealing for everyone. The exclusion of approximately half of the participants in the experimental group suggests that the audio-learning modules may not have been sufficiently engaging for all students. Future studies should explore strategies to improve engagement, while also considering individual learning preferences and identifying the factors that influence why some students choose to engage and others do not.
Screenshot from the paper: "4.4. Data analysis plan As pre-registered, we excluded participants in the audio-learning group who listened to less than 76.8 min (20%) of the total 384 min of audio materials. "
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Screenshot of title slide of the presentation, reading Explaining Online Health Information Seeking Applying the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model to Behavioral Data Marko Bachl & Elena Link Freie Universität Berlin | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 2025-06-14
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Screenshot showing the presentations of IfPuK members at ICA: Aliya Andrich; Marko Bachl; Emese Domahidi: Do Women Write More about Women? Investigating the Impact of Journalist Gender on the Media Visibility of US Politicians Marko Bachl & Elena Link: Explaining Online Health Information Seeking: Applying the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model to Behavioral Data Selina A. Beckmann; Elena Link; Marko Bachl: ChatGPT vs. Medical Experts: Comparing Recipients’ Perceptions of Argument Strength and Correctness of Pro-Vaccination Arguments Kilian Buehling; Barbara Pfetsch; Baoning Gong; Annett Heft; Daniel Thiele: Is there a Firewall against the Right? Mapping populist radical right parties’ position in national campaign communication on Facebook Kilian Buehling; Heidi Schulze; Maximilian Zehring: The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020–2022 Martin Emmer; Pablo Porten-Chee; Emilija Gagrčin; Christian Strippel; Laura Leissner: How to Measure Norms of Good Citizenship Online: The Discursive Citizenship Norms Scale Baoning Gong & Annett Heft: Media ecologies of alternative media users in Germany in comparative perspective. A Network-Analytical Approach. Baoning Gong & Kilian Buehling: Ephemerality as an Affordance: The Tactical Deletion of Far-Right Messages of the AfD on Telegram Annett Heft; Kilian Buehling; Xixuan Zhang: Spreading the Hate. Cross-platform Diffusion Dynamics of Conspiracy Theories Onlinen Estel Huh; Pascal Merz; Christian von Sikorski: How do Americans perceive fully AI-generated news? The interplay of AI attitudes, political ideology, and issue attitudes. Jo-Ju Kao: News Reporting on Wrongful Convictions in Taiwan: A Case Study of Zheng Xin-Zhen Dganit Levi; Zozan Baran; Daniela Stoltenberg; Thomas Assan; Neta Kligler-Vilenchik; Barbara Pfetsch: “Should we stay, or should we go?”: Global climate activism from the periphery. Maria Löblich: Between Times: East German Media Research After 1989 Margreth Lünenborg & Annabella Backes: Between Feminist K…
A screenshot of an exam question for a statistics exam.
Presentation slide created with this quarto code: ## Tell me (wh)y ### Was haben die Backstreet Boys und Lineare Regression gemeinsam? :::: {.columns} ::: {.column width="50%"} ![giphy.com](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNjU0b3p0NnV5cDZrMHhzdzNlZnNxeTVzNGUyNjkwNW51ZTVmeHA5cSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/MKCdpXNWYWycw/giphy.gif){width="100%"} ::: ::: {.column width="50%"} ```{r} #| echo: false #| fig-width: 10 #| fig-height: 8 #| out-width: "100%" #| out-height: "100%" library(tidyverse) tibble(x = rnorm(100), y = x * 0.3 + rnorm(100)) |> ggplot(aes(x, y)) + geom_point() + geom_smooth(method = "lm") + theme_classic(base_size = 30) ``` ::: :::: ::: {.aside} [Jacqueline Goldman on X](https://x.com/jagoldma/status/1463665302579793925) :::
Screenshot of False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant
A presenter standing at a podium giving a presentation at the Free University Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin). The projection screen behind him shows a slide in German titled “3. Bericht der Sprecher*innen” (Report of the Speakers) for a professional group focused on “Infos & Aktivitäten” (Information & Activities). The slide lists key points including membership numbers (452 as of February 2025), participation in research infrastructure working groups, networking among speakers from all professional groups, and meetings with the board at annual conferences. The podium displays the logo of the Department of Political and Social Sciences (Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften) of the Free University Berlin.
The image shows a presentation slide about an editorial board change (“Herausgeber:innenwechsel”) for what appears to be a German academic publication. The slide contains a mistake in the name of one of the proposed new editors. The person on the right side under “Wahlvorschlag” is labeled as “Mario Bachl” in the slide, but the correct name should be “Marko Bachl” instead. The slide shows outgoing editors Julia Metag and Kerstin Thummes on the left under “Verabschiedung” (farewell), and proposed new editors Helena Stehle and Marko Bachl (incorrectly labeled) on the right. The presentation is taking place in an auditorium with organizational logos for SCM and DGPuK visible at the top of the slide.
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Presentation title slide title: "Seltene Inhalte, schwierige Messung: Wie Fehlklassifikation Ergebnisse verfälscht und was wir dagegen tun können" subtitle: "Erosion demokratischer Werte? Antidemokratische Akteure in der Öffentlichkeit" lang: de date: 2025-03-19 date-format: "DD. MM. YYYY" author: Marko Bachl institute: Freie Universität Berlin
Screenshot des BVG-Beschlusses: "2. Auf seiner „F.-Tour 2023“ spielte der Beschwerdeführer unter anderem den Titel N. Bei seinem Auftritt in S. am 2. Juni 2023 sang der Beschwerdeführer auch eine der untersagten Liedzeilen, sang dann aber nicht weiter, sondern hielt das Mikrofon in Richtung des Publikums, woraufhin dieses die darauffolgende, ebenfalls untersagte Liedzeile sang. Anschließend streckte der Beschwerdeführer seine Arme in die Höhe und wippte mit seinen Armen, woraufhin das Publikum die nächsten vier Zeilen des Musikstücks N. sang, von denen eine ebenfalls untersagt war. Anlässlich seines Auftritts in B. am 3. Juni 2023 sang der Beschwerdeführer abermals eine der untersagten Liedzeilen und hielt anschließend das Mikrofon in Richtung des Publikums, das daraufhin die darauffolgende untersagte Liedzeile sang. Im Anschluss daran „rappte“ der Beschwerdeführer eine nicht untersagte Liedzeile und hielt danach das Mikrofon in die Richtung des Publikums und bewegte seine Arme rhythmisch vor und zurück, woraufhin die Zuschauer die dritte untersagte Liedzeile sangen. Am 4. Juni 2023 verbreitete der Beschwerdeführer einen 39-sekündigen Videomitschnitt seines Konzerts vom 3. Juni 2023 über seinen Twitter-Account. In diesem Video ist zu sehen, wie der Beschwerdeführer Teile des Titels N. und das Publikum zwei der von dem Unterlassungsgebot betroffenen Zeilen singt."
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A panoramic view of Berlin’s skyline on a clear day, taken from an elevated position overlooking the Tiergarten park. In the foreground, there are bare winter trees and evergreen forest areas of the park. In the background, the city’s buildings and landmarks can be seen stretching across the horizon under a bright blue sky. The Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) is visible in the distance among other high-rise buildings of the city center.
A table with a note incorrectly asserting that the FDP is in the 2025 Bundestag because of 10 Direktmandate.
Stimuli from https://doi.org/10.1017/S1930297500003570
Screenshot von https://www.wahlrecht.de/, Änderung der Projektion.
Chart from zweitstimme.org showing their latest predictions with uncertainty bands.
People in a Seminar room
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Football jersey with print Berliner Beauftragter zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin
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Screenshot of the introduction to the review system. It is long, ugly, and actually does not help all that much.
Screenshot of exercise instructions. "# 3 Good Abstracts: Schreibübung - Good Abstracts: A template (Gilardi, 2021) Everyone agrees that this issue is really important. But we do not know much about this specific question, although it matters a great deal, for these reasons. We approach the problem from this perspective. Our research design focuses on these cases and relies on these data, which we analyze using this method. Results show what we have learned about the question. They have these broader implications. Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit diesem äußerst wichtigen Thema. Trotz der großen Bedeutung wurde dieser spezifische Aspekt des Themas aus diesen Gründen bisher nur unzureichend erforscht. Wir gehen dieses Frage aus dieser Perspektive an. Zur Untersuchung wurde ein dieses Forschungsdesign gewählt. Wir analysieren diese Datenbasis oder Fallbeispiele mit dieser Methode. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, was wir über die Forschungsfrage gelernt haben leisten damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur aktuellen Forschungsdiskussion. Daraus ergeben sich diese weitreichenden Implikationen für Theorie und Praxis. - Das fertige Abstract bitte im Forum posten: LINK."
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Screenshot of the introduction. It begins with "Computational text analysis (CTA) comprises techniques for measuring the content of texts with the help of computer algorithms. The methods are discussed under various labels, such as text-as-data, automated content analysis, natural language processing, or text mining. The defining characteristic of a CTA technique is that once it is initially configured, the computational system performs the measurements independently without requiring any manual intervention or effort. The strength of CTA lies in its scalability, enabling the measurement of characteristics across vast amounts of text. As a result, CTA has seen widespread application in communication, related social sciences, and the digital humanities, with the increasing availability of digital or digitized, machine-readable texts. We start this chapter with an overview of the historical development of CTA. We then systematize CTA along two dimensions: the representations of ..."