Search Results - "Schwemmer, Carsten"

The Methodological Divide of Sociology: Evidence from Two Decades of Journal Publications by Schwemmer, Carsten, Wieczorek, Oliver

“…Past research indicates that Sociology is a low-consensus discipline, where different schools of thought have distinct expectations about suitable scientific…”
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Social Media Sellout: The Increasing Role of Product Promotion on YouTube by Schwemmer, Carsten, Ziewiecki, Sandra

“…Since its foundation in 2005, YouTube, which is considered to be the largest video sharing site, has undergone substantial changes. Over the last decade, the…”
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The Limited Influence of Right-Wing Movements on Social Media User Engagement by Schwemmer, Carsten

“…This article generates new insights into the dynamic interplay between social media content generated by right-wing movements, user engagement, and the public…”
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Xenophobia before and after the Paris 2015 attacks: Evidence from a natural experiment by Jungkunz, Sebastian, Helbling, Marc, Schwemmer, Carsten

“…In light of ongoing debates that discuss the link between Muslim migration and terrorist attacks in various European cities, this paper investigates how…”
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Diagnosing Gender Bias in Image Recognition Systems by Schwemmer, Carsten, Knight, Carly, Bello-Pardo, Emily D., Oklobdzija, Stan, Schoonvelde, Martijn, Lockhart, Jeffrey W.

“…Image recognition systems offer the promise to learn from images at scale without requiring expert knowledge. However, past research suggests that machine…”
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Election proximity and representation focus in party-constrained environments by Fernandes, Jorge M., Leston-Bandeira, Cristina, Schwemmer, Carsten

“…Do elected representatives have a time-constant representation focus or do they adapt their focus depending on election proximity? In this article, we examine…”
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The Rise of Political Influencers—Perspectives on a Trend Towards Meaningful Content by Riedl, Magdalena, Schwemmer, Carsten, Ziewiecki, Sandra, Ross, Lisa M.

“…Despite an increasing information overflow in the era of digital communication, influencers manage to draw the attention of their followers with an authentic…”
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Manipulative tactics are the norm in political emails: Evidence from 300K emails from the 2020 US election cycle by Mathur, Arunesh, Wang, Angelina, Schwemmer, Carsten, Hamin, Maia, Stewart, Brandon M, Narayanan, Arvind

“…We collect and analyze a corpus of more than 300,000 political emails sent during the 2020 US election cycle. These emails were sent by over 3000 political…”
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Ride with Me - Ethnic Discrimination, Social Markets and the Sharing Economy by Tjaden, Jasper Dag, Schwemmer, Carsten, Khadjavi, Menusch

“…We study ethnic discrimination in the sharing economy using the example of online carpooling marketplaces. Based on a unique dataset of 16,624 real rides from…”
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Collective sense-making in times of crisis: Connecting terror management theory with Twitter user reactions to the Berlin terrorist attack by Fischer-Preßler, Diana, Schwemmer, Carsten, Fischbach, Kai

“…Recent terrorist attacks have increased the need to examine the public's response to such threats. This study focuses on the content of Twitter messages…”
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MPs' principals and the substantive representation of disadvantaged immigrant groups by Geese, Lucas, Schwemmer, Carsten

“…This article provides an alternative understanding of the substantive representation of immigrant-origin citizens compared to previous work in the 'politics of…”
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Whose ideas are worth spreading? The representation of women and ethnic groups in TED talks by Schwemmer, Carsten, Jungkunz, Sebastian

“…We investigate the representation of women and ethnic groups in TED talks, which reach a large online audience on YouTube with science-related content and…”
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The impact of candidate selection rules and electoral vulnerability on legislative behaviour in comparative perspective by FERNANDES, JORGE M., GEESE, LUCAS, SCHWEMMER, CARSTEN

“…Legislators are political actors whose main goal is to get re‐elected. They use their legislative repertoire to help them cater to the interests of their…”
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The Politics of Select Committee Assignments in the British House of Commons by Fernandes, Jorge M., Saalfeld, Thomas, Schwemmer, Carsten

“…Legislative committees usually combine legislative and oversight functions. Most research has focused on the former. The British House of Commons offers an…”
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Politicization and Right-Wing Normalization on YouTube: A Topic-Based Analysis of the "Alternative Influence Network" by Knüpfer, Curd Benjamin, Schwemmer, Carsten, Heft, Annett

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Just Another Day on Twitter: A Complete 24 Hours of Twitter Data by Pfeffer, Juergen, Matter, Daniel, Jaidka, Kokil, Varol, Onur, Mashhadi, Afra, Lasser, Jana, Assenmacher, Dennis, Wu, Siqi, Yang, Diyi, Brantner, Cornelia, Romero, Daniel M, Otterbacher, Jahna, Schwemmer, Carsten, Joseph, Kenneth, Garcia, David, Morstatter, Fred

“…At the end of October 2022, Elon Musk concluded his acquisition of Twitter. In the weeks and months before that, several questions were publicly discussed that…”
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