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The role of women in social media trends [27.03.2025]
On March 17, Jana Dombrowski gave a talk on the topic of “Social media and the role of women”. The talk took place as part of the Women's Culture Days 2025 in Marl.more
Diversity-X on tour [17.03.2025]
To coincide with International Women's Day on March 11, we will be presenting the Diversity-X app at several events over the coming weeksmore
Christa Seric Geiger Prize awarded to Sabine Trepte [12.03.2025]
Professor Sabine Trepte’s research on social media was honored with the Christa Seric Geiger Award.more
Bad News, Doomscrolling, Negativity Bias [28.02.2025]
The question repeatedly arises as to how people select and process bad news in times of global crises, wars, and local attacks.more
Diversity-X: A simple tool to increase citation diversity [25.09.2024]
We are excited to introduce Diversity-X, an innovative tool designed to assess and address the diversity of citations in your academic work. Diversity-X evaluates gender and national diversity in research articles, student coursework, syllabi, and more. With Diversity-X, we aim to help close existing citation gaps and ensure that all relevant literature is recognized.more
Interview on the media impact of TikTok in Dein SPIEGEL [06.09.2024]
In an interview with Dein SPIEGEL, Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte talks about the effects of TikTok use and suggests ways for children to deal with itmore
Keynote speech by Prof. Trepte at the Hessischer Jugendring in Frankfurt [06.09.2024]
On 05.09.2024, Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte gave a lecture on “Social media: between disinformation, addiction and the promotion of identity and education”. The lecture was hosted by Hessischer Jugendring.more