Dennis Frie

Biographic Data

ID4394500
NAMEDennis Frie
GIVEN NAMESDennis
FAMILY NAMEFrie
SIGNATUREFRIE D
AFFILIATIONSHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
ORCID0000-0002-6604-452X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS31
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • AI and Deliberation: Normative Ideals in the Light of Current AI Research - A Review

    Open AccessDennis Frie, Carina Weinmann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Deliberative Democracy2025

    This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.This paper reviews current research on artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of online discussions, using deliberative norms as a theoretical framework. Focusing on deliberative dimensions of civility, equality, rationality, and reciprocity, the study examines 171 articles, finding that most AI research to date emphasizes enhancing rationality and civility in onli…

  • From Unpolitical Sporadics to Political Activists: Identifying political social media user types

    Open AccessGerrit Philipps, Ole Kelm et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Communication2025References: 43

    The diversity of social media platforms has expanded the possibilities for citizens to encounter political content and express political opinions. However, the patterns of users’ contact with political information and political expression across different platforms are largely unclear. Based on survey data from Germany ( n = 1054), this study investigates social media use, exposure to political content, and political expression across nine platfo…

  • Which Perceived Opinion Climates Influence the Participation in Online Political Discussions

    Ole Kelm, Marco Dohle et al.ARTICLEJournal of Broadcasting &…2024

    Based on the Spiral of Silence theory, we posit that people perceive opinion climates on three different levels: the opinion climate (1) in society, (2) among their friends, and (3) in a specific situation. Based on a three-wave panel survey with two embedded experiments (N = 1,286), we analyze whether these perceived opinion climates influence the participation in online political discussions. Results show that perceptions of the opinion climate…

  • The Doctors of Democracy: Self-Image and Democratic Values of Participatory Practitioners

    Open AccessDennis Frie, Nina Katharina HerffARTICLEJournal of Deliberative Democracy2023

    Against the backdrop of a perceived crisis of democracy, governments around the globe have extended citizens’ opportunities for public participation. Due to the increasing routinization of participatory processes, a vibrant participation industry has emerged where Professional Participation Practitioners (PPP) sell their services and knowledge to public clients. Despite the powerful role PPP play throughout the process of public participation, sc…

  • What Creates Listening Online? Exploring Reciprocity in Online Political Discussions with Relational Content Analysis

    Open AccessKatharina Esau, Dennis FrieARTICLEJournal of Deliberative Democracy2022

    Democratic governments frequently use online tools to include large numbers of citizens in participation processes. Against the backdrop of deliberative theories, such initiatives are subject to normative needs. This article examines the equality of participation. Previous research has mainly focused on equality in terms of access to, and voice within, deliberation processes. However, much less is known about the factors that influence the distri…

  • Political online participation and its effects: Theory, measurement, and results

    Open AccessDennis Frie, Tobias Escher et al.ARTICLEPolicy & Internet2021

    The internet is an important means for people to engage in acts of political participation. While in the early days of Social Science research on the Internet this might have been a controversial statement because of barriers in access to the Internet and doubts about the significance of online activities, today this is a commonplace hardly worth mentioning, let alone in this journal. The internet and the various applications that it enables has …

  • Collective Civic Moderation for Deliberation? Exploring the Links between Citizens’ Organized Engagement in Comment Sections and the Deliberative Quality of Online Discussions

    Dennis Frie, Marc Ziegele et al.ARTICLEPolitical Communication2020Cited by: 25References: 65

    High degrees of incivility and hostility in comment sections potentially threaten a deliberative and inclusive discussion atmosphere. News outlets are struggling with effectively moderating such discussions. This study investigates the novel approach of collective civic moderation (CCM) – a strategic and concerted moderation effort by groups of citizens that aims at improving the quality of online discussions. Using the example of the German acti…

  • Populismus auf Facebook: Ein explorativer Vergleich der Parteien- und Anschlusskommunikation von AfD, CDU und SPD

    Open AccessElina Spieß, Dennis Frie et al.ARTICLEZeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft2020Cited by: 2References: 57

    Die Beziehung zwischen Medien und Populismus ist in den letzten Jahren vermehrt in den Fokus wissenschaftlichen Interesses gerückt. Mit Blick auf das Internet und soziale Medien wurde schon früh eine strukturelle Kompatibilität für populistische Kommunikation theoretisiert. Entsprechend haben Studien auch empirisch untersucht, in welchem Ausmaß politische Akteure populistische Inhalte online publizieren. Der explorative Beitrag knüpft an diese Fo…

  • Letting the faculty deliberate: Analyzing online deliberation in academia using a comprehensive approach

    Dennis Frie, Dennis M FriessARTICLEJournal of Information Technology…2018Cited by: 1References: 33

    While the scholarship on online deliberation has recently witnessed remarkable growth, most studies have focused on different parts of deliberation, thus neglecting other parts of the theorized process. This paper presents a case study of online deliberation in academia using a framework including three analytical parts: a design fostering deliberation (institutional inputs), the quality of the communication process (communicative throughput), an…

  • What Do Participants Take Away from Local eParticipation: Analyzing the Success of Local eParticipation Initiatives from a Democratic Citizens’ Perspective

    Open AccessDennis Frie, Dennis Frieß et al.ARTICLEAnalyse & Kritik2018

    This paper asks how the intensity of individual local eParticipation affects users’ perception of democratically valuable effects. Drawing on participatory and deliberative theory literature we extract four participatory effects- internal political efficacy, common good orientation, tolerance, and legitimacy. Furthermore, the paper examines which cognitive factors may moderate the relationship between intensity of participation and perception of …

  • Demokratisierung durch Partizipation? Empirische Ergebnisse und neue Fragestellungen zivilgesellschaftlicher Beteiligung jenseits des Staates

    Eva G Heidbreder, Jannis Feller et al.ARTICLEZeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft2014Cited by: 3References: 16

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