Florian Töpfl
Biographic Data
| ID | 5905727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florian Töpfl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florian |
| FAMILY NAME | Töpfl |
| SIGNATURE | TÖPFL F |
| AFFILIATIONS | (1977), Dr. phil. habil., Kommunikationswissenschaftler, Professor für Politische Kommunikation mit Schwerpunkt auf Osteuropa und die postsowjetische Region, Universität Passau |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Brutalisierung und Repression: Russlands Krieg und der Wandel der Öffentlichkeit. Russia’s War and the Transformation of Public Life
Forged Examples as Disinformation: The Biasing Effects of Political Astroturfing Comments on Public Opinion Perceptions and How to Prevent Them
Online astroturfing is a novel form of disinformation that relies on the imitation of citizen voices to create the false impression that a particular view or idea has widespread support in society. In this study, we test if political online astroturfing messages (i.e., forged user comments beneath digital news items) can influence perceptions of public opinion on three issues: the poisoning of the former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripa…
The disconcerting potential of online disinformation: Persuasive effects of astroturfing comments and three strategies for inoculation against them
This study is the first to scrutinize the psychological effects of online astroturfing in the context of Russia’s digitally enabled foreign propaganda. Online astroturfing is a communicative strategy that uses websites, “sock puppets,” or social bots to create the false impression that a particular opinion has widespread public support. We exposed N = 2353 subjects to pro-Russian astroturfing comments and tested: (1) their effects on political op…
Mediensysteme in Transformationsprozessen
Wie entstehen pluralistische Mediensysteme – und warum nicht? Die vorliegende Arbeit entwirft einen Analyserahmen für vergleichende Studien von Mediensystemen in Transformationsprozessen sowie von Mediensystemen in semi-demokratischen Herrschaftsordnungen: eine „Typologie defekter Mediensysteme“. Dieses Analysewerkzeug ist dazu geeignet, ländervergleichende Studien von Mediensystemen zu strukturieren und zu leiten. Systematisch gegenüberstellen l…
The disconcerting potential of online disinformation: Persuasive effects of astroturfing comments and three strategies for inoculation against them
This study is the first to scrutinize the psychological effects of online astroturfing in the context of Russia’s digitally enabled foreign propaganda. Online astroturfing is a communicative strategy that uses websites, “sock puppets,” or social bots to create the false impression that a particular opinion has widespread public support. We exposed N = 2353 subjects to pro-Russian astroturfing comments and tested: (1) their effects on political op…
Forged Examples as Disinformation: The Biasing Effects of Political Astroturfing Comments on Public Opinion Perceptions and How to Prevent Them
Online astroturfing is a novel form of disinformation that relies on the imitation of citizen voices to create the false impression that a particular view or idea has widespread support in society. In this study, we test if political online astroturfing messages (i.e., forged user comments beneath digital news items) can influence perceptions of public opinion on three issues: the poisoning of the former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripa…
Mediensysteme in Transformationsprozessen
Wie entstehen pluralistische Mediensysteme – und warum nicht? Die vorliegende Arbeit entwirft einen Analyserahmen für vergleichende Studien von Mediensystemen in Transformationsprozessen sowie von Mediensystemen in semi-demokratischen Herrschaftsordnungen: eine „Typologie defekter Mediensysteme“. Dieses Analysewerkzeug ist dazu geeignet, ländervergleichende Studien von Mediensystemen zu strukturieren und zu leiten. Systematisch gegenüberstellen l…
The disconcerting potential of online disinformation: Persuasive effects of astroturfing comments and three strategies for inoculation against them
This study is the first to scrutinize the psychological effects of online astroturfing in the context of Russia’s digitally enabled foreign propaganda. Online astroturfing is a communicative strategy that uses websites, “sock puppets,” or social bots to create the false impression that a particular opinion has widespread public support. We exposed N = 2353 subjects to pro-Russian astroturfing comments and tested: (1) their effects on political op…
Forged Examples as Disinformation: The Biasing Effects of Political Astroturfing Comments on Public Opinion Perceptions and How to Prevent Them
Online astroturfing is a novel form of disinformation that relies on the imitation of citizen voices to create the false impression that a particular view or idea has widespread support in society. In this study, we test if political online astroturfing messages (i.e., forged user comments beneath digital news items) can influence perceptions of public opinion on three issues: the poisoning of the former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripa…
Brutalisierung und Repression: Russlands Krieg und der Wandel der Öffentlichkeit. Russia’s War and the Transformation of Public Life
Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disinformation (2 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (2 works) · Internet privacy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)