Benedikt Fecher
Biographic Data
| ID | 6478540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benedikt Fecher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benedikt |
| FAMILY NAME | Fecher |
| SIGNATURE | FECHER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0982-196X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The engagement paradox
TikTok has become an increasingly important platform for communication, yet it remains understudied in science communication research. This commentary addresses this gap by discussing findings from an exploratory interview study with social scientists who actively communicate about science on TikTok. Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews and one author's platform experience, we examine the types of hostility researchers encounter and ho…
Scholars Under Attack — Navigating the dark side of public engagement and science communication in a politicised (online) environment
Michael R. Müller / Jürgen Raab / Hans-Georg Soeffner (Hrsg.), Gewagtes Wissen
Scientific policy advice on sustainable development
This paper presents an in-depth case study about the Dialogue between Scientific Councils, also referred to as the Beirätedialog, which is a format for cross-sectoral science policy consulting on sustainable development in Germany. Set up to address current trends, it is designed to facilitate deliberation and collective knowledge creation between scientists and policymakers. Based on 4 years of participatory observation, we analyze to what exten…
Friend or foe? Exploring the implications of large language models on the science system
The advent of ChatGPT by OpenAI has prompted extensive discourse on its potential implications for science and higher education. While the impact on education has been a primary focus, there is limited empirical research on the effects of large language models (LLMs) and LLM-based chatbots on science and scientific practice. To investigate this further, we conducted a Delphi study involving 72 researchers specializing in AI and digitization. The …
Setting up crowd science projects
Crowd science is scientific research that is conducted with the participation of volunteers who are not professional scientists. Thanks to the Internet and online platforms, project initiators can draw on a potentially large number of volunteers. This crowd can be involved to support data-rich or labour-intensive projects that would otherwise be unfeasible. So far, research on crowd science has mainly focused on analysing individual crowd science…
Research Handbook on Digital Transformations
Open Science
Open Science is an umbrella term encompassing a multitude of assumptions about the future of knowledge creation and dissemination. Based on a literature review, this chapter aims at structuring the overall discourse by proposing five Open Science schools of thought: The infrastructure school (which is concerned with the technological architecture), the public school (which is concerned with the accessibility of knowledge creation), the measuremen…
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Open Science
Open Science is an umbrella term encompassing a multitude of assumptions about the future of knowledge creation and dissemination. Based on a literature review, this chapter aims at structuring the overall discourse by proposing five Open Science schools of thought: The infrastructure school (which is concerned with the technological architecture), the public school (which is concerned with the accessibility of knowledge creation), the measuremen…
Research Handbook on Digital Transformations
Setting up crowd science projects
Crowd science is scientific research that is conducted with the participation of volunteers who are not professional scientists. Thanks to the Internet and online platforms, project initiators can draw on a potentially large number of volunteers. This crowd can be involved to support data-rich or labour-intensive projects that would otherwise be unfeasible. So far, research on crowd science has mainly focused on analysing individual crowd science…
Friend or foe? Exploring the implications of large language models on the science system
The advent of ChatGPT by OpenAI has prompted extensive discourse on its potential implications for science and higher education. While the impact on education has been a primary focus, there is limited empirical research on the effects of large language models (LLMs) and LLM-based chatbots on science and scientific practice. To investigate this further, we conducted a Delphi study involving 72 researchers specializing in AI and digitization. The …
Scientific policy advice on sustainable development
This paper presents an in-depth case study about the Dialogue between Scientific Councils, also referred to as the Beirätedialog, which is a format for cross-sectoral science policy consulting on sustainable development in Germany. Set up to address current trends, it is designed to facilitate deliberation and collective knowledge creation between scientists and policymakers. Based on 4 years of participatory observation, we analyze to what exten…
Michael R. Müller / Jürgen Raab / Hans-Georg Soeffner (Hrsg.), Gewagtes Wissen
The engagement paradox
TikTok has become an increasingly important platform for communication, yet it remains understudied in science communication research. This commentary addresses this gap by discussing findings from an exploratory interview study with social scientists who actively communicate about science on TikTok. Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews and one author's platform experience, we examine the types of hostility researchers encounter and ho…
Scholars Under Attack — Navigating the dark side of public engagement and science communication in a politicised (online) environment
Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Engineering ethics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Science communication (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Open Source Software Innovations (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)