Professor of Media Psychology @TUChemnitz • Interested in digital media, social machines, and oxford commas • World's greatest fan of 'Rain, 10 hours.mp3' ☔https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.dehttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3mdxhikw5a22aAccording to our anonymous student evaluations, I am now a certified "Süßmaus"—which can be vaguely translated to 'sweet mouse,' even though that doesn't fully capture its nuances of endearment. So can I get an emoji combining 🥸 and 🐭 in the next Unicode update, please?03 Feb 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxhikw5a22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3m7kvymctds2aOk, ok, I yield... you will also find me on LinkedIn now 😌 To all my moots (as the youngsters say): Feel free to connect.... if I don't find you first! :) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-philipp-stein-a5973022a/09 Dec 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kvymctds2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lyna6jfgwk22Concluding our team's run at #MediaPsych25, Dr. Sarah Lutz presents her and @chrbuettner.bsky.social's neat study on the immediate effects of unmatching experiences in the online dating context—all while casually chairing her own session 🙌12 Sep 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyna6jfgwk22https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lyl3wfhl3k22Next up at #MediaPsych2025, our PhD candidate Jiyeon Yeo is presenting a poster about her highly innovative study on body-positive virtual influencers... feel free to stop by (Poster #5) and learn more!11 Sep 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl3wfhl3k22https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lyksrglyos2rContinuing our team's presence at #MediaPsych25, PhD candidate Lisa Forner gave her first ever in-presence presentation on the academic stage, talking about her longitudinal research into parasocial contact—well done, Lisa 👏11 Sep 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyksrglyos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lykhip3j4k2iPhD candidate and MP team member Julian Bornemeier doing a great job presenting our research on AI bias perceptions in the context of ideological attitudes–to a full house at #MediaPsych202511 Sep 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykhip3j4k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lxigdhcgvk23@amperjay.bsky.social giving yet another phenomenal presentation—the first keynote in our 2025 Sci-Fi Summer School at TU Chemnitz. Way to discuss mental models so both undergraduates and advanced post-docs can take something away from it 🫰🏻28 Aug 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxigdhcgvk23https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lrnphtutjs25Always chilling on his little chair next to me as I wrote a Master's thesis, a PhD dissertation, and my first grant proposal. Moved with me all over the country as the career required such mobility. And stayed my loyal friend for 15 years, through many personal hardships. I'm so grateful, Gilbi 💔15 Jun 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnphtutjs25https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lrkzvb24ak2oThis is so well-deserved... Congratulations to you, Sarah! 🥳 So excited to witness firsthand how your academic journey continues. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jun 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkzvb24ak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lonmafkhfc2e🚨EVENT ALERT🚨 PhD students and postdocs with an interest in futuristic (social scientific) research are cordially invited to the 2025 Summer School "How much science is in science fiction?" at #TUChemnitz (August 28-29) 👩‍🚀 Great keynotes, workshops, & discussions await! Deadline + Event Website ⤵️08 May 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonmafkhfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lfuga555l22cI would like to use the current, decision-letter fueled #ICA25 buzz to send my gratitude to the program/division/interest group chairs—who surely invested a lot of their time to handle this enormous review extravaganza. 🙏16 Jan 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfuga555l22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lfsx6px6sc2nDon't get me wrong, I can't wait for an opportunity to meet my international peers and friends again, so that list already has a huge PRO 🫠 #ICA [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsx6px6sc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lfswygkvys2nReally delighted that my team and I got several submissions accepted at #ICA25, but those letters were followed by a moment of contemplation: Spending my birthday in Trumpland honestly wasn't on my bucket list for 2025. Got a pro/con list to fill out... 🤔💭15 Jan 2025 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfswygkvys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3leytrxns2s2oWhat do you mean this is not what a regular home office looks like...?!05 Jan 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3leytrxns2s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lddlelvnnk26Really grateful for yet another opportunity to work with you, @amperjay.bsky.social — and very excited for this awesome collection to hit the shelves! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2024 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lddlelvnnk26https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3ldbla2qqoc2sEver since we found a ripped-off Barbie arm on a beach in Greece, our family has owned the most perfectly proportioned spoon to put herbs and salt on our breakfest eggs.14 Dec 2024 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbla2qqoc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lcksqvpcys2zBased on our 12-item scale to measure attitudes towards AI (ATTARI-12), my colleagues @tgnambs.bsky.social & @markusappel.bsky.social, as well as the team over at the #SOEP have now developed a new short questionnaire to measure domain-specific AI attitudes in healthcare, education, and at work ⤵️05 Dec 2024 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcksqvpcys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lbk7odtpcc2pIf I have to see MS Word's squiggly red line below my futile attempts to spell ̷f̷i̷c̷t̷i̷c̷i̷o̷u̷s̷ fictitious correctly on the first try, I will seriously just call it a day.22 Nov 2024 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbk7odtpcc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lbge6cy3rc2fRain and thunder are my JAM when writing papers—and by now, I've become a true sommelier of nature soundfiles. Soft rain trickling on a tin roof? No problem. Distant thunder, strong wind, heavy drops? I've got just the one. Tropical storm raining down on lush leaves? There you go 🌧⛈️🌿21 Nov 2024 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbge6cy3rc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lawdfr3tjc2xTrying-to-cough-whenever-my-senile-cat-meows-in-the-background-of-a-Zoom-meeting challenge! https://media.tenor.com/0iWWMFBaZwQAAAAC/mr-bean-husten.gif?hh=459&ww=49814 Nov 2024 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawdfr3tjc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3lawd2fmxzc2xHere's an idea: How about instead of procrastinating, we all start to prosocial-crastinate...? I mean—delaying urgent task to do good deeds for someone else *does* sound better, doesn't it? 😵‍💫✨14 Nov 2024 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawd2fmxzc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3kpft3ebbgq2iGlad and honored to enter the world of electrical engineering with a piece of commentary for Nature Reviews EE 🪛🤖 Together with the great Karl MacDorman, I discuss new challenges that await at the border of today's 'uncanny valley of mind': https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00041-w05 Apr 2024 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpft3ebbgq2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3kkohd7rslt24In 2024, many more discussions about AI will be held—not least regarding public acceptance & user concerns. In our new OA paper, we offer a reliable, economic, and psychologically informed measure to capture people's attitudes towards AI 📃 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-024-53335-205 Feb 2024 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkohd7rslt24https://bsky.app/profile/jpstein.de/post/3kapdhncnck2uHoping that the social media ecosystem will finally agree on a new Twitter-esque platform that feels safe and fun and useful again—potentially this one: Hi again, academic peers! 👋🏻01 Oct 2023 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:srpad4m5d6acs4kkvv3dqemt/app.bsky.feed.post/3kapdhncnck2u