Publications
Current Projects
Oswald, L. & Lorenz-Spreen, P. (2024). Dynamics of Digital Discourse: A Collective Field Experiment on Reddit.
Oswald, L., Kozyreva, A., Nickl, P. L., Herzog, S. & Hertwig, R. (2024). Lateral reading and online search to boost citizens’ competent navigation of online environments: testing interventions with web tracking data.
Working Papers
Oswald, L. (2023). Effects of Preemptive Empathy Interventions on Reply Toxicity among Highly Active Social Media Users. SocArXiv
Oswald, L., Munzert, S., Barberá, P., Guess, A., and Yang, J. (2022). Beyond the tip of the iceberg? Exploring Characteristics of the Online Public with Digital Trace Data. SocArXiv
Oswald, L. (2022). Automating the Analysis of Online Deliberation? A Comparison of Manual and Computational Measures Applied to Climate Change Discussions. SocArXiv, Twitter summary
Peer-reviewed papers
Younger-Khan, S., Weidmann, N. B., & Oswald, L. (2024). Consistent effects of science and scientist characteristics on public trust across political regimes. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03909-2
Oswald, L. (2024). More than news! Mapping the deliberative potential of a political online ecosystem with digital trace data. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03115-0
Lorenz-Spreen, P.*, Oswald, L.*, Lewandowsky, S., & Hertwig, R. (2023). A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(1), Article 1. DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01460-1. , Twitter summary, popular press features in The Atlantic, Techpolicy, The New Yorker, and The New York Times
Oswald, L. & Bright, J. (2022). How Do Climate Change Skeptics Engage with Opposing Views Online? Evidence from a Major Climate Change Skeptic Forum on Reddit, Environmental Communication, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2022.2071314 Publication, preprint, media feature, Twitter summary, Presentation at ICP 2021
Klaus, G., Oswald, L., Ernst, A., & Merk, C. (2021). Effects of opinion statements on laypeople’s acceptance of a climate engineering technology. Comparing the source credibility of researchers, politicians and a citizens’ jury. Journal of Science Communication, DOI: 10.22323/2.20010203 Publication
Oswald, L., & Ernst, A. (2020). Flying in the Face of Climate Change: Quantitative psychological approach examining the social drivers of individual air travel, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1812616 Publication, preprint, online supplement
Klaus, G., Ernst, A., & Oswald, L. (2020). Psychological factors influencing laypersons’ acceptance of climate engineering, climate change mitigation and business as usual scenarios. Technology in Society, 60, 101222. Publication
Dissertation
Oswald, L. (2023). Public Discourse in Online Environments. Contributions to description, measurement and communication behavior change in political online ecosystems. Hertie School. DOI: 10.48462/opus4-5066, German essay summary