Publications

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). More than News! Mapping the Deliberative Potential of Political Online Ecosystems with Digital Trace Data. SocArXiv, Twitter summary, Discussion with TeDCog Bristol

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

Lorenz-Spreen, P.*, Oswald, L.*, Lewandowsky, S., & Hertwig, R. (2022). A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy. Nature Human Behaviour, 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