European Science-Media Hub

Interview with Prof Dietram A. Scheufele on the challenges of science communication today

More evidence does not move a skeptical public; often, it makes them sit tighter. Prof Dietram A. Scheufele, an expert in science communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, explains why science communication often fails on polarized topics and how AI may worsen the problem. Science communication...

on July 22, 2026 - Articles, Communication

ESMH : Science and Practice of Virality on Social Media

Social Sciences, Videos

What drives virality on social media platforms? And how the European message can be conveyed more effectively?

on May 22, 2019
ESMH Press Review – May 22, 2019

Media review

Autonomous vehicles, mitigation of soil erosion and fake news: check the ESMH selection of 19 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media !

on May 22, 2019
Kristof Varga : "Content does not make things viral. People do."

Articles, Social Sciences

Kristof Varga is a Consultant on policy development and social media and formerly Director of the Public Division at Bakamo.Social. He participated in the ESMH event Virality and influencers in digital communication on 3 April 2019 in the European Parliament.

on May 15, 2019
ESMH Press Review – May 8, 2019

Media review

GDPR first anniversary, ecosystems and alternative medicine: check the ESMH selection of 19 science and tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!

on May 08, 2019
Online disinformation during elections : researchers in Europe team up to monitor and analyse the situation

Articles, Disinformation

As has been the case for many recent national elections, the European Parliament elections are also facing the challenges of online disinformation. The European Commission is making an extra effort to push giant tech companies to implement a voluntary code of conduct against disinformation. European...

on May 02, 2019
STOA Study : Technology and social polarisation

STOA studies

Consult the full study With the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it became clear how technologies such as social media and techniques such as psychological profiling can be combined in election campaigns with worrying effects. Personalised political messaging is highly automated. It starts and ends with...

on May 02, 2019
STOA Study : Polarisation and the news media in Europe

STOA studies

This report describes a review of the literature examining the effect of news use on polarisation across Europe. In considering work concerned with both the supply side of news (news production) and the demand side (news consumption), the report concludes that across Europe there is as yet little evidence...

on May 02, 2019
ESMH Press Review – April 26, 2019

Media review

Internet bots, a new vaccine against malaria and some latest reports on disinformation: check the ESMH selection of 24 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media !

on April 26, 2019