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Tobias Schrimpf is a Researcher at the Department of Media Research and Media Use, University of Hohenheim. He contributes to the BMBF-Project "AIDAHO – AI & Data Science Certificate Hohenheim" and focuses on fake news, conspiracy theories, and digital protest communication.
- Education: Master's in Communication Management and Analysis (University of Hohenheim) and Bachelor's in Media Studies and German Studies (University of Tübingen).
His research examines the psychological and media system factors driving conspiracy beliefs, the persistence of misinformation, and the organization of digital protests on social platforms. His 2023 publication highlights network analysis techniques applied to Telegram-based protest movements like Querdenken.
He has presented at major conferences, including the European Communication Conference (ECREA) and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), addressing topics such as climate protest perception, prompt engineering for LLMs, and cross-cultural links between press freedom and pandemic-related misinformation.
- Scientific Awards:
- Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium)
- Particularly committed project supervisor in a Humboldt reloaded project – October 2021
Tobias Schrimpf teaches courses on Python, R, SQL, and computational methods within social sciences as part of the AIDAHO certificate program. His work integrates social network analysis and AI-driven text analysis to study misinformation dynamics.
