DigiMoDKilian Buehling is a Research Associate of the Dynamics of Digital Mobilization research group in the research project “DIFFCONT – Diffusion dynamics of conspiracy theories and adaptation strategies in hybrid information ecologies” at the Freie Universität Berlin.
He received his master’s degree in Economics from the Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), where he subsequently worked as Research Assistant in the Junior Research Group Knowledge and Technology Transfer. He is currently conducting research in the Research Group “Dynamics of Digital Mobilisation” on transnational communication processes and network dynamics of anti-democratic and conspiracy theory groups in online information ecosystems.
Digital forums like 4chan and Reddit, along with social media platforms such as Twitter (now known as “X”), play a crucial role in the narration and spread of conspiracy theories. These platforms can serve as both a protected breeding ground for conspiracy theories, offering unmoderated, (semi-)public digital spaces to radicalized users, and as the primary […]
Many civil society and academic projects are engaged in documenting and analyzing conspiracy theory, anti-democratic or racist discourse on social media. Kilian Buehling has investigated to what extent the results of these efforts are influenced by the time of data collection. In this article, he summarizes the results of a recently published study. A bizarre […]
Social media has become a central stage for conspiracy-theoretical, anti-democratic, and racist discourses. But how can such content be effectively documented and analyzed – and what role does the timing of data collection play in this process? Dr. Kilian Bühling has explored these questions in a recent study that highlights how dynamic and time-sensitive these […]