There is a spiral of silence in Polish society

There is a spiral of silence in Polish society

Our latest nationwide CATI study, conducted between May 12th and 16th, 2025, confirms this phenomenon!

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Poles on AI - LBM UW report

Poles on AI - LBM UW report

The survey was intended to help answer questions about Poles' exposure to information about AI, their level of acceptance for various AI-based technological solutions used in specific areas of life, and their general opinions on the use of AI in various areas of life.

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How do Polish media portray the EU in the opinion of Poles?

How do Polish media portray the EU in the opinion of Poles?

A LBM UW CATI survey on the EU in Polish media, as viewed by Poles. The survey was conducted between June 3rd and 6th, 2024, with 1,219 respondents

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On Monday, January 8, 2024, the defense of the project "Assessing the relevance of biometric data measurements by implementing a customized video game focusing on a cognitive approach" took place. - Olivier Bouel de Mareuil and Robin Brissuaud.

It was implemented by the Laboratory of Media Studies UW, together with the Saint-Cyr Military Academy.

Cadets Olivier Boula de Mareuil and Robin Brissiaud worked programmatically in the Unreal 5 environment on the final result of the project, which is a puzzle game set in the building of a military base.

As part of their stay, in addition to producing the game, pilot tests were conducted, and the cadets gained knowledge in game design and conducting biometric tests.

First ERC Consolidator for social communication and media sciences at the University of Warsaw!
Prof. Magdalena Wojcieszak has received an ERC Consolidator grant (€2 million) for the project NEWSUSE: Incentivizing Citizen Exposure to Quality News Online. In today's world, many people feel anxious about information bubbles or fake news.

The project aims to encourage citizens to obtain balanced information. "Incentivizing Citizen Exposure to Quality News Online: Framework and Tools (NEWSUSE)".

Members of the Laboratory od Media Studies UW, Adam Balcerzak, M.Sc., and Marcin Łączyński, M.Sc., participated in the virtual "11th Machine Intelligence and Digital Interaction MIDI Conference" #MIDIConference in December 2023, where in a talk entitled "Real-time gameplay data and biometric measurement integration as a data source for game user research" they presented the results of their research, which is one of the outcomes of a project carried out jointly with the Military Academy in Saint-Cyr.

A paper with the same title, also co-authored by Prof. Tomasz Gackowski and Prof. Aline Hufschmitt, will be published in a post-conference book by the Springer publishing house Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Series.

The Knowledge-Share Communities #university&emmahub two-day workshop kicked off at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Journalism, Information and Bibliology on November 16-17, 2023. This is one of the most important scientific events this fall at our Faculty, with researchers from as many as 18 countries participating.

The coordinators of the workshop include members of the Laboratory of Media Studies team: Anna Mierzecka, PhD, and Karolina Brylska, PhD.

https://emmahub.wdib.uw.edu.pl/?fbclid=IwAR2lZycUf036hJH2mTWPfbER3Ggp60sG9Av4PIQFBjq9W3zYtET3iSr9Rlk 

  1. Competition for the position of assistant professor (postdoc) for the project "Maintaining an integrated research infrastructure for media behavioral studies at LBM UW"
  2. LBM representation at ECREA 2023 conference in Porto
  3. Another project in collaboration with École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
  4. World of Media Transition - International Scientific Seminar