Florian Golo Flaßhoff, M.A. & M.A , studied empirical media and communication research as well as global mass communication at the University of Leipzig. During his studies, he gained practical experience in communication agencies, in market and social research, and as a tutor and student advisor at the Institute for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig. Following his master’s studies, he worked in subscription management for publishers and in corporate consulting with a focus on decision psychology. Since 2022, he has been a research associate at the Chair of Communication and Media Studies I at the Institute of Social Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. He is involved in the research projects “Opinion Monitor Artificial Intelligence [MeMo:KI]” and “Large Language Models as Communicative Actors”.

• Research on digitalization

Projects:

• Large Language Models as Communicative Actors
• Opinion Monitor Artificial Intelligence [MeMo:KI]
  • Current project phase: MeMo:KI 3.0
  • Previous project phase: MeMo:KI 2.0

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

Flaßhoff, F. G., Anicker, F., & Marcinkowski, F. (2025). Use Matters: How different ways of using ChatGPT drive AI acceptance and solutionism. Human-Machine Communication. (in press).

Anicker, F., Flaßhoff, F. G., & Marcinkowski, F. (2024). The Matrix of AI Agency: On the Demarcation Problem in Social Theory. Sociological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/07352751241289925

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Marcinkowski, F., & Flaßhoff, F. G. (2024). Exploring the common wisdom on artificial intelligence and its political consequences: The case of Germany. In M. W. Bauer & B. Schiele (Eds.), AI and Common Sense (pp. 126–142). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032626192-14

Anicker, F., & Flaßhoff, F. G. (2024). Common-sense attributions of AI agency. In M. W. Bauer & B. Schiele (Eds.), AI and Common Sense (pp. 179–194). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032626192-18

Research Reports and Factsheets

Kero, S., Akyürek, S. Y., & Flaßhoff, F. G. (February 2024). AI and values. Factsheet No. 11 of the Opinion Monitor Artificial Intelligence. Available at www.cais-research.de/wp-content/uploads/Factsheet-11-EN-values.pdf

Kero, S., Akyürek, S.Y., & Flaßhoff, F. G. (December 2023). People’s awareness and acceptance of ChatGPT in Germany. Factsheet No. 10 of the Opinion Monitor Artificial Intelligence. Available at www.cais-research.de/wp-content/uploads/Factsheet-10-EN-Acceptance-ChatGPT.pdf

Kero, S., & Flaßhoff, F. G. (July 2023). AI and energy security: What does the German population think about the use of AI to ensure energy security (in the crisis)? Factsheet No. 9 of the Opinion Monitor Artificial Intelligence. Available at www.cais-research.de/wp-content/uploads/Factsheet-9-EN-Energy-safety.pdf

Kero, S., Flaßhoff, F. G., Mühl, A., Laukötter, E., Došenović, P. (February 2023). Art creates AI creates art: What does the German public think about the use of artificial intelligence in art? (How) does the public perceive that art and cultural objects also shape ideas about AI? Factsheet No. 8 of the Artificial Intelligence Opinion Monitor. Available at www.cais-research.de/wp-content/uploads/Factsheet-8-Culture.pdf