Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.

Vielleicht haben „die Töchter“ auch keinen Bock mehr darauf, dass ihre Rechte und ihre Sicherheit für Friedrich Merz immer genau dann von Bedeutung sind, wenn er sie nutzen kann, um seine vollkommen rückwärtsgewandte Politik zu rechtfertigen?

For those on the #polcomm academic job market this year, I am sharing the job market material folder that I put together a few years back. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Dominika Betakova et al. uses a comparative online experiment to test whether nudges could help with #news avoidance. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Last week, I defended my dissertation! 🎉 A big thank you to everyone who made this possible—especially (but not exclusively) @anniewald.bsky.social, @nicolarighetti.bsky.social & the whole @compcommlab.bsky.social! 🫶

New publication, out in Political Analysis: There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually? I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.

Want to join us @univie.ac.at? Our department @ipk-univie.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track professor in interactive communication, with a special focus on human-AI communication. 📆 Apply until September 17! 👀 More information here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... #AcademicSky #CommSky

I'm giving a talk tomorrow! Come join 👩‍🏫

Thinking about using #CSS methods to study #racism, #stereotypes or #hate speech in text? 📐 👉 Check out my first dissertation paper co-authored by @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social just published in Annals of the ICA! @icahdq.bsky.social 🥳 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/annc...

🔊 Invitation: #LeibnizMediaLunchTalk How do right-wing extremists network and communicate on social media platforms? 📅 22 July 🕛 12-1 noon (CEST) 📍 via Zoom @azadekakavand.bsky.social will present findings from her dissertation. ℹ️ ➡ leibniz-hbi.de/en/hbi-event... @fgz-risc.bsky.social

Some personal news 🎉 Last week, I started a new position as a Postdoc for computer-based methods in the Social Media Observatory of @fgz-risc.bsky.social and the Media Research Methods Lab at @bredowinstitut.bsky.social 👩‍💻 I'm super excited to continue researching social media and social cohesion 🙌

I have a postdoc vacancy - www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3528... at the TWON-project (twon-project.eu). Because the project runs only until 2025-03-31, the contract is limited - but maybe of interest for somebody who is just about to finish a PhD and needs something temporary?

🎉 Wir feiern 75 Jahre Hans-Bredow-Institut #HBI75! ... jetzt auch auf BlueSky! #firstpost 🎂 75 Jahre Medienforschung – das bedeutet 75 Jahre Forschung über medienvermittelte öffentliche Kommunikation, interdisziplinär & international vernetzt. 🙏 Wir sagen Danke und freuen uns auf alles, was kommt!

Absolutely excited to host a roundtable on "Marginalised Voices and Perspectives in Computational Text Analysis" featuring @krangelie.bsky.social and @indiiigo.bsky.social at #COMPTEXT2025 🙌 We'll explore how bias and marginalisation shape methods and models - and thus scientific quality!

📍 #COMPTEXT2025 is taking place in the Main Building of the University of Vienna (Universitätsring 1), a historical landmark in the heart of the city. 🧭 Enter through the entrance shown in the photo—you’ll find signs leading to the registration desk just inside.

🕘 Registration opens at 9:15 AM on April 24 Arriving early? Take a moment to explore this remarkable building! The Arcaded Courtyard, the Philosopher’s Staircase, and the Aula are well worth a look 👀

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2025 COMPTEXT conference at the University of Vienna in Austria. The 2025 meeting is being held at the main building of the University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna. The workshops start at 10 a.m. www.comptextconference.org/wp-content/u...

Let’s get #COMPTEXT2025 started! 🚀💻 The registration desk is open and we are excited to welcome you all in #Vienna soon!

#COMPTEXT2025 registration is open! ✨ If you’re more of a visual type, no worries – we’ve got a quick „walkthrough video“ 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ for you. ▶️

⏰ Less than 2 days left! ⏰ Registration for #COMPTEXT2025 closes April 10 at 23:59 CEST! Join us in Vienna (April 24–26) for cutting-edge research on text-, image-, and video-as-data, hands-on workshops, and a brilliant community. Don't miss your chance—this is the final call! 🚂🧳 👉 bit.ly/4hJ7thP

COMPTEXT 2025 – The Countdown is On! 🥳 ✅ The preliminary program is now available! Check out the amazing sessions, workshops, and speakers lined up for this year's event. Don't miss out – register today and secure your spot! 👉 Register here comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c... 👈

*adding juror for the Great Meme Challenge of Summer Term 2025 to my CV*

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺 Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b... ⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

Last week, @azadekakavand.bsky.social presented her latest work on validating methods for linking user identities across social media platforms. A highly promising approach and insightful presentation!

🚀 #COMPTEXT2025 submissions are in! We’ve hit a record—256 submissions! 🎉 And yes, most arrived on the last day😉 Thank you all for your contributions! The review process is starting now, and notifications will go out by Feb 15, 2025. Stay tuned & have a fantastic week! 🌟

Thank you everyone for a record-number of submissions—we are humbled by the overwhelming interest in COMPTEXT 2025! The variety of research topics, methods, data presentations, and tutorials preview a great conference at the University of Vienna! Notifications are due Feb. 15!

Go, go, go! 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Time for the annual final sprint 📈 COMPTEXT2025 deadline is approaching (January 15, midnight). www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c...

The Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations for #COMPTEXT2025 is now out; please feel free to circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! Deadline: January 15! We look forward to meeting you at the University of Vienna and @compcommlab.bsky.social on 24-26 April 2025!

Delighted to share that our paper on what happens after deception through a deepfake is now published open access in IJPP 🥳 w/ @hannahgreber.bsky.social & Alina Nikolaou journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New article at CCR: @thieled.bsky.social leverages word-embedding representations of dictionaries and machine translation to investigate user-generated populism in comments during COVID-19 in 7 European countries, finding varying effects of restrictive policies. Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...

Check out our new publication 🤓

🚨New publication alert on news avoidance (open-access) 🚫📰 With @hajoboo.bsky.social, @solecheler.bsky.social and Svenja Schäfer, we looked at which perceptions of media and politics predict intentional news avoidance or low news consumption (or both!). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉 Exciting News! My first #dissertation paper has just been published open access in Annals of the ICA! 📚🌐 🔍 In this comprehensive study, I explore the nuances of far-right social media communication through the unique perspective of technology affordances.

As a research group, we want to share our expertise with the community. Here are some blueprints on how to do a thesis in computational communication science, how to do sentiment analysis, how validate topic models, & how to do agent-based modeling. We hope it helps you as much as it helped us. 🥸