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Research Assistant at the University of Münster
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Johannes B. Gruber
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📢Publication alert 📢 LLMs are an awesome technology, but they come with trade-offs! Paul Balluff,
@justinho.bsky.social
,
@seanhp.bsky.social
, Alexis Palmer,
@lrossi.bsky.social
, Irina Shklovski, Chung-hong Chan and I commented on these trade-offs in
#commsky
research. Out now and open access!
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Newer, Larger, Better? A Critique of the Unreflective LLM Adoption in Communication Research
The growing adoption of large language models (LLMs) in political communication research has prompted excitement but also concern. In this opinion piece, we offer an informed and critical overview ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10584609.2026.2618486
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Digital Democracy Centre
11 days ago
First DDC Brown Bag Lunch talk of 2026: This Thursday (Feb 19th),
@curdknupfer.bsky.social
and
@andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social
present ideas and ongoing research on "Connective Factions". If you are at SDU, grab some lunch and join us in Dynamo, at 12!
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Digital Democracy Centre
about 1 month ago
4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩 The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society. Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles! The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
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Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre
Application deadline: February 15th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.
https://fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/3423/?keyword=DDC&mode=location
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Johannes Breuer
about 1 month ago
New
@gesis.org
data set publication: "Social Media Accounts of German Candidates from the German Federal Election 2025"
doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
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Studies in Communication and Media (SCM)
about 1 month ago
Identifying
#SyntheticDisinformation
:
@nilsvief.bsky.social
,
@boesch.bsky.social
,
@mshu.bsky.social
, Johanna Klapproth,
@zwizwasvens.bsky.social
,
@thorstenquandt.bsky.social
, &
@christianstoecker.de
investigated detection strategies of German elite actors.
doi.org/10.5771/2192...
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Studies in Communication and Media (SCM)
about 2 months ago
We’re kicking off the year with the announcement of our 2025 special issue on how
#SyntheticMedia
challenge epistemic institutions. Many thanks to Alexander Godulla and
@cphoffmann.bsky.social
for their excellent work as guest editors.
doi.org/10.5771/2192...
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Stine Eckert
about 2 months ago
Such important work! Men across the globe publish around 40% of articles in communication and get almost 60% of the citations. Women publish almost 60% but get only a little over 40% of the citations. This gap has remained almost constant since 2000.
#frozen
#comsky
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Authors’ gender and productivity as predictors of reciprocal dynamics in publications and citations in communication
Abstract. Gender bias in academic publishing and citation practices in communication has been discussed extensively, yet the link between the two remains p
https://academic.oup.com/anncom/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/anncom/wlaf023/8364784?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
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European Sociological Review
3 months ago
📢 New
#OpenAccess
! Why do some professors appear in the media far more than others?
#RH_Heiberger
@BasHofstra
#S_Unger
find both patterns of cumulative advantage & gender inequality, with men more likely to become “short-listed”! ➡️ Read it ungated at:
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037
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Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender
Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient
https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037
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Johannes B. Gruber
3 months ago
After a long time in development, {traktok}
#rstats
is now finally on CRAN! Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
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What gets professors into the media? 📢 New open access publication in
@europeansocreview.bsky.social
together with Raphael Heiberger from
@s7css.bsky.social
and
@bashofstra.bsky.social
! 👉
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Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender
Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient
https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037
3 months ago
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4 months ago
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Max Zehring
7 months ago
✨ New open-access paper ✨ We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics. Full paper: 🔗
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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The language similarity between corona protest mobilizers on Telegram and German politicians on Twitter
Protest movements against COVID-19 containment measures, like Germany’s Querdenken, aim to put their position on the political agenda. The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) acted...
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2536160
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Marvin Stecker
6 months ago
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.
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Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/political-analysis/article/moral-foundation-measurements-fail-to-converge-on-multilingual-party-manifestos/0283BE5BA7711C182FC33989681EC6A7
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Jana Bernhard-Harrer
7 months ago
😅 Late to share this one (summer + other projects got in the way), but this
#aBitOfCCS
episode with
@ellamcloughlin.bsky.social
is too good to skip. How do you measure something as complex as uncertainty in political speech? 🎙️ 🎧 Listen here:
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
#PoliticalSpeech
#CSS
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#aBitOfCCS – What is it about CCS
https://aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
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Serge Poliakoff
about 1 year ago
My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
doi.org/10.1080/1075...
The main findings are in the thread below.
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Trolls Behind the Mask of Journalists: How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Patriot Media Group Was Organized
The Patriot Media Group, sponsored by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Kremlin’s “troll farm,” represents a distinct type of media organization that does not fit any of the contemporary Russia...
https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2024.2438336
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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam
7 months ago
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...
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✨New Publication in JEPOP✨ How do societal stakeholders understand and detect disinformation?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Features of disinformation: an expert interview study on the perception of disinformation among political, governmental, media and business elites in Germany
To curb the spread of disinformation, societal decision-makers are working intensively on the design of effective intervention strategies. Primarily elites from the sectors of politics, administrat...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17457289.2025.2514199
8 months ago
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Thorsten Quandt
9 months ago
Still confused, but uber-happy. The news came out right after
#ICA25
has ended: The European Research Council
#ERC
has awarded me an ERC Advanced Grant! Project DANCE on "Dark Nerd Communities" runs for 5 years with 2.5 million Euros funding. Immensely grateful!
erc.europa.eu/.../erc-2024...
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EU-Forschungsrat zeichnet Thorsten Quandt mit Advanced Grant aus
Der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt von der Universität Münster erhält einen mit 2,5 Millionen Euro dotierten „ERC Advanced Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrats. Mit dieser F...
https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=14786
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Universität Münster
9 months ago
Der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Prof. Thorsten Quandt erhält einen mit 2,5 Mio. € dotierten „ERC Advanced Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrats. Damit wird er in den kommenden 5 Jahren erforschen, wie bestimmte Online-Gruppen, die vorw. aus jungen Männern bestehen, zu gefährlichen Milieus werden.
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EU-Forschungsrat zeichnet Thorsten Quandt mit Advanced Grant aus
Der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt von der Universität Münster erhält einen mit 2,5 Millionen Euro dotierten „ERC Advanced Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrats. Mit dieser F...
https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=14786
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Damian Trilling 🟥
9 months ago
@jbgruber.bsky.social
&
@vanatteveldt.com
argue that as data become more difficult to collect (no APIs, scraping more difficult) we need to share existing data more. And how non-consumptive research is a way to do that without goi g to jail!
#ica25
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Johannes B. Gruber
9 months ago
You want to study German covid-19 protests?
@maxzehring.bsky.social
,
@hdschulze.bsky.social
and
@buehling.bsky.social
got you covered with their dataset!
#ica25
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Ernesto de León 🟥
9 months ago
@mshu.bsky.social
&
@jbgruber.bsky.social
presenting great work showing that scraping TikTok yields similar results to using the API (although it is a lot slower and doesn't work as well with larger accounts).
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Johannes B. Gruber
9 months ago
Happening now
#ica25
: how high is the quality of the data you get from the TikTok research API?
@mshu.bsky.social
, me,
@zwizwasvens.bsky.social
, Johanna Klapproth, and
@thorstenquandt.bsky.social
have an answer: it's bad!
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Computational Methods Division of ICA
9 months ago
It's the last day of
#ICA25
! We hope you'll join us at today's Computational Methods panels. We're looking forward to sessions on polarization, data access, and sentiment
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Johannes B. Gruber
9 months ago
For example, for this panel at 10:30 where
@mshu.bsky.social
will present our audit of the TikTok Research API and I will talk about non-consumptive research in
#commsky
(#ica25)
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Thorsten Quandt
9 months ago
Today at
#ica25
- panel "Retrospectives on 30 years of digital transformation in the journalism industry and media policy". Interview study with retired top managers and editors. With
@hermida.bsky.social
, Helle Sjovaag, Raul Ferrer, Mary Lynn Young. CU at Centennial B Regency 3 at 1.30 p.m.
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Johannes B. Gruber
9 months ago
How can you test effects of platform mechanics? One option is to build your own social network 😎.
@damiantrilling.net
and colleagues did just that and populated the platform with LLMs and real people!
#ica25
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Ernesto de León 🟥
9 months ago
This year's
#ica25
hackathon was a blast! A huge thank you to
@hackingcommsci.bsky.social
for making it a reality! With 13 other great participants, we explored +2 million of Telegram messages around the 2024 US election. I can really recommend checking out the data!
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Lorcan Neill
9 months ago
Had a fantastic time at my first hackathon learning lots of new things from some amazing researchers!
#hackica25
#ica25
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The best start into a conference 😎
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9 months ago
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Thorsten Quandt
9 months ago
Institute of Communication Studies at
@uni-muenster.de
very busy at
#ICA25
with 23 presentations. Overview here:
www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...
My first presentation is on Friday in the 25 years retrospective panel of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism. 😇 CU there.
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Johannes B. Gruber
9 months ago
#hackica25
at
#ica25
is in full swing. One of my favourite events of the year. A room full of nerds working on data and tools, learning new things and having fun 🤓
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hackingcommsci
9 months ago
Welcome to
#hackica25
&
#ica25
everyone! We‘re starting the morning with our project pitches. Big thanks to
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social
for designing our awesome stickers again! 💛🧡❤️
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Thorsten Quandt
9 months ago
On the way to
#ICA25
. Team members
@mshu.bsky.social
, Sofie Beisemann and me will present seven papers, ranging from interviews studies with retired media managers to religious fringe groups on the internet. Also, some disinfo stuff. CU there!
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Claes de Vreese
9 months ago
Pro tips
#ica25
& Bluesky: 1️⃣ Pin the feed below (👍
@vkarnowski.bsky.social
) 2️⃣ SHARE stuff, no algorithmic amplification so if you see something colleagues should see, SHARE it ♾️ 3️⃣ Be considerate when sharing research, get presenter consent 👏 Share this msg 🦋 Go
#ica25
🚀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Arrived yesterday in Denver for
#ICA25
and already look forward to
#hackica25
in Boulder (although not to the early busride...).
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Seth C. Lewis
9 months ago
📣 We have a new publication outlining the “AI turn” in journalism — one that forces a rethink about the role, identity, and audience dynamics of news amid the distinctive nature of AI tech. 🔗 Read (and please share) the full piece (it's free with open access 🔓):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The AI turn in journalism: Disruption, adaptation, and democratic futures - Tomás Dodds, Rodrigo Zamith, Seth C Lewis, 2025
In this essay, we argue that, unlike previous changes in digital media technologies over the past few decades, this AI “turn” in journalism forces us to rethink...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14648849251343518
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Thorsten Quandt
10 months ago
Welcome
@sethclewis.bsky.social
as the latest fellow of the Münster institute of comm studies! Looking forward to an exciting guest lecture and a very important online event - as well as personal talks, discussing research projects and sharing ideas.
www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...
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Prof. Dr. Seth Lewis appointed new Fellow at the IfK
The new fellow at the Centre for Research on Digital Public Spheres has come to Münsterland from the United States: Prof. Dr. Seth Lewis from the University of Oregon (USA) is currently visiting the I...
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitteilungen/prof-dr-seth-lewis-neuer-fellow-am-ifk.html
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Claes de Vreese
10 months ago
The real relevance 🔥 of
@bsky.app
will show itself in the coming hours and days
#eurovision
#eurovision2025
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Thorsten Quandt
10 months ago
Autocratic attacks on free speech and science are a growing concern - in academia and beyond. Join us for an online symposium with world-class experts like Robert Sternberg &
@sethclewis.bsky.social
. Wednesday, 28. May, 6 p.m. CET. Open to everybody, register via link.
t1p.de/muenster-sym...
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Christian Strippel
10 months ago
Are you interested in social science methods training? Take a look at the Methods Ticker, a regularly updated overview of methods-related training courses coming up in the next months, provided by the Methods Lab at
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
:
methodslab.weizenbaum-institut.de/program/meth...
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Social Media Lab
11 months ago
The study simulated a Facebook-like interface using ModSimulator, an open-source mock social media tool designed to test the effectiveness of two common soft moderation techniques—footnote warning labels and blur filters—in reducing the spread of misinformation.
socialmedialab.ca/2024/09/11/n...
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[New Paper Alert] To Share or Not to Share: Randomized Controlled Study of Misinformation Warning Labels on Social Media - Social Media Lab
In recent years, content moderation on social media has become a flashpoint in global conversations about free speech, misinformation, and platform accountability. Once seen as essential for curbing h...
https://socialmedialab.ca/2024/09/11/new-paper-alert-to-share-or-not-to-share-randomized-controlled-study-of-misinformation-warning-labels-on-social-media/
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12 months ago
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Thorsten Quandt
12 months ago
@Marcus Bösch at the national IT security conference, energetic as always.
#itskonf25
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Jana Bernhard-Harrer
12 months ago
🚀 New Episode Alert! 🎙️ In this special episode of
#aBitOfCCS
, I talk to
@marvins.bsky.social
about the role of software tools in CCS. Tune in for our thoughts on research practices & how we can improve transparency! 🎧 🔗 Listen now:
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
#Transparency
#ResearchTools
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#aBitOfCCS – What is it about CCS
https://aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
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Marvin Stecker
12 months ago
I was recently a guest on the great
#aBitOfCCS
podcast, to talk with
@janabernhard.bsky.social
about our new paper on citing software in text analysis journal articles. Have a listen, or, if you prefer reading:
www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
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Jan Fuhse
12 months ago
Deadline looming on March 15. If you're working in Computational Social Science, please consider submitting to our special volume (Sonderband) of the journal Soziale Welt! It's only an abstract for now ...
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Patrick Parschan
12 months ago
🚀
#hackica25
registration is open! 🚀 Register now! Hack with us and join the free sunset mountain bus tour 🌄👩💻 Join the hack, and get to see a lot more than hotels and convention centers at this ICA!
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Sebastian Stier
12 months ago
👩💻 We offer a workshop on working with web tracking data 📊 2-3 June
@gesis.org
in Cologne 👇
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hackingcommsci
12 months ago
🚀
#hackica25
registration is open! 🚀 Spots are limited—secure yours now:
forms.gle/ssZFtZmfWYaC...
📅 June 11-12, 2025 📍 UC Boulder (shuttle from Denver available) No coding skills required! Join us to explore methodological & substantive challenges in communication science. See you there! 🍻
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