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@mscharkow.bsky.social
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Computational Communication, Professor at
https://ifp.uni-mainz.de
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https://mscharkow.de
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CSS Lab, LMU Munich
14 days ago
📍 Location: Munich 📅 Start: 1 Apr 2026 ⏳ Apply by: 31 Jan 2026 Details: German:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
English:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
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PostDoc in CSS / CCS (m/w/d)
https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/630c21aa337f85704a8cc7854c599c8fc7a4b08e0
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Charles Louis Richter
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Saloni
16 days ago
Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
25 days ago
Happy "let's circle back in the New Year" season to all who celebrate.
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SocArXiv
29 days ago
1. Pausing new submissions about AI topics for 90 days. That is, papers about AI models, testing AI models, proposing AI models, theories about the future of AI, etc. We will make exceptions for papers that are already accepted for publication (or published) in peer-reviewed scholarly journals /2
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M. Saïd H. Unger
about 1 month ago
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
! 👉
doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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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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Karin Boczek
about 2 months ago
🚨New Publication Alert 🚨"Gender diversity in the field of communication in Germany, Austria, Switzerland". 3 Studies in 1 Paper! We analyzed the scientific job market, publications, citations, and grants! Available open access:
doi.org/10.1007/s116...
[English]. German summary in 🧵
#commSky
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Dr. Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann
4 months ago
🔥Hot off the press: Studie zur Repräsentation weiblicher Forschender in den Medien 👉
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
📰 Inhaltsanalyse: 4.860 Medienartikel 👩🔬 Nur 18% der zitierten Expert:innen sind Frauen 📊 Frauenanteil in der Forschung: ca. 31% ➡️ Deutliche Sichtbarkeitslücke für weibliche Forschende
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Alicia Ernst
6 months ago
This year, I am living in a simulation - literally. 🌀
@mscharkow.bsky.social
, and I are currently conducting a
#simulation
study on how users interact with algorithms in short-video environments such as
#TikTok
. I’ve had two incredible opportunities to share our progress so far.
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Reuters Institute
6 months ago
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out! 📊48 markets 🌏Almost 100K respondents 📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers 📱Explore now
buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread
#DNR25
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Petter Törnberg
9 months ago
Large Language Model-based social simulation has emerged as an exciting new research method. But do LLMs actually resolve the problems that have historically limited use of Agent-Based Models? What do they bring? We review the literature to find out! with Maik Laaroij
arxiv.org/abs/2504.03274
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Do Large Language Models Solve the Problems of Agent-Based Modeling? A Critical Review of Generative Social Simulations
Recent advancements in AI have reinvigorated Agent-Based Models (ABMs), as the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to the emergence of ``generative ABMs'' as a novel approach to simula...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03274
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theresa gessler
11 months ago
I am a big fan of
www.soscisurvey.de
The basics are free anyway but university licenses of various types including for own servers exist as well, I think psychology at UZH even has one. Plus, I've had very good experiences with support as well.
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SoSci Survey ‣ Onlinebefragung vielseitig und DSGVO-konform
SoSci Survey - professionelle Onlinebefragung einfach, schnell, flexibel, sicher - für den nicht-kommerziellen Einsatz ein kostenloser Onlinefragebogen
https://www.soscisurvey.de/
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Joe for the Holidays
about 1 year ago
finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years
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Stadt Wien
about 1 year ago
Laut Studie ist Wien nicht mehr die unfreundlichste Stadt, sondern Berlin und München sind besser als wir. Es bringt nichts, irgendeinen Sündenbock zu suchen. Wir alle müssen jetzt reflektieren, wo wir im vergangenen Jahr Fehler gemacht haben könnten.
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Wiener weniger unfreundlich
Das Image der Wiener Bevölkerung, besonders unfreundlich zu sein, hat sich leicht verbessert. Im vergangenen Jahr noch auf dem letzten Platz von 53 internationalen Städten, liegt Wien in Sachen Freund...
https://wien.orf.at/stories/3282196/
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Georgia Turner
about 1 year ago
🚨New preprint 🚨 **A computational model of reward learning and habits on social media** 🧵 We develop a computational reward learning model of real-world social media data, which infers the separate goal-directed and habitual cognitive processes driving posting...
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Michael Hobbes
about 1 year ago
Hamilton from the top rope.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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Will Oremus
about 1 year ago
this apparently heartfelt post from an openai cofounder takes some surprising turns
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Jesper Stromback
almost 2 years ago
New article, co-authored with Elena Broda, just out: "Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news: lessons from an interdisciplinary, systematic literature review". And it is open access, just waiting to be downloaded :).
@polcomm.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Pablo Jost
about 2 years ago
Dringende Hörempfehlung: Wunderbar kurzweiliges Interview mit
@tanjev.bsky.social
(aka „Professor Larifari“ ♥️) über seinen Weg in die Wissenschaft.
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Journalistikprofessor Tanjev Schultz – Was kann der Journalismus von der Wissenschaft lernen?
Tanjev Schultz‘ Weg zur Professur ist eher ungewöhnlich: Er hat jahrelang erfolgreich für die "Süddeutsche Zeitung" als Journalist gearbeitet und unter anderem über den NSU-Prozess berichtet. Wa...
https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/people-of-science/journalistikprofessor-tanjev-schultz-was-kann-der-journalismus-von-der-wissenschaft-lernen/deutschlandradio/12801955/
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