so who's excited about the lme4 getting covariance matrices

Best news zum Jahresauftakt :)

this is true, and truly sad :(

Best holiday letter received until now

Look, it is our special issue :)

One of the best places to do computational communication work

📍 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...

For example, in case you wonder whether it is still ok to use self-reports of media exposure, you can now cite me for saying "yes, sure" - doi.org/10.4337/9781... Preprint here: doi.org/10.31219/osf...

You should absolutely apply to work with @dstoltenberg.bsky.social on this important project!

TIL about a new form of fraudulent academic publishing. A student pointed me to this article in the repository of the University of Limerick, doi.org/10.34961/res..., asking whether it is a credible source.

PSA: If you have somewhat chaotic folder and project structures in RStudio or Quarto projects, don't update {here} to 1.0.2: github.com/r-lib/here/i... Broke my lecture materials website (presentation project within book project) and cost me an hour of sleep to figure out what went wrong. #rstats

Come visit us in Berlin

As sad as it is to read another LLM-generated student proposal, at least TIL that LLMs have deeply internalized this classic PDH comic, at least the colon part: phdcomics.com/comics/archi...

This semester, I am teaching the third iteration of my "Content Analysis with Generative LLMs" class. For the first time, I am using a local cloud infrastructure, supported by the de.NBI infrastructure, instead of the OpenAI API. They published my testimonial here: cloud.denbi.de/about/testim...

As sad as it is to read another LLM-generated student proposal, at least TIL that LLMs have deeply internalized this classic PDH comic, at least the colon part: phdcomics.com/comics/archi...

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/

#DataMethods #OpenScience #GESISMethodsHub: An open portal for computational social science research—find tools, tutorials, and code, directly usable in your browser. Methods Hub makes it easy to learn, apply, and reproduce computational methods in the Social Sciences. methodshub.gesis.org/#DataMethods#OpenScience#GESISMethodsHub:

Happy start of the Berlin (German) Vorlesungszeit to all who celebrate!

Also available in English: www.rki.de/EN/Topics/In...

Interesting page to watch today: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...

Die Aufklärung von Falschinformationen & Impfmythen ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, daher klären wir regelmäßig auf. Fakt heute: Autismus entsteht durch Veränderungen in der früh­kindlichen Gehirn­entwicklung. Als Haupt­ursache gelten genetische Faktoren. 🔗 www.rki.de/impfmythen

🎉 As of today, September 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer heads the "Research Data & Methods" team at CAIS. Together with the University of Duisburg-Essen, he has been appointed Professor of Digital Social Sciences. 🎉 🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/news/joha... @johannesbreuer.com @unidue.bsky.social

🎉 Prof. Johannes Breuer übernimmt ab 1.9.2025 die Leitung des Teams „Research Data & Methods“. Gemeinsam mit der Universität Duisburg-Essen wurde er zum Professor für Digitale Sozialwissenschaften berufen. 🎉 🔗 www.cais-research.de/news/Johanne... @johannesbreuer.com breuer.com @unidue.bsky.social

📣Open access erschienen: #M&K Heft 3/2025 zu "Diversität, Intersektionalität und Geschlecht im Journalismus" 🗺️🌈📖, herausgegeben von @mluenenborg.bsky.social, @ananzinga.bsky.social, @yenerbayramoglu.bsky.social und @bernadetteuth.bsky.social 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/1...

Very nice location for our 4th DiMES workshop today with @audreyalejandro.bsky.social. Thanks to @jojukao.bsky.social for organizing and @dennmis.bsky.social for setting us up in Villa Engler @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologi...

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🤖 In einer Zeit, in der KI-basierte Systeme und Plattformen tief in unser tägliches Leben eingreifen – von Informationsverbreitung bis hin zur #Meinungsbildung –, stellt sich die dringende Frage:

I did not see the "declaration of competing interest" before. Now this seems to be problematic when you decide to use a data cleaning procedure that would likely bias your results in a predictable way, even if it is preregistered...

This paper seems relevant, claiming (per title) "AI-assisted audio-learning improves academic achievement through motivation and reading engagement" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...). Yet, excluding half of the treatment for not listening to the podcast seems like a problem, no?

This paper seems relevant, claiming (per title) "AI-assisted audio-learning improves academic achievement through motivation and reading engagement" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...). Yet, excluding half of the treatment for not listening to the podcast seems like a problem, no?

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How willing are scientists to act as experts in the news media? In the context of the #COVID-19pandemic, @birteleonhardt.bsky.social, Daniel Nölleke & Folker Hanusch interviewed 24 Austrian #ScientificExperts about their perception of news media logics. www.doi.org/10.5771/2192...

Why do people search for individual politicians? Because they (don't) like them. In a new paper we find sympathy/antipathy to be important predictors of political information seeking. We also find searches for female politicians more often concerned with appearance & family. doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Hey, @malarija.bsky.social and I published a research. Click below to find out more.

EPSA is a for-profit???

Please spread the word about this fantastic job-opportunity at the UZH department for communication and media research @ikmz.bsky.social ✔️ permanent contract ♾️ ✔️ 100% paid (123K CHF p.a.) 💰 ✔️ best city 🏞️ ✔️ fantastic colleagues 🤩 ✔️ research with a purpose ⚕️ jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Hey, @malarija.bsky.social and I published a research. Click below to find out more.

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🎉 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!

Look at all these smart people from @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) and @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. #ica25

I thought I was disappointed with the #ica25 @bsky.app experience. But then I took a quick look at LinkedIn and now I think it‘s not too bad here.

And while you are there to enjoy the light, also check out our (w/ @jojukao.bsky.social and Dalreen Ramos) presentation on media bias in tennis press conferences. Panel on „Perceptions of Gender and Sexuality Bias in Sports Media“ starts at 1:30 p.m. #ica25

And while you are there to enjoy the light, also check out our (w/ @jojukao.bsky.social and Dalreen Ramos) presentation on media bias in tennis press conferences. Panel on „Perceptions of Gender and Sexuality Bias in Sports Media“ starts at 1:30 p.m. #ica25

Amazing upgrade of the conference experience: Rooms with windows :) come to room agate b+C to see the light (and for presentations on sport communication) #ica25