DDC RESEARCH RETREAT (Spring edition) We've returned to Nyborg to meet as a group of DDC scholars and fellows (plus invited guests) to spend 2 days with updates on our projects and deliberate on future pathways. Thread below⤵️

DDC VALG-OBSERVATORIUM: HVILKE PLATFORME DOMINERER HVOR? Dataene om, "hvor" kandidater er aktive, afslører også interessante mønstre med hensyn til, hvilke platforme der fylder mest i forskellige regioner af Danmark.

Så blev det #valgdag. Det betyder også, at det er sidste chance for at prøve AI ValgChat FV26 og samtidig bidrage til forskning i, hvordan borgere bruger AI i en rigtig valgkamp. Husk derfor, at ValgChatten ikke bør være din eneste kilde til, hvor krydset skal sættes senere i dag. #valg #fv26

DANISH ELECTIONS IN A HIGH-CHOICE SOCIAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENT Are we seeing the first signs of social media fragmentation & the rise of echo-platforms? Not quite! Very large platforms still draw a crowd across the political spectrum. But our dataset analyses also reveal some outliers and divergences.

En udfordring ved AI i valg er manglende transparens. Derfor har vi nu gjort kodebasen bag vores AI ValgChat offentlig. Det giver både brugere og forskere mulighed for at se, hvordan hele systemet fungerer. Links i tråden 👇 #dkpol #dktech #fv26 #AI

I går rundede vi 1.000 prompts siden Al ValgChat FV26 gik live. Danskerne er mere end parate til at tage AI brug i en valgkontekst. Hos Digital Democracy Centre tilbyder vi en transparent, sikker og dialogbaseret Al-løsning til danskerne. Prøv den her: app-ddc-fv26.cloud.sdu.dk

Chatbots are increasingly popular as voting aids in elections. Most are not fit for this purpose. The generational difference in use is huge. Ahead of the Danish elections, 13% say they will use chatbots for advice. That is 1 in 5 in Gen Z. And 1 in 20 amongst Boomers. Source: @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

Vi kan måle, at flere og flere overvejer at bruge chatbots til at finde ud af, hvad de skal stemme. Hvis du er nysgerrig på selv at prøve et sikkert og forskningsbaseret alternativ til fx ChatGPT, og dermed bidrage til forskningen, kan du tilgå "AI ValgChat FV26" her: app-ddc-fv26.cloud.sdu.dk

DDC-SURVEY: DANSKE VÆLGERE SYNES IKKE OM AI-GENERERET POLITISK INDHOLD ☹️ 49% svarer ’Jeg kunne slet ikke lide det’ 🙁 21 % svarer ’Jeg kunne ikke så godt lide det’ 😐 27% svarer ’Jeg er ligeglad med det’ 😀 Kun 2% svarer ’Jeg kunne ret godt lide det’ og 0,2% svarer ’Jeg kunne rigtig godt lide det’.

Jeg har de seneste uger arbejdet intensivt på at udvikle AI ValgChat FV26: en chatbot, der giver overblik over dansk politik under valget og matcher brugeren til partier. Prøv den meget gerne selv her: app-ddc-fv26.cloud.sdu.dk Så bidrager du til vigtig forskning om AI i valgperioder :)

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.🧵👇

Come join us here in Odense! 🇩🇰

New year, new (job) opportunities: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy. What: excellent conditions, start-up and transition packages, interdisciplinary and supportive environment, wonderful colleagues. [1/2] fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY ...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰 ...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI. More info: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

How can platform researchers make use of the #DSA40 (EU Digital Services Act)? The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is on the road today, visiting the with the University of Copenhagen to learn more from @dscheykopp.bsky.social, here from Berlin's @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social.

Excited to share a wave of new projects either launching or joined by the Digital Democracy Centre here at SDU! They span AI, platforms, public service media, & civic participation. Visit our website & see thread below for more info: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Out now in @actasociologica.bsky.social: “Momentary symbols: Tracing the visual expressions of collectives” with @nicolemilmandoerr.bsky.social & @mathiaswullum.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... A🧵 on our approach and findings:

I’m defending my PhD on Sept 9 at @sdu.dk 🎓 The defense is open to the public (in Odense from 10-12, followed by a reception). If you want to join, please sign up here: www.tilmeld.dk/phddefencere... Excited to share the last 3.5 years of work - hope yo see you there! @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

What a blast. Our @ddc-sdu.bsky.social team completed the DHL Relay 🏃🏼 with hundreds of SDU colleagues. Awesome team with Anne, @emilbakke.bsky.social, @nielsmede.bsky.social, and led by team captain Lars. Thanks to all organizers and volunteers.

We are thrilled to announce that Josephine (“Jo”) Lukito will join the DDC as Professor in Digital Communication and DIAS Chair! @jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026. Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉

Data access under the DSA is such a crucial step to solve the chicken-egg situation (trying to show harms/risks for holding platforms accountable/demand transparency). Let’s work together on this, to finally get the transparency that is appropriate for the role those platforms play in our societies!

PhD Thesis submitted! "Complex Dynamics in Digital News Ecosystems: Collaboration and Imitation in the Age of AI" Grateful. Relieved. Maybe even a little bit proud. #complexity #AI #news #platforms @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

Building and directing a Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social has never felt more important. Democracy is under pressure, digital technologies changing. In all of this, working with kind, talented young scholars on this mission is a privilege. Spending 24 hrs in each other’s company ☀️ ❤️

It's research retreat time at the DDC! We've travelled to Nyborg by the sea to talk about research programs and spend time with our fellows and invited guests. Follow this thread for more impressions.

𝟴 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗗𝗖! At just over 3 years young, the Digital Democracy Centre is a newly established research hub. What gives it its current shape are the people who work here. We are therefore delighted to have been able to hire 5 new Postdoctoral Researchers coming in this Summer. ...

🚨New preprint alert🚨 "Autonomous AI imitators increase diversity in homogeneous information ecosystems" (with Oliver Baumann). We study how AI agents that imitate human content could reshape news diversity in the immediate future. A 🧵 on findings! #AI #News #complexity #CSS @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

Exciting news! After completing my PhD, I'm starting at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social as a postdoc. Huge thanks to @claesdevreese.bsky.social, @curdknupfer.bsky.social, and @lenafrescamente.bsky.social for their support. Thrilled to continue exploring #AI in #organizations! 🚀

🎓 OPEN CALL FOR THE DDC´s THESIS GRANT! Are you an SDU graduate student writing your MA thesis in Spring 2025 on how digitalization, algorithms, or artificial intelligence impact democracy? Apply now for the Digital Democracy Centre’s Thesis Grant! More info here: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

I am starting up a new project these days, where I really get to harness the power of the #OpenAI API. To this day, I am still mind-boggled by how much quality processing can be done for so little $$$.

The 2024 Platform Papers Year in Review is here! What were the top journals for platform competition research? Which were the top-cited papers and the most-read #PlatformPapers blogs? Read all about it and more by following the link. Happy holidays!🎄🎅 platformpapers.substack.com/p/platform-p...

Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

they say always look at your data but no one warns you how much you can get hurt 🥲

Ready for another Computational Social Science Starter Pack? Here is number 2! More amazing folks to follow! Many students and the next gen represented! go.bsky.app/GoEyD7d

Hi to all new people on BlueSky! It's a pleasure to connect ✌️ Just a brief intro: I am a PhD student at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and Strategic Organization Design at SDU focusing on computational social science and strategy. I research platforms, news media and social movements using large datasets 🚀

If you are also getting up to speed on this platform, check out the starter pack on digital democracy from @ddc-sdu.bsky.social 📦📦

Long time, no tweet - a new project update from @emilbakke.bsky.social! This past half year I have been presenting my first work-in-progress PhD paper at #DRUID in Lisbon and #IC2S2 in Copenhagen. Super great experience to present for such different crowds! And I have also … (1/2)

Great talk by @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @ddc-sdu.bsky.social - discussing how democracy changes in the digital - and how we can measure it. For ur 📚 list: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (syst. review digital media & democracy), www.nature.com/articles/s41... (how to promote truth and democracy)

We are excited to welcome @lorenzspreen.bsky.social tomorrow at the Digital Democracy Centre as part of our lecture series. Title: Digital Media and Democracy: What is Changing Globally and How to Measure it commsky polcomm

Hello to all Ximmigrants and everyone else finding us here! 😊 At the Digital Democracy Centre our research revolves around the impact of data, digitalization, and AI on media and politics. We are looking forward to connecting! www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

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