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Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

In case you are an ECR and you are already in Innsbruck 🏔️ for ECREA PolComm section conference, consider attending this preconference organized by the ECR representatives @amplanitzer.bsky.social & Andreea Stancea 🙂

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

📣👀Early-Career Researchers @ ECREAs PolComm Section Conference 2025! A few last-minute spots for the ‪@yecrea.bsky.social‬ pre-conference workshop just opened. Want to join a great lineup of speakers on early-career profile building, network development, and transience? Just drop us a message! 🙂

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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

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Tenure-Track Professorship in Interactive Communication

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity 🧒 How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔 Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Had so much fun at our workshop on incivility and content moderation, based on our @wwtf.at Digital Humanism project, at the Vienna children’s university today! @amplanitzer.bsky.social @allanhanbury.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 😎🫶🏼😆

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver! From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? 🤔 @dbetakova.bsky.social presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social at an engaging #ICA25 panel on news avoidance 👏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? 👀 Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer 🙂 #ICA25 #PolComm

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 🥳 @dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelists👏

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

These are the participants of the #PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day, #ICA25 is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! ❤️

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Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🙂 Kicking off #ICA25 this week in beautiful Boulder, CO ⛰️ @amplanitzer.bsky.social presents our ongoing work on political information needs across neurodiverse cognitive profiles at the 2nd Disability, Communication, and Media Preconference w/ @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 👏

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25 Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂 Come say 👋 if you are around!

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

At #DigHum2025 conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier🌞 and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w @pia-p.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 🙂

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Even though COMPTEXT2025 closed last weekend, its spirit will live on in the splendid photography of our dedicated group of colleagues from the University of Vienna: @jamoeberl.bsky.social, @amplanitzer.bsky.social, @apeksha.bsky.social! We thank and appreciate their work!

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The success of COMPTEXT 2025 was made possible by the indefatigable and amazing work of the local organising team led by @fabiennelind.bsky.social + @hajoboo.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @compcommlab.bsky.social. The COMPTEXT Association is grateful for their work and to our sponsors (bit.ly/430VUye)!

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

This was a blast! Really enjoyed discussing bias in knowledge production, LLMs and CSS in general with @krangelie.bsky.social and @indiiigo.bsky.social! Thank you @comptext.bsky.social and @compcommlab.bsky.social for providing space for these important topics! 🙌

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Daniel Wiesner @danielwiesner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Absolutely fascinating and packed panel on enhancing and (critically) evaluating LLM performance at #COMPTEXT2025 this morning. w/ great work by @zacdgreene.bsky.social, Laura Liebig, Lukas Erhardt, and @christianpipal.bsky.social. Excellently chaired by @amplanitzer.bsky.social! 👏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

🔥second-to-last panel at #COMPTEXT2025 on Hate, Counterspeech & Algorithmic Influence! @simonkarg.bsky.social on tracking hate/counterspeech Thomas Kirchmair on cross-platform variations of hate Chico Camargo on (in)effective user agency Chaired/discussed by Travis Coan & @jadevrielink.bsky.social 👏

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Excellent computational research on the Russia-Ukraine war 📊🔎 Multiple perspectives & exciting results by Mykola Makhortykh, @aytalina.bsky.social, & @maikovska.bsky.social, Elizaveta Chernenko, Valentina Feklyunina & @maarja.bsky.social , Julian Theseira. Chair @stauberj.bsky.social #COMPTEXT2025

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Happening now at #COMPTEXT2025 in a fantastic panel on "Advances in Misinformation, Toxicity & Hate Speech Detection" 👏 @pia-p.bsky.social presenting our latest work on how a more Perspectivist approach to NLP for algorithmic moderation could account for users’ differing views on what is harmful 🤔

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📣 PolCom Vienna @ #COMPTEXT2025 Happy to see six of our team members at COMPTEXT this week - organizing, chairing, and sharing their latest research on text-, image-, and video-as-data. Come say 👋 if you are around! 🙂

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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!

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 09/04/2025

Call for applications! 📣 #CfA #Fulbright Visiting Professor 2026/27 at the Faculty of #SocialSciences for a 4-month teaching & research stay aiming at #UScitizens. 📅 Deadline: 15.09.2025 More information here: ⤵️

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Fulbright-University of Vienna Visiting Professor of Social Sciences

Generously funded by the University of Vienna

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Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🚀 Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being. Apply by: 11 May 2025 Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement) jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

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UZH: Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years) in Political Communication Research with a Focus on News Audience Research

The Political Communication Division, led by Prof. Dr. Anne Schulz, at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich is seeking to fill the position of a postdoctoral...

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD

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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 17/03/2025

I'm hiring for a postdoc! 🌟 pls help spread the word Senior Research and Teaching Associate (PostDoc) with a focus on Internet Use and Society details here: webuse.org/postdoc/

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨 Only one week left to register for #COMPTEXT2025! 🚨 Interested in the latest research on text-, image-, or video-as-data + some cool workshops? Join us in Vienna from April 24–26! 🙂 ⏳ Registration Deadline: April 10, 2025 🔗 www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c...

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Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms @woahworkshop.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

📆 Reminder! 📆 🚀 The #WOAH2025 submission deadline is just over two weeks away! (April 18, 2025, Anywhere on Earth!) 🔗 CfP: workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html We're excited to see your submissions! 🤩 #ACL2025 #NLProc

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Call For Papers

The 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) at ACL 2025.

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🚨 One week left to submit to #ECREAPolComm25 🚨 Working on anything political communication - empirical, theoretical, interdisciplinary, or applied? Submit your 3000-character abstract & join us in Innsbruck, Austria, this September! 🙂 ⏳ Deadline: March 30, 2025 📍 CfP: www.uibk.ac.at/de/congress/...

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ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference – Universität Innsbruck

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 03/03/2025

I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs. If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂 International applications welcome! Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

About the position
• 3-year Ph.D. position (60%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme)
• Can be extended by another 17 months
• Workplace is Zurich

What will be your main tasks?
• Conduct a Ph.D. thesis in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects
• Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach
• Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA and MA levels
• Take part in doctoral training programmes offered by UZH and IKMZ
• Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required

What should you bring to the team?
• Master’s degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline
• Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory
• Expertise in quantitative research methods
• Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory

What do we offer you?
• Great background and support for high quality research
• Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division
• Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere
• Excellent track record of the department in academic career development

How to apply
Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post):
• Letter of motivation (including ideas for your Ph.D. project; max. 2 pages)
• Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and presentations, if applicable)
• MA thesis or equivalent, research publications if already applicable
• Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts

Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025
Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then
The position starts in April or by agreement

About the position
• 3-year postdoctoral position (80%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme)
• One position can be extended up to 3 years, the other up to 6 years
• Workplace is Zurich

What will be your main tasks?
• Conduct research in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects
• Lead your own projects and collaborate in team projects
• Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach
• Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA, MA, and Ph.D. levels
• Take part in supporting and training predocs at the division
• Engage in third party funding activities
• Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required

What should you bring to the team?
• Doctoral degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline
• Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory
• Expertise in quantitative research methods
• Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory

What do we offer you?
• Great background and support for high quality research
• Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division
• Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere

Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post):
• Letter of motivation (including ideas for future research projects; max. 2 pages)
• Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and conference presentations)
• Full-texts of up to three sample publications & PhD dissertation
• Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts

Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025
Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then
The position starts in April or by agreement

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

So excited to reveal the cover of my book Trans Technologies, coming out on Feb. 25 2025 by @mitpress.bsky.social! Now accepting pre-orders at mitpress.mit.edu/978026255186..., but will also be available free open-access. Half of all author royalties will be donated to trans BIPOC organizations.

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

🚨New Publication in New Media & Society🚨 Co-First-Authored w/ @m-dot-brown.bsky.social @meredithpruden.bsky.social & @markriedl.bsky.social Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care. jlukito.com/s/brown-et-a...

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feminist ethics of care

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

{tinyplot} 0.3.0 is out! 🚨 It's a lightweight #Rstats 📦 to draw beautiful and complex plots, using an ultra-simple and concise syntax. This is a massive release! @gmcd.bsky.social @zeileis.org and I worked hard to add tons of new themes and plot types. Check it out! grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The #ecreapolcom25 section conference goes to Innsbruck! The call is out, deadline for submission is 🚨 30 March! Spread the word and join the fabulous #ECREAPolComm community at this event. Thank you so much @lorehayek.at @utarussmann.bsky.social for hosting this event 🙏!

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

🚨The deadline for applications to the Vienna Doctoral College for Digital Humanism has been extended to Jan. 31, 2025 ✨ You can find more information here: t.ly/836lz

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Schnittstelle zwischen Diskriminierung und Algorithmen/ KI scheint (leider) aktueller denn je. @amplanitzer.bsky.social und ich freuen uns umso mehr, dass wir nächsten Freitag bei der VHS Wien einen Einblick aus unserer wissenschaftlichen Perspektive geben können: www.vhs.at/de/k/280697749

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Hass und Diskriminierung Online: Was kann KI wirklich? | Politikwissenschaften | Die Wiener Volkshochschulen

Diskriminierung automatisiert zu erkennen, interessiert sowohl Unternehmen als auch die Wissenschaft. Trotz technischer Fortschritte gibt es große Herausforderungen. Gemeinsam mit Ihnen möchten wir di...

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🚨 Last chance to submit to #COMPTEXT2025 🚨 Working on computational analysis of text-, image-, or video-as-data? Submit your 250-word abstract today and join us in Vienna this April! 🙂 ⏳ Deadline: January 15, midnight 📍 Details: www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c...

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Phoebe Maares @phoebemaares.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Attention #ECRs! @yecrea.bsky.social is searching for 16 new YECREA section representatives. It’s a great opportunity for pre- and postdoctoral researchers to engage in academia and broaden their network. I enjoyed my time in YECREA very much - happy to answer any questions! tinyurl.com/cfpyecrea

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Call for Applications: YECREA Section Representatives 2025 – Yecrea

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

@amplanitzer.bsky.social will be giving some input from our scientific perspective on this great project on counterspeech on news platforms! Join if you are in Vienna and interested in strategies against hate speech! 🙌

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Ein wichtiges Projekt geht zu Ende! @ahrabhikat.bsky.social & ich durften es wissenschaftlich begleiten und ich freue mich, gemeinsam mit dem tollen Team von @vereinzara.bsky.social und spannenden Panelists über Strategien gegen Hass im Netz zu sprechen. Das Event ist für alle offen 🙂 come join us!

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Thanks to the great @yecrea.bsky.social Team for organization of such an important pre-conference! We are happy that the two members of our team, @amplanitzer.bsky.social & @dbetakova.bsky.social, together with @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, could participate and network with like-minded peers 🙏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

😊😊 very excited to take on the role of the new @yecrea.bsky.social representative for the PolComm Section of ECREA w/ Andreea Stancea! Looking forward to supporting early career researchers and working with the PolComm Section and YECREA management team 🙌 #ECREA2024

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

In a highly relevant #ECREA2024 panel on ‘Autonomy in the Age of Big Data,’ @amplanitzer.bsky.social shared her latest research on automated technologies in content moderation, and the emerging shift toward personalisation w/ @hannahgreber.bsky.social , Svenja Schäfer & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏🙌

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

#ECREA2024: Thanks to all the stellar🌟speakers and attendees of the “Conspiracy theories, beliefs and media” panel where our @dbetakova.bsky.social presented her fourth dissertation study on news consumption, avoidance & conspiracy beliefs and vaccine opposition🚫💉

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

#ECREA2024: Shout out to @dominikhokamp.bsky.social , our and @jscvienna.bsky.social ’s PhD candidate who presented his work w/ Melanie Haberl, Folker Hanusch, Iveta Jansova & Lenka Waschkova Cisarova on emotional communities in the journalistic age 🙌🏼

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

POLCOM is back from the summer and fresh from a team retreat in rainy Neusiedl am See ☔️ where we brainstormed new research ideas, explored collaborations and knowledge transfer, and discussed team infrastructure. We are ready and excited for the coming semester!

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

POLCOM heads to #ECREA2024 this week! @amplanitzer.bsky.social @andiisto.bsky.social @danielwiesner.bsky.social @dbetakova.bsky.social @dominikhokamp.bsky.social will present, starting today to discuss navigating precarity and early career networks. Find more at c-in.floq.live/event/ecrea2...

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