Sign in

Anja Bechmann

@anjabechmann.bsky.social
532 followers 165 following 4 posts

Researching collective behavior in AI-powered communication, Professor & Director of DATALAB - Center for Digital Social Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. PI: SoMe Influence project dff.dk, member royalacademy.dk.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This was a great roundtable, lots of important questions from the audience, giving the impression that data donations will be around for longer, if we get it right (based on comments from the audience on postcards) #aoir2025
0121
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We had a fabulous roundtable discussion with @anjabechmann.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @jiarut.bsky.social here at #aoir2025 that concluded with a thought exercise: "It's 2030 & data donation is the dominant data gathering paradigm, what must we get right today?"
A group of postcards with reflections and provocations written on the back.
1193
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · 12/08/2025
Kom med til PARK - Folkeuniversitetets nye vidensfestival, hvor bl.a. @madsrt.bsky.social @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Mikkel Thorup og Bertel Nygaard gav bidrag fra deres forskning #DKForsk
linkedin.com
Første Park-festival – hvilken dag! | Faculty of Arts - Aarhus Universitet
Første Park-festival – hvilken dag! 🌳☀️ Lørdag den 9. august forvandlede Park-festivalen Universitetsparken til et levende mødested for aarhusianere, forskning, musik og samtaler – fra Amfi-scenen til...
044
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Are you a researcher (from HCI, communication, or information science) studying online misinformaiton, disinfromation, hate speech, polarization, or related information toxicity? Apply to attend our CSCW workshop (with both remote and in-person options).
23523
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Session Speakers: @valentinihssen.bsky.social @mkbrems.bsky.social @anjabechmann.bsky.social @daweg.bsky.social @luismn.bsky.social @metaxa.net @kirankappeler.bsky.social @mvreiss.bsky.social @judith-moeller.bsky.social @dagmarhoffmann.bsky.social @aschaffar.bsky.social
131
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
If you're at #ica25 consider a date with the hottest new method in town… Data Donation in Communication Research: Ethical, Practical, and Methodological Frontiers 📍 Friday, June 13 | 12 PM – 1:15 PM | Capitol 3 - Regency 4 @anjabechmann.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @lionw.bsky.social
0198
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net · 13/06/2025
Very impressive work presented by @anjabechmann.bsky.social - her team managed to get really impressive sample sizes and quite okay-ish dropout rates with #datadination, much better than previous work (also ours). #ica25
161
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
First up is @anjabechmann.bsky.social sharing insight in the project of 1000 Danish YouTube data donations, including issues on over time dropout
353
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · 02/04/2025
Hvordan former AI fremtidens job? Det talte digitaliseringsminister @carolinestage.bsky.social m @anjabechmann.bsky.social, @kgronbak.bsky.social & @olesejer.bsky.social mandag på @au.dk Studerende Marie & Peter (Skousen!) gav deres bud på digital dannelse, etik og kritisk tænkning i en AI-verden.
042
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · 31/03/2025
Debat om kunstig intelligens med faglighederne i og omkring INCUBA foran en fyldt sal af studerende. På scenen er digitaliseringsminister @carolinestage.bsky.social, samt AU’s @anjabechmann.bsky.social @olesejer.bsky.social @kgronbak.bsky.social, samt dekan @majahorst.bsky.social #AI #KI #ArtsAU
063
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
OleF @olefrank.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Spændende med en tværfaglig minister-snak om KI med de gode (digitale?) tvillinger fra NAT & TECH i @au.dk’s stærke IT-miljø på Katrinebjerg. AU skal være et af de helt naturlige KI-fyrtårne herhjemme. Det kræver tværfaglighed🦾 @anjabechmann.bsky.social @olesejer.bsky.social @majahorst.bsky.social
012
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The threats to media freedom in the US are unprecedented The administration sues media companies, intimidates journalists and news organisations, denies journalists WH access, encourages less facts, journalism, and safety on social media platforms. Undermining free press is an attack on democracy.
0216
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Lore Hayek @lorehayek.at · 24/01/2025
PolComm crowd, mark your calendars! This year's ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference will take place at the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, September 4-5. Call for submissions is now open: www.uibk.ac.at/de/congress/... Looking forward to welcoming you all! #ecreapolcom25
University building in Innsbruck, Austria with snowy mountain peaks
12418
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Big tech has a tremendous impact on democracy 🚨New report out w focus on misinformation, content moderation & generative AI Team @anjabechmann.bsky.social @adler-nissen.bsky.social @madshovethy.bsky.social @golovchenko.bsky.social @fghjorth.bsky.social👏 Details⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/claes-...
linkedin.com
Claes de Vreese on LinkedIn: Big tech has a tremendous impact on our democracies and societies. We…
Big tech has a tremendous impact on our democracies and societies. We presented our new report at a public hearing in The Danish Parliament - Folketinget. The…
1339
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Vi, @anjabechmann.bsky.social @adler-nissen.bsky.social @madshovethy.bsky.social og jeg, præsenterer vores forskning og konklusioner ifht misinformation og tech giganternes effekt på det danske demokrati. Folketinget kl 1300 #dkpol #dkmedier #dkforsk www.altinget.dk/undefined/ka...
altinget.dk
Høring: Techgiganternes indflydelse på Danmark - Altinget.dk
Folketingets Kulturudvalg og Udvalget for Digitalisering og It inviterer til åben høring om techgiganternes indflydelse på demokrati, trivsel og samfundsmæssig sammenhængskraft i Danmark.
093
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Putting the Code of Practice on Disinformation into the Digital Services Act *can* be a game changer vis-a-vis #disinformation It needs compliance, monitoring.It puts 🇪🇺 on further 🇺🇸 conflict course Piece by @ramshajahangir.bsky.social w state of play, quotes 🙋 www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-code...
techpolicy.press
The EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation is Now Part of the Digital Services Act. What Does It Mean? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press asked experts whether the Code's integration into the DSA will effectively mitigate disinformation while preserving free expression.
14016
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Nadia Jude @nadiajude.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Our @techpolicypress.bsky.social article is based on our recent paper examining Community Notes through the lens of humour. We find that CN enacts a narrow conception of disinformation that is ill-equipped to address hate and harm. eprints.qut.edu.au/254907/1/Mat...
Our research reveals a fundamental issue with the ‘community notes’ model as a preferred content moderation system: it is oriented toward addressing an outdated and extremely narrow understanding of disinformation, one that views falsity and fakeness as the problem alone, ignoring the historical, social, cultural, economic and political nature of disinformation. By examining the tool through the lens of humor, we show how the system fails to assess the harms or ‘check-worthiness’ of false narratives. This problem is a skill expert fact-checkers are trained to address, making Community Notes a poor substitute for culturally informed content moderation performed by a combination of experts, AI, and crowd workers situated in place and time.
11910
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A new piece from my lab on how AI companies plundering of online content is making public interest research nigh impossible.
06923
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Human-Machine Communication - ICA Division @ica-hmc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
⏰ Time is almost up! ⏰ Get your submissions in tomorrow (1/31) by Noon Eastern for our ICA Preconference happening June 12th in Denver, CO!! Email andrew.prahl@ntu.edu.sg for more info! cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o...
cdn.ymaws.com
011
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Oscar Westlund @oscarwestlund.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
DIGITAL JOURNALISM - CfP: Freedom of expression, platform governance and the future of fact-checking SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS Oscar Westlund @anjabechmann.bsky.social @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social @gravesmatter.bsky.social @mediarepublik.bsky.social @tpoell.bsky.social Steen Steensen
think.taylorandfrancis.com
Freedom of expression, platform governance and the future of fact-checking
01610
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🚨Call for papers 🚨 Interesting #ica25 pre-conference on AI and journalism. Organised by @maxeder.bsky.social and Helle Sjøvaag 📆 Deadline March 15 @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o...
cdn.ymaws.com
01513
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
OleF @olefrank.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Fake friends … læs @anjabechmann.bsky.social’s skarpe pointer om fup og deepfakes i @berlingske.bsky.social @cc.au.dk #ArtsAU
berlingske.dk
Har du set en video med Jennifer Aniston, der vil sælge slankemiddel? Så er du blevet udsat for fup
Læs mere her.
031
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
180188485039
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Calling all digital researchers and #OpenKnowlegde enthusiasts: SAVE THE DATE for April 10! Together with @wikimediade.bsky.social we invite you to join the conference "Who Owns Free Knowlege? Examining Power, Platformization, and the Promise of the Commons" in #Berlin. More details soon!
CONFERENCE: Who Owns Free Knowledge? Examining Power, Platformization, and the Promise of the Commons. Logo Weizenbaum Institute and Wikimedia Deutschland.
33316
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Thomas Poell @tpoell.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This is going to be a really interesting event at exactly the right moment!
033
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Laurence Dierickx @ohmyshambles.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Beyond technology, an instrument of propaganda - The alignment of DeepSeek with state propaganda does not make it an ideal candidate in terms of trust, transparency and credibility. My analysis here: ohmybox.info/beyond-techn...
ohmybox.info
Beyond technology, an instrument of propaganda
Beyond its technical innovations, DeepSeek has the potential to contribute to the information disorders ecosystem. Its alignment with state propaganda does not make it an ideal candidate in terms of t...
123
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Bit more than two weeks left to submit your paper to the Weizenbaum Conference #WIC25 in Berlin! Deadline 🚨 15 February, Abstracts up to 800 words. We want to hear your thoughts and research on "Democracy and Digital-Wellbeing in Digital Societies" from all angles and methodological approaches.
052
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Laurence Dierickx @ohmyshambles.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
DeepSeek looks as much like a bullshitter as ChatGPT. Good luck with that (and do the test as I just did). link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com
The Information Disorder Level (IDL) Index: A Human-Based Metric to Assess the Factuality of Machine-Generated Content
Large language models have enabled the rapid production of misleading or fake narratives, presenting a challenge for direct detection methods. Considering that generative artificial intelligence tools...
011
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
How the United States Learned to Love Internet Censorship
America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.
9400133
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
AI-fabricated 'junk science' floods Google scholar, researchers warn phys.org/news/2025-01...
phys.org
AI-fabricated 'junk science' floods Google scholar, researchers warn
AI-generated research is a threat, both in terms of society's knowledge and public trust in science. This was the conclusion made by the researchers from the Swedish School of Library and Information ...
19969
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Meta makes money by monetising YOUR data. Here’s what you can do if you don’t like that. By @eff.org www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
eff.org
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
32517
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 14/01/2025
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...
16263853355
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Thomas Poell @tpoell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We are excited to launch a CFP for a special issue of Digital Journalism on Platform Governance and Fact Checking. Abstract deadline: June 2; Editors: Oscar Westlund @anjabechmann.bsky.social @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social @gravesmatter.bsky.social @mediarepublik.bsky.social Steen Steensen & myself
13016
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Call for Papers #CfP: Weizenbaum Conference 2025 "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #WIConf25 Submit your paper by February 15, 2025 📌 More: weizenbaum-conference.de
"Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies". 7th Weizenbaum Conference, June 4-5, 2025
13521
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Meta drops content moderation which users want! ⛔ New data show that users (n=2000 Danes) both disagree with some of the announced changes (like referring to religious groups as stupid) *and* dislike some policies being kept. We need voices from users on this. And especially from non-US users.
44514
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · 09/01/2025
Vi er en 1/4-del inde i århundredet, som på alle måder har været en digital periode med udbredelse af internet og sociale platforme. Professor @anjabechmann.bsky.social fortæller her om det mest bemærkelsesværdige, som i hendes optik, er sket inden for medier og kommunikation siden 2000. #ArtsAU
linkedin.com
Aarhus University on LinkedIn: I år 2000 snakkede vi ikke om techgiganter, algoritmer og AI Vi er nu 25…
I år 2000 snakkede vi ikke om techgiganter, algoritmer og AI Vi er nu 25 år inde i århundredet. Derfor har vi spurgt professor Anja Bechmann, hvad det mest…
072
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Laurence Dierickx @ohmyshambles.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“Your friendly AI assistant”: the anthropomorphic self-representations of ChatGPT and its implications for imagining AI - Results raise questions about trust in LLMs also in terms of human–computer relations link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com
“Your friendly AI assistant”: the anthropomorphic self-representations of ChatGPT and its implications for imagining AI - AI & SOCIETY
This study analyzes how ChatGPT portrays and describes itself, revealing misleading myths about AI technologies, specifically conversational agents based on large language models. This analysis allows...
032
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
DARPA terminates "Influence Campaign Awareness and Sensemaking (INCAS)" program www.darpa.mil/program/infl... Important to see what kinds of changes like these are made in anticipation of Trump taking office but without him or his employees even doing anything (yet)
darpa.mil
52613
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Daniel van Strien @danielvanstrien.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
First dataset for the new @huggingface.bsky.social @bsky.app community organisation: one-million-bluesky-posts 🦋 📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API 🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions 🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗 huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
huggingface.co
bluesky-community/one-million-bluesky-posts · Datasets at Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
69852772
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @goripaula.bsky.social @theoaraujo.bsky.social @anjabechmann.bsky.social @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social @valeriehase.bsky.social ♾️
071
Reposted by Anja Bechmann
Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 14/01/2024
🚨 Coming up: CFP deadline for our #ICA24 postconference P³: Power, Propaganda, Polarisation, at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social in Brisbane, Australia, on 26/27 June 2024. Organisers: Axel Bruns, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Jessica Walter, @dkreiss.bsky.social Submit abstracts at bit.ly/p3postconf by 1 Feb.
bit.ly
Paper Submissions — P³: Power, Propaganda, Polarisation
ICA Postconference — QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia, 26-27 June 2024 Organising Team: Axel Bruns, Anja Bechmann, Jessica Gabriele Walter, Daniel Kreiss
11717