Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social · 23/07/2026India's student protests against corruption is being met with police brutality, internet shutdowns and misinformation from official sources. We're seeing official and government-allied sources using AI-generated and decontextualized images to vilify the protesters and the movement shorturl.at/BGCva 150
Reposted by Apeksha ShettySumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 21/07/2026the leader of the opposition represents over 50% of the country that did not vote for the government. this is how the government of india responded to him peacefully protesting today. 1345
Reposted by Apeksha ShettySumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 20/07/2026thousands of indian students marched on parliament today. the incredibly democratic indian government responded by tear gassing them and shutting off the internet in the capital. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comCJP's parliament march from Jantar Mantar: Thousands of 'cockroach' protesters take to Delhi streetsSome protesters demanding education reforms said they were injured in clashes with police who banned the march. 075
Reposted by Apeksha Shettyaytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · 23/04/2026📢 New publication! “Connective action and digital repression during China’s COVID-19 protests: a computational analysis of multilingual coordinated activity on Twitter" w/ brilliant Paul Balluff, @nicolarighetti.bsky.social, @anniewald.bsky.social out in EPJ Data Sci. Read #openaccess👇 rdcu.be/feZzKlink.springer.comConnective action and digital repression during China’s COVID-19 protests: a computational analysis of multilingual coordinated activity on Twitter - EPJ Data ScienceIn authoritarian contexts, social media serve as critical platforms for coordinating both protest and repression. This study centers on the unprecedented COVID-19 protests in the People’s Republic of ... 0135
Reposted by Apeksha Shettyaytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · 07/04/2026📢 New publication! My dissertation paper "Online Protest and Repression in Authoritarian Settings" co-authored with 🌟 @anniewald.bsky.social and Nanda Wijermans 🌟 is now out in @jasssjournal.bsky.social Read the full #openaccess article: www.jasss.org/29/2/4.html #ABM #CSS #dreamcollabjasss.orgOnline Protest and Repression in Authoritarian Settingsby Aytalina Kulichkina, Annie Waldherr and Nanda Wijermans 0136
Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Check out @julaluehring.bsky.social 's novel study that uses causal inference to untangle if misinformation on social media truly leads to more engagement and more emotional discussions than reliable news. 👇 060
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyDavid Garcia @dgarcia.eu · 13/10/2025Join us as postdoc at the Inequality Discourse Observatory at the University of Konstanz: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7... We will do epic research between Linguistics and Computational Social Science at the Cluster of Politics of Inequality. Feel free to DM if you have any questions.stellen.uni-konstanz.deOne postdoctoral Research PositionDeadline: November 15th, 2025 01918
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyMark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 12/05/2025We have a vacancy for "Postdoctoral Researcher on the Topics of Journalism and Infotainment" with affinity for quantitative methods. Work includes projects related to media trust, pluralism, media effects and/or political satire. Link: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Please help me share it 🙏werkenbij.uva.nlVacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher on the Topics of Journalism and InfotainmentWe are looking for a postdoctoral researcher on themes related to journalism with an affinity for quantitative methods. Are you interested in topics, such as media trust, pluralism, media effects and/... 035
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyThe COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 26/04/2025After 3 packed days of research, workshops, and networking, #COMPTEXT2025 has officially wrapped up! In 48+ panels, 220+ presentations, and a full day of tutorials we received a great review of the state-of-the-art in our field. Thanks everyone and see you next year! 18232
Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Learning about efficient LLM training at @comptext.bsky.social with @cklamm.bsky.social #COMPTEXT2025 🤓 0175
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025⏰ Less than 2 days left! ⏰ Registration for #COMPTEXT2025 closes April 10 at 23:59 CEST! Join us in Vienna (April 24–26) for cutting-edge research on text-, image-, and video-as-data, hands-on workshops, and a brilliant community. Don't miss your chance—this is the final call! 🚂🧳 👉 bit.ly/4hJ7thP 01715
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComplexity Science Hub @csh.ac.at · 12/03/2025A CSH study challenges the widely held belief that #emotions make us more susceptible to #misinformation. The study, led by @hannahmetzler.bsky.social, reveals that emotions shape our perceptions, but don't impair our ability to distinguish between real and #falsenews. 👉 shorturl.at/FzHs1shorturl.atComplexity Science Hub * News * Do Emotions Make Us More Susceptible To Misinformation? Not Per Se, According To A New StudyA new study out of the Complexity Science Hub challenges the belief that emotions make us more susceptible to misinformation, revealing that pre-existing 083
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyMarvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social · 27/01/2025First ever publication alert! Do you credit all the software you use in your research?👀 In a new article in Computational Communication Research, we investigate when software gets mentioned in research articles and what makes a tool more likely to be cited. Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...doi.orgTools of the Trade – When Are Software Tools Mentioned in Computational Text Analysis Research? | Amsterdam University Press Journals OnlineThe use of computational methods for text analysis has been rapidly gaining a foothold in computational social science. Yet, little is known about the reporting practices of the software tools utilise... 65319
Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The timing of an emotion (before vs after news exposure) matters to understand if emotions influence misinformation belief. Further, it's not enough to say that people react emotionally to misinformation: People react with anger both when they believe and disbelieve false news items. More details 👇 031
Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Cool work by @julaluehring.bsky.social on NewsGuard as a resource for misinformation research! The paper also touches on NewsGuard's usefulness for source-based research on misinformation in countries other than the US. 👇 052
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025⏳ Last day to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025! Deadline: January 15, 2025, 11:59:59pm CET 🚀 Details: shorturl.at/AmocXshorturl.at7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext ProjectWhile these round tables will focus on specific themes, paper, panel, and data presentation submissions can, but are not required to, adhere to these topics. 01012
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyFabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Time for the annual final sprint 📈 COMPTEXT2025 deadline is approaching (January 15, midnight). www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c...comptextconference.org7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project 0198
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyFabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social · 10/01/20256 days to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025 🙌 Setting expectations: - 👾conversations about the latest computational methods across the social sciences and beyond -🎡☕️💚🦜🏃🏽♀️ (Social Programme preview) 02214
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 08/01/2025🚨 #COMPTEXT2025 Workshops – Sneak Peek! 🚨 🧰 Data donations and digital trace data 📖 Narratives in large datasets 🖼️ Visual data analysis 🛠️ Creative text analysis toolkits 🧐 Bayesian text analysis …and more! Don’t miss your chance—submit your abstracts (250 words) by January 15 👉 shorturl.at/AmocXshorturl.at7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project 0129
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 02/01/2025🎉 Happy New Year! Start 2025 strong—submit your work to #COMPTEXT2025, international conference on quantitative and computational analysis of text, image, and video as data 🚀 We can’t wait to welcome you to Vienna! ⏳Submission deadline: January 15 More here: shorturl.at/AmocX #css #commsky #poliskyshorturl.at7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project 02720
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 16/12/2024⏳ Less than a month left to submit your paper, panel, or data proposals for #COMPTEXT2025 Don’t miss out! Join us in Vienna on April 24-26, 2025, to discuss computational social science 🤩 Deadline: Jan 15, 2025. Details: shorturl.at/AmocXshorturl.at7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project 01613
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyPhilipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social · 20/11/2024I would interpret this as a result of "quantity before quality" design of social media (and ultimately reflects the business model), where everything, the velocity, the scrolling, the thumbnails, the share button, encourages this (+ motives of signalling identity rather than sharing information). 2152
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Rise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX #css #commsky #poliskyshorturl.at7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project 01615
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyDominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · 05/02/2024🚨New publication alert on news avoidance (open-access) 🚫📰 With @hajoboo.bsky.social, @solecheler.bsky.social and Svenja Schäfer, we looked at which perceptions of media and politics predict intentional news avoidance or low news consumption (or both!). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 0155
Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social · 23/11/2023I had a fantastic time at MISDOOM, learning about what's going on in the field of mis- and disinformation. I also presented our team's work (@julaluehring.bsky.social @hannahmetzler.bsky.social) on emotions and misinformation. 1101
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyAzade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 10/11/2023🎉 Exciting News! My first #dissertation paper has just been published open access in Annals of the ICA! 📚🌐 🔍 In this comprehensive study, I explore the nuances of far-right social media communication through the unique perspective of technology affordances.doi.org 2288
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 10/11/2023Arlie Hochschild introduced this idea of “deep stories”. Deep stories are the stories we (groups of humans) tell ourselves about who we are, what our values are. They reflect our hopes, fears and anxieties. Importantly, deep stories don’t have to be true — they just have to *feel* true. 48317
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 13/10/2023👋 Hello World! We're here now too & will soon close-down our #TwitterAccount for good. Help us find our mutuals on #BlueSky. 🔍 #CommSky #PolSky #CSScompcommlab.univie.ac.atComputational Communication Science LabComputational Communication Science Lab 12512
Reposted by Apeksha ShettyRebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 27/09/2023Proud of the work this great team did to understand whether viewing an online video of someone sharing their personal experiences with antisemitism might shift the attitudes and online browsing behavior of the viewers. Takeaway: we found reduced time spent on antisemitic websites. 03513