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Aybuke Atalay

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PhD University of Edinburgh computational social science, political communication, social bots🤖

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I have a new paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social w/ the briliant @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and @aliaelkattan.com We show that what we pay attention to online is a lot more politically diverse than what public engagement signals would suggest... sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
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Information Diets Are More Diverse in Attention Than in Engagement
Article: Information Diets Are More Diverse in Attention Than in Engagement | Sociological Science | Posted July 21, 2026
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Ricardo Ferreira @ferreira-rr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The Scottish Election Analysis 2026 brings 55 contributions on topics such as campaigning, news, voters, pools, representation and policy. Published 10 days after the election, it provides immediate and accessible analysis of the contest. Full report here: www.electionanalysis.uk 3/3
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Scottish Election Analysis 2026 - UK Election Analysis
Report featuring more than 100 contributions from leading UK academics, with snap analysis and early research insights on the 2024 UK General Election.
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Ricardo Ferreira @ferreira-rr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Drawing on sentiment analysis of 4,385 tweets by parties and party leaders, we show how negativity shifts depending on electoral context, political positioning, and whether parties compete as incumbents, challengers, front-runners, or insurgents. Here: www.electionanalysis.uk/scottish-ele... 2/3
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When parties travel, does negativity follow? Comparing campaigns on X - UK Election Analysis
Digital campaigning in elections has become increasingly negative, with parties frequently attacking their opponents’ policies and leadership.
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Ricardo Ferreira @ferreira-rr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Very happy to contribute to the FIRST EVER Scottish Election Analysis Report, organised by Ana Langer, Christopher Carman, @ariadnevromen.bsky.social, and @maia-aa.bsky.social . Focusing on negative campaigning, @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and I analysed how parties adapted their tone on X. 🧵1/3
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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This is now out in journalqd.org/article/view.... Please be in touch with any questions if you intend to use! Great to work with @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and @aliaelkattan.com on this! Watch out for them
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An enriched, multimodal social media dataset of a UK General Election campaign | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
📄NEW PAPER + 📈DATASET + 🌐WEBSITE Please to be able to share our dataset paper: "An enriched, multimodal social media dataset of a UK General Election campaign." The paper builds off the crowd-sourced publication of candidate lists in advance of the last UK General Election...
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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
📄NEW PAPER📄 Ever wondered content people actually pay *attention* to online? Our new research reveals that you likely pay attention to far more varied political content than your likes and shares suggest
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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
👇I am very pleased to announce the next in the Social Data Science Hub Seminar Series where we'll welcome Eddie Ungless to speak on approaches to the measurement of social bias in NLP! You can sign up here to come in person or join online: bit.ly/SDS-Eddie polisky mlsky cssky
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