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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are so proud to congratulate our dear Fabienne Lind on starting her professorship at @unisalzburg.bsky.social today! 🎉 Not saying goodbye just yet 🥲 We will stay in touch and keep collaborating! 🫶 Wishing you a wonderful start, @fabiennelind.bsky.social, and all the best for this new chapter! 💙💚

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today we are saying goodbye to Antje Sader 💙 She supported our teaching, kept our lab meetings running, and was always looking out for everyone. And she brought plenty of fun along the way! Our “#1 Guardian of the Team” award says it all🛡️Thanks for everything, Antje 🙌 We will miss having you around!

Antje holding #1 Guardian of the Team glass award from the CCL

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J Dierkes @dierkes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're hiring at School of Social Sciences at Univ of Mannheim Full Professorship (W-3) in Social Data Science and Social Science Methodology Apply by Oct 22 2026 www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/about/job... @methodsnet.bsky.social

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last week, CCL hosted the Summer School on Digital Public Spheres in Vienna ☀️ ECRs and experts from Berlin, Roskilde, Tübingen, Bern & Vienna came together to discuss their research projects 🎓 Many thanks to @anniewald.bsky.social & @sarahepp.bsky.social for organizing such a memorable event! 🙌

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On the final morning of #ECC2026, #WHAT-IF team hosted a session on LLMs and ABMs in digital communication research. Organized by @aytalina.bsky.social and chaired by @vanatteveldt.com, the session highlighted some perspectives on the current state of the social simulation field development.

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dr courtney tabor @academiuhhh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

sorry but what is even the point of submitting to/attending a conference if you are going to have an AI chatbot present your research?

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today at #ECC2026: The #WHATIF session on LLMs and ABMs. Stop by to hear our latest updates on social simulation research.

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Daniel Siormanolakis @dsior.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Wow, I'm absolutely speechless! Huge shout out to all the amazing folks at CCL who helped me with their feedback and mentoring, especially Petro Tolochko, @aytalina.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social !!!

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New #rstats 📦: mediacloud2 (happy about name recommendations). Since the exitsting R packages were stale and I needed data, I wrote a new package. MediaCloud is an amazing resource for getting news media data, especially if you rehydrate the articles (e.g., through paperboy).

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MediaCloud API (v4) Wrapper

A simple wrapper for version 4 of the MediaCloud API, which provides programmatic access to the MediaCloud archive of online news content (<https://www.mediacloud.org>).

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Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our Research Network Democracy and Human Rights is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Follow @dem-hum.bsky.social for exciting research updates related to democracy & human rights. 💬

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📍Last week at the Social Simulation Conference 2026 in Durham! 🎤 Our lab members @anniewald.bsky.social, @maikovska.bsky.social, and @aytalina.bsky.social presented research from the projects @what-if-horizon.bsky.social and Social Issue Emergence in the Hybrid Media System 🚀 And more ahead!

Kateryna, Annie, and Aytalina at SSC2026 in Durham

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Truly grateful to have had the opportunity to share and discuss the work @what-if-horizon.bsky.social with the social simulation community💡 and not alone this time but with the brilliant @maxvandrunen.bsky.social & @anniewald.bsky.social 👏👏 Many thanks for the inspiring event in 💚Durham, #SSC2026 🥳

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Social Simulation Conference (SSC) 2026 is just around the corner! If you're attending the conference at Durham University over the next two days, don't miss the opportunity to check out the WHAT-IF presentations by @aytalina.bsky.social and @maxvandrunen.bsky.social See you there!

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Giuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 The Euromanifesto Study 2024 Documents are now available! We collected, checked and systematised electoral programmes and campaign materials from across Europe for the 2024 European Parliament elections. A new resource for studying the 2024 EP campaign 🧵

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

💡 New preprint is out: Can AI-simulations help shape the future of platform governance? 🔗 The whole paper is available here: osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/y2ext_v1 Many greetings for the authors @maxvandrunen.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social @aytalina.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📬 WHAT-IF Newsletter #5 is out! Our latest highlights about conferences, publications, preprints and the WHAT-IF Dataverse Collection are available here: what-if-horizon.eu/2026/07/31/n... 📩 Stay up to date by subscribing to our newsletter on the project website.

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Newsletter #5: Summer Conferences, Publication Updates & General Assembly

Dear WHAT-IF members and network, July is coming to an end, which means it is time to look back at everything that has happened in our project over the past few months. In this newsletter, we highl…

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 New publication in Digital Journalism! The latest study by Paul Balluff, @hajoboo.bsky.social, and @anniewald.bsky.social compares how German alternative and legacy media reported on Nord Stream 2 and reveals both distinctive reporting patterns and substantial overlap. Read more👇

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🤖 🔥 New preprint is out The paper, co-authored by Taehee Kim and @dgarcia.eu, demonstrates that AI-generated conversations can be remarkably convincing. 💡 For more insights check out the preprint: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The collective turing test: large language models can generate realistic multi-user discussions - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The collective turing test: large language models can generate realistic multi-user discussions

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bruna paroni @brupar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🎉 happy this one is finally out! new paper w/ @giadam.bsky.social and @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social in @icsjournal.bsky.social, part of the @aoir.bsky.social special issue:

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We're launching a funding drive on Bellingcat today. It's a tough funding environment at the moment with global funder cuts & the fear of Trump scaring off donors, so support us here www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_... A short video about what your donations will fund www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vzb...

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What Happens When You Fund Bellingcat ...

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The #WHATIF 2nd General Assembly meeting in Bucharest came to an end Many thanks to Facultatea de Comunicare si Relatii Publice for the excellent organisation and hospitality, and to the city of Bucharest for the welcoming atmosphere. Stay tuned for upcoming project updates!

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🔥 Happening now: The 2nd General Assembly Meeting of the WHAT-IF project is currently taking place in 📍 Bucharest, Romania. Over the coming days, partners from across the consortium will come together to share progress, discuss preliminary findings and explore new research ideas. Stay tuned!

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Hajo Boomgaarden @hajoboo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thrilled and grateful that SYNAPS has been selected for ERC Advanced Grant funding. @erc.europe.eu SYNAPS looks at how 14- to 16-year-olds develop political interest, knowledge and engagement in a networked world shaped by peers, social media, influencers and algorithms. @compcommlab.bsky.social

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hackingcommsci @hackingcommsci.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A few days after the 76th ICA Conference is over and we’re still smiling when looking back at #hackICA26. What a great way to kick off the conference week — and what a week it has been overall. Marvin wants to say a big thank you to everyone who helped make it such a special experience 🐧

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Posting live from stage at #ica26 where I present our #rstats 🎁 {atrrr} which can interact with 🦋

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🌍 CCL is heading to #ICA26 with a broad set of contributions across panels and preconferences spanning multiple areas of communication research! 👋 Find us in Cape Town and explore the full overview here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

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CCL at #ICA26 in Cape Town

The CCL is thrilled to share our latest research at the 76th Annual ICA Conference across several divisions!

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It was a pleasure to talk about ABM and the progress we made in @what-if-horizon.bsky.social with passionate researchers from around the world 🤩 Many thanks to @hackingcommsci.bsky.social for a fantastic first day at #ICA26 🙌

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Less than 1 week left to apply for this exciting postdoc opportunity ⬇️ @kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I look forward to receiving applications 😀

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Jula Luehring @julaluehring.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thank you @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social for your guest talk today at @compcommlab.bsky.social 🙌 Very much appreciated the interdisciplinary discussions on content vs. source-level misinformation detection, LLM annotations and validation practices in the social sciences. Photo: @aytalina.bsky.social

Philipp Lorenz-Spreen standing in front of his presentation slides titled “Promises and Pitfalls of LLM annotations, applications in political communication and algorithmic influence”

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🎯 New paper alert! It includes the main theoretical & empirical contribution of my dissertation: disentangling targeting and tailoring in political social media advertising. Really happy @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I found such a great home for it 🏠 Open Access 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1369... 1/4

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Targeting and/or tailoring?! A theoretical framework and its application to political social media advertising

Despite the widespread use of data-driven campaigning (DDC), there is limited conceptual clarity and empirical understanding of how political parties employ the advertising strategies of targeting ...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

NEW - Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals cup.org/43fmXFj - @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social #FirstView

BJPolS abstract discussing political party appeals across multiple European countries from 1970 to 2025. It mentions Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, highlighting the use of the Parties’ Social Group Appeals (PSoGA) Database and its compatibility with MARPOR.

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

End your week by hitting "submit"! Today is the last day to submit your abstract to the @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social conference of the DGPuK at @gesis.org!

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Huge congrats to Paul Balluff on successfully defending his dissertation “Applications of Transformer Models in Communication Research”! 🎉 compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

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Successful CCL Thesis Defense!

We congratulate our lab member Paul Balluff! He has successfully defended his thesis.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

50 years @oegk.bsky.social! At #KWT2026 @marvins.bsky.social & @janabernhard.bsky.social presented: “Paupers in the Papers” on how media reporting shapes perceptions of the welfare state recipients, a linkage-design study with @moritzsedlatschek.bsky.social.

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨Deadline: Apply now for the POLNET School on Social Network Analysis @politicalnets.bsky.social 🗓️ 21–25 Sep, Universität Konstanz Curious about SNA and its applications in political network research? ✔️Gain skills in advanced methods, including Relational Event Models & Discourse Network Analysis

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Apply by midnight, BST, TONIGHT!

POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A stunning visualization born from a collaboration with @manlius.bsky.social : 55,486 galaxies and 29,555 streamlines tracing how matter flows across our local universe, built on data from the CosmicFlows-4 project. Article in the first reply 👇

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It was such a pleasure to host @dstoltenberg.bsky.social at CCL! She presented her newly founded Emmy Noether research group and the award-winning project “Place-Based Issue Publics: The Rearrangement of Local Public Spheres in a Digitalized and Globalized World” 🌍 🛜 Congratulations, Daniela! 🎉

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Can TikTok be a space for constructive environmental journalism? 🌱 @veronikaebner.bsky.social shared her work on what drives engagement—a study together with Fabienne Lind & Hajo Boomgaarden at #COMPTEXT2026

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

From humor to hostility? 💬 At #COMPTEXT2026, @daisukenakamura.bsky.social explored how disparagement humor by influencers links to polarization in TikTok comments —a study together with Petro Tolochko & Desirée Schmuck

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Yay infrastructure! 🧰 @marvins.bsky.social cial and @janabernhard.bsky.social present a first usecase between @medem.bsky.social l AmCAT instance and @iriscc.bsky.social sky.social climate reporting dataset. at #COMPTEXT2026

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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 24/04/2026

🧵 I’ve spent the last couple years studying authoritarianism around the world, and wrote a book about how to defeat it. Three things that happened in the U.S. THIS WEEK left me convinced things in here are going to get worse before they get better. But there are specific things we can do. 🧵🧵

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happening tonight! #LangeNachtderForschung @univie.ac.at ✨ Play with our simulation model and learn how social issues compete for public attention 👇 Shout-out to our collaborator Leon Olszewski from @tuwien.at! Find @maikovska.bsky.social @aytalina.bsky.social & myself in main building booth C04.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This Friday, 24 April 2026, meet CCL at #LangeNachtderForschung @univie.ac.at main building: 📍C04: How do social issues compete for public attention? 📍H01: What changes when we listen to literature? 📍E03: How do political emotions shape climate communication? Find us 👇

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Getting this paper published was quite a ride. Thrilled to see it out now! 🎢 ✨ Analyzing ~740k coordinated tweets during China’s COVID-19 protests, we found communities amplifying protest, and others pushing repression through distracting and demoralizing content. Led by @aytalina.bsky.social 👏👏👏

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