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Philipp Kessling @pekasen.eurosky.social · 06/03/2026

The @bredowinstitut.bsky.social, Media Research Methods Lab is hiring! Two PhD positions with TV-L EG13, 100%. Apply if you fancy digital methods, multimodal content analysis and working with @azadekakavand.bsky.social, @grenwi.bsky.social and @thejanrau.bsky.social.

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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🚨Wir stellen ein 🚨 Das Media Research Methods Lab @bredowinstitut.bsky.social sucht zwei Doktorand:innen im CCS-Bereich! Digitale Methoden, jede Menge spannende Daten und ein fantastisches Team mit @grenwi.bsky.social, @pekasen.bsky.social und @thejanrau.bsky.social … was will man mehr? 👩‍💻👨‍💻

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

📣 @ecpr-ead.bsky.social invites applications for it's Summer School on Extremism and Democracy! 🗓️ 6 – 10 July, University of Bologna 🎓️ Present your research and receive feedback from leading scholars in the field ✅️ Open to all students enrolled in a PhD programme ⌛ Deadline: 25 February

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Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026

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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 16/01/2026

⚠️ Update: At 180 hours, the total internet blackout in #Iran now exceeds the core duration of the 2019 shutdown, and there is still no partial or regional restoration. in 2019, it was only after connectivity was restored that the scale of the brutal crackdown became known.

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from January 2, 2025, to January 16, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity remains lower than normal most of the time period due to protests, with a sharp drop on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with protests across the nation. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN', indicates the period of disruption.

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Jana Bernhard-Harrer @janabernhard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Back from the holidays and into office mode? 🎧 Our latest #aBitOfCCS episode reveals how a 19th-century society magazine isn’t that different from social media today. We talk AI-driven digitization and the Wiener Salonblatt (1870–1938) with @dchr.is Listen here ⤵️ aboutccs.net/abitofccs/

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#aBitOfCCS – What is it about CCS

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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher: - focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related - 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26 - 30h/week, incl some teaching - deadline: 28 Jan 26 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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Lorenz Meyer @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Musks X ermöglicht es gerade jedem, per KI sexualisierte Deepfakes von Frauen und Kindern zu erstellen, direkt unter ihren Fotos & öffentlich sichtbar. Die EU-Kommission "prüft" und nimmt die Sache "sehr ernst". Das reicht nicht. Der Digital Services Act gibt euch die Mittel: Macht den Laden dicht.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.

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CSS Lab, LMU Munich @css-lmu.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you. 💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.

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Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press

Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.

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Ricarda Lang @ricardalang.eurosky.social · 20/10/2025

Vielleicht haben „die Töchter“ auch keinen Bock mehr darauf, dass ihre Rechte und ihre Sicherheit für Friedrich Merz immer genau dann von Bedeutung sind, wenn er sie nutzen kann, um seine vollkommen rückwärtsgewandte Politik zu rechtfertigen?

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

For those on the #polcomm academic job market this year, I am sharing the job market material folder that I put together a few years back. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Lukito & Friends Job Market Materials - Google Drive

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Dominika Betakova et al. uses a comparative online experiment to test whether nudges could help with #news avoidance. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Last week, I defended my dissertation! 🎉 A big thank you to everyone who made this possible—especially (but not exclusively) @anniewald.bsky.social, @nicolarighetti.bsky.social & the whole @compcommlab.bsky.social! 🫶

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Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

New publication, out in Political Analysis: There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually? I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.

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Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos

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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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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I'm giving a talk tomorrow! Come join 👩‍🏫

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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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Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut @bredowinstitut.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🔊 Invitation: #LeibnizMediaLunchTalk How do right-wing extremists network and communicate on social media platforms? 📅 22 July 🕛 12-1 noon (CEST) 📍 via Zoom @azadekakavand.bsky.social will present findings from her dissertation. ℹ️ ➡ leibniz-hbi.de/en/hbi-event... @fgz-risc.bsky.social

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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Some personal news 🎉 Last week, I started a new position as a Postdoc for computer-based methods in the Social Media Observatory of @fgz-risc.bsky.social and the Media Research Methods Lab at @bredowinstitut.bsky.social 👩‍💻 I'm super excited to continue researching social media and social cohesion 🙌

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Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net · 24/06/2025

I have a postdoc vacancy - www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3528... at the TWON-project (twon-project.eu). Because the project runs only until 2025-03-31, the contract is limited - but maybe of interest for somebody who is just about to finish a PhD and needs something temporary?

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PostDoc (Computational) Communication Science - TWON Project

Do you enjoy engaging in cutting-edge research as part of a larger European team? answering theoretically and societally important communication science questions? applying computational approaches yo...

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Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut @bredowinstitut.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🎉 Wir feiern 75 Jahre Hans-Bredow-Institut #HBI75! ... jetzt auch auf BlueSky! #firstpost 🎂 75 Jahre Medienforschung – das bedeutet 75 Jahre Forschung über medienvermittelte öffentliche Kommunikation, interdisziplinär & international vernetzt. 🙏 Wir sagen Danke und freuen uns auf alles, was kommt!

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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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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📍 #COMPTEXT2025 is taking place in the Main Building of the University of Vienna (Universitätsring 1), a historical landmark in the heart of the city. 🧭 Enter through the entrance shown in the photo—you’ll find signs leading to the registration desk just inside.

The Main Building of the University of Vienna. Courtesy: University of Vienna, Gebhard Sengmüller

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🕘 Registration opens at 9:15 AM on April 24 Arriving early? Take a moment to explore this remarkable building! The Arcaded Courtyard, the Philosopher’s Staircase, and the Aula are well worth a look 👀

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IPKW - Department of Communication @ipkw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2025 COMPTEXT conference at the University of Vienna in Austria. The 2025 meeting is being held at the main building of the University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna. The workshops start at 10 a.m. www.comptextconference.org/wp-content/u...

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Jana Bernhard-Harrer @janabernhard.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Let’s get #COMPTEXT2025 started! 🚀💻 The registration desk is open and we are excited to welcome you all in #Vienna soon!

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#COMPTEXT2025 registration is open! ✨ If you’re more of a visual type, no worries – we’ve got a quick „walkthrough video“ 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ for you. ▶️

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Computational 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

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

COMPTEXT 2025 – The Countdown is On! 🥳 ✅ The preliminary program is now available! Check out the amazing sessions, workshops, and speakers lined up for this year's event. Don't miss out – register today and secure your spot! 👉 Register here comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c... 👈

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7th Annual Conference 2025 - The COMPTEXT Project

7th ANNUAL COMPTEXT Conference 2025 Please find the information on registration to COMPTEXT 2025 below. The COMPTEXT Association offers travel grants to PhD students, based on a motivation statement, ...

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Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

*adding juror for the Great Meme Challenge of Summer Term 2025 to my CV*

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺 Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b... ⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Last week, @azadekakavand.bsky.social presented her latest work on validating methods for linking user identities across social media platforms. A highly promising approach and insightful presentation!

Azade standing in front of a seminar room. Presenting her research. Stand in front of a wall. Projected slides in the background.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🚀 #COMPTEXT2025 submissions are in! We’ve hit a record—256 submissions! 🎉 And yes, most arrived on the last day😉 Thank you all for your contributions! The review process is starting now, and notifications will go out by Feb 15, 2025. Stay tuned & have a fantastic week! 🌟

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Thank you everyone for a record-number of submissions—we are humbled by the overwhelming interest in COMPTEXT 2025! The variety of research topics, methods, data presentations, and tutorials preview a great conference at the University of Vienna! Notifications are due Feb. 15!

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Fabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Time for the annual final sprint 📈 COMPTEXT2025 deadline is approaching (January 15, midnight). www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-c...

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7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations for #COMPTEXT2025 is now out; please feel free to circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! Deadline: January 15! We look forward to meeting you at the University of Vienna and @compcommlab.bsky.social on 24-26 April 2025!

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Teresa Weikmann @teresaelena.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

Delighted to share that our paper on what happens after deception through a deepfake is now published open access in IJPP 🥳 w/ @hannahgreber.bsky.social & Alina Nikolaou journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Computational Communication Research @computationalcommunication.org · 12/03/2024

New article at CCR: @thieled.bsky.social leverages word-embedding representations of dictionaries and machine translation to investigate user-generated populism in comments during COVID-19 in 7 European countries, finding varying effects of restrictive policies. Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...

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How COVID-19 and the News Shaped Populism in Facebook Comments in Seven European Countries. : A Computational Analysis. | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online

Citizen-generated populism is flourishing in the comments sections of online news. The factors that shape the extent of such populist communication from below are still under-researched. This study fo...

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Dominika 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....

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Azade 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.

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