Reposted by Marko BachlNicole Bizzotto @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026📣 Important #ICA27 update for colleagues planning to submit: you can now be designated as presenter on up to THREE submissions 🎊 074
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 17hI will talk about using user-centric tracking data in health communication research. Mostly a summary of what @elena-link.bsky.social and me have learnt in past projects and a short glimpse into what we are currently working on. Presentation is here: userpage.fu-berlin.de/bachlm83/met...userpage.fu-berlin.deMeasuring health-related information seeking and exposure with user-centric tracking data: Lessons learned, open questions, and future developments 020
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 17h#methoden26 is coming to @gesis.org. I am super excited and looking forward to the best conference of the year and the Klassentreffen. Check out the program here: www.gesis.org/forschung/pr...gesis.orgComputational Opportunities and Challenges in the Measurement of Media Use and Media EffectsGESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften 051
Reposted by Marko BachlKen Benoit @kenbenoit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026quallmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN: the R package Seraphine Maerz and I are building for LLM-assisted qualitative coding. This release adds robustness, more models, and multimodal input. 🧵 quallmer.github.io/quallmer/ #rstatsquallmer.github.ioQualitative Analysis with Large Language ModelsTools for AI-assisted qualitative data coding using large language models (LLMs) via the ellmer package, supporting providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Azure, and local models via Ollama. P... 2145
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026State of research funding: I am not even able to get a seat in an online info meeting on a grant program. How likely is it that I would get a grant? 000
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Another day at #ecc2026 #eacrea2026. Today, we have special panel with two (2) scheduled presentations. You can preview Sabine Reich and my presentation here: userpage.fu-berlin.de/bachlm83/ecr... 020
Reposted by Marko BachlMarko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Health communication day at #ECC2026 / #ECREA2026: Chairing a promising session on *AI, Datafication and the Future of Health Communication* at 11:15, then presenting work w/ @elena-link.bsky.social at 14:15. Preview here: userpage.fu-berlin.de/bachlm83/ecr... All happening at room U33. 021
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Health communication day at #ECC2026 / #ECREA2026: Chairing a promising session on *AI, Datafication and the Future of Health Communication* at 11:15, then presenting work w/ @elena-link.bsky.social at 14:15. Preview here: userpage.fu-berlin.de/bachlm83/ecr... All happening at room U33. 021
Reposted by Marko BachlFID Media @fidmedia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Was bleibt von digitalen Kommunikationskorpora nach Projektende? Unser Workshopbericht im DHd-Blog zeigt, warum gute Dokumentation schon bei der Datenerhebung beginnt und welche Handlungsfelder wir daraus für den FID Media ableiten. Herzlichen Dank an alle Beteiligten! dhd-blog.org?p=24183 043
Reposted by Marko BachlPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Not everyone wants to become an academic, actually 3498
Reposted by Marko BachlDr. Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann @leidecker-sandmann.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Wer bzw. wessen Expertise zum Thema #genAI wird in der deutschen Printmedien Berichterstattung referiert? Dieser Frage geht unser kürzlich veröffentlichtes Paper nach. Lest gerne mal rein! #WissKomm 063
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026@gles.bsky.social has implemented data donations, I did not know this. Nice :) 100
Reposted by Marko BachlDeutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Erste vorläufige Höchstwerte von heute: 41,1°C Saarbrücken-Burbach, 40,7°C Bad Kreuznach, je 40,4°C in Kitzingen, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Trier-Zewen und Waghäusel-Kirrlach, 40,1°C in Frankfurt/Main. Eine Qualitätskontrolle dieser Messwerte ist noch nicht erfolgt und wird noch vorgenommen. 46026
Reposted by Marko BachlEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The David Howell Award for the best paper using CSES data presented at a conference in 2025“ goes to @bcastanho.bsky.social & @albertostefanelli.bsky.social Congratulations! 1241
Reposted by Marko BachlThe R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026rousseeuwprize.orgThe Rousseeuw Prize for StatisticsThe Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research. 2280106
Reposted by Marko BachlWeizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 16/06/2026@ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Marko BachlDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Responding aloud to the title of this 1991 banger: “Apparently not, Shanto. Apparently not.” 3396
Reposted by Marko BachlChristina Viehmann @christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Hi #ica26, interested in computational approaches and media use & effects? This is for you: 📢 CfP CCR Special Issue: From normalization to next frontiers: Media use & effects in the computational era. 🗓Abstracts due: Oct 16 journal.computationalcommunication.org/announcement... @icacm.bsky.socialjournal.computationalcommunication.org Call for Papers: CCR Special Issue on Media Use and Effects in the Computational Era | Computational Communication Research 056
Reposted by Marko BachlKatrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Computational methods division top paper goes to Paul Balluff, @christinaviehmann.bsky.social, Maximilian Linde, @yapete.bsky.social, Jun Sun, Chung-hong Chan from @gesis.org. Huge congrats everyone! 4285
Reposted by Marko BachlKaty Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social · 30/05/2026#ica26 tip - download an offline map in Google maps 071
Reposted by Marko BachlTobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 28/05/2026There are some (non ICA) Comm journals offering Registered Reports: - European Journal of Health Comm (@ejhc.bsky.social) - Communication Research Reports - Computational Communication Research (@computationalcommunication.org) - Frontiers in Communication See: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comOpen Media and Communication Research 063
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Morgen in Leipzig: blog.fid-media.de/2026/04/02/w...blog.fid-media.deWorkshop „Von digitalen Korpora zu Forschungsdaten in der KMW“ am 29.05. in Leipzig – FID Media | Fachinformationsdienst Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft 120
Reposted by Marko BachlNate Persily @persily.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The Draft Volume of the APSA AI Task Force, cochaired by Josh Tucker and me, is now available. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, POLITICS, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE will be published by Cambridge Press later this year, but the draft chapters are available today: apsanet.org/wp-content/u... 03518
Reposted by Marko BachlJournal of Science Communication (JCOM) @jscicom.bsky.social · 06/05/2026So happy to see new research featured in JCOM in @scicommbites.bsky.social - see scicommbites.org/does-informa... - by @selinaabeckmann + @elena-link + @bachl.bsky.socialscicommbites.orgDoes Information Source Matter in Health Communication? A Public Perspective - SciCommBitesOk, so we've all been guilty of consulting Dr. Google for health advice at some point. However, if a google search pulls up advice from a health expert or a generative AI, which sources are most likel... 022
Reposted by Marko BachlPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There’s a fine line between theoretical contribution and renaming things 45810
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Yay, best science communication @dianarieger.bsky.social ❤️ (www.ardmediathek.de/video/checke...) 030
Reposted by Marko BachlYannic Meier @ymeier.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Join our workshop for students/early-career scholars going to #ICA26 organized by @facusuenzo.bsky.social, @ambervdwal.bsky.social, @wendi-li-phd.bsky.social, @mqrmobile.bsky.social, @floprim.bsky.social. 📅 Friday, May 8th ⏰ 8:00 AM EDT | 12:00 PM UCT 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/AryewUXumCsC... 167
Reposted by Marko BachlTobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 29/04/2026Are you a Comm scholar and want to push #openscience in our field? The @icahdq.bsky.social committee "Open Access Open Scholarship", which I'm chairing, is currently looking for a new member. Interested? Then reach out and I'm happy to share more information! 087
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Happy start of the Berlin (German?) Vorlesungszeit to all who celebrate :) @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social 130
Reposted by Marko BachlJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 09/04/2026I'm going to take that as a compliment 2441
Reposted by Marko BachlAEJMC-CTM (Communication Theory and Methodology Division) @aejmc-ctm.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Call for Nominations: #Editor-in-Chief, Communication Methods and Measures #CMM Nominations & self-nominations welcome! 📌 Apply by May 15, 2026 📄 Submit CV + short rationale (≤250 words) 📧 isabelle.freiling@utah.edu Please share with your networks! #AcademicJobs #AEJMC #CMM 023
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026This is a very good paper and you should all read it. However, to this part, I want to reply with Arthur Spirling: "Open generative AI models are a way forward for science" (doi.org/10.1038/d415...). Seriously, please don't default to sending students and other researchers to closed models. 1113
Reposted by Marko BachlChristian Strippel @strippel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026In knapp zwei Wochen, am 30.3., endet die Einreichungsfrist für unsere Tagung „Utopien und Dystopien der digitalen Gesellschaft“ am 16.–18.9.2026 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social in Berlin! Wir freuen uns auf eure Beiträge! #CfP #digikomm2026 11220
Reposted by Marko BachlFreie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Erfolg in der Exzellenzstrategie 🎉 Mit großem Einsatz haben viele FU-Angehörige die BUA in den vergangenen Jahren mitgestaltet. „Ihr Einsatz und Ihre Kreativität haben entscheidend zu diesem Meilenstein beigetragen“, sagt FU-Präsident Günter M. Ziegler. „Dafür danke ich Ihnen allen sehr herzlich!“ 1173
Reposted by Marko BachlBerlin University Alliance @berlinualliance.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Moving forward together. 🤝 Die #BerlinUAlliance wird weiter gefördert – und startet mit „Beyond Boundaries“ in die nächste Phase. 🚀 Der vollständige Antrag ist jetzt online einsehbar: www.berlin-university-alliance.de/excellence-s... 1145
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Interesting overview by @solmg.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social on what is going on with agentic AI in social since: www.brookings.edu/articles/the... Also this hidden gem at the end :D 030
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Has Charité a problem with bot PhD supervisors? Or is finding all the cars the minimal requirement for supervision? 081
Reposted by Marko BachlDaniela Stoltenberg @dstoltenberg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Oh hey, I am on this list. 🤩 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 071
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlJD...youtube.comBabyjoy LIVE @ splash! Festival 2024YouTube video by splash! 000
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Happy last week of the Berlin Vorlesungszeit to everyone who celebrates. You almost made it through 16 weeks 070
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Nobody uses this anymore but now I at least know that I would mostly see German communication research if anyone every posted something: bluesky-map.theo.io 030
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 05/02/2026attention ever who wants to travel to @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Marko BachlDavis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...tidyverse.orgdplyr 1.2.0dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re... 12463133
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026You should all absolutely read this paper by @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social's Miriam Siemon. 011