Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichWZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 02/03/2026💡 Call for Papers for the 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference 2026 on the topic “Challenges to International Orders: Causes and Consequences” 📅 7–9 October at the WZB. 🔄Please share our call for papers within your networks. Deadline for submissions: 23 April 26 www.wzb.eu/en/events/2n... 045
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichEuropean Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Pics or it didn't happen! 📱 @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social look at a decade of EU social media posts to show that how images are used strongly shapes user engagementbuff.lyPics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CorePics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram 0116
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 12/02/2026#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram - cup.org/4txpTt0 - @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social #FirstView 043
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichThe COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p! Deadline: January 16! 12215
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichAlessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 10/12/2025After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵 718262
Tobias Heidenreich @hdnrch.bsky.social · 04/11/2025New publication in Review of International Studies! Jelena Cupać and I examine how feminist and conservative NGOs differ in their legitimacy beliefs about the UN, and how perceptions shape their engagement amid growing ideological polarization. Open-access article here: doi.org/10.1017/S026...doi.orgA house divided: Feminist and conservative NGOs’ legitimacy beliefs about the United Nations | Review of International Studies | Cambridge CoreA house divided: Feminist and conservative NGOs’ legitimacy beliefs about the United Nations 172
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 22/10/2025@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris). We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵: #PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐bit.lyWelcome! – VARICRISVARICRIS research project 14438
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichFabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social · 03/09/2025🎙️ New @ccspod.bsky.social episode! I unpack how computational methods transform the study of opinionated communication + share insights from my work on studying climate change campaigns on social media with @cidape.bsky.social Listen here 👉 aboutccs.net/opinion/aboutccs.netObserving Opinions – What is it about CCS 1199
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichAhrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Thinking 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... 29239
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such? My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020). A thread (1/n) 14715
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichAhrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Absolutely 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! 13816
Tobias Heidenreich @hdnrch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Kurz vor der Bundestagswahl und bald anstehenden Koalitionsgesprächen haben Pola Lehmann und ich einen Blick in die Dynamiken der Ampelregierung auf Facebook geworfen und die Konfliktlinien zwischen den Parteien auch dort entdeckt. Hier unser Text für die @wzb.bsky.social Werkstatt Wahlen.wzb.euDie Dynamiken der Ampelkoalition auf FacebookIn zwei Tagen findet die Bundestagswahl statt. Eine Wahl, die nötig wurde, weil die Ampelkoalition aus SPD, Grünen und FDP auseinandergebrochen ist, eine Koalition, die vor etwas mehr als drei... 052
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🚨 #Data alert 📣 We just released #ParlLawSpeech – full texts of more than 40k bills, 28k laws, and 3 mio. parliamentary speeches from 7 countries (AT, CZ, DE, DK, ES, HR, HU) and the EU! If you study democracy with #TextAsData / #NLP methods, this is for you! A short 🧵 (1/3) #PoliSkyData #polisky 11263107
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichRebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025📢 Call for Papers! Digital Communication and Computational Approaches to Understanding Social Movements in the Social Media Era Special Issue w. Computational Communication Research: tinyurl.com/2p8wcbh2 co-edited with: @smtorres.bsky.social & @oenna2002.bsky.social More details below 👇tinyurl.com Call for Papers: CCR Special Issue on Digital Communication in Social Movement | Computational Communication Research 11912
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichAnnie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 10/12/2024✨Time for meta reflection✨ In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 25825
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 14/01/2025Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940... 16263853355
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichThe COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The 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! 01719
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichMarko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Are you interested in doing media effects research in the digital and social media environment? We have a special issue for you in CMM doi.org/10.1080/1931.... @loespouwels.bsky.social, @theoaraujo.bsky.social, @vanatteveldt.com, @bachl.bsky.social and Patti Valkenburg share our perspective here: 13721
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichComputational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 08/11/2023“Pics or it didn’t happen”? Well it did! ☝🏻🤗 We were very happy to welcome @hdnrch.bsky.social back into our team in the context of a guest presentation on shared work with @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social on automated visual analysis. 0207
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichJana Bernhard-Harrer @janabernhard.bsky.social · 23/10/2023🚨Exciting research alert! 🚨 Explore the world of topic modeling in communication science with our latest paper. Discover how different validation methods impact model selection and its consequences for theory development. 📚 commsky #TopicModeling www.aup-online.com/content/jour...aup-online.comTopic Model Validation Methods and their Impact on Model Selection and Evaluation | Amsterdam Univer...Topic Modeling is currently one of the most widely employed unsupervised text-as-data techniques in the field of communication science. While researchers increasingly recognize the importance of valid... 33114
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichAlexander Hohlfeld @alhohlfeld.bsky.social · 17/10/2023"TikTok´s Research API falls woefully short" My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape. More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th... 01114
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichStefanie Walter @stefaniewalter.bsky.social · 02/10/2023What is the best sampling approach for multilingual texts? In our new paper in Computational Communication Research, we (Sean-Kelly Palicki, Wouter van Atteveldt, Alice Beazer, & Isaac Bravo) find that experts know best www.aup-online.com/content/jour... commsky polcomm polisky PolDataSky 12811
Reposted by Tobias HeidenreichChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 21/09/2023The University of Potsdam (Andrea Liese / Thomas Sommerer) has a #vacancy for a three year #PostDoc / #Researcher position in #InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience #Polisky: www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin/pr...uni-potsdam.de 02619