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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#ICA2026 has come and gone with amazing presentations from our team members and valuable discussions with colleagues from around the world. From content moderation to science communication and censorship, we are proud to share our work with this community and can’t wait to see what’s next! 🥳
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Last week, PhD candidate Lena Pohlmann presented her topic "Towards Sustainable AI" at the #CHI-26 workshop, which brought together researchers to map the grand challenges and opportunities at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and #AI #sustainability. 👏✨ #DigitalHumanities
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
@hosseinkermani.bsky.social took part in the #LunchtalksSommersemester2026 at the #ParisLodronUniversitätSalzburg about how authoritarian regimes such as in Iran use incivility and false information to suppress online democratic movements. More on the talks here: lnkd.in/ejuyE255 👏📣
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
👏 Shout-out to Lena Pohlmann-PhD in the Vienna Doctoral College on #DigitalHumanism-for her insights at the #CEU debate series “AI vs. Planet: Peril or Opportunity?” tackling how AI shapes planetary futures and sustainability from a humanistic lens. #AI #Planet #DigitalHumanism #CEU
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
#IPKW welcomed ~80 guests for the alumni #ScienceSlam on “The Future of Truth–How Fact-Checking Must Change in the Age of #AI, #Deepfakes and Social Media.” Great contributions by @gngeorgarakis.bsky.social, Claudia Wilhelm @jamoeberl.bsky.social and more! Looking forward to another event soon!👏🔬
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We at the POLCOM team wish you a happy, successful and fulfilling new year! We look forward to new opportunities, growth, exchange, and meaningful collaborations in 2026! ✨ 🥳 ✨
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Congratulations to Dr. @andreawiesner.bsky.social, who successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Drawing Lines in Gray Areas: Toward Feasible, Accepted, and Effective Content Moderation” supervised by Professor @solecheler.bsky.social and Assistant Professor Svenja Schäfer. 🤩🥳 Congrats, Dr. Wiesner!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity 🧒 How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔 Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? 🤔 @dbetakova.bsky.social presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social at an engaging #ICA25 panel on news avoidance 👏
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
📰 Empathy in journalism - meant to connect us, but can it also divide? @hannahgreber.bsky.social presents findings on the unintended side-effects of empathy-driven journalism at #ICA25 w/ @jesperstromback.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 🥳 @dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelists👏
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25 Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂 Come say 👋 if you are around!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
📣 PolCom Vienna @ #COMPTEXT2025 Happy to see six of our team members at COMPTEXT this week - organizing, chairing, and sharing their latest research on text-, image-, and video-as-data. Come say 👋 if you are around! 🙂
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Für unser Team der Political Communication Research Group bietet Wien hervorragende Rahmenbedingungen. #IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien 1/3
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thank you to @lindabos.bsky.social for an interesting and engaging guest lecture at @univie.ac.at! Dr. Bos's lecture discussed three studies about how populist communication -- in addition to its negative aspects -- can build bridges through its other dimensions. 📝
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
Happened at the #ECREA2024 PolComm Section business meeting 👀 Huge congratulations to our @amplanitzer.bsky.social for being elected and officially welcomed as the new @yecrea.bsky.social representative for the PolComm Section of ECREA! 👏🌟🎉
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
DAY 4 of #ECREA2024: in a highly engaging panel on constrains in political communication, @andiisto.bsky.social presented her study on content moderation approaches against uncivil online comments 🙌🏼
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
Shoutout to our @danielwiesner.bsky.social for his #ECREA debut where he presented his work w/ @jamoeberl.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social on the role of scientific knowledge 🧬 in parliamentary debates 🗣️ #ECREA2024
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
In a highly relevant #ECREA2024 panel on ‘Autonomy in the Age of Big Data,’ @amplanitzer.bsky.social shared her latest research on automated technologies in content moderation, and the emerging shift toward personalisation w/ @hannahgreber.bsky.social , Svenja Schäfer & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏🙌
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
#ECREA2024: Thanks to all the stellar🌟speakers and attendees of the “Conspiracy theories, beliefs and media” panel where our @dbetakova.bsky.social presented her fourth dissertation study on news consumption, avoidance & conspiracy beliefs and vaccine opposition🚫💉
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
#ECREA2024: Shout out to @dominikhokamp.bsky.social , our and @jscvienna.bsky.social ’s PhD candidate who presented his work w/ Melanie Haberl, Folker Hanusch, Iveta Jansova & Lenka Waschkova Cisarova on emotional communities in the journalistic age 🙌🏼
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Last week, @ascor.bsky.social & @univie.ac.at PhD candidate @sophism.bsky.social successfully defended her doctoral thesis on the digital campaign competence of voters in data-driven election campaigns. Congratulations to you, Dr. Minihold! 🥳👏 We're so happy for you!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
POLCOM is back from the summer and fresh from a team retreat in rainy Neusiedl am See ☔️ where we brainstormed new research ideas, explored collaborations and knowledge transfer, and discussed team infrastructure. We are ready and excited for the coming semester!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 15/07/2024
It's official: After defending her dissertation with distinction, Dr. @hannahgreber.bsky.social is continuing her work with the Political Communication Research Group as a postdoctoral researcher. 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
Interested in target-based offensive language detection of Austrian German? Published in the ACL 2024 Findings, Pia Pachinger & colleagues with @amplanitzer.bsky.social introduce the “AustroTox” dataset and evaluate fine-tuned and LLMs performance. Data & Code below: www.pia.wien/austrotox/in...
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
Last week, @amplanitzer.bsky.social took part in an insightful and critical panel discussion at Wiener Volkshochschule’s “Politisches Café” on AI’s ethics, risks, opportunities, and future directions. So important to engage the public in these conversations! www.vhs.at/de/e/alsergr...
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
Sincere congratulations to Dr. @hannahgreber.bsky.social who defended her thesis titled "Immersive Journalism - The Future of the News?" with distinction! Her thesis contributed knowledge of the possibilities, perils and effects of IJ on audiences. Congratulations, Dr. Greber!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
Congratulations to Dr. @teresaelena.bsky.social, PhD on successfully defending her dissertation: “Getting Real with Fakes: Characteristics and Consequences of 'Deepfakes' in Democracies”! 🥳👏🎉 Well done Dr. Weikmann!
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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
Does the circulation of knowledge always require the physical circulation of researchers? Is changing your location beneficial to the quality of research? POLCOM postdoc Dr. Vera Axyonova is participating in a roundtable tomorrow at the University of Graz. Registration🔗 tinyurl.com/3yz37ue2
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