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Yuerong Hu

@yrhu.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Information and Library Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Same here Carmen! I'd suggest using name lexicon/named entity identification package to filter the texts and see if there are names to remove. More often it is book character names or first names, which should be fine to keep in our case.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What a beautiful project!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Summer Moon Night Halloween!
A spider web in front of the camera with the river in Deajeon as the background. A summer night with full moon.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What an engaging poster 👏
People asking questions about the posterPeople gathered at the poster asking questions
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Greetings from Daejeon, Alex! We miss you and we look forward to do the next one with you!!!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It is definitely my honor and pleasure to work with you, Micah! Sincerely appreciate what you shared with us and the wonderful Q&A!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thank you so much for joining us, Carmen, and glad to know you enjoy it! Look forward to knowing more about your research!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
One of the best advisors of the season!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Thank you so much for joining, Wenyi! See you next Monday!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Thank you so much for joining the panel, Melanie! I look forward to it!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Thanks Alex! Just occurred to me!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Sincerely sorry for the typo in the post! Sponsored by SHARP, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
📅 Monday, November 10 | 10:00–11:00 a.m. CT 📍 Hosted by the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, at the Luddy AI building Room 2005 🔗 Zoom Registration here: events.iu.edu/siceiub/even...
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ILS Panel on “New Book History Research with Internet Data”
This is a panel on “Book History with Internet Data”, with 8 panelists from different IMLS/iSchools, funded by SHARP.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Our amazing panelists include @micahbateman.bsky.social, @mellymeldubs.bsky.social @wenyishang.bsky.social @bibliowingate.bsky.social@andrewzalot.bsky.social @Cici Ling (iSchool, IU Bloomington) @ Kai Li (iSchool, UTK)and me:)
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hi DH friends, join us on Nov 10, 10-11 am CT, for “New Book History Research with Internet Data”, a hybrid panel sponsored by SHAR, to explore challenges and opportunities of using Internet data and digital methods for book history research. More info in the poster attached and comments :)
This is a panel on “Book History with Internet Data”, with 8 panelists from different IMLS/iSchools, funded by SHARP.

Over the past two decades, a variety of internet-based datasets have emerged related to books, reading habits, and reader communities—ranging from crowd-sourced genre tags and online reviews to platforms like BookTok. These datasets are increasingly valuable for research in reading and readership, often complementing traditional book history approaches. However, they also raise new questions and challenges. To explore these opportunities and foster interdisciplinary collaboration, this panel will bring together eight panelists from diverse fields to discuss questions, such as:

How can we critically understand the relationship between Internet-based “book” data and traditional research materials?
What are the methodological challenges and potential pitfalls of using digital data in book history research?
How can interdisciplinary approaches enrich the analysis of Internet book and reader datasets?
Here are our amazing panelists:
- Micah Bateman, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The University of Iowa
- Melanie Walsh, Assistant Professor, an Assistant Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the English Department, University of Washington
- Wenyi Shang, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri
- Cici Ling, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington
- Kai Li, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Andrew Zalot, Assistant Professor, College of Education, East Carolina University
- Alex Wingate, PhD Candidate, Department of Information and Library Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My dear iSchool at UIUC is hiring! ❣️
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Here is the link to our Information Science PhD program: ils.indiana.edu/programs/phd..., Dept of Information and Library Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington.
ils.indiana.edu
Ph.D. in Information Science
Learn more about the Ph.D. in Information Science, offered through the Department of Information and Library Science at IU's School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Dear friends and colleagues, I am recruiting prospective PhD students for Fall 2026, in Digital Humanities, Cultural Analytics, Critical Data Studies, Social Media, and/or Platform Studies. Please feel free to reach out to me with questions, or share this with anyone who might be interested! Thanks!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A big round of applause for Yiting!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Happy 20th Anniversary MIREX!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The same when first visited there😂
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thank you so much, Glen! Always appreciate working with you and the team! 😄
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Here is the DSH publication link: academic.oup.com/dsh/article/...
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Comparative analysis of classics book review data created by users across Douban and Goodreads
Abstract. While empirical research on online book reviews has advanced our understanding of book reception and everyday reading, more cross-platform and co
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Many thanks to our DSH editor, Edward Vanhoutte, DSH anonymous reviewers, and colleagues at DH2023 for their critical questions and feedback! And special thanks to @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and @mariaa.bsky.social for their truly inspirational work on Goodreads classics doi.org/10.22148/001...!
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The Goodreads “Classics”: A Computational Study of Readers, Amazon, and Crowdsourced Amateur Criticism | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Melanie Walsh, Maria Antoniak. This essay examines how Goodreads users define, discuss, and debate “classic” literature by computationally analyzing and close reading more than 120,000 user reviews...
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
This is a free-access link to it: academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Hi Friends! My coauthors @tedunderwood.me @gworthey.bsky.social @profdownie.bsky.social and I are excited to share our new article in DSH @adho-org.bsky.social @eadhorg.bsky.social "Comparative analysis of classics book review data created by users across Douban and Goodreads". Link in comment:)
Yuerong Hu, Ted Underwood, Glen Layne-Worthey, John Stephen Downie, Comparative analysis of classics book review data created by users across Douban and Goodreads, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2025;, fqaf084, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqaf084
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My most sincere congrats, Melissa!!!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We sincerely appreciate the feedback from our BD&S editors and reviewers! Thank you for sharing our work!
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Since book sales data is basically impossible to get, this is one of the few resources where you can actually see what people are reading and when. With the SPL checkout data, you can track trends for your favorite authors and novels, but also see aggregate patterns. E.g., COVID 🤝 audiobooks
This line plot shows checkouts from the Seattle Public Library from 2006 to 2025, broken out by audiobook, ebook, and print book. Print checkouts plummet around 2020, while ebook and audiobook checkouts rise, and stay high long after the peak of the pandemic, eventually outstripping print.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Great and thanks! I will keep you posted!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
That's amazing! So glad to hear! And thanks again for sharing! We are about to launch another qualitative study interviewing book reviewers, and we will be so happy to hear more from you if you are interested!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
So glad to be on this journey with you all!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
❤️
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Thank you, Mel! I always find you ideas illuminating! Also, really appreciate your early feedback on this piece and your encouraging words dates back to ... my pre-proposal :)
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This is so cool and fun (and a serious question for thinking)!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Thanks for sharing your experience and perspectives, Daniel! Indeed, many "incentivied" reviews are fair and authentic from amazing readers/reviewers! We don't argue there are necessarily quality or ethics issues, but instead "change of visibility" caused, as you noticed.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Halle!!🐶🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐩🐾
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We studied how sponsorship and platform dynamics shape online book reviewing, and complicate use of online book data in research. We advocate for critical use of such datasets online in scholarly research as well as everyday life, from inferring reader behavior to deciding what to read next.
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My co-authors, Jana Diesner, @tedunderwood.me, @zoeleblanc.bsky.social, @gworthey.bsky.social and @profdownie.bsky.social, and I are excited to share our paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" on book review sponsorship, open access at doi.org/10.1177/2053....
Hu, Y., Diesner, J., Underwood, T., LeBlanc, Z., Layne-Worthey, G., & Downie, J. S. (2025). Who decides what is read on Goodreads? Uncovering sponsorship and its implications for scholarly Research. Big Data & Society, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251359229 (Original work published 2025)
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Thanks for your interest in our work and for sharing it, Mylee!
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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Thanks for sharing our work and your critical comment, Laura! We would love to keep track of this with new datasets and innovative method!
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