Welcome to Cologne! #Methodentagung2026 hast begun. We are looking forward to two days with 48 presentations on computational opportunities & challenges in the measurement of media use and effects and general trends in methods research in communication research. @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social

🎉 New publication in Mass Communication and Society! The latest study by Mirjana Čirjak, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, @dbetakova.bsky.social, K. Pamina Syed Ali, & @hajoboo.bsky.social examines the dynamics of news and social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria 🇦🇹 Read more👇

New publication in Mass Communication and Society!

Congratulations to Mirjana Čirjak, Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam, Dominika Betakova, K. Pamina Syed Ali, and Hajo Boomgaarden on their new publication!

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New to Computational Social Science and want a structured way in? We offer two parallel courses at the #GESISfallseminar. It's a great entry point for you if you are starting out in #CSS and want a solid overview of the methods & debates that define it! 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSPy... 👉 t1p.de/IntrotoCSSR

Anyone going to the @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social conference in Cologne in September/October, beware of weird spam mails about hotel bookings 🚨 #commsky

More congratulations: @janabernhard.bsky.social, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, and Hajo Boomgaarden won the Top Paper Award in the Political Communication Division at #ica26 for their paper "The Uneven News Landscape: Selective News Bias in Actor-Topic Interactions"

We are implementing a similar policy at @arxiv.bsky.social. If there is incontrovertible evidence of LLM slop in a paper, this means the authors did not take the time to read the LLM output and we can't trust anything else in the paper. Penalty is 1 year ban from arXiv followed by...

📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org

End your week by hitting "submit"! Today is the last day to submit your abstract to the @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social conference of the DGPuK at @gesis.org!

Christina Viehmann@christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 1 week left to apply! CFP – DGPuK Methods 2026 (Cologne, Sept 30–Oct 2, @gesis.org): How can we make sense of clicks, scrolls & streams – and what do they tell us about media effects? Join the conversation on computational methods, bias & ethics. 🗓️ May 15 t1p.de/q6ram

📣 1 week left to apply! CFP – DGPuK Methods 2026 (Cologne, Sept 30–Oct 2, @gesis.org): How can we make sense of clicks, scrolls & streams – and what do they tell us about media effects? Join the conversation on computational methods, bias & ethics. 🗓️ May 15 t1p.de/q6ram

Christina Viehmann@christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 CFP DGPuK Methods 2026 (@gesis.org, Köln) 🧠 Measuring Media Use & Effects: Computational Opportunities & Challenges topics: theorizing media use & effects in algorithmically shaped environments, concepts and measurement, ethics & bias ... 🗓️ 30 Sep–2 Oct | ⏳ Deadline: 15 May 🔗https://t1p.de/q6ram

Last chance to get registered to this year's hackathon at @icahdq.bsky.social @icacm.bsky.social

hackingcommsci@hackingcommsci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Marvin wanted to introduce the second set of breakout sessions for #HackICA26: 🖼️Multimodal data analysis @Nadezhda Ozornina 💻From Vibe to Rigor: Claude Code in Social Science @jbgruber.bsky.social 🌐Hosting academic websites on GitHub @feloe.bsky.social Register now! www.icahdq.org/events/Event...

Urgent Update from your favorite ICA penguin! While walking along the Cape Town coast today, dreaming of squid, I suddenly remembered that⏰registration for #hackica26 closes next week on Monday... 🔗Register now: lnkd.in/d2_8Km3p Hope to see many of you in Cape Town! Marvin🐧 #Commsci #DigitalMethods

Rechtsextreme Strukturen etablieren sich immer weiter, die Bundesregierung streicht Unterstützung für Demokratie zusammen und die angebliche Mitte faselt von wokeness als Bedrohung der Demokratie. Zivilgesellschaft zieht sich aus Resignation immer weiter zurück. Schwere Zeiten für die Demokratie.

Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gave an interview recently about the existence of vast Nazi networks in Germany and the abuse still hasn't stopped coming days later. With the far-right leading the country in the polls, it's probably time to stop talking about this stuff. It just feels like it puts a target on you, nothing more.

Curious how large amounts of digital data can be turned into understanding, insight, and knowledge? Then sign up for our #GESISfallseminar course, which will give you an overview of methods, debates, and applications in the field of computational social science with R. ➡️ t1p.de/IntrotoCSSR

📣 CFP DGPuK Methods 2026 (@gesis.org, Köln) 🧠 Measuring Media Use & Effects: Computational Opportunities & Challenges topics: theorizing media use & effects in algorithmically shaped environments, concepts and measurement, ethics & bias ... 🗓️ 30 Sep–2 Oct | ⏳ Deadline: 15 May 🔗https://t1p.de/q6ram

You are at @comptext.bsky.social next week and interested in how CSS can detect, reproduce, or amplify social bias? Join my workshop on Thursday! We will discuss the mentioned intersections and how your projects relate to them! I’ve already enjoyed running this workshop at @qutdmrc.bsky.social

Join us in week one! Many great collegues from the CSS department (e.g., @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social, @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @ahrabhikat.bsky.social) will be involved!

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org

Isn't Marvin cute?! Unfortunately, Marvin might not be present at this year's hackathon, but we hope you are! 🚀 🚨Register by May 4!🚨

hackingcommsci@hackingcommsci.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hi, it’s Marvin again, sending you a little postcard while I’m exploring some wildlife🦒before we all meet in Cape Town #hackica26. And what excites you most about this year’s Hackathon? 🧑‍💻Collaborating 🛠️Learning 🌊Cape Town 🔗Don’t forget to register: lnkd.in/dd9usKpE See you soon! Best, Marvin🐧

Marvin is inviting you to the hackathon! 🤓😍@hackingcommsci.bsky.social

hackingcommsci@hackingcommsci.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Dear hackers, meet Marvin!! 🐧 Marvin is a South African Penguin who loves eating squid and developing R packages for his friends. Marvin's also here to remind you to register for some #hackica26 fun 🔽

🚀 Yaay, it's time to register for the hackathon! 🚀

hackingcommsci@hackingcommsci.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Good news! 🎉 The registration issue has been resolved — everything should now work smoothly. 🔗 Direct link: www.icahdq.org/event/Hackat... 🗓 Registration is open until April 5, 2026 Looking forward to seeing you at the ICA Hackathon 2026 @SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! 🚀💡

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

The 2026 DMRC Summer School is officially underway! With 72 delegates in attendance, today's sessions explored a diverse range of topics with the highlight being a keynote address by Nina Jankowicz, internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization.

Inspiring talks by @ninajankowicz.com and @ahrabhikat.bsky.social (on attacks towards academics and activists and bias in computational social science, respectively) were my highlights for the day #dmrcss26

Axel Bruns@snurb.info · 8mo ago

Woohoo, #DMRCSS26 is go !

🚀 Save the Date! If you're considering joining us, now is a great time to block the dates and start planning your #trip. We can’t wait to see you at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking in Stellenbosch on 3rd and 4th June 2026 for this year's #Hackathon! 🌍✨

We’re excited to share that #hackica26 on June 3 & 4 will be hosted at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! Huge thanks for welcoming us 🫶🇿🇦 Learn more about them here: www.su.ac.za/en/ Follow us for more updates and announcements regarding the upcoming Hackathon.

Ever wonder what proportion of high profile social media research is tied to the tech industry? New from me, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com. Thread tomorrow. arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507

Industry Influence in High-Profile Social Media Research

To what extent is social media research independent from industry influence? Leveraging openly available data, we show that half of the research published in top journals has disclosable ties to indus...

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Submissions to COMPTEXT 2026 close tomorrow! Showcase your text-, image-, and video-as-data research, get useful feedback, join the training workshops, and connect with like-minded researchers at our social events in Birmingham. See you there!

Conference update: IC2S2 Virtual Day. While Vermont is an incredibly kind and welcoming state, national policies and federal actions have a real impact on conference access, particularly for people from countries who cannot enter the US due to federally enacted travel bans. 1/6

Great opportunity to work on an important project #commsky

Katharina Esau@kathaesa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 PhD Scholarship at QUT to join my DECRA project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" @qutdmrc.bsky.social 📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026 More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a... Please share and reach out if you have questions!

Four days to sign up for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2016! I'm happy to host a workshop with the title "Biased by Design? Unpacking Social Bias in CSS". We will explore how social bias might impact participants' CSS projects and how we can deal with it! 🤓🙌

Axel Bruns@snurb.info · 11mo ago

😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛ The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26 research.qut.edu.au/...

Preprint alert! 🥳 How are social bias and CSS interconnected? 🤔 @aytalina.bsky.social, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @valeriehase.bsky.social, and I argue that social bias shapes CSS as a field and as a methodology. Progress in CSS depends on engaging with both dimensions! osf.io/preprints/so...