Warum erzielt die AfD auf TikTok eine große Reichweite❓Und hat TikTok die Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt am 6. September entschieden❓ Diese Fragen beantwortet @azadekakavand.bsky.social (@fgz-risc.bsky.social) in der Sendung „Das Medienmagazin“ (rbb)👉 t1p.de/msnrj

Podcast: Sachsen-Anhalt hat gewählt: Was bedeutet das für die Medien?

Das Medienmagazin steht in dieser Woche ganz im Zeichen des Ausgangs der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt. Im Interview mit dem Direktor des MDR-Landesfunkhauses in Magdeburg, Tim Herden, spricht Teresa Sickert...

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Ein einziger Account macht 81 % der TikTok-Reichweite der AfD im Landtagswahlkampf Sachsen-Anhalt aus – bei nur 18 % der Videos. Neue Analyse von @azadekakavand.bsky.social und Tet Turiy zu 1.323 Videos, 91 Accounts, allen Parteien. fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/8480

Landtagswahlkampf auf TikTok: Wie einzelne Accounts die Reichweite der Parteien prägen

Am 6. September 2026 wird in Sachsen-Anhalt ein neuer Landtag gewählt. Angesichts der Aussicht, dass die AfD stärkste Kraft werden könnte, richtet sich bundesweit große Aufmerksamkeit auf die Wahl. In...

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Our new article in Journal of Information Technology & Politics came out this week with @anniewald.bsky.social and @nicolarighetti.bsky.social 📖✨ In the study we analyze networks of the far right in Germany on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Telegram. 👩‍💻 doi.org/10.1080/1933...

Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany

This study investigates the varying structures of German far-right networks on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Telegram. Network analyses reveal platform-specific structures and dynamics...

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🚨Wir suchen eine Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft für das Media Research Methods Lab am @bredowinstitut.bsky.social: Wir bieten 💡spannende Themen 🕙flexible Arbeitszeiten 🏢Homeoffice oder Büro 👨‍💻super Team (@grenwi.bsky.social, @pekasen.bsky.social, @thejanrau.bsky.social) leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-news/ste...

Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Bereich Computational Social Science

Am Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) in Hamburg ist ab dem 1. April 2026 eine Stelle zu besetzen: Studentische/Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (m/w/d) im Bereich Computati...

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Second position is in a new project concerning the detection and tracing of disinformation in audio media with a focus on podcasts. leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-news/ste...

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in / Doktorand*in im Bereich Computational Social Science

Am Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) in Hamburg ist ab dem 1. Mai 2026 folgende Stelle zu besetzen: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in / Doktorand*in (m/w/d) im Bereich...

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First position is in the Social Media Observatory: leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-news/ste...

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in / Doktorand*in im „Social Media Observatory“

Am HBI ist ab dem 1. Mai 2026 folgende Stelle zu besetzen: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (Doktorand*in) (m/w/d) im Bereich Computational Social Science. Wir freuen uns auf Bewerbungen.

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The @bredowinstitut.bsky.social, Media Research Methods Lab is hiring! Two PhD positions with TV-L EG13, 100%. Apply if you fancy digital methods, multimodal content analysis and working with @azadekakavand.bsky.social, @grenwi.bsky.social and @thejanrau.bsky.social.

🚨Wir stellen ein 🚨 Das Media Research Methods Lab @bredowinstitut.bsky.social sucht zwei Doktorand:innen im CCS-Bereich! Digitale Methoden, jede Menge spannende Daten und ein fantastisches Team mit @grenwi.bsky.social, @pekasen.bsky.social und @thejanrau.bsky.social … was will man mehr? 👩‍💻👨‍💻

📣 @ecpr-ead.bsky.social invites applications for it's Summer School on Extremism and Democracy! 🗓️ 6 – 10 July, University of Bologna 🎓️ Present your research and receive feedback from leading scholars in the field ✅️ Open to all students enrolled in a PhD programme ⌛ Deadline: 25 February

Find out more and apply

Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026

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⚠️ Update: At 180 hours, the total internet blackout in #Iran now exceeds the core duration of the 2019 shutdown, and there is still no partial or regional restoration. in 2019, it was only after connectivity was restored that the scale of the brutal crackdown became known.

Back from the holidays and into office mode? 🎧 Our latest #aBitOfCCS episode reveals how a 19th-century society magazine isn’t that different from social media today. We talk AI-driven digitization and the Wiener Salonblatt (1870–1938) with @dchr.is Listen here ⤵️ aboutccs.net/abitofccs/

We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher: - focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related - 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26 - 30h/week, incl some teaching - deadline: 28 Jan 26 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Musks X ermöglicht es gerade jedem, per KI sexualisierte Deepfakes von Frauen und Kindern zu erstellen, direkt unter ihren Fotos & öffentlich sichtbar. Die EU-Kommission "prüft" und nimmt die Sache "sehr ernst". Das reicht nicht. Der Digital Services Act gibt euch die Mittel: Macht den Laden dicht.

Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.

The Economist@economist.com · 9mo ago

In many parts of Europe populist-right parties have moderated as they have grown, shedding unpopular policies and personnel. If anything, the AfD in Germany is growing more radical econ.st/3KSptMm Illustration: Javier Palma

🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you. 💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!

📣 Das Social Media Observatory am @bredowinstitut.bsky.social und @fgz-risc.bsky.social lädt zum TikTok Starter Workshop ein! 🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr 🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom) 👨‍💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...

TikTok Starter Workshop

Das Social Media Observatory (SMO) des Hamburger Standorts des Forschungsinstituts Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ) veranstaltet einen Starter Workshop zum Thema TikTok. Der Workshop findet onlin...

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Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.

Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press

Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.

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Vielleicht haben „die Töchter“ auch keinen Bock mehr darauf, dass ihre Rechte und ihre Sicherheit für Friedrich Merz immer genau dann von Bedeutung sind, wenn er sie nutzen kann, um seine vollkommen rückwärtsgewandte Politik zu rechtfertigen?

For those on the #polcomm academic job market this year, I am sharing the job market material folder that I put together a few years back. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Dominika Betakova et al. uses a comparative online experiment to test whether nudges could help with #news avoidance. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Last week, I defended my dissertation! 🎉 A big thank you to everyone who made this possible—especially (but not exclusively) @anniewald.bsky.social, @nicolarighetti.bsky.social & the whole @compcommlab.bsky.social! 🫶

Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL)@compcommlab.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Proud to congratulate you, @azadekakavand.bsky.social, on your PhD defense – “Technology Affordances, Social Media Platforms & the Networked Far Right.” A remarkable achievement that combines years of hard work & building of skills that you now use at @bredowinstitut.bsky.social. Missing u already🥳

New publication, out in Political Analysis: There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually? I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.

Want to join us @univie.ac.at? Our department @ipk-univie.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track professor in interactive communication, with a special focus on human-AI communication. 📆 Apply until September 17! 👀 More information here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... #AcademicSky #CommSky

I'm giving a talk tomorrow! Come join 👩‍🏫

Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut@bredowinstitut.bsky.social · last yr.

🔊 Einladung: #LeibnizMediaLunchTalk Wie netzwerken und kommunizieren Rechtsextreme auf Social Media Plattformen? 📅 22. Juli 🕛 12-13 Uhr (MESZ) 📍 via Zoom ➡️ leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/r... 👇ℹ️👇

Thinking 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...

🔊 Invitation: #LeibnizMediaLunchTalk How do right-wing extremists network and communicate on social media platforms? 📅 22 July 🕛 12-1 noon (CEST) 📍 via Zoom @azadekakavand.bsky.social will present findings from her dissertation. ℹ️ ➡ leibniz-hbi.de/en/hbi-event... @fgz-risc.bsky.social

Some personal news 🎉 Last week, I started a new position as a Postdoc for computer-based methods in the Social Media Observatory of @fgz-risc.bsky.social and the Media Research Methods Lab at @bredowinstitut.bsky.social 👩‍💻 I'm super excited to continue researching social media and social cohesion 🙌

I have a postdoc vacancy - www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3528... at the TWON-project (twon-project.eu). Because the project runs only until 2025-03-31, the contract is limited - but maybe of interest for somebody who is just about to finish a PhD and needs something temporary?

PostDoc (Computational) Communication Science - TWON Project

Do you enjoy engaging in cutting-edge research as part of a larger European team? answering theoretically and societally important communication science questions? applying computational approaches yo...

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🎉 Wir feiern 75 Jahre Hans-Bredow-Institut #HBI75! ... jetzt auch auf BlueSky! #firstpost 🎂 75 Jahre Medienforschung – das bedeutet 75 Jahre Forschung über medienvermittelte öffentliche Kommunikation, interdisziplinär & international vernetzt. 🙏 Wir sagen Danke und freuen uns auf alles, was kommt!

Absolutely 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!

The COMPTEXT Association@comptext.bsky.social · last yr.

#COMPTEXT2025 is just 2 days away, and we cannot be more excited to meet all participants at the University of Vienna. Please find the updated and final program here: bit.ly/42WZKZa. Please find the city guide for your time in Vienna here: bit.ly/3RsZY3R See you later this week!