🤖 🔥 New preprint is out The paper, co-authored by Taehee Kim and @dgarcia.eu, demonstrates that AI-generated conversations can be remarkably convincing. 💡 For more insights check out the preprint: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎉 New publication in Digital Journalism! The latest study by Paul Balluff, @hajoboo.bsky.social, and @anniewald.bsky.social compares how German alternative and legacy media reported on Nord Stream 2 and reveals both distinctive reporting patterns and substantial overlap. Read more👇

Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 2026☀️ so many exciting projects and ideas! We discussed how to measure and validate various highly relevant but complex constructs with dictionaries an LLMs 💻

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 2w ago

On day 4, @fabiennelind.bsky.social had a full day for Introduction to Text-as-Data as well as Word Embeddings.

The #WHATIF 2nd General Assembly meeting in Bucharest came to an end Many thanks to Facultatea de Comunicare si Relatii Publice for the excellent organisation and hospitality, and to the city of Bucharest for the welcoming atmosphere. Stay tuned for upcoming project updates!

Rudolphina, the Science Magazine of @univie.ac.at is featuring our @what-if-horizon.bsky.social, where we use #ABM and #LLM -powered simulations to explore civic engagement in digital information environments: rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/computer-... @aytalina.bsky.social @compcommlab.bsky.social

Computer models explore digital information environments to safeguard democracy

How do social media, algorithms and AI influence democratic discourse? Researchers at the University of Vienna are simulating digital information spaces to investigate ways of safeguarding democracy.

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🔥 Happening now: The 2nd General Assembly Meeting of the WHAT-IF project is currently taking place in 📍 Bucharest, Romania. Over the coming days, partners from across the consortium will come together to share progress, discuss preliminary findings and explore new research ideas. Stay tuned!

Thrilled and grateful that SYNAPS has been selected for ERC Advanced Grant funding. @erc.europe.eu SYNAPS looks at how 14- to 16-year-olds develop political interest, knowledge and engagement in a networked world shaped by peers, social media, influencers and algorithms. @compcommlab.bsky.social

A new CCL #SeniorScientist position is now officially open on the @univie.ac.at job portal! Please apply and/or share with colleagues with a matching profile! 📑

Excited that my first peer-reviewed article, co-authored with @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @sonjablum.bsky.social is out! We ask how German and Italian parties used emotions in energy policy communication during the 2024 European Parliament elections. 👉Open Access: doi.org/10.1002/epa2...

EPA Journal@epa-journal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Out now! This article by N. Habelitz, F. Lind & S. Blum explores the emotional dimensions of policy communication during the 2024 European Parliament elections, a critical period for energy policy- as part of the SI by K. Olofsson, K. Gabehart & C. Stefes. Link in the comments! #policyprocess

🌍 CCL is heading to #ICA26 with a broad set of contributions across panels and preconferences spanning multiple areas of communication research! 👋 Find us in Cape Town and explore the full overview here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

CCL at #ICA26 in Cape Town

The CCL is thrilled to share our latest research at the 76th Annual ICA Conference across several divisions!

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Thank you @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social for your guest talk today at @compcommlab.bsky.social 🙌 Very much appreciated the interdisciplinary discussions on content vs. source-level misinformation detection, LLM annotations and validation practices in the social sciences. Photo: @aytalina.bsky.social

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 · 3mo 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

Training data for AI models matter for what you get. A lot. And states can benefit. Good primer by @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social on @hwaight.bsky.social and team’s important piece in @nature.com www.techpolicy.press/language-mod...

Language Models Trained on State Media Sources Launder Propaganda

Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

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Huge congrats to Paul Balluff on successfully defending his dissertation “Applications of Transformer Models in Communication Research”! 🎉 compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

Successful CCL Thesis Defense!

We congratulate our lab member Paul Balluff! He has successfully defended his thesis.

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50 years @oegk.bsky.social! At #KWT2026 @marvins.bsky.social & @janabernhard.bsky.social presented: “Paupers in the Papers” on how media reporting shapes perceptions of the welfare state recipients, a linkage-design study with @moritzsedlatschek.bsky.social.

Feiert mit uns 50 Jahre @oegk.bsky.social & erfahrt mehr über unsere Arbeit zu politischem Vertrauen, Wissenschaftskommunikation, Online-Inzivilität, Medieneffekten auf Einstellungen zu Migration, Wohlfahrtsstaatswahrnehmungen, Debatten zur Energiewende & @medem.bsky.social! #KWT2026 Details👇

CCL at KWT 2026

Here’s where to catch our team at KWT 2026 this week!

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Always a genuine pleasure to spend time with y'all in beautiful Vienna. Thanks for having me! 🤩

Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL)@compcommlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It was such a pleasure to host @dstoltenberg.bsky.social at CCL! She presented her newly founded Emmy Noether research group and the award-winning project “Place-Based Issue Publics: The Rearrangement of Local Public Spheres in a Digitalized and Globalized World” 🌍 🛜 Congratulations, Daniela! 🎉

Join our workshop for students/early-career scholars going to #ICA26 organized by @facusuenzo.bsky.social, @ambervdwal.bsky.social, @wendi-li-phd.bsky.social, @mqrmobile.bsky.social, @floprim.bsky.social. 📅 Friday, May 8th ⏰ 8:00 AM EDT | 12:00 PM UCT 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/AryewUXumCsC...

It was such a pleasure to host @dstoltenberg.bsky.social at CCL! She presented her newly founded Emmy Noether research group and the award-winning project “Place-Based Issue Publics: The Rearrangement of Local Public Spheres in a Digitalized and Globalized World” 🌍 🛜 Congratulations, Daniela! 🎉

What do users think about IP location disclosure online? 🌐 @huanl.bsky.social shared a Zhihu case study on Chinese netizens’ sentiments in the final panel at #COMPTEXT2026

How do emotions and economic frames shape TikTok debates on energy & mobility? ⚡ @fabiennelind.bsky.social presented new insights at #COMPTEXT2026 with Veronika Ebner, Sonja Blum & Nora Habelitz

🌱🤖 At #COMPTEXT2026, @fabiennelind.bsky.social facilitated a panel “AI & Sustainability” Among the issues discussed, the panelists focused on how CSS interacts with AI tools, who governs these tools, and what professional responsibility researchers could look like.

Yay infrastructure! 🧰 @marvins.bsky.social cial and @janabernhard.bsky.social present a first usecase between @medem.bsky.social l AmCAT instance and @iriscc.bsky.social sky.social climate reporting dataset. at #COMPTEXT2026

Can TikTok be a space for constructive environmental journalism? 🌱 @veronikaebner.bsky.social shared her work on what drives engagement—a study together with Fabienne Lind & Hajo Boomgaarden at #COMPTEXT2026

From humor to hostility? 💬 At #COMPTEXT2026, @daisukenakamura.bsky.social explored how disparagement humor by influencers links to polarization in TikTok comments —a study together with Petro Tolochko & Desirée Schmuck

Having so much fun at #langenachtderforschung 🥳 @anniewald.bsky.social @hajoboo.bsky.social @aytalina.bsky.social @gruenika.bsky.social

“How much can political actors shape the topics they talk about?” @janabernhard.bsky.social tries to tackle exactly that at #COMPTEXT2026 using word embeddings to trace influence on public discourse 📊

Great start to #COMPTEXT2026 🎉 @marvins.bsky.social presented his findings on how political parties and citizens structure and polarise social identities—joint work with Fabienne Lind, Hajo Boomgaarden & Markus Wagner.

Happening tonight! #LangeNachtderForschung @univie.ac.at ✨ Play with our simulation model and learn how social issues compete for public attention 👇 Shout-out to our collaborator Leon Olszewski from @tuwien.at! Find @maikovska.bsky.social @aytalina.bsky.social & myself in main building booth C04.

Come meet us at #LangeNachtderForschung tomorrow, and have fun playing with our simulation model 🤖▶️💡 @compcommlab.bsky.social @ipkw.bsky.social

Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦@maikovska.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@anniewald.bsky.social, @aytalina.bsky.social, and I present at the Long Night of Research!⚛️ How do social issues compete for public attention?🤔 You will learn via playing with an agent-based model 🤖🎲 langenachtderforschung.at/station/5656 📍24.04, 5-11 PM 📍Stand C04, Main Building of @univie.ac.at