📣Post Doc Alert! I am hiring a 2-year postdoctoral researcher in political language and NLP/LLMs 🤩 Come join a great, interdisciplinary team at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social in Odense! Applications due October 15, 2026. Detail here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Computational Political Communication Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre

Application deadline: October 15, 2026

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Our work won an award!🏆😊 Our work on Framing Cascades in Far-right Digital Networks won the best article award by @aejmc.bsky.social's #PolComm Division! This is a huge deal for us (especially since we had no idea we were even nominated). But mostly because we are very proud of this paper 🔗⤵️

🚨 new publication with @nickmattis.bsky.social: “The Authenticity Challenge” On the transformative nature of generative AI for journalism and the need to redefine authenticity as a process to preserve credibility in an AI saturated information ecosystem. ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj...

Today, at #EASP26 in Strasbourg, I presented a poster focusing on acceptance of AI for fact checking & potential factors of vulnerability to misinformation. In our analysis, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social and I find that older adults are more positive towards the idea of AI use for fact checking.

✨ANOTHER NEW FACE AT THE DDC✨ This month, Phelia Weiß (@phweiss.bsky.social) joins the DDC as a Postdoctoral Researcher, working with @lenafrescamente.bsky.social on the Food Frames project, which investigates the online spread of food dis- and misinformation. Velkommen til SDU og DDC Phelia 😊🫶

👋MEET THE 2026 DDC x TRYGFONDEN FELLOWS👋 We’re excited to welcome Theis Gaarde Engmann! He has a background in journalism and is an Editor at Jysk Fynkse Medier. At the DDC, Theis will work on a project investigating how the use of generative AI impacts citizens' news habits.

Creating a study program is an exciting, partially frightening and absolutely intense exercise- super happy to see that all the hard work paid out, and very much looking forwards to implemente this over the next year!

Digital Democracy Centre@ddc-sdu.bsky.social · last mo.

𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: 𝗔 𝗗𝗗𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 In September 2027, the DDC will start its own M.Sc. in Digital Communication and AI. We will offer a 1-year (75 ECTS) interdisciplinary English-language M.Sc. for students with a background in, for example, Social Sciences or Communication, here at SDU.

This will be amazing. The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is launching a new master (MSc) program next year Digital communication and AI 🚀 @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @curdknupfer.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social

Digital Democracy Centre@ddc-sdu.bsky.social · last mo.

𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: 𝗔 𝗗𝗗𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 In September 2027, the DDC will start its own M.Sc. in Digital Communication and AI. We will offer a 1-year (75 ECTS) interdisciplinary English-language M.Sc. for students with a background in, for example, Social Sciences or Communication, here at SDU.

𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: 𝗔 𝗗𝗗𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 In September 2027, the DDC will start its own M.Sc. in Digital Communication and AI. We will offer a 1-year (75 ECTS) interdisciplinary English-language M.Sc. for students with a background in, for example, Social Sciences or Communication, here at SDU.

RAPPORT NU UDE PÅ DANSK 🇩🇰 Hvordan var folketingsvalget 2026 formet af platforme, digitale medier, politiske reklamer og AI? DDC Election Task Force udgiver nu den danske version af vores rapport. Læs med her: findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/portalfil... #dkpol #dkmedier #valg2026 #fv26

📺DDC IN THE NEWS📺 TV2 reports on the just released Citizens, Digitalization, and AI report — asking about how Danes view (and partly fear) the emergence and impact of AI.

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · last mo.

Danskerne frygter hacking og digital svindel. Det viser vores nye @ddc-sdu.bsky.social rapport, som Therese Waalen Sandberg talte med @tv2danmark.bsky.social om. Minister @christinaegelund.bsky.social lover fokus på emnet. #dkpol #dkforsk #dkmedier nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2026...

It’s hard: journalists are not that good at detecting AI content. Luckily they are better at detecting real content. But still … @lyngemoller.bsky.social presenting our (with @emilbakke.bsky.social and 🙋) paper #ica26 #awardwinning 😀 @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

Experimental Social Media Platforms: A New Methodology to Study the Implications of Algorithmic News Curation @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social presenting our @ddc-sdu.bsky.social infrastructure 🚀 #ica26 Great stuff AND many challenges to further development and scale, in collaboration #TeamScience

In the second panel of day 2 on #ICA26 @nielsmede.bsky.social presents his @ddc-sdu.bsky.social * TrygFonden study in which we looked at science-related harassment- and the role of counterspeech for how bystanders perceive such attacks in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇺🇲🇬🇧

#ICA26 day 2 kicks off for me with larissa leonhard presenting our study on the effects of journalist class visits organised by the amazing @liedetectors.bsky.social on childrens/adolescents dealing with misinformation

Clear paradox: The Paradox of Negative News: Disentangling the Dual Role of Negativity Bias in News Selection and Avoidance @luciacores.bsky.social @kimandersen.bsky.social @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social Morten Skovsgaard

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Huge congratulations to former and current @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and Center for Journalism members @luciacores.bsky.social @kimandersen.bsky.social @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social & Morten Skovsgaard with this interesting Top Paper award winning paper #ica26 🎉

Relatedly! @m-dot-brown.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social and I will be at CTICC1, Lev 1, 1.52 ☀️this morning at 9am☀️ to talk about data access and the DSA! #ICA26

Jo(sephine) Lukito@jolukito.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bittersweet to see a lot of Reddit studies at #ica26 (sweet because Reddit is a cool platform to study, bitter because the field seem to have pivoted from Twitter to Reddit out of convenience)

Unlimited access to all social media data 🎊 No. But a timely panel on the state of play. The opportunities and hard work still ahead #DSA #ica26 Join @dscheykopp.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social & 🙋

Huge congratulations to former and current @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and Center for Journalism members @luciacores.bsky.social @kimandersen.bsky.social @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social & Morten Skovsgaard with this interesting Top Paper award winning paper #ica26 🎉

🌟MORE NEW FACES AT THE DDC🌟 As part of the AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity (AINATA) project, we're being joined by 3 new Postdoctoral Researchers & one new PhD student: Miriam Brems @luisagehle.bsky.social Ricardo Vásquez Dazarola Peter Gerner Ejersbo

Deep dive by @joshuabenton.com in @niemanlab.org on our recent piece in Political Communication on misinformation perception biases #commsky #ica26 #thirdperson #polcomm #polisky www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/thin...

Think the media’s biased against you? You probably think misinformation is too

A new study finds that the same motivated reasoning and partisan instincts that make people see bias in mainstream news also shape how they perceive "fake news."

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New pub in Journalism Studies ✨ "Expecting Humans, Encountering Machines: An Expectancy Violations Theory Approach to Generative AI in Journalism" Based on 60 itvs in AUS & Ger. Led by @ryanjthomas.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social

Expecting Humans, Encountering Machines: An Expectancy Violations Theory Approach to Generative AI in Journalism

Drawing on Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT), we conducted 60 semi-structured interviews to examine (1) how news audiences in Australia and Germany form expectations about journalists’ use of gene...

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🧳DDC at ICA in Cape Town!🇿🇦 The International Communication Association is hosting its annual conference in Cape Town next week and the Digital Democracy Centre (SDU) is sending a sizable delegation. Check out our official DDC @ #ICA26 program overview below!

🔊 The magnificent @ddc-sdu.bsky.social x TrygFonden Fellowship Program is open, seeking the 2027 cohort 🚀 3 types of fellowships: 1️⃣ academic 2️⃣ journalist 3️⃣ policy fellows 🗓️ deadline September 1 Read the call for details and instructions 🚨🚨Spread the word 🚨🚨 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

The Dept of PolSci & Public Mgmt @sdu.dk invites applications for 1-2 PhD scholarships within the areas polsci, public admin, int'l & regional politics, welfare studies, or journalism studies (Deadline: June 8, 2026) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL408/p... @apecs-denmark.bsky.social @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

PhD in Political Science and Public Management at University of Southern Denmark

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📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗗𝗗𝗖 𝘅 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗴𝗙𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 The Digital Democracy Centre (SDU) is currently accepting applications for its 2027 TrygFonden Fellowship cohort. www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

📘DDC (Print) Publication Update📘 @curdknupfer.bsky.social with Lance Bennett and @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social: "Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms" now with a page and issue number at @journal-of-comm.bsky.social!

Journal of Communication@journal-of-comm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pub Alert! Introducing new JoC publication: “Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: “indexing by proxy” in a German immigration debate”, by @curdknupfer.bsky.social W Lance Bennett @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

What is not to like. Our Amsterdam lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social is visiting our Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social So many great colleagues in one room. To future collaborations 🚀 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 @curdknupfer.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social

Very excited to welcome @claesdevreese.bsky.social's other home, the stellar @aimediademlab.bsky.social at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social today to talk about some of the big questions around #AI, #media, #democracy. In the spirit of both centers, the work of the early career scholars is in focal attention.

Interesting discussion about the role of #slopaganda #AI and #tiktok in Danish elections with comparisons to recent Dutch elections. Did critical reporting (from eg @kevinshakir.bsky.social) contribute to politicians holding back in using AI. @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social