User-centric approaches for collecting digital traces by majority focus on representation rather than measurement error: who is participating vs how well measurement is. Results from Lit Review by @valeriehase.bsky.social Good News: comm research is driving methods advancement #Methodentagung2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Communication Science at the University of Vienna! 🔎 Text/image analysis, platform data & political communication 📍 Vienna ⏳ 6 years, full-time ⏰ Apply by 3 Oct jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi... Find out more about our team here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at

*JOB* My group at @gesis.org has an open position: we are looking for a candidate to support the expansion of our Trusted Research Environment for providing access to sensitive research data: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2707934?...

Research Infrastructure Specialist (Postdoc) for Trusted Research Environments (DSS-26) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...

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The University of Graz invites applications for a full professorship in Data Analysis, with a focus on Natural Language Processing! For details, see ▶️ job ad jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/f38f... ▶️ fact sheet cloud.uni-graz.at/s/RA92YSf29z...

This case will shape the future of platforms. ‘Recommendations, autoplay and infinite scroll, which constantly show users new content, fuel the user’s urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain into ‘autopilot mode', contributing to unhealthy habits and compulsive use’ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

You don't say? ... "Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows ... A major factor in teenagers’ continued use of banned social platforms was inadequate age verification checks. " www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’

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Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 5mo ago

Main problems with this kind of legislation the world over is how would it actually be enforced? The biggest challenge is age verification. To block minors, platforms may need users to submit: - government ID facial scans / age estimation - parental verification - credit card checks

Postdoc position at CSS@GESIS and CAIS, on a project on disinformation led by great colleagues gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2679794?...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science: Research Infrastructures and Synthetic Social Media Data (CSS-119) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...

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🚨 Our Digital News Report 2026 is out! Authored by Jim Egan, Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Nic Newman, Rasmus Nielsen, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher, it is based on 100K interviews in 48 markets Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news... 7 findings in thread

🧐 Important. The EU launched the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content. They also distinguish between different forms of disclosure transparency 👇 digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

Nur zur Erinnerung: An Universitäten arbeiten schon jetzt rund 80 Prozent der Beschäftigten befristet und prekär. Den Mittelbau aka "Nachwuchs" werden diese Kürzungen am härtesten treffen. Aber im Hochschulbereich gilt offenbar: Schlimmer geht immer. @nuwiss.bsky.social #IchBinHanna

Julia Partheymüller@schnizzl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf 📅 Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2027 um 13.00 🏛️ Start am Ring vor dem Hauptgebäude der Uni Wien www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...

As part of a data donation project, we are collecting whitelists of "public actors"' (e.g., news, politicians, parties) Instagram handles. We're aware of some databases (HBI Public Speakers, Vienna's Meteor) - but hints to others (or whitelists shared as part of publications) more than welcome 🫶

📣 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

⌛ Only one week left to apply! *Deadline 17.3.2026* Come and work with us on innovative approaches to gain insights into misinformation dynamics across platforms specifically endangering young people.

Christina Viehmann@christinaviehmann.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L

New post: Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? (No. No it can't. Come on, now.) davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...

Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers?

No. No it can't. Come on, now.

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Professur für "Quantitative Methoden der digitalen Kommunikationsforschung" ausgeschrieben an der @unisalzburg.bsky.social Bewerbungfrist: 01.04.; Beginn: 01.10.

Universitätsprofessur für „Quantitative Methoden der digitalen Kommunikationsforschung“ - Universität Salzburg

Fachbereich Kommunikationswissenschaft an der Gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Salzburg Universitätsprofessur gem. § 99 (1) UG 2002 für „Quantitative Methodender digitalen Komm...

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☀️ The Call for a fantastic Summer School is out: 👇

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 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

🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS 📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026 We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization

📢 Call for Abstracts — Deadline: January 16. COMPTEXT 2026 will again be a fantastic place to discover the latest computational methods, tools, datasets & to connect with scholars using AI across communication science, political science, history, sociology, IR, and more.

8th Annual Conference 2026 - The COMPTEXT Association

8th ANNUAL COMPTEXT Conference 2026                     Call for papers: 8th ANNUAL COMPTEXT Conference 2026 Welcome to COMPTEXT 2026 — the Eighth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on the...

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The COMPTEXT Association@comptext.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p! Deadline: January 16!

Currently in Volume 19, Issue 4 of Communication Methods and Measures #CMM: “Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science” by @valeriehase.bsky.social @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis Read this SI editorial: doi.org/10.1080/1931...

Come work with us - we have a very cool environment, amazing colleagues, and you're never far away from the sea (or a cinnamon bun). Also: 🇩🇰 actually beliefs in work-life balance, fair recruiting and being child friendly 😀

Digital Democracy Centre@ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 10mo ago

FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY ...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰 ...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI. More info: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "Operationalising the Audiovisual Turn in Digital Journalism." 🗓️Deadline for abstracts: April 16, 2026. More info at:🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1C-sA...

The CSS Lab at LMU Munich has an open PostDoc position - this is my old job and I can 100% recommend it. 👉 Great team led by @marhai.bsky.social, great department, great city ☺️

CSS Lab, LMU Munich@css-lmu.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚀 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!

Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky

📣 Job alert! 📣 For my Emmy Noether group on local digital public spheres, I'm hiring 3 predoc research associates who are interested in doing qualitative/mixed-methods research on local communication environments. Apply until 02 Jan 2026! www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...

3 research associates in social science (m/w/d)

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Are you applying computational methods in your research or thinking about starting a lab? Join us for the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase by the ICA CM Division @icacm.bsky.social 🌟 Online on Feb 16, 2026, 4:00–5:30 pm CET / 10:00–11:30 am EST 📆 Register 👇 forms.office.com/e/zHBkwUWNFw

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

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...

📢 CCR needs a new Editor in Chief! 📢 @vanatteveldt.com is rotating out so we are inviting (self)nominations to lead our journal through its next phase. Deadline 15 January, see link for details: journal.computationalcommunication.org/announcement...

Have a multilingual cross-country text analysis project? We just published a paper in @computationalcommunication.org with advice for validating your empirics! 👉 doi.org/10.5117/CCR2....

Today is the day 🎁 The #dsa regime for researchers to get access to platform data to study societal impact and risks starts TODAY. This has been a loooooong time coming. And the proof of the pudding will be in the eating … #dataaccess #commsky digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/new-...