🎉 New editorial: "Be Careful What You Prompt For: Generative AI in Computational Communication Research." It opens our special issue of 12 open-access papers, co-edited with @wrahool.bsky.social and @ewam.bsky.social 🧵 doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...

Deadline for SICSS Singapore extended by 1 week. Get your applications in by 22 April!

Subhayan Mukerjee@wrahool.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨🚨SICSS Singapore returns for its *FOURTH* edition! We have a stellar lineup of speakers from public health, psychology, communication, computer science, urban mobility, business + more tbc soon. Graduate students, postdocs, early-career faculty apply by 15 April! @cssh-nus.bsky.social

🚨🚨SICSS Singapore returns for its *FOURTH* edition! We have a stellar lineup of speakers from public health, psychology, communication, computer science, urban mobility, business + more tbc soon. Graduate students, postdocs, early-career faculty apply by 15 April! @cssh-nus.bsky.social

A sentiment I whole-heartedly agree with, given what I’ve just been working on for the last 5 years!

Subhayan Mukerjee@wrahool.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy 2025! Cindy Shen and I are happy to announce a new forum piece in @polcommjournal.bsky.social where we argue for a need to focus more on visual content when trying to understand the causes and manifestations of political polarization.

Fantastic new Forum piece in @polcommjournal.bsky.social - a must-read for all interested in visual communication 👇👇👇

Subhayan Mukerjee@wrahool.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy 2025! Cindy Shen and I are happy to announce a new forum piece in @polcommjournal.bsky.social where we argue for a need to focus more on visual content when trying to understand the causes and manifestations of political polarization.

Happy 2025! Cindy Shen and I are happy to announce a new forum piece in @polcommjournal.bsky.social where we argue for a need to focus more on visual content when trying to understand the causes and manifestations of political polarization.

[Extended Abstract Deadline: January 15, 2025] We’ve pushed the deadline back two weeks to give everyone a little extra breathing room during the holidays. Take your time, and we look forward to your submissions! #GenAI #AI #Computational

Subhayan Mukerjee@wrahool.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨We (@alvinyxz.bsky.social, @ewam.bsky.social) are editing a special issue for Computational Communication Research on GenAI! Submissions on GenAI as comm phenomena or research tools are welcome: z.umn.edu/ccrgenai Abstracts due: Dec 31 '24 Full papers: Apr 30 '25 @computationalcommunication.org

Deadline for abstracts for our GenAI special issue for @computationalcommunication.org is due in ~2 weeks!

Subhayan Mukerjee@wrahool.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨We (@alvinyxz.bsky.social, @ewam.bsky.social) are editing a special issue for Computational Communication Research on GenAI! Submissions on GenAI as comm phenomena or research tools are welcome: z.umn.edu/ccrgenai Abstracts due: Dec 31 '24 Full papers: Apr 30 '25 @computationalcommunication.org

The Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities, where, I'm deputy director, is now on BlueSky!

Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities@cssh-nus.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) at the National University of Singapore is now on BlueSky! Our mission is to support research that blends methods and tools from computing with theories and inquiries from the social sciences and humanities. Follow us for updates!

New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years. Trust in news declined in just over half of countries. It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown. A thread:

The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries

Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count

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We are looking for a new lead author of the Digital News Report. See below for details. Thanks to Nic Newman who has done a fantastic job steering the report for the last 10 years.

Reuters Institute@reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 Big news today at the Institute We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...

I just used the Sky Follower Bridge Chrome extension to find my X following on Bluesky, and it found over 600 matching users for me. Pretty amazing! chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...

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Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.

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Since we're all making starter packs, here's one dedicated to journals and conferences in communication, political science, media, public opinion, etc. Let me know what I've missed! go.bsky.app/B4h2y66 #polisci #comm

Repost if you’ve participated in a Summer Institute in Computational Social Science. Let’s get #SICSS Bluesky going!

If you see this, post a concert photo you took. Dream Theater, Singapore 2023. My fourth time seeing them live 🤘🏻

Joe Simons@joesimons.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you see this, post a concert photo you took Sigh being the best kind of extra

🚨We (@alvinyxz.bsky.social, @ewam.bsky.social) are editing a special issue for Computational Communication Research on GenAI! Submissions on GenAI as comm phenomena or research tools are welcome: z.umn.edu/ccrgenai Abstracts due: Dec 31 '24 Full papers: Apr 30 '25 @computationalcommunication.org

Yes! We are hosting the third iteration of #SICSS Singapore this June. PhD students, postdocs, earlier career faculty and researchers interested in the intersection of the social and data sciences are encouraged to apply! Deadline is 31 March.

Joe Simons@joesimons.bsky.social · 3y ago

Singapore-based friends, there is an NUS SICSS location organised by @wrahool.bsky.social