Thanks @christinaviehmann.bsky.social, @jbgruber.bsky.social and @gesis.org for the invitation! I had an absolutely fantastic time with many inspiring conversations and new connections with excellent researchers. Thanks for treating me so well, Cologne! #CSS #DSS

Platforms change. Look at Twitter/X. And look at LinkedIn. Relevant for #ica26 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/b...

Is LinkedIn Entering Its Post-Cringe Era?

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Leaving this all-time Internet gem here for my German audience, who's living through a bizarre media obsession with a dying/dead whale. 🐋 "the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds" youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...

The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon

YouTube video by KATU News

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🚨 Special Issue Alert: MDDC members @jolukito.bsky.social, @meredithpruden.bsky.social, @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social, @yunkangyang.bsky.social + Wei Zhong published a special issue on Multi-Platform Research in @polcommjournal.bsky.social. Free e-prints available: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XXNGV...

Political Communication Special Issue Introduction: Multi-Platform Research

In this introduction to the Multi-Platform Research Special Issue, we continue a field-wide discussion regarding how political communication scholars conduct multi-platform research. Despite the co...

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We, @krangelie.bsky.social and I are hiring a Master's student (Computer Science / Comp. Social Science / related) for our "GrokiWiki" project @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 📍Berlin | 🕐10h/wk | Start May '26 📅Apply by 31 March 👉 bit.ly/3PphI2e #Berlin #StudentJob #CSS #CS #Python #NLP

New #aBitOfCCS episode 🎙️ I talked with Miriam Milzner & @thieled.bsky.social about detecting coordinated disinformation in the age of AI. They introduce coorsim, an open-source R package that finds semantically similar coordinated posts! 🎧 Listen here: aboutccs.net/abitofccs/

Help us improving as ECPR PolCom Standing Group by taking part in this quick survey:

ecpr - SG Political Communication@ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📊 Help shape the future of ECPR PolCom! We're asking members to share feedback in a short survey (5–10 min) on our activities and initiatives. Your input matters—participate here: uantwerpen.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📊 Help shape the future of ECPR PolCom! We're asking members to share feedback in a short survey (5–10 min) on our activities and initiatives. Your input matters—participate here: uantwerpen.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🌍 A drizzle, not a storm: Polarisation around climate change in dutch political and media debates. Join us at the next ECR Club session with Edwin Jans (Wageningen University). #polcom #ecpr 🗓 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 🕚 11:00–11:45 GMT 🎤 Chair: Mariken van der Velden 🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

A drizzle, not a storm: Polarisation around climate change in dutch political and media debates

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Don't miss our exciting first @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social X @ecreaeu.bsky.social #ECR session of the year! Tue, Jan 13, 12:00 CET ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

ecpr - SG Political Communication@ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 Kick off 2026 with our first #ECR Club session of the year! 📅 Tue, Jan 13, 12:00 CET 🎙️ Piotr Marczynski (@piotrmarczynski.bsky.social) presents: "The Few, The Loud: Platform-Mediated Articulation of Conspiratorial Discourse by Political Elites" Sign up 👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Join our ECR Club session on 9 Dec, 12:00: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Exciting research on emotional responses to elite communication by Roy Aulie Jacobsen. Also, particularly happy to have wonderful @pjost.bsky.social on board as discussant! #ecpr #polcom

An Emotional Reaction: Analyzing The Publics Response to Communication Tactics Used by Political Leaders in Norway During the COVID-19 Pandemic

European Consortium for Political Research

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🚨 Call for Papers! The Polcomm Section invites submissions for #APSA2026, taking place September 3–6. Next year’s theme is “Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect & Rebuild.” 👉 Submit now: buff.ly/PRvg2Wq

Now out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Are you an R-user looking for a ✨reproducible and free✨ solution to use #machine-translation in your #text-as-data project? Try out my new #rstats package #easieRnmt that wraps around the EasyNMT py-library for local machine tranlsation: github.com/thieled/easi...

GitHub - thieled/easieRnmt: R wrapper around the EasyNMT python library, providing "Easy to use, state-of-the-art Neural Machine Translation for 100+ languages" locally.

R wrapper around the EasyNMT python library, providing "Easy to use, state-of-the-art Neural Machine Translation for 100+ languages" locally. - thieled/easieRnmt

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We hope you enjoyed Day 1 of #ecprgc25 as much as we did! 🙌 We’re excited to continue on Day 2 our #PolCom section “Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion” with another strong line-up of panels:👇🧵 [1/x]

Good morning, Thessaloniki! Kicking off our #polcom section at #ecprgc25🎉 Day 1 panels: 📌 The Role of Social Media in Political Discourse — Tue 08:30–10:15 📌 Framing and Political Persuasion Strategies — Tue 10:45–12:30 All panels in Polytech. S., Fl. 2, W. B 1(301) Excited to see you there!

🏃 #ica25 public service announcement: #RunningWithPresidents Round 1 🗓️ Friday 06.30 in front of Hyatt Regency. ⏰ Yes early, but #BeatTheHeat #jetlag etc. 📍 App 5k, gentle pace. 🌇 Route scouted by @dscheykopp.bsky.social Let folks know. Everyone is welcome 🎽

We, @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social are super excited to launch a new virtual format for early career researchers in political communication (ECPR or ECREA members) for discussing their drafts! Thanks @olgaeisele.bsky.social and @alenakluknavska.bsky.social for organizing & ECREA for joining forces!

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🆕 Introducing the ✨PolComm ECR Club✨ – a new monthly online forum for early career researchers in political communication! Organized by @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social, this initiative is open to PhD students & postdocs (≤4 yrs post-PhD) in the ECPR or ECREA polcom sections!

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

Summer School for Women in Political Methodology

20 to 26 July 2025 at the University of Bremen

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Sophia Hunger@sophiahunger.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨 Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org

🏆 Think your best PolCom article in the past year was better than others' best article? Let's find out! 10 days to submit to the Kaid-Sanders Award for the Best Political Communication Article of the Year: 📬 c.baden@mail.huji.ac.il Details: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKe...

Best way of conference traveling: Bring a bike 🚲! Omw (with a 🐰 detour) to Vienna for @comptext.bsky.social and to grab my PhD certificate in efficient packing. 😏🧳

Still cannot believe it, but it's a wrap: I successfully defended my PhD yesterday at @univie.ac.at 🍾🎓✨ Thank you to my wonderful reviewers @lindabos.bsky.social & Nina Springer; to my supervisor Birgit Sauer; and @fabiennelind.bsky.social for the organizaion 🪄! Vienna treated me so well. 💖

Visiting @univie.ac.at this week for @thieled.bsky.social’s defense. If anyone is up for a meeting, let me know! Always happy to chat with junior scholars specifically.

Any #trailrunners 🏃‍♂️🏞️ traveling to #ica25 who want to team up against team grizzly? 🐻🐾

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

OK folks, prudent to announce #RunningWithPresidents *WILL* be a feature of #ica25 🏃 Let's keep the tradition, right? @dscheykopp.bsky.social @nielsmede.bsky.social @thieled.bsky.social @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social @anneo.bsky.social @jeanburgess.bsky.social & co 🔊Add runners, spread the word 🫶🦋

It is so interesting to see how fast things are moving suddenly in the world of social media & #journalism. Such as increasing adaption of #bluesky sharing on newspaper sites ⬇️. I really would not have expected this a few weeks ago… #commsky

NRC@nrc.nl · 2y ago

Een interessant artikel gelezen bij NRC? Deze deel je nu heel gemakkelijk ook via Bluesky.

Hi Bluesyk! 👋🦋✨We've made the move -- help us grow a follower base here! We are the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Political Communication. Follow us here and stay up-to-date for news, events, and activities! Tag us for sharing! For now it's follow2followback! #polcom #commsky #polisky

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We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐 Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊 ❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail 👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

When you've done so many #ica reviews that you can easily plot them. I call it #ica2025 #wrapped 👀✨ #rstats #commsky #polcom

📢 APSA POLCOMM SECTION: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS🗳️ The American Political Science Association Political Communication Section is now accepting nominations for leadership positions for the 2024-2025 term! 📅 politicalcommunication.org/wp-content/u...