Tomorrow, Friday July 10, I give my inaugural lecture at the University of Amsterdam. Here’s the *livestream link* (scroll all the way to the bottom), starting at 4:30 pm👇👇👇 www.uva.nl/content/even...

Politieke communicatie na het eerste tijdperk van platforms

In haar oratie betoogt Ulrike Klinger dat het eerste tijdperk van sociale media, waarin grote platforms als democratiserende ontmoetingsplaatsen golden, voorbij is. Ze laat zien hoe sociale media zijn...

uva.nl

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 & 🙋

Building a research line, developing an agenda. What are experiences? And good/ bad advice and practices? I am not a ‘late early career scholar’ but I will join this panel composed by @ernesto-deleon.com and colleagues, and offer personal and general observations, also from grant panels #ica26

Getting ready for a long inspiring day at #ICA26 😀 One of the highlights: The launch of Sarah Jackson‘s new book „A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom“ @sjjphd.bsky.social

„A rich beef ragout encapsulated in a crunchy coating“ Fanciest description of Bitterballen… this AI thing is going too far!#capetown

🚨 Did you know that researchers can now apply for access to platform data under the EU’s Digital Services Act? Join our #ICA26 Bluesky Workshop on Saturday (9:00–10:15) to learn how DSA data access works in practice, what infrastructures are available, and how to get started. #DSA40

Ulrike Klinger@ulrikeklinger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wanna learn how the new #DSA EU data access to platform works for you, even outside Europe? Join our #ICA26 Bluesky workshop on Sat June 6 at 9:00 am in CTICC1, Lev 1, 1.52 with @claesdevreese.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social Daniel Angus, Megan Brown

Wanna learn how the new #DSA EU data access to platform works for you, even outside Europe? Join our #ICA26 Bluesky workshop on Sat June 6 at 9:00 am in CTICC1, Lev 1, 1.52 with @claesdevreese.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social Daniel Angus, Megan Brown

A Capetown desk with a view - may #ICA26 begin 🤩

Less than 1 week left to apply for this exciting postdoc opportunity ⬇️ @kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I look forward to receiving applications 😀

Katjana Gattermann@kgattermann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨New PolCom Postdoc Vacancy🚨@kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I are hiring on project "Media, Inequality, and Democratic Support" as part of the Horizon Europe project EDGE ⬇️ Start: 1 Oct 2026, length: 30 months, location: @ascor.bsky.social 🤩, DL: 7 June 2026! More info & apply: tinyurl.com/23zdmjhe

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/...

x is populated by people who failed 11th-grade english, drove three startups into the ground, make mid-six-figures, and own two cybertrucks. bluesky is full of folks who hold two phds, have won prestigious awards in their field, can't quite consolidate their hold on fulltime work, and ride a bicycle

There are major wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran; we’ve pushed well past 1.5° in global heating; the world economy is melting down; and the US is now a fascist bar – but sure, continue to sell us the fiction that it MUST be social media making kids unhappy, ABC. 😠😡🤬

Teen happiness falls in western countries as social media hours rise

The 2026 World Happiness Report links heavy social media use to a sharp decline in young people's wellbeing, with teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe among the most affected. 

abc.net.au

Workshopping in Prague

Quick PSA for all mid-career academics and above: people may be citing articles with your name on them that don't exist.

Loosing patience with X 📉 New poll shows 70+% support for taking further actions against X and amongst those supporting action, many consider not only fines but also a ban. The investigations by the @ec.europa.eu into X are backed and poll corroborates public support for platform regulation.

🚀 dashboardr is out! An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax. Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included). 📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/ Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨

My colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take: osf.io/9sxnc/files/... We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

The United States is now a country where the President’s goons kill civilians on the streets. There’s no sugarcoating it. Which country dares send supporters and citizens to such a country? #worldcup #fifa26 ⚽️

Excited to share our new report on Dutch election integrity! As an academic researcher, one of the most rewarding aspects of my work is when our research can directly inform public debate. That's exactly what happened with the Hybrid Election Integrity Observatory (HEIO). Full report: www.heio.nl

AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀 One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing 🫶 Please reach out if you have any questions. @polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social

Corinna Oschatz@corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🫵WE WANT YOU 🎓 Are you interested in political communication, negative campaigning, and social norms? Are you experienced in quantitative methods? Do you have good rain clothes? Then our postdoc position might be just for you: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas

#toread #paper “Meet the new boss – Same as the old boss”: A longitudinal study of political post sentiment and Facebook engagement by Anders Olof Larsson https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v31i1.14448

Today's mood, in a nutshell.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 7mo ago

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Teresa Burns Parkhurst. #NewYorkerCartoons

New year, new (job) opportunities: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy. What: excellent conditions, start-up and transition packages, interdisciplinary and supportive environment, wonderful colleagues. [1/2] fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

In the new year, political ads on Google and Meta continue to run in the EU despite both platforms having policies that supposedly ban them. The rules are so badly enforced that official political party accounts (even self-labeled with the category "political party") can run ads without problems.

Elon reposting Brendan Carr as a first reaction. But no, X is not taxed for being successful. And yes, X is fined for breaking simple DSA requirements regarding deceptive design, ad transparency, and data access for researchers

„At a time when the majority of Americans distrust big tech and believe artificial intelligence will harm society, Silicon Valley has built its own network of alternative media where CEOs, founders and investors are the unchallenged and beloved stars.“ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star

theguardian.com

🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨 Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social Out now in Political Communication. #polisky #commsky doi.org/10.1080/1058...

Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians

Social media platforms now play a central role in election campaigns for parties and politicians. Yet comparatively little research has compared how these actors use these platforms during and outs...

doi.org

🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live! The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver. Explore this resource here 👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/