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Marko Bachl
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communication research at @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
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As sad as it is to read another LLM-generated student proposal, at least TIL that LLMs have deeply internalized this classic PDH comic, at least the colon part: phdcomics.com/comics/archi...
Your Thesis Title
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phdcomics.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This semester, I am teaching the third iteration of my "Content Analysis with Generative LLMs" class. For the first time, I am using a local cloud infrastructure, supported by the de.NBI infrastructure, instead of the OpenAI API. They published my testimonial here: cloud.denbi.de/about/testim...
Teaching Content Analysis with LLMs - de.NBI Cloud
cloud.denbi.de
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
As sad as it is to read another LLM-generated student proposal, at least TIL that LLMs have deeply internalized this classic PDH comic, at least the colon part: phdcomics.com/comics/archi...
Your Thesis Title
Link to phdcomics.com
phdcomics.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!

Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered

jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#DataMethods #OpenScience

#GESISMethodsHub: An open portal for computational social science research—find tools, tutorials, and code, directly usable in your browser. Methods Hub makes it easy to learn, apply, and reproduce computational methods in the Social Sciences.

methodshub.gesis.org/
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy start of the Berlin (German) Vorlesungszeit to all who celebrate!
October 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Also available in English: www.rki.de/EN/Topics/In...
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Interesting page to watch today: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
September 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Die Aufklärung von Falschinformationen & Impfmythen ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, daher klären wir regelmäßig auf.
Fakt heute:
Autismus entsteht durch Veränderungen in der früh­kindlichen Gehirn­entwicklung.
Als Haupt­ursache gelten genetische Faktoren.

🔗 www.rki.de/impfmythen
September 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
September 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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🎉 As of today, September 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer heads the "Research Data & Methods" team at CAIS. Together with the University of Duisburg-Essen, he has been appointed Professor of Digital Social Sciences. 🎉
🔗 www.cais-research.de/en/news/joha...
@johannesbreuer.com @unidue.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🎉 Prof. Johannes Breuer übernimmt ab 1.9.2025 die Leitung des Teams „Research Data & Methods“. Gemeinsam mit der Universität Duisburg-Essen wurde er zum Professor für Digitale Sozialwissenschaften berufen. 🎉
🔗 www.cais-research.de/news/Johanne...
@johannesbreuer.com breuer.com @unidue.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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📣Open access erschienen: #M&K Heft 3/2025 zu "Diversität, Intersektionalität und Geschlecht im Journalismus" 🗺️🌈📖, herausgegeben von @mluenenborg.bsky.social, @ananzinga.bsky.social, @yenerbayramoglu.bsky.social und @bernadetteuth.bsky.social 👉 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/1...
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Very nice location for our 4th DiMES workshop today with @audreyalejandro.bsky.social. Thanks to @jojukao.bsky.social for organizing and @dennmis.bsky.social for setting us up in Villa Engler @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologi...
July 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Etwa 3000 Personen protestieren gerade vor den Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft gegen die Sparmaßnahmen des Landes Berlin. Toll, dass wir so viele sind! 👏

Motto: Hochschulen sind #unkürzbar 💪

ℹ️ www.fu-berlin.de/sites/hausha...
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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🤖 In einer Zeit, in der KI-basierte Systeme und Plattformen tief in unser tägliches Leben eingreifen – von Informationsverbreitung bis hin zur #Meinungsbildung –, stellt sich die dringende Frage:
July 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I did not see the "declaration of competing interest" before. Now this seems to be problematic when you decide to use a data cleaning procedure that would likely bias your results in a predictable way, even if it is preregistered...
July 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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This paper seems relevant, claiming (per title) "AI-assisted audio-learning improves academic achievement through motivation and reading engagement" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...). Yet, excluding half of the treatment for not listening to the podcast seems like a problem, no?
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This paper seems relevant, claiming (per title) "AI-assisted audio-learning improves academic achievement through motivation and reading engagement" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...). Yet, excluding half of the treatment for not listening to the podcast seems like a problem, no?
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Holy shit, I hadn't even thought of this!

asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

You hide AI prompts in your paper that tell AI reviewers to say positive stuff (presumably both for public reviews and private analysis)

I wonder if Amazon sellers are already doing this?
'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review
asia.nikkei.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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PABLO FÜR IMMER - KONZERT
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July 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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How willing are scientists to act as experts in the news media? In the context of the #COVID-19pandemic, @birteleonhardt.bsky.social, Daniel Nölleke & Folker Hanusch interviewed 24 Austrian #ScientificExperts about their perception of news media logics. www.doi.org/10.5771/2192...
July 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM