Daniel Thiele
@thieled.bsky.social
Political scientist | Research associate @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social & FU Berlin | Political communication, social media, computational methods, text as data | 👟🚴
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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
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
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚨 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
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
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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....
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....
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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....
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
github.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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...
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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!
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!
August 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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!
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!
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🏃 #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 🎽
#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 🎽
June 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🏃 #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 🎽
#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!
Thanks @olgaeisele.bsky.social and @alenakluknavska.bsky.social for organizing & ECREA for joining forces!
🆕 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!
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!
May 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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!
Thanks @olgaeisele.bsky.social and @alenakluknavska.bsky.social for organizing & ECREA for joining forces!
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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
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
April 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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
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
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🏆 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: 📬 [email protected]
Details: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKe...
10 days to submit to the Kaid-Sanders Award for the Best Political Communication Article of the Year: 📬 [email protected]
Details: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKe...
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April 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🏆 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: 📬 [email protected]
Details: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKe...
10 days to submit to the Kaid-Sanders Award for the Best Political Communication Article of the Year: 📬 [email protected]
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. 😏🧳
Omw (with a 🐰 detour) to Vienna for @comptext.bsky.social and to grab my PhD certificate in efficient packing. 😏🧳
April 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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. 😏🧳
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. 💖
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. 💖
March 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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. 💖
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. 💖
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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.
March 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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? 🐻🐾
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 🫶🦋
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 🫶🦋
January 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Any #trailrunners 🏃♂️🏞️ traveling to #ica25 who want to team up against team grizzly? 🐻🐾
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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
December 9, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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
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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
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
a butterfly is emerging from a green pupa
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December 6, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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
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...
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...
Senior Researcher & Team Lead for Transparent Social Analytics and Open Science
GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.
Starting as soon as po...
www.hidden-professionals.de
December 4, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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...
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...
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📢 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...
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...
politicalcommunication.org
August 15, 2024 at 10:11 AM
📢 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...
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...
#Rstats nerds: Is there a way to list all system-level #dependencies (e.g. #linux libs) of an R package prior installation?
Close, but post-installation and most often incomplete is:
maketools::package_sysdeps('foo')
Close, but post-installation and most often incomplete is:
maketools::package_sysdeps('foo')
May 31, 2024 at 6:40 AM
#Rstats nerds: Is there a way to list all system-level #dependencies (e.g. #linux libs) of an R package prior installation?
Close, but post-installation and most often incomplete is:
maketools::package_sysdeps('foo')
Close, but post-installation and most often incomplete is:
maketools::package_sysdeps('foo')
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New article at CCR: @thieled.bsky.social leverages word-embedding representations of dictionaries and machine translation to investigate user-generated populism in comments during COVID-19 in 7 European countries, finding varying effects of restrictive policies. Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
How COVID-19 and the News Shaped Populism in Facebook Comments in Seven European Countries. : A Computational Analysis. | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Citizen-generated populism is flourishing in the comments sections of online news. The factors that shape the extent of
such populist communication from below are still under-researched. This study fo...
doi.org
March 12, 2024 at 3:57 PM
New article at CCR: @thieled.bsky.social leverages word-embedding representations of dictionaries and machine translation to investigate user-generated populism in comments during COVID-19 in 7 European countries, finding varying effects of restrictive policies. Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
More news: Consider voting for me in the #elections for the
@ecpr.bsky.social #PolCom steering committee!
Deadline: March 26. 🗳️
Not a member yet? Joining is easy & free - click 'create an account' and join the PolCom section. 🙏https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/ElectionFinalBallot.aspx?ElectionID=71
@ecpr.bsky.social #PolCom steering committee!
Deadline: March 26. 🗳️
Not a member yet? Joining is easy & free - click 'create an account' and join the PolCom section. 🙏https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/ElectionFinalBallot.aspx?ElectionID=71
March 12, 2024 at 10:08 AM
More news: Consider voting for me in the #elections for the
@ecpr.bsky.social #PolCom steering committee!
Deadline: March 26. 🗳️
Not a member yet? Joining is easy & free - click 'create an account' and join the PolCom section. 🙏https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/ElectionFinalBallot.aspx?ElectionID=71
@ecpr.bsky.social #PolCom steering committee!
Deadline: March 26. 🗳️
Not a member yet? Joining is easy & free - click 'create an account' and join the PolCom section. 🙏https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/ElectionFinalBallot.aspx?ElectionID=71
I'm over the moon happy to see my 3rd dissertation paper finally published in @computationalcommunication.org:
Were #populist user comments fueled by restrictive #COVID-19 policies? Only in some countries, my study finds.
doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
#socialmedia #textasdata
Were #populist user comments fueled by restrictive #COVID-19 policies? Only in some countries, my study finds.
doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
#socialmedia #textasdata
March 12, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I'm over the moon happy to see my 3rd dissertation paper finally published in @computationalcommunication.org:
Were #populist user comments fueled by restrictive #COVID-19 policies? Only in some countries, my study finds.
doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
#socialmedia #textasdata
Were #populist user comments fueled by restrictive #COVID-19 policies? Only in some countries, my study finds.
doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
#socialmedia #textasdata