Ulrike Klinger
@ulrikeklinger.bsky.social
Professor of Political Communication and Journalism at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR, Associated Researcher at Weizenbaum Institute Berlin. Technology & Democracy. Foodie. Traveller. Views are my own.
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
🚨🎉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
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
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨🎉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
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
🎉 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/
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/
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎉 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/
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/
Conferencing at the Museum of Literature Ireland, @molimuseum.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Conferencing at the Museum of Literature Ireland, @molimuseum.bsky.social
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".
Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Excitement, tension, bingo and great insights from my fellow PolComm colleagues - think that describes our election event in CREA quite well. Great way to count down to the exitpolls! @markboukes.bsky.social @favstats.eu @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabomm.bsky.social @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Excitement, tension, bingo and great insights from my fellow PolComm colleagues - think that describes our election event in CREA quite well. Great way to count down to the exitpolls! @markboukes.bsky.social @favstats.eu @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabomm.bsky.social @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵
The Peilingwijzer poll of polls for the Netherlands has been updated to include the latest polls of Verian/EenVandaag and Ipsos I&O.
📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
I think this Facebook page is a terrifying case study in how gen AI slop has enabled the creation of an automated hate machine, churning out endless caricatures of made-up enemies, immigrants and politicians, optimized for engagement. In many ways, it embodied the very nightmare many of us feared.
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I think this Facebook page is a terrifying case study in how gen AI slop has enabled the creation of an automated hate machine, churning out endless caricatures of made-up enemies, immigrants and politicians, optimized for engagement. In many ways, it embodied the very nightmare many of us feared.
Cas Mudde: „despite the far right’s evident failure in governing the Netherlands, it retains a magnetic hold over the country. Party politics remains fragmented yet dominated by the mainstreaming and normalisation of far-right frames and politicians.“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde
A media in thrall to Wilders’ party ensures its agenda is entrenched in Dutch politics and will dominate Wednesday’s election, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Cas Mudde: „despite the far right’s evident failure in governing the Netherlands, it retains a magnetic hold over the country. Party politics remains fragmented yet dominated by the mainstreaming and normalisation of far-right frames and politicians.“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
The Facebook page behind these images was the most active spreader of political AI content, posting multiple times a day and becoming the most engaged-with pages on Facebook among all those we track. Even surpassing Geert Wilders in total engagement during October. The page has now been deleted.
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The Facebook page behind these images was the most active spreader of political AI content, posting multiple times a day and becoming the most engaged-with pages on Facebook among all those we track. Even surpassing Geert Wilders in total engagement during October. The page has now been deleted.
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Two members of Parliament of Wilders' PVV party created AI generated images of party leader Timmermans and circulated these on social media.
Threats, death wishes and intimidation followed.
This shows how AI content can amplify existing rhetoric and emotions.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/twe...
Threats, death wishes and intimidation followed.
This shows how AI content can amplify existing rhetoric and emotions.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/twe...
Twee PVV-Kamerleden vallen met nepbeelden anoniem Timmermans aan, GroenLinks-PvdA doet aangifte
Twee Kamerleden van de PVV plaatsten met AI gemaakte beelden van Frans Timmermans op een populaire Facebookpagina die ze heimelijk beheren. Tientallen doodswensen richting de politicus zijn het gevolg...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Two members of Parliament of Wilders' PVV party created AI generated images of party leader Timmermans and circulated these on social media.
Threats, death wishes and intimidation followed.
This shows how AI content can amplify existing rhetoric and emotions.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/twe...
Threats, death wishes and intimidation followed.
This shows how AI content can amplify existing rhetoric and emotions.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/twe...
Campaigning in the Netherlands: No posters, only this on central squares… 🧐
October 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Campaigning in the Netherlands: No posters, only this on central squares… 🧐
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
🤖 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐀𝐈𝐠𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 🇳🇱
Less than one week before the Dutch elections, @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & I looked at over 20k posts to reveal patterns in the usage of AI-generated visuals across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. #tk2025
🧵Thread
Less than one week before the Dutch elections, @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & I looked at over 20k posts to reveal patterns in the usage of AI-generated visuals across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. #tk2025
🧵Thread
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🤖 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐀𝐈𝐠𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 🇳🇱
Less than one week before the Dutch elections, @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & I looked at over 20k posts to reveal patterns in the usage of AI-generated visuals across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. #tk2025
🧵Thread
Less than one week before the Dutch elections, @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & I looked at over 20k posts to reveal patterns in the usage of AI-generated visuals across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. #tk2025
🧵Thread
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Work!! 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social
Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥
Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci
🗓️ DL November 1
Spread the word 📣
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social
Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥
Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci
🗓️ DL November 1
Spread the word 📣
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Work!! 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social
Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥
Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci
🗓️ DL November 1
Spread the word 📣
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social
Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥
Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci
🗓️ DL November 1
Spread the word 📣
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
I wrote this 1.5 year ago. No illusion that decision makers in Dutch or U.S. media will read it, let alone learn the lessons
Many individual journalists know and sometimes do better, but are overruled by editors or fear unemployment.
What can YOU do? Support liberal democratic media!
Many individual journalists know and sometimes do better, but are overruled by editors or fear unemployment.
What can YOU do? Support liberal democratic media!
Cas Mudde on the media and the far right: a dangerous liaison worth breaking - Voxeurop
News outlets have a complex love-hate relationship with the far right, marked by antagonism and mutual benefit. Far-right specialist Cas Mudde shares a few simple tips on how to inform citizens withou...
voxeurop.eu
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I wrote this 1.5 year ago. No illusion that decision makers in Dutch or U.S. media will read it, let alone learn the lessons
Many individual journalists know and sometimes do better, but are overruled by editors or fear unemployment.
What can YOU do? Support liberal democratic media!
Many individual journalists know and sometimes do better, but are overruled by editors or fear unemployment.
What can YOU do? Support liberal democratic media!
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
If you ever wanted to delve into the AI-generated world of far-right imagination.. now you can.
See our CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱 here:
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
#tk2025
See our CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱 here:
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
#tk2025
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If you ever wanted to delve into the AI-generated world of far-right imagination.. now you can.
See our CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱 here:
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
#tk2025
See our CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱 here:
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
#tk2025
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
🚀 And this marks our launch of the CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱!
@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I are glad to finally publish our dashboard where we monitor the use of AI imagery in campaign messages, by parties, politicians & other actors during the election #tk2025
See here
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I are glad to finally publish our dashboard where we monitor the use of AI imagery in campaign messages, by parties, politicians & other actors during the election #tk2025
See here
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
October 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🚀 And this marks our launch of the CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱!
@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I are glad to finally publish our dashboard where we monitor the use of AI imagery in campaign messages, by parties, politicians & other actors during the election #tk2025
See here
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I are glad to finally publish our dashboard where we monitor the use of AI imagery in campaign messages, by parties, politicians & other actors during the election #tk2025
See here
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Check out TildeOpen LLM: Europe’s Sovereign Multilingual AI
An open-source, foundational LLM (Large Language Model) for European languages – secure, adaptable, and ready for governments, institutions, and enterprises.
tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/
An open-source, foundational LLM (Large Language Model) for European languages – secure, adaptable, and ready for governments, institutions, and enterprises.
tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/
TildeOpen LLM Applications | AI for Every Sector
Discover how TildeOpen LLM powers customer support, legal workflows, content creation, and more across governments and enterprises.
tilde.ai
October 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Check out TildeOpen LLM: Europe’s Sovereign Multilingual AI
An open-source, foundational LLM (Large Language Model) for European languages – secure, adaptable, and ready for governments, institutions, and enterprises.
tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/
An open-source, foundational LLM (Large Language Model) for European languages – secure, adaptable, and ready for governments, institutions, and enterprises.
tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Breaking: Dutch court rules that Meta needs to offer chronological/ non algorithmic feed as clear and stable option (to Dutch users).
Changes must be implemented in two weeks. 100,000 euro fine per day if non compliant.
Case brought fwd by @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social
nos.nl/l/2584891
Changes must be implemented in two weeks. 100,000 euro fine per day if non compliant.
Case brought fwd by @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social
nos.nl/l/2584891
Rechter: Instagram en Facebook moeten algoritmevrije optie krijgen
Bits of Freedom eiste dat in een rechtszaak en kreeg gelijk van de Nederlandse rechter.
nos.nl
October 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Breaking: Dutch court rules that Meta needs to offer chronological/ non algorithmic feed as clear and stable option (to Dutch users).
Changes must be implemented in two weeks. 100,000 euro fine per day if non compliant.
Case brought fwd by @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social
nos.nl/l/2584891
Changes must be implemented in two weeks. 100,000 euro fine per day if non compliant.
Case brought fwd by @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social
nos.nl/l/2584891
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Welcome to the ✨For You✨ feed!
It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently.
📌 Pin to add it to your top bar
❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness
It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently.
📌 Pin to add it to your top bar
❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness
August 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Welcome to the ✨For You✨ feed!
It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently.
📌 Pin to add it to your top bar
❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness
It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently.
📌 Pin to add it to your top bar
❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness
Timeless.
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Timeless.
Reposted by Ulrike Klinger
Together, political predators and digital conquistadors have decided to wipe out the old elites and their rules. If they succeed, it will not only be the parties of lawyers and technocrats that will be swept away, but also liberal democracy as we have known it until today ↘️ on.ft.com/4nVwSII
How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power
Digital moguls and strongman leaders are far more than disrupters of the old liberal order. Together they seek to sweep it away, writes Giuliano da Empoli
on.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Together, political predators and digital conquistadors have decided to wipe out the old elites and their rules. If they succeed, it will not only be the parties of lawyers and technocrats that will be swept away, but also liberal democracy as we have known it until today ↘️ on.ft.com/4nVwSII
Wanna know more about #data #access and the Digital Services Act? Here’s our latest policy paper about how it works👇
www.weizenbaum-library.de/items/86842c...
#commsky #polisky #dsa @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
www.weizenbaum-library.de/items/86842c...
#commsky #polisky #dsa @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Wanna know more about #data #access and the Digital Services Act? Here’s our latest policy paper about how it works👇
www.weizenbaum-library.de/items/86842c...
#commsky #polisky #dsa @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
www.weizenbaum-library.de/items/86842c...
#commsky #polisky #dsa @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Key take-aways and a little bit of optimism from the @rebekahtromble.bsky.social keynote at the #Data #Access Days: collaborate, joint access requests, use DSA 40.4 as a route into 40.12. Solidarity & strategy are key, the academic community must come together and get it together. 🔥
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Key take-aways and a little bit of optimism from the @rebekahtromble.bsky.social keynote at the #Data #Access Days: collaborate, joint access requests, use DSA 40.4 as a route into 40.12. Solidarity & strategy are key, the academic community must come together and get it together. 🔥
“Article 40 won’t save us”: A full house for brilliant @rebekahtromble.bsky.social giving keynote at the Data Access Days in Berlin @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🚀💪🔥
#data #dataaccess #commsky #polisky
#data #dataaccess #commsky #polisky
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Article 40 won’t save us”: A full house for brilliant @rebekahtromble.bsky.social giving keynote at the Data Access Days in Berlin @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🚀💪🔥
#data #dataaccess #commsky #polisky
#data #dataaccess #commsky #polisky