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Anja Bechmann

@anjabechmann.bsky.social

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Researching collective behavior in AI-powered communication, Professor & Director of DATALAB - Center for Digital Social Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. PI: SoMe Influence project https://dff.dk/, member https://royalacademy.dk/. .. more

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Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · Aug 12

Kom med til PARK - Folkeuniversitetets nye vidensfestival, hvor bl.a. @madsrt.bsky.social @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Mikkel Thorup og Bertel Nygaard gav bidrag fra deres forskning #DKForsk

Første Park-festival – hvilken dag! | Faculty of Arts - Aarhus Universitet

Første Park-festival – hvilken dag! 🌳☀️ Lørdag den 9. august forvandlede Park-festivalen Universitetsparken til et levende mødested for aarhusianere, forskning, musik og samtaler – fra Amfi-scenen til...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Aug 4

Are you a researcher (from HCI, communication, or information science) studying online misinformaiton, disinfromation, hate speech, polarization, or related information toxicity? Apply to attend our CSCW workshop (with both remote and in-person options).

Nina Lutz @ninalutz.bsky.social · Aug 2

Does your work explore mis/disinformation, scams, hate speech, or other forms of harmful information online?

We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome short submissions, due August 8th.

cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you're at #ica25 consider a date with the hottest new method in town…

Data Donation in Communication Research: Ethical, Practical, and Methodological Frontiers
📍 Friday, June 13 | 12 PM – 1:15 PM | Capitol 3 - Regency 4

@anjabechmann.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @lionw.bsky.social

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · Jun 13

First up is @anjabechmann.bsky.social sharing insight in the project of 1000 Danish YouTube data donations, including issues on over time dropout

Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jun 13

Data donation is a really promising approach. But also one with many challenges

Bummed to miss this session due to a meeting but highly recommend!

#datadonation #ica25

@antmandan.bsky.social @anjabechmann.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social & more

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Anja Bechmann @anjabechmann.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thx @damiantrilling.net - your team has inspired us 💪

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Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net · Jun 13

Very impressive work presented by @anjabechmann.bsky.social - her team managed to get really impressive sample sizes and quite okay-ish dropout rates with #datadination, much better than previous work (also ours). #ica25

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · May 20

Session Speakers: @valentinihssen.bsky.social @mkbrems.bsky.social @anjabechmann.bsky.social @daweg.bsky.social @luismn.bsky.social @metaxa.net @kirankappeler.bsky.social @mvreiss.bsky.social @judith-moeller.bsky.social @dagmarhoffmann.bsky.social @aschaffar.bsky.social

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Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · Apr 2

Hvordan former AI fremtidens job?
Det talte digitaliseringsminister @carolinestage.bsky.social m @anjabechmann.bsky.social, @kgronbak.bsky.social & @olesejer.bsky.social mandag på @au.dk
Studerende Marie & Peter (Skousen!) gav deres bud på digital dannelse, etik og kritisk tænkning i en AI-verden.

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Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · Mar 31

Debat om kunstig intelligens med faglighederne i og omkring INCUBA foran en fyldt sal af studerende. På scenen er digitaliseringsminister @carolinestage.bsky.social, samt AU’s @anjabechmann.bsky.social @olesejer.bsky.social @kgronbak.bsky.social, samt dekan @majahorst.bsky.social
#AI #KI #ArtsAU

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Faculty of Arts @arts.au.dk · Mar 26

Kunstig intelligens er ikke kun tech – det er også sprog, kultur og samfund
Hvordan sikrer vi, at både teknologi og humanistisk indsigt spiller sammen?
@au.dk inviterer til debat med digitaliseringsminister Caroline Stage Olsen på mandag 31/3
@carolinestage.bsky.social events.au.dk/debatarrange...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Mar 24

The threats to media freedom in the US are unprecedented

The administration sues media companies, intimidates journalists and news organisations, denies journalists WH access, encourages less facts, journalism, and safety on social media platforms.

Undermining free press is an attack on democracy.

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SHAPE - Shaping Digital Citizenship @shapeau.bsky.social · Feb 28

SHAPE-nyhedsbrevet er ude! 🎉

Læs bl.a. om:
🟩 Career Space 2025
🟩 2x AIAS-Seminar
🟩 Høring i Folketingets Kulturudvalg og Digitaliseringsudvalg, med deltagelse fra @anjabechmann.bsky.social

🔗 Læs her: newsletter.au.dk/campaigns/re...
📩 Tilmeld dig her: shape.au.dk/nyheder/nyhe...

SHAPE February 2025 | Aarhus Universitet - Campaign Monitor

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Feb 27

Big tech has a tremendous impact on democracy

🚨New report out w focus on misinformation, content moderation & generative AI

Team @anjabechmann.bsky.social @adler-nissen.bsky.social @madshovethy.bsky.social @golovchenko.bsky.social @fghjorth.bsky.social👏

Details⬇️

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Claes de Vreese on LinkedIn: Big tech has a tremendous impact on our democracies and societies. We…

Big tech has a tremendous impact on our democracies and societies. We presented our new report at a public hearing in The Danish Parliament - Folketinget. The…

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Feb 26

Vi, @anjabechmann.bsky.social @adler-nissen.bsky.social @madshovethy.bsky.social og jeg, præsenterer vores forskning og konklusioner ifht misinformation og tech giganternes effekt på det danske demokrati.

Folketinget kl 1300

#dkpol #dkmedier #dkforsk

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Høring: Techgiganternes indflydelse på Danmark - Altinget.dk

Folketingets Kulturudvalg og Udvalget for Digitalisering og It inviterer til åben høring om techgiganternes indflydelse på demokrati, trivsel og samfundsmæssig sammenhængskraft i Danmark.

www.altinget.dk

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Feb 25

Putting the Code of Practice on Disinformation into the Digital Services Act *can* be a game changer vis-a-vis #disinformation

It needs compliance, monitoring.It puts 🇪🇺 on further 🇺🇸 conflict course

Piece by @ramshajahangir.bsky.social w state of play, quotes 🙋

www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-code...

The EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation is Now Part of the Digital Services Act. What Does It Mean? | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press asked experts whether the Code's integration into the DSA will effectively mitigate disinformation while preserving free expression.

www.techpolicy.press

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SHAPE - Shaping Digital Citizenship @shapeau.bsky.social · Feb 24

𝗛𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗴𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘁?

Sociale medier forbinder os, men de former også vores debat, vores trivsel og vores samfund. Hvor stor en magt har techgiganterne egentlig – og hvem bestemmer, hvad der fylder i den offentlige samtale?

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Nadia Jude @nadiajude.bsky.social · Feb 4

Our @techpolicypress.bsky.social article is based on our recent paper examining Community Notes through the lens of humour. We find that CN enacts a narrow conception of disinformation that is ill-equipped to address hate and harm. eprints.qut.edu.au/254907/1/Mat...

Our research reveals a fundamental issue with the ‘community notes’ model as a preferred content moderation system: it is oriented toward addressing an outdated and extremely narrow understanding of disinformation, one that views falsity and fakeness as the problem alone, ignoring the historical, social, cultural, economic and political nature of disinformation. By examining the tool through the lens of humor, we show how the system fails to assess the harms or ‘check-worthiness’ of false narratives. This problem is a skill expert fact-checkers are trained to address, making Community Notes a poor substitute for culturally informed content moderation performed by a combination of experts, AI, and crowd workers situated in place and time.

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Human-Machine Communication Interest Group @ica-hmc.bsky.social · Jan 30

⏰ Time is almost up! ⏰
Get your submissions in tomorrow (1/31) by Noon Eastern for our ICA Preconference happening June 12th in Denver, CO!!
Email [email protected] for more info!

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jan 30

Researchers Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman, and Kevin Zheng argue that if we want responsible policy about social media, it begins with making it possible for American researchers to answer fundamental questions about how social media is shaping our public discourse. https://buff.ly/4hglUdV.

AI Companies Threaten Independent Social Media Research | TechPolicy.Press

UMass Amherst researchers argue that researcher access to social media data should be one of the rare things all political factions in the US can agree on.

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Oscar Westlund @oscarwestlund.bsky.social · Jan 29

DIGITAL JOURNALISM - CfP:
Freedom of expression, platform governance and the future of fact-checking

SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS
Oscar Westlund
@anjabechmann.bsky.social
@sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social
@gravesmatter.bsky.social
@mediarepublik.bsky.social
@tpoell.bsky.social
Steen Steensen

Freedom of expression, platform governance and the future of fact-checking

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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OleF @olefrank.bsky.social · Jan 29

Fake friends … læs
@anjabechmann.bsky.social’s skarpe pointer om fup og deepfakes i @berlingske.bsky.social
@cc.au.dk
#ArtsAU

Har du set en video med Jennifer Aniston, der vil sælge slankemiddel? Så er du blevet udsat for fup

Læs mere her.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jan 29

OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor

https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6

OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor

White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft

www.ft.com

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · Jan 28

Calling all digital researchers and #OpenKnowlegde enthusiasts: SAVE THE DATE for April 10!
Together with @wikimediade.bsky.social we invite you to join the conference "Who Owns Free Knowlege? Examining Power, Platformization, and the Promise of the Commons" in #Berlin.

More details soon!

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Thomas Poell @tpoell.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is going to be a really interesting event at exactly the right moment!

Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social · Jan 17

We are hosting the 2025 @aoir.bsky.social Flashpoint Symposium in Bremen!

🎯 CfP "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance"
📆 3-4 June 2025, Bremen, DE
🗒️ Deadline for Abstracts: 15 February 2025
platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

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Laurence Dierickx @ohmyshambles.bsky.social · Jan 28

Beyond technology, an instrument of propaganda - The alignment of DeepSeek with state propaganda does not make it an ideal candidate in terms of trust, transparency and credibility. My analysis here: ohmybox.info/beyond-techn...

Beyond technology, an instrument of propaganda

Beyond its technical innovations, DeepSeek has the potential to contribute to the information disorders ecosystem. Its alignment with state propaganda does not make it an ideal candidate in terms of t...

ohmybox.info

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Laurence Dierickx @ohmyshambles.bsky.social · Jan 27

DeepSeek looks as much like a bullshitter as ChatGPT. Good luck with that (and do the test as I just did).
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

The Information Disorder Level (IDL) Index: A Human-Based Metric to Assess the Factuality of Machine-Generated Content

Large language models have enabled the rapid production of misleading or fake narratives, presenting a challenge for direct detection methods. Considering that generative artificial intelligence tools...

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · Jan 27

#CfP: Weizenbaum Conference 2025 "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #WIConf25

📌 Papers are invited for submission by February 15, 2025 📌

➡️ www.weizenbaum-conference.de

@claraigk.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social

Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies. 7th Weizenbaum Conference, 4-5 June 2025

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Lore Hayek @lorehayek.at · Jan 24

PolComm crowd, mark your calendars!

This year's ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference will take place at the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, September 4-5.
Call for submissions is now open: www.uibk.ac.at/de/congress/...

Looking forward to welcoming you all!

#ecreapolcom25

University building in Innsbruck, Austria with snowy mountain peaks

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Anja Bechmann @anjabechmann.bsky.social · Jan 21

vores bogmanus skriver da vist næsten sig selv efterhånden @m-b-petersen.bsky.social 🫣

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · Jan 19

AI-fabricated 'junk science' floods Google scholar, researchers warn phys.org/news/2025-01...

AI-fabricated 'junk science' floods Google scholar, researchers warn

AI-generated research is a threat, both in terms of society's knowledge and public trust in science. This was the conclusion made by the researchers from the Swedish School of Library and Information ...

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