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Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · Sep 2

In case you are an ECR and you are already in Innsbruck 🏔️ for ECREA PolComm section conference, consider attending this preconference organized by the ECR representatives @amplanitzer.bsky.social & Andreea Stancea 🙂

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣👀Early-Career Researchers @ ECREAs PolComm Section Conference 2025!
A few last-minute spots for the ‪@yecrea.bsky.social‬ pre-conference workshop just opened. Want to join a great lineup of speakers on early-career profile building, network development, and transience? Just drop us a message! 🙂

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · Jul 23

Want to join us @univie.ac.at? Our department @ipk-univie.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track professor in interactive communication, with a special focus on human-AI communication.

📆 Apply until September 17!
👀 More information here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

#AcademicSky #CommSky

Tenure-Track Professorship in Interactive Communication

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thinking about using #CSS methods to study #racism, #stereotypes or #hate speech in text? 📐

👉 Check out my first dissertation paper co-authored by @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social just published in Annals of the ICA! @icahdq.bsky.social 🥳

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/annc...

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity 🧒
How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔
Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jul 8

Had so much fun at our workshop on incivility and content moderation, based on our @wwtf.at Digital Humanism project, at the Vienna children’s university today! @amplanitzer.bsky.social @allanhanbury.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 😎🫶🏼😆

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · Jun 16

@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver!

From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 16

What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? 🤔
@dbetakova.bsky.social presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social at an engaging #ICA25 panel on news avoidance 👏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Jun 16

What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? 👀
Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer 🙂 #ICA25 #PolComm

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jun 14

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 🥳
@dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelists👏

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 13

These are the participants of the #PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day, #ICA25 is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! ❤️

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Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social · Jun 11

🙂 Kicking off #ICA25 this week in beautiful Boulder, CO ⛰️
@amplanitzer.bsky.social presents our ongoing work on political information needs across neurodiverse cognitive profiles at the 2nd Disability, Communication, and Media Preconference w/ @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 👏

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25
Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂
Come say 👋 if you are around!

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · May 27

At #DigHum2025 conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier🌞 and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w @pia-p.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 🙂

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · Apr 29

Even though COMPTEXT2025 closed last weekend, its spirit will live on in the splendid photography of our dedicated group of colleagues from the University of Vienna: @jamoeberl.bsky.social, @amplanitzer.bsky.social, @apeksha.bsky.social! We thank and appreciate their work!

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · Apr 26

The success of COMPTEXT 2025 was made possible by the indefatigable and amazing work of the local organising team led by @fabiennelind.bsky.social + @hajoboo.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @compcommlab.bsky.social. The COMPTEXT Association is grateful for their work and to our sponsors (bit.ly/430VUye)!

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Apr 26

Such a great & needed roundtable - for #COMPTEXT2025 and beyond! 👏👏

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · Apr 26

This was a blast! Really enjoyed discussing bias in knowledge production, LLMs and CSS in general with
@krangelie.bsky.social and @indiiigo.bsky.social!

Thank you @comptext.bsky.social and @compcommlab.bsky.social for providing space for these important topics! 🙌

The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · Apr 26

How can we better capture marginalised voices through computational text analysis? An inspiring roundtable at #COMPTEXT2025 sparked important reflections. Huge thanks to @ahrabhikat.bsky.social, @krangelie.bsky.social, @indiiigo.bsky.social for guiding this vital conversation!

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Daniel Wiesner @danielwiesner.bsky.social · Apr 26

Absolutely fascinating and packed panel on enhancing and (critically) evaluating LLM performance at #COMPTEXT2025 this morning.
w/ great work by @zacdgreene.bsky.social,
Laura Liebig, Lukas Erhardt, and @christianpipal.bsky.social.

Excellently chaired by @amplanitzer.bsky.social! 👏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Apr 26

🔥second-to-last panel at #COMPTEXT2025 on Hate, Counterspeech & Algorithmic Influence!
@simonkarg.bsky.social on tracking hate/counterspeech
Thomas Kirchmair on cross-platform variations of hate
Chico Camargo on (in)effective user agency
Chaired/discussed by Travis Coan & @jadevrielink.bsky.social 👏

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Apr 25

Excellent computational research on the Russia-Ukraine war 📊🔎 Multiple perspectives & exciting results by Mykola Makhortykh, @aytalina.bsky.social, & @maikovska.bsky.social, Elizaveta Chernenko, Valentina Feklyunina & @maarja.bsky.social , Julian Theseira.

Chair @stauberj.bsky.social
#COMPTEXT2025

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Apr 25

Also, shout out to the other 🌟 panelists:
@deniseroth.bsky.social on computationally grasping digital hate in politicized SciComm
@jmendelsohn2.bsky.social on mapping & improving antisemitism detection in NLP
And Qinghao Guan on bridging cultural gaps in multimodal hate speech detection with LLMs 👏

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Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social · Apr 25

Happening now at #COMPTEXT2025 in a fantastic panel on "Advances in Misinformation, Toxicity & Hate Speech Detection" 👏
@pia-p.bsky.social presenting our latest work on how a more Perspectivist approach to NLP for algorithmic moderation could account for users’ differing views on what is harmful 🤔

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Apr 23

📣 PolCom Vienna @ #COMPTEXT2025
Happy to see six of our team members at COMPTEXT this week - organizing, chairing, and sharing their latest research on text-, image-, and video-as-data. Come say 👋 if you are around! 🙂

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