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Jakob Ohme

@dscheykopp.bsky.social

This was a great roundtable, lots of important questions from the audience, giving the impression that data donations will be around for longer, if we get it right (based on comments from the audience on postcards) #aoir2025

October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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Daniel Angus

@antmandan.bsky.social

We had a fabulous roundtable discussion with @anjabechmann.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @jiarut.bsky.social here at #aoir2025 that concluded with a thought exercise: "It's 2030 & data donation is the dominant data gathering paradigm, what must we get right today?"

A group of postcards with reflections and provocations written on the back.

October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM

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Faculty of Arts

@arts.au.dk

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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August 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM

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Kate Starbird

@katestarbird.bsky.social

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

August 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM

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Weizenbaum-Institut

@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

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

May 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM

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Daniel Angus

@antmandan.bsky.social

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

June 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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Damian Trilling 🟥

@damiantrilling.net

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

June 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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Jakob Ohme

@dscheykopp.bsky.social

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

June 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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Faculty of Arts

@arts.au.dk

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.

April 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM

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Faculty of Arts

@arts.au.dk

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

March 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM

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OleF

@olefrank.bsky.social

Spændende med en tværfaglig minister-snak om KI med de gode (digitale?) tvillinger fra NAT & TECH i @au.dk’s stærke IT-miljø på Katrinebjerg.
AU skal være et af de helt naturlige KI-fyrtårne herhjemme. Det kræver tværfaglighed🦾
@anjabechmann.bsky.social @olesejer.bsky.social @majahorst.bsky.social

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...

March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM

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Claes de Vreese

@claesdevreese.bsky.social

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.

March 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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Lore Hayek

@lorehayek.at

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

January 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM

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Claes de Vreese

@claesdevreese.bsky.social

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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February 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM

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Claes de Vreese

@claesdevreese.bsky.social

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.

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February 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM

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Claes de Vreese

@claesdevreese.bsky.social

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.

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February 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM

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Nadia Jude

@nadiajude.bsky.social

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.

February 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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Ethan Zuckerman

@ethanz.bsky.social

A new piece from my lab on how AI companies plundering of online content is making public interest research nigh impossible.

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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January 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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Human-Machine Communication Interest Group

@ica-hmc.bsky.social

⏰ 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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January 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM