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She/her, Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational Communication Science @compcommlab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @what-if-horizon.bsky.social

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Jun 3

📣 Finally out! My dissertation paper, co-authored w/ amazing @nicolarighetti.bsky.social & @anniewald.bsky.social, has been published in New Media & Society! 🎉
Interested in social media and #connectiveaction in authoritarian contexts?
Read it #openaccess 👉 bit.ly/455YHpi
#commscience #CSS

Protest and repression on social media: Pro-Navalny and pro-government mobilization dynamics and coordination patterns on Russian Twitter - Aytalina Kulichkina, Nicola Righetti, Annie Waldherr, 2024

In this study, we examine connective protest mobilization and suppression during the 2021 protests in Russia. We use time series analysis to study the dynamic i...

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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 9h

This workshop is tomorrow, don't miss your chance to register!
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 5d

❗️Our next workshop will be on October 9th, 6 pm CEST titled From slow analysis to a fast and structured program in R by
@johanzvrskovec.bsky.social

Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 9h

We're hiring! 📢

Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’ for 23 hours per week

The position is to be filled from September 1, 2026, and is limited until August 31, 2030

Deadline: 27 October 2025

More details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching)

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Jakob-Moritz Eberl @jamoeberl.bsky.social · 2d

New publication out in #IJPP! 📑
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n

Screenshot of an academic article titled “Rally and Recalibrate: Political Dynamics of Audience Expectations of Journalism During Times of Crisis” published in The International Journal of Press/Politics (OnlineFirst, Sage Journals).
Authors: Claire Roney, Daniel Wiesner, Andreas A. Riedl, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl.
The abstract explains that the study examines how audience expectations of journalism in Austria evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies shifts toward emerging journalistic roles such as Fact Checker and Science Communicator, based on data from three waves of the Austrian Corona Panel Project. Findings show fluctuating audience expectations tied to changes in public trust and crisis dynamics, emphasizing journalism’s need for adaptability.
Keywords listed: journalism, audience expectations, trust in institutions, crisis attitudes, survey research, COVID-19.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 6d

Come work with us 🚨

We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.

Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.

Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.

DL 🗓️ November 1

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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.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Thrilled to release the official repository of the @comunelab.bsky.social!

It centralizes access to decade-long research outputs, including 57 data sets and 22 code libraries.

A titanic effort: 28,000 lines of code

We hope to accelerate #openScience in #ComplexSystems

👉 github.com/CoMuNeLab

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 8d

Misinformation researchers benefit from real-world insights. Practitioners benefit from scientific evidence on what interventions actually work. Our partnership with the media literacy & fact-checking organizations Learn to Check! and @maldita.es combines both 🤝

🧵 below

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Andrea Wiesner @andreawiesner.bsky.social · 12d

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I’m thrilled (and a little proud 🤗) to share my first single-authored publication!
It’s now out open access in Information, Communication & Society:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Tackling (misleading) incivility online: a user-centric evaluation of different comment moderation strategies

Uncivil online comments, e.g., in the form of insults or misinformation, come with severe consequences for platforms, users, and democratic processes – making effective moderation essential. Howeve...

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 8d

For those on the #polcomm academic job market this year, I am sharing the job market material folder that I put together a few years back.

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Lukito & Friends Job Market Materials - Google Drive

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 19d

Proud to congratulate you, @azadekakavand.bsky.social, on your PhD defense –
“Technology Affordances, Social Media Platforms & the Networked Far Right.”
A remarkable achievement that combines years of hard work & building of skills that you now use at @bredowinstitut.bsky.social. Missing u already🥳

Picture of the committee, from left to right. Annie, Nicola, Azade, Eva, and Hajo.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 22d

Happening today :)

Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 28d

We're happy to have @laurentwang.bsky.social come visit our division at @ikmz.bsky.social Tuesday next week!

Everyone onsite invited to join :)

Biography
Laurent Wang is a doctoral candidate in
the Department of Communication at the
University of California, Santa Barbara.
His research focuses on the social and
psychological uses and effects of
information communication technologies
(e.g., artificial intelligence, social media).
Specifically, he uses quantitative and
qualitative methods to study how people
1) negotiate online privacy decisions and
2) navigate digital inequalities challenges
in the constantly-shifting technological
landscape. He has published in flagship
journals such as Communication
Research, Communication Monographs,
New Media & Society, Information,
Communication & Society, and Journal of
Advertising. He has received prestigious
research awards such as the James J.
Bradac Award and the Steven H. Chaffee
Award for Excellence in Research. His
research activities have been supported
by various external (e.g., the National
Science Foundation, Washington Media
Scholars Foundation, and the
International Communication
Association) and internal funding sources
(e.g., UCSB’s African and Asian Students
in STEM program).

Abstract
The rapid advancement of digital
technologies presents significant
challenges for individuals seeking to
safeguard their personal information and
effectively navigate the digital
environment. This talk addresses these
challenges by drawing from psychological,
structural, and ecological perspectives.
Insights from three research projects
highlight that privacy management and
digital inequality are not merely matters of
individual choice, but are also embedded
in broader sociotechnical contexts. The
talk concludes by outlining future
theoretical and practical directions for
understanding and addressing the
intertwined issues of technology, privacy,
and inequality in the digital society.

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 22d

Every strong team needs time to pause, reset, and grow together. #TeamRetreat #DientenAmHochkönig

Group photo: The CCL team standing together outdoors with the mountains around Dienten an Hochkönig in Salzburg in the background, smiling at the camera.

Ski lift: A line of orange ski lift chairs stretching up a green slope surrounded by dense forest to get up the mountain.

Hiking trail: The CCL team hiking down a narrow trail across a sunlit mountain slope with autumn-colored vegetation.

Mountain view: A wide view of mountain peaks and ridges around Dienten am Hochkönig in Salzburg, with low-hanging clouds drifting between the valleys under a blue sky.

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Andreu Casas @andreucasas.bsky.social · 22d

🚨Very honored to receive the Future Leaders Fellowship from @ukri.org I’ll use this 2.3 million £ investment to create the London Social Media Observatory, for cutting-edge research on social media and politics, and novel computational tools for social science research. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28d

NEW: Tonight, this is all that remains of Nepal's seat of government in Kathmandu.

Singha Durbar was the largest palace in Asia; home to the Prime Minister & government offices.

A 48-hour revolution, led by Gen Z protestors, has toppled the government & left large parts of the capital in flames.

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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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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s the final day at #SSC2025 ☕️
Let’s go!

aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 28

Presented the @what-if-horizon.bsky.social project today at #SSC2025 in Delft 🙌 Very grateful for the helpful feedback from the social simulation community! Looking forward to implementing it w/ @anniewald.bsky.social and Taehee Kim ✨

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 28

Day 3 at #SSC2025 ☕️

@billrand.bsky.social invites us to think about the future of agent-based modeling. It’s not just about big data—it’s about building smarter, more interpretable models that bridge the gap between data-driven empiricism and theory-driven understanding.

Lots of food for thought🙇🏻‍♀️

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come chat with WHAT-IF researcher @aytalina.bsky.social at #SSC2025 in Delft! She’ll present our base model at the poster session Thursday, 13:00 📆

WHAT-IF creates a digital twin of the online political information space to test interventions & strengthen democratic discourse

👉 what-if-horizon.eu

aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good morning from #SSC2025 in sunny Delft ☀️

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 27

Day 2 at the Social Simulation Conference 2025 ☕️
Corinna Elsenbroich talks about how agents-based modeling transforms our approach to causality and explanation in complex social systems 💡 #SSC2025

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · Aug 26

In beautiful Thessaloniki to talk about salience and patterns of racist language in German news media (yeah… 🥳) at #ecpr25

Catch the last chapter of my PhD work in this exciting panel put together by @stefaniewalter.bsky.social on Thursday, 3.45pm

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good morning from #SSC2025 in sunny Delft ☀️

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Jakob-Moritz Eberl @jamoeberl.bsky.social · Aug 24

🔥 Just out: We tracked how Austrians’ misbeliefs about COVID being a deliberately engineered #bioweapon shifted (or didn’t) over 2 years – and how threat perceptions & media exposure 🗞️ shaped belief updating & reinforcement. w/ N. Lebernegg, @schnizzl.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 🧵

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations, Dominika! 🥳👏

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Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social · Aug 13

If you've recently wondered "What happened in Austria's last federal election" (and a lot happened!), we've got you covered:

Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝

📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...

By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me

From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election

The 2024 Austrian parliament election reflects both continuity and transformation within the political landscape of the country. Following a turbulent inter-election period marked by multiple crise...

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