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

The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting.

That is the title of Xiaotong Chu's timely and important PhD dissertation which she defends today. Go Tong!🚀

Proud supervisors: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @lukotto.bsky.social and 🙋

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De overtuigingskracht van politieke targeting

Xiaotong Chu promoveert op het proefschrift: 'The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. S. Kruikemeier en prof. dr. S.K. Lecheler. Copromotoren zijn dr. L.P. Otto en prof. ...

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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 6d

📢 We're hiring a Doctoral Student in Research Software Engineering for Digital Behavioral Data!
Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us.

👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...

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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 7d

Social-Media-Daten zwischen Forschung und Infrastrukturen - nachhaltige Archivierung, Erschließung und Bereitstellung: An der @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social finden vom 17.-19.03.2026 die Social Media Access Days statt. Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen bis zum 31.10.2025. www.dnb.de/DE/Professio...

Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days

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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 18d

On Monday September 22, Katharina Kraft, Maximilian Haag and @lukotto.bsky.social present the GESIS Panel.dbd, GESIS Surf and the GESIS AppKit in the workshop “Unlocking Digital Behavioral Data: New Frontiers in Web Tracking and App-Based Social Science Research”: www.conftool.com/dgskongress2...

GESIS Pre-Conference Workshop at the DGS Congress

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 20d

It could also potentially be expanded.

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ESM Tool Collection

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 20d

Here is a list that @juliankohne.bsky.social Mareike Wieland, Charlotte de Alwis, and I started a while ago:

toolreview.shinyapps.io/adapted_app/

EMA Tool Collection <div style="display: flex; align-items: center;"></div>

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Christian Strippel @strippel.bsky.social · Aug 27

The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Aug 11

This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut!

Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social

Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread

Book cover for “The Psychology of Attack Politics"

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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jul 17

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now:

www.gesis.org/en/ins...

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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · Jul 16

Research by Joachim Piepenburg and @lukotto.bsky.social presented at the European Survey Research Conference 2025 www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/pro...
#ESRA

Presentation: Measurement or intervention? On the promises and pitfalls of mobile intensive-longitudinal research designs

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · Jun 19

Honored and thrilled for receiving the award from my „home division“.
🤩🤩🤩🤩

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 19

Top Poster Paper Award

🏆 @lukotto.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, Fabian Thomas, & Michaela Maier

📄 Stubborn Cynics and Enlightened Skeptics? Disentangling Different Forms of Media Distrust and Its Association With Online News Consumption

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · Jun 16

⚡️⚡️⚡️
Interested in…
…negativity, incivility, intolerance?
…comparative and experimental data on the perception and effects of attack politics?
… personality, contextual influences?
Get all this with a discount!
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our new book THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTACK POLITICS is out next month! 🔥📚

We offer a new look at negativity effects, via perceptions & evaluations🤔😱👿🤣

You can pre-order it with a nice 20% discount on the cover price (for paperbacks this makes it £32 or so)

Check out discount code & link in the flyer 👇

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jun 3

#GESISGuides #DBD #DigitalBehavioralData
Lux, V., & Wieland, M. (2025). How to Set up and Monitor App-based Data Collections (GESIS Guides to DBD, 22).

doi.org/10.60762/ggd...

This guide addresses that gap by offering practical recommendations to manage the active data collection phase.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · May 20

We still have places available for this #GESISworkshop! 🌱 Join Julia Romberg, @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social, and @mmmaurer.bsky.social to explore adapters — an efficient alternative to fine-tuning your large-language models.

➡️ More information & registration at t1p.de/adapters-lig...

GESIS Workshop
Adapters: Lightweight Machine Learning for Social Science Research
02 to 04 June 2025 | Online
Julia Romberg, Vigneshwaran Shankaran, Maximilian Maurer (all GESIS)

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Mario Gollwitzer @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social · May 5

🎺COME WORK WITH US @LMU Munich on a new research project: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/d.... (postdoc/3 years/full-time). We will develop and evaluate an agile and needs-oriented Research Data Management certificate course for researchers in psychology. Application Deadline: *May 31*

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (m/w/d)

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · Apr 14

Come join us in Mannheim as Professor for Survey Methodology! ✨ #academicsky #polisci
www.uni-mannheim.de/media/Univer...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · Apr 8

*Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection* by @lukotto.bsky.social.

🗓️ 09 – 11 July 2025
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/mobile-data-...

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · Apr 2

*Design and Methods for Mobile Data Collection* by @lukotto.bsky.social.

🗓️ 09 – 11 July 2025
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/mobile-data-...

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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · Mar 31

Research by Joachim Piepenburg, @berndweiss.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, Judith Gilsbach and @barbarabinder.bsky.social with GESIS Panel.dbd data at the General Online Research Conference 2025:
www.conftool.org/gor25/index....
#GOR25

Presentation: "Understanding Participation in Web Tracking Studies: A Comparison of Probabilistic and Nonprobabilistic Sampling Strategies"

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · Mar 28

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I am so thrilled to see this book taking shape and coming out in July. If you're interested in ❎ negative campaigning, 🥊incivility, 👥 intolerance, and unique data and designs on these topics (comparative experiments (ARG, AUS, GER, USA, ITA), conjoint design, etc.), please consider reading it!

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Mar 27

📚📚📚

New book out this July with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social

We present a novel approach to study #NegativeCampaigning & #Incivility 🥊 ⚔️ - focusing on public perceptions and evaluations 😱😆🤢😡

Bonus: low price (~£35) & the cover is 🤘

Pre-orders from July 5: tinyurl.com/7raa9fpf

Cover of the book “The Psychology of Attack Politics
Perceptions, Evaluations and Effects” by Alessandro Nai, Lukas P. Otto, Chiara Vargiu, out in July 2025 (Routledge). The cover features a detail from a medieval painting showing people happily stabbing at each other (from the Codex Manesse, 1304-1340)

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

As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA

The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy.

@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️

www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...

Will Europe Sacrifice the Digital Services Act in Negotiations with Trump? | TechPolicy.Press

Jakob Ohme, LK Seiling, and Claes H. de Vreese write that European leaders must protect the DSA to ensure a democratic future.

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Mar 24

Out now:
GESIS Guides to DBD #14: Overview of Ethical Considerations when Working with Digital Behavioral Data by @jolukito.bsky.social, @sebstier.bsky.social, Mareike Wieland,
@danicaradovanovic.bsky.social, Frank Mangold, and @johannesbreuer.com.
www.gesis.org/filead...

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · Mar 17

Thanks for asking! We are working hard to provide the source code, which is one of our short-term goals! If you want to stay informed, you can also subscribe to the newsletter:
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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · Mar 13

Sorry, links in this post were cut.
Mailing-List here: lists.gesis.org/mailman/list...

Correct registration link here:
www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...

gesis-appkit Infoseite

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