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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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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Aug 28

🔴 Russian forces conducted one of the biggest combined attacks on Ukraine during this month.

The attack lasted 13 hours, targeting Kyiv, Starokostiantyniv, and Donetsk region.

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Kyiv 28.08.2025

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Aug 28

🔴 Russian forces deliberately targeted a residential building with a "doube-tap" strike during the latest attack, CCTV footage shows.

After the first missle struck, moments later a second one hit the same building.

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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · Aug 2

❗️Our next workshop will be on August 14, 6 pm CEST, on marginaleffects package by
@vincentab.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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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · May 24

A regular reminder that if you want to support Ukrainian air defense to protect people from being killed by a kamikaze drones in their sleep you can donate here: savelife.in.ua/second-front...
#UAView

Другий рубіж ППО - savelife.in.ua

savelife.in.ua

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · May 23

An outstanding keynote of historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social on the significance of the Ukrainian history for understanding global history and how it contextualizes the current Russia's invasion of Ukraine youtu.be/Xc64yG8TPzM?...

Keynote: Why should we know the history of Ukraine?

YouTube video by Impact CEE

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · May 16

Our team members @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @moritzsedlatschek.bsky.social have presented their fantastic work at the CSS conference on „AI & Society - Exploring Inequality in the Digital Age“ in Mannheim. Very well done! 👏

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Hannah Greber @hannahgreber.bsky.social · Apr 26

My personal highlight of #COMPTEXT2025 😊

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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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Apr 26

Where does the bias hide? 🔎 Let's discuss the applicability of multimodal models for clustering multilingual SM data w
@daweg.bsky.social @nadjaoz.bsky.social
@hdnrch.bsky.social
Sunny Yang @tristancann.bsky.social Chair
@hajoboo.bsky.social
An awesome panel to end #COMPTEXT2025 ! ✍️

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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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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Apr 26

Loved the roundtable led by @ahrabhikat.bsky.social "Marginalised Voices and Perspectives in Computational Text Analysis" /w @krangelie.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social Everyone was taking notes! ✍️ #COMPTEXT2025

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Apr 26

What a great panel on media bias & misinformation at #COMPTEXT2025 Investigating political sentiment,
ownership influence & public engagement with @lucas-p-dasilva.bsky.social @janabernhard.bsky.social @ahrabhikat.bsky.social @hajoboo.bsky.social
Patrick Walkowiak @saminenno.bsky.social Jiyoung Lee

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Apr 26

How the dynamics of media coverage change as a result of the interplay between issues and actors? @janabernhard.bsky.social shows in an excellent comp text analysis study on media bias in 🇦🇹 news before the 2024 Austrian elections. /w @ahrabhikat.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social #COMPTEXT2025

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

Discussing multimodal and network-based research of #PolCom at #COMPTEXT2025 🕸 @nicolarighetti.bsky.social presented the CooRTweet R package /w Paul Balluff.🔎 And more great studies and insights from Hubert Plisiecki, Wies Ruyters, David Spitzenberg! 👏 Chaired by @anniewald.bsky.social

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Apr 25

@nicolarighetti.bsky.social is presenting CooRTweet R package co-authored w/ Paul Balluff ✨ The package helps to detect and analyze coordinated networks across various platforms! #COMPTEXT2025
Check it out 👇
doi.org/10.31219/osf...

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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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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today, russia heavily bombed Ukraine with an intense focus on Kyiv. 8 dead, 80 injured🕯 During the international discussions about a possible ceasefire, russia consistently shows its only true face — indiscriminate violence and terrorism.

Donate to UA savelife.in.ua/en/

#RussiaIsATerroriStstate

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · Apr 9

⏰ Less than 2 days left! ⏰
Registration for #COMPTEXT2025 closes April 10 at 23:59 CEST!
Join us in Vienna (April 24–26) for cutting-edge research on text-, image-, and video-as-data, hands-on workshops, and a brilliant community.
Don't miss your chance—this is the final call! 🚂🧳
👉 bit.ly/4hJ7thP

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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · Apr 4

❗️Our next workshop will be on April 10th, 6 pm CEST on Effective data viz in R in scientific contexts by
@christiangebhard.com!
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats #dataviz

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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · Mar 12

Feels like air raid alerts in Kyiv are nightly. I checked: since the year’s start, only 13 nights were free of alerts, and each lasts about 131 minutes on average. Let’s see how the ceasefire goes, but meanwhile, please donate to air defense, links in the next reply. #UaView #RStats

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Jakob-Moritz Eberl @jamoeberl.bsky.social · Mar 8

So, Trump is now openly condoning attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure—actions that are prohibited under international law, including the Geneva Conventions. Yet, some international media outlets still frame this as him 'putting pressure on Putin.' Call me disillusioned.

Trump says Putin launching massive strike on Ukraine is ‘what anybody would do’

US president says Russian counterpart ‘doing what anybody else would do’ as Ukraine faces escalating aerial attacks

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · Feb 24

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Feb 26

Huge congratulations, Tobias! Best of luck with the new exciting chapter, and thank you for your time and great efforts at Uni Wien :) 💚 See you around Europe!

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aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social · Feb 22

📢 New publication!
Information, Communication & Society just published our study “Mainstreaming and transnationalization of anti-gender ideas through social media: the case of CitizenGO” w/ @nicolarighetti.bsky.social Bruna Paroni, Zsófia Cseri, Sofia Iriarte, & @maikovska.bsky.social ✨

Mainstreaming and transnationalization of anti-gender ideas through social media: the case of CitizenGO

Social media platforms can be effective tools for mainstreaming and transnationalization of radical positions. Anti-gender ideas have particularly gained traction transnationally in recent years. D...

www.tandfonline.com

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · Feb 20

The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.

The 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (#ICA25), set for 12-16 June in Denver Colorado, USA, is shaping up to be ICA’s largest conference yet, tracking with Toronto and Paris in terms of preregistration numbers. At the same time, we are closely monitoring the evolving situation in the United States which has raised concerns for some members of the ICA community intending to participate. We recognize your concerns regarding the uncertain environment and appreciate your feedback and perspectives.

We affirm ICA’s dedication to a global exchange of knowledge and perspectives and protecting the free exchange of ideas among our members and attendees. Current rhetoric and actions in some US communities run counter to ICA’s commitment to ensuring the full and equal participation of all members of our global academic community and conflict directly with ICA's IDEA principles.

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