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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 17h

Ja, uitgecheckt is wel het juiste woord. Ik vergeet wedstrijden, zie teletekst en een samenvatting als het meezit. Zie het ook niet snel beter worden. Hopelijk de nieuwe generatie met een nieuwe staf...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Justin Yeung @justinyinnl.bsky.social · 19d

Our project on comparing rule-based, classical machine learning, transformers and #LLM to measure debate quality on social media is finally out at Communication Methods and Measures! ✨✨✨

@ascor.bsky.social @nunetsi.bsky.social

Link here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can we use automated approaches to measure the quality of online political discussion? How to (not) measure interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in online comments to the news

This article explores the (in)ability of automated tools to measure the deliberative quality of online user comments along the standards set out by Habermas: interactivity, diversity, rationality, ...

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 8d

Working / teaching computational text analysis? Here's our new pub:

“Can we use automated approaches to measure the quality of online political discussion? How to (not) measure interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in online comments to the news."

To read: doi.org/10.1080/1931...

Can we use automated approaches to measure the quality of online political discussion? How to (not) measure interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in online comments to the news

This article explores the (in)ability of automated tools to measure the deliberative quality of online user comments along the standards set out by Habermas: interactivity, diversity, rationality, ...

doi.org

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14d

You'll notice Charlie Kirk is not mentioned

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 14d

Trump brags about extracting $16 million from ABC settlement, says he wants to “test” the network out again. More explicit threats that if a private company doesn’t do his bidding, Trump will punish with lawsuits or government action.

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to share our latest article in Journalism Practice: “Journalists ‘Attagged’: The @-tag as a Bonding Tool for ‘Supercharged Critical Publics’”

Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access:
doi.org/10.1080/1751...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 17d

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 19d

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Who's next? It’s astonishing how large corporations bow to a president who doesn’t handle criticism very well. Is money truly the only thing they care about, or do they also carry a public responsibility to defend press freedom?

Barry Blitt in The New Yorker:

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Kim van Keken @kimvankeken.bsky.social · 22d

Heel gevaarlijk. nos.nl/artikel/2582...

Trump klaagt New York Times aan wegens 'partijdige berichtgeving'

De president wil een schadevergoeding van minstens 15 miljard dollar omdat de krant zijn rivaal Kamala Harris zou hebben voorgetrokken.

nos.nl

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 29d

Why did COVID-19 memes turn politicians into both heroes and clowns?

In our new study of jokes from five European countries, we show how pandemic humor made leaders look powerful — yet, just as lost as the rest of us. Read how politics became a spectacle through humor: doi.org/10.1177/1367...

‘If MPs have immunity, then why are they so afraid of the Coronavirus?’ Political humor during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Europe - Delia Dumitrica, Mark Boukes, Delia Chiaro, Anastasiya Fiado...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to an unprecedented circulation of online humor, an important part of which referred to politics and politicians. In the current...

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 29d

Why did COVID-19 memes turn politicians into both heroes and clowns?

In our new study of jokes from five European countries, we show how pandemic humor made leaders look powerful — yet, just as lost as the rest of us. Read how politics became a spectacle through humor: doi.org/10.1177/1367...

‘If MPs have immunity, then why are they so afraid of the Coronavirus?’ Political humor during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Europe - Delia Dumitrica, Mark Boukes, Delia Chiaro, Anastasiya Fiado...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to an unprecedented circulation of online humor, an important part of which referred to politics and politicians. In the current...

doi.org

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NeFCA Political Communication @nefcapolcom.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Launching this fall: PolCom Classics!

A monthly online webinar where leading scholars revisit “classic” themes in political communication - mis/disinfo, framing, digitalization & more.

🗓 Every last Thu, 12–13 CET

First session: Sept 25 w/ @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social.

@nefca.bsky.social

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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NeFCA Political Communication @nefcapolcom.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚀 We’re live!

The Political Communication Division of @nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and conversations in the PolCom community.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 14

Defending US democracy: the role of scientists
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Aug 21

Interesting.

Danish media will run a campaign to encourage advertisers to spend money with their competitors, that is, other Danish media.

👛 Spend your ad budget with Danish media rather than international tech giants is the key message

Source: MediaWatch

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International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 #ICA25 in Denver was one for the books! 4,530 attendees (89% in person!) packed 772 sessions with over 2,870 presentations 🤯.✨ buff.ly/Nim9iM5

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · Aug 13

Zo stom om zo'n iemand (vrijwilliger, nota bene; tel uit je winst) dan met het data-argument weg te sturen ...

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Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · Jul 22

So far, we've translated the GPC call for papers into nine different global languages, with many more on the way. =)

We'll release the documents once we've got them hosted, but thanks so much to our GPC board for hopping on board this project!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is a real tweet from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

DHS Twitter account:
FIRE UP THE DEPORTATION PLANES!

Image of a skeleton doing squats with the text MY BODY IS A
THAT TURNS
MACHINE
ICE FUNDING
INTO
MASS DEPORTATIONS

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Journal of Communication @journal-of-comm.bsky.social · Jun 30

Introducing new @journal-of-comm.bsky.social‬ publication: “Deliberation in online political talk: exploring interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in the public spheres surrounding news vs. satire”, by Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social‬
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

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Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · Jun 27

We're pleased to share our first Editorial Board! We're so very happy to work with so many voices, from so many places, all eager to ensure that we can curate and share the very best in human communication scholarship - and do so, open access: academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed....

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief Nick Bowman, PhD Syracuse University Editorial Board Nicole Allen University of Southern Utah, United States Albert Anani-Bossman Univ

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Elien Beelen @elienbeelen.bsky.social · Jun 16

Feeling proud and grateful after my first ICA conference, and what a way to start! ✨
I had the opportunity to chair a session for the first time, and was honored to receive the Top Student Paper Award in Mass Communication. 🏆 Heading home fully inspired.💡 #ICA25

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 16

Survived ICA with 3 presentations + 1 collab on social media & mental health📱Had great discussions, laughed a ton with friends, and learned even more.

Also…I’m on the *job market*, so hit me up if you know of any opportunities!

See you next time, all my comm friends!! 🏔️🏙️💙 #ICA25 #ICADenver

Presentation for our research about rumination and RII

Presentation for my theoretical model on social media and self dynamics

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · Jun 16

Last day of #ica25, two more presentations. Hope to see you there!

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