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M. Saïd H. Unger

@mshu.bsky.social

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Research Assistant at the University of Münster

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Max Zehring @maxzehring.bsky.social · Aug 15

✨ New open-access paper ✨

We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.

Full paper:

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

The language similarity between corona protest mobilizers on Telegram and German politicians on Twitter

Protest movements against COVID-19 containment measures, like Germany’s Querdenken, aim to put their position on the political agenda. The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) acted...

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Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social · Aug 19

New publication, out in Political Analysis:

There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually?

I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.

Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos

www.cambridge.org

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Jana Bernhard-Harrer @janabernhard.bsky.social · Aug 12

😅 Late to share this one (summer + other projects got in the way), but this #aBitOfCCS episode with @ellamcloughlin.bsky.social is too good to skip.

How do you measure something as complex as uncertainty in political speech? 🎙️

🎧 Listen here: aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
#PoliticalSpeech #CSS

#aBitOfCCS – What is it about CCS

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Serge Poliakoff @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social · Jan 8

My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. doi.org/10.1080/1075... The main findings are in the thread below.

Trolls Behind the Mask of Journalists: How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Patriot Media Group Was Organized

The Patriot Media Group, sponsored by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Kremlin’s “troll farm,” represents a distinct type of media organization that does not fit any of the contemporary Russia...

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Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thinking about using #CSS methods to study #racism, #stereotypes or #hate speech in text? 📐

👉 Check out my first dissertation paper co-authored by @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social just published in Annals of the ICA! @icahdq.bsky.social 🥳

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/annc...

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our study highlights the awareness of disinformation across societal sectors as well as the importance of tailored approaches according to sectors and specific roles. Bringing expertise from different sectors together (where it doesn't happen already) could lead to better mitigation strategies.

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Experts focusing on a single feature, experts focusing mostly on features of individual disinformation pieces, experts focusing mostly on features of disinformation campaigns and experts with a multidimensional perception of disinformation.

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Drawing on their perception of features of individual features of disinformation and features of disinformation campaigns, we provide a typology of disinformation foci including four major types:

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

While most interviewees share a similar definition of what disinformation entails, they provide very different insights into the actors, reasons, targets, audiences and processes of disinformation.

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Johanna Klapproth, @zwizwasvens.bsky.social, @nilsvief.bsky.social, @boesch.bsky.social, @christianstoecker.de, @thorstenquandt.bsky.social and I conducted and analysed 58 expert interviews with politicians, the governmental sector, journalists, and representatives of private businesses.

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

✨New Publication in JEPOP✨
How do societal stakeholders understand and detect disinformation?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Features of disinformation: an expert interview study on the perception of disinformation among political, governmental, media and business elites in Germany

To curb the spread of disinformation, societal decision-makers are working intensively on the design of effective intervention strategies. Primarily elites from the sectors of politics, administrat...

www.tandfonline.com

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · Jun 17

Still confused, but uber-happy. The news came out right after #ICA25 has ended:

The European Research Council #ERC has awarded me an ERC Advanced Grant!

Project DANCE on "Dark Nerd Communities" runs for 5 years with 2.5 million Euros funding. Immensely grateful!

erc.europa.eu/.../erc-2024...

EU-Forschungsrat zeichnet Thorsten Quandt mit Advanced Grant aus

Der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt von der Universität Münster erhält einen mit 2,5 Millionen Euro dotierten „ERC Advanced Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrats. Mit dieser F...

www.uni-muenster.de

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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · Jun 17

Der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Prof. Thorsten Quandt erhält einen mit 2,5 Mio. € dotierten „ERC Advanced Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrats. Damit wird er in den kommenden 5 Jahren erforschen, wie bestimmte Online-Gruppen, die vorw. aus jungen Männern bestehen, zu gefährlichen Milieus werden.

EU-Forschungsrat zeichnet Thorsten Quandt mit Advanced Grant aus

Der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt von der Universität Münster erhält einen mit 2,5 Millionen Euro dotierten „ERC Advanced Grant“ des Europäischen Forschungsrats. Mit dieser F...

www.uni-muenster.de

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Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net · Jun 16

@jbgruber.bsky.social & @vanatteveldt.com argue that as data become more difficult to collect (no APIs, scraping more difficult) we need to share existing data more. And how non-consumptive research is a way to do that without goi g to jail! #ica25

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Jun 16

You want to study German covid-19 protests? @maxzehring.bsky.social, @hdschulze.bsky.social and @buehling.bsky.social got you covered with their dataset! #ica25

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Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com · Jun 16

@mshu.bsky.social & @jbgruber.bsky.social presenting great work showing that scraping TikTok yields similar results to using the API (although it is a lot slower and doesn't work as well with larger accounts).

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Jun 16

Happening now #ica25: how high is the quality of the data you get from the TikTok research API? @mshu.bsky.social , me, @zwizwasvens.bsky.social, Johanna Klapproth, and @thorstenquandt.bsky.social have an answer: it's bad!

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Computational Methods Division of ICA @icacm.bsky.social · Jun 16

It's the last day of #ICA25! We hope you'll join us at today's Computational Methods panels.

We're looking forward to sessions on polarization, data access, and sentiment

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Jun 16

For example, for this panel at 10:30 where @mshu.bsky.social will present our audit of the TikTok Research API and I will talk about non-consumptive research in #commsky (#ica25)

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · Jun 15

Today at #ica25 - panel "Retrospectives on 30 years of digital transformation in the journalism industry and media policy". Interview study with retired top managers and editors. With @hermida.bsky.social, Helle Sjovaag, Raul Ferrer, Mary Lynn Young. CU at Centennial B Regency 3 at 1.30 p.m.

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Jun 13

How can you test effects of platform mechanics? One option is to build your own social network 😎. @damiantrilling.net and colleagues did just that and populated the platform with LLMs and real people! #ica25

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Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com · Jun 13

This year's #ica25 hackathon was a blast! A huge thank you to @hackingcommsci.bsky.social for making it a reality!

With 13 other great participants, we explored +2 million of Telegram messages around the 2024 US election. I can really recommend checking out the data!

dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Lorcan Neill @lorcancneill.bsky.social · Jun 13

Had a fantastic time at my first hackathon learning lots of new things from some amazing researchers! #hackica25 #ica25

hackingcommsci @hackingcommsci.bsky.social · Jun 12

From text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨

M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jun 13

The best start into a conference 😎

hackingcommsci @hackingcommsci.bsky.social · Jun 12

From text-as-data to sleep data collection, this year‘s #hackica25 in Boulder, CO, was a blast and we‘re proud to say that we‘ve (again) successfully hacked communication science. Thanks to all participants and see y‘all at #ica25 ✨

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · Jun 12

Institute of Communication Studies at @uni-muenster.de very busy at #ICA25 with 23 presentations. Overview here:

www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/mitt...

My first presentation is on Friday in the 25 years retrospective panel of the journals Journalism Studies and Journalism. 😇 CU there.