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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 9d

Here is the link to our Information Science PhD program: ils.indiana.edu/programs/phd..., Dept of Information and Library Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington.

Ph.D. in Information Science

Learn more about the Ph.D. in Information Science, offered through the Department of Information and Library Science at IU's School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 9d

Dear friends and colleagues, I am recruiting prospective PhD students for Fall 2026, in Digital Humanities, Cultural Analytics, Critical Data Studies, Social Media, and/or Platform Studies. Please feel free to reach out to me with questions, or share this with anyone who might be interested! Thanks!

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 13d

A big round of applause for Yiting!

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 14d

Happy 20th Anniversary MIREX!

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 23d

The same when first visited there😂

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you so much, Glen! Always appreciate working with you and the team! 😄

Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 23d

Here is the DSH publication link: academic.oup.com/dsh/article/...

Comparative analysis of classics book review data created by users across Douban and Goodreads

Abstract. While empirical research on online book reviews has advanced our understanding of book reception and everyday reading, more cross-platform and co

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 23d

Many thanks to our DSH editor, Edward Vanhoutte, DSH anonymous reviewers, and colleagues at DH2023 for their critical questions and feedback! And special thanks to @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and @mariaa.bsky.social for their truly inspirational work on Goodreads classics
doi.org/10.22148/001...!

The Goodreads “Classics”: A Computational Study of Readers, Amazon, and Crowdsourced Amateur Criticism | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics

By Melanie Walsh, Maria Antoniak. This essay examines how Goodreads users define, discuss, and debate “classic” literature by computationally analyzing and close reading more than 120,000 user reviews...

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 23d

This is a free-access link to it:
academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · 23d

Hi Friends! My coauthors @tedunderwood.me @gworthey.bsky.social @profdownie.bsky.social and I are excited to share our new article in DSH @adho-org.bsky.social
@eadhorg.bsky.social "Comparative analysis of classics book review data created by users across Douban and Goodreads". Link in comment:)

Yuerong Hu, Ted Underwood, Glen Layne-Worthey, John Stephen Downie, Comparative analysis of classics book review data created by users across Douban and Goodreads, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2025;, fqaf084, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqaf084

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · Sep 1

My most sincere congrats, Melissa!!!

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · Aug 28

We sincerely appreciate the feedback from our BD&S editors and reviewers! Thank you for sharing our work!

Reposted by Yuerong Hu

Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · Aug 19

Since book sales data is basically impossible to get, this is one of the few resources where you can actually see what people are reading and when.

With the SPL checkout data, you can track trends for your favorite authors and novels, but also see aggregate patterns. E.g., COVID 🤝 audiobooks

This line plot shows checkouts from the Seattle Public Library from 2006 to 2025, broken out by audiobook, ebook, and print book. Print checkouts plummet around 2020, while ebook and audiobook checkouts rise, and stay high long after the peak of the pandemic, eventually outstripping print.

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Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great and thanks! I will keep you posted!

Yuerong Hu @yrhu.bsky.social · Aug 19

That's amazing! So glad to hear! And thanks again for sharing! We are about to launch another qualitative study interviewing book reviewers, and we will be so happy to hear more from you if you are interested!

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