Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL)

*New publication in @sscratsage.bsky.social!*

The deaths of Black victims of police violence have become focusing events for #BlackLivesMatter. We wanted to know why some victims receive a high amount of social media attention wile others do not.

Available #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1177/0894...

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...

Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity 🧒
How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔
Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛

dark blue background. on it, there is text saying "The Delegated Act on 40.4 DATA ACCESS is here", "Delegated Act on 40.4 DATA ACCESS" is yellow, the other text is white.

📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond:

Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.

Noëlle, her advisors, and examiners

Aytalina and her advisors

Dominika, her advisors, and committee chair

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June was a month of celebration at CCL! 🎉
Three of our brilliant colleagues successfully defended their dissertations – huge congrats to Dr. Noëlle Lebernegg, Dr. Aytalina Kulichkina @aytalina.bsky.social , & Dr. Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social ✨
All three are now officially postdocs 🚀

The MEDem Service Center for Interoperability at University of Gothenburg #UGOT is hiring a #DataBaseManager! ✴️ Apply now 👇🏻 w/ @polhosc.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that this study, which I started back in 2021, has finally been published! 🎉 While topic modeling may not be the most cutting-edge anymore, the discussion on validation & standardization is still highly relevant. Proud of this work & contribution! 🙌📚
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

A big big thank you again to Randa Ashour, @jamoeberl.bsky.social, Petro Tolochko & @hajoboo.bsky.social for making this possible ☺️🎉

🥳 Huge congrats to our @veronikaebner.bsky.social, @ruzza13.bsky.social, and @moritzsedlatschek.bsky.social on successfully defending their PhD project proposals today! ✨
Great studies ahead 👀
#CSS #polcom

There is only a few days left to apply! Don’t forget to click „send“ 😉

Wann join us in Vienna? 😊Apply for a 4year phd position with the @compcommlab.bsky.social

🚨PhD vacancy in Computational Communication Science in Vienna🇦🇹 this is a 4 year pre-doc position at my former team, CCL—can wholeheartedly recommend, feel free to get in touch in case you have questions☺️

Communication and Change Dedicated to advancing the understanding of communication in the context of rapid technological and societal transformation Promotes communication research ...

Dr. Robert F. Potter and I are co-editing a special issue on "Dynamics of Human Communication" for the journal Communication and Change. If you're interested, feel free to check out the details below or come chat with me at ICA! #ICA25
link.springer.com/journal/4438...

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New publication out in Social Science Computer Review, with @mikefarjam.bsky.social (lead) and Meike Lohkamp:
“A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver!

From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨

🚨 We’re hiring! Join our lab at @ipk-univie.bsky.social as a predoc on mediated communication using computational methods! The team is also nice 🤗
📍 Vienna
🗓️ Start: September 2025
📌 Apply by June 26

#AcademicJobs #PhD #CommSci #CCL #CSS #Computational #CCS

WHAT-IF team members met in Konstanz last week to design the WHAT-IF machine—an agent-based simulation with LLM-driven agents. It models media ecosystems to test 'what if' policy scenarios. Curious how? Read more: what-if-horizon.eu/2025/05/16/o...

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! 👏

@ahrabhikat.bsky.social is presenting the findings from her PhD project at the conference on „AI & Society - Exploring Inequality in the Digital Age“ 🤩

Submitted my dissertation two weeks ago 🎉 and I could not be more grateful for my amazing supervisors, @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social, and two wonderful teams @compcommlab.bsky.social & @polcomvienna.bsky.social, of which I was a proud member for the last four years 💪🏼

🤩 Proud to announce the launch of our new @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Club!!

📅 First (online) session scheduled for 22 May, 1pm

📱Check the post below for details, especially the Qualtrics survey to express your interest in joining!

@alenakluknavska.bsky.social

Had an amazing time at #COMPTEXT2025. So many inspiring presentations, fruitful discussions, and amazing people. Very happy about that — and that everything worked out from the perspective of an organizer as well 😊
@comptext.bsky.social @compcommlab.bsky.social

Even though COMPTEXT2025 closed last weekend, its spirit will live on in the splendid photography of our dedicated group of colleagues from the University of Vienna: @jamoeberl.bsky.social, @amplanitzer.bsky.social, @apeksha.bsky.social! We thank and appreciate their work!

As this amazingly successful #COMPTEXT2025 comes to an end, it’s time for a bit of self-reflection 🔥

Huge thanks to everyone who made #COMPTEXT2025 happen - really enjoyed the panels, the talks, and the people!

Thank you very much for the great feedback, inspiring presentations, awesome people and good organisation ❤️

Thank you, #COMPTEXT2025! ❤️ It was amazing to see familiar faces, meet new ones, and have so many insightful conversations and discussions. Thank you for the great feedback and inspiring presentations! I'm excited about where the field of computational social science is heading!

Fantastic #COMPTEXT2025 expertly organised by @fabiennelind.bsky.social, @hajoboo.bsky.social and a great team! Its been a pleasure sharing the stages of our work from almost start to finish in a really supportive space over the past years. Already looking forward to next year’s conference!

The validation panels were epspecially popular at #COMPTEXT2025 To continue the discussion in June:👇

#COMPTEXT2025 was awesome! So many inspiring talks about text and video analysis 🤓📰. Thanks @fabiennelind.bsky.social, @hajoboo.bsky.social and the rss if the local team for organising it!