Jana Bernhard-Harrer

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the image attached includes the course title (Introduction to quantitative text analysis), dates (29.06 - 03.07), and session details (Times from 09:00 to 15:15; 4 ECTS) as well as a picture of the lecturer.

There are still a few spaces available — would love to see some of you there 😊

(Feel free to reach out if you have questions!)

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I’ll be teaching a course at MethodsNET this year!

This course covers basic methods of handling large volumes of text data. A mix of interactive lectures and guided coding sessions will enable you to implement your first text-as-data research design.
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If anyone else would like to hear me nerd out about automated text analysis… good news 👀

Really enjoying my time in Amsterdam 🇳🇱 I was very lucky to present at both PCP@ascor.bsky.social and @societal-analytics.nl and get such thoughtful feedback on a current research project. Grateful for the sharp questions and great discussions!

Using quantitative text analysis + semantic networks, she traces how terms like “mother,” “homemaker,” and “worker” shifted across parties and speakers.

I learned so much in this conversation about working with historical text data.

Highly recommend giving it a listen 👇
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New #aBitOfCCS episode 🎙️
I spoke with @keonhison.bsky.social about the structure of parliamentary discourse on women in the Weimar Republic!

Honestly, one of the coolest methodological set-ups I’ve seen in a while — such a thoughtful application of #CCS.
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Arrived in Amsterdam yesterday—welcomed by some much-needed sun. Looking forward to two weeks here diving into AmCAT and learning everything I can! 🚆🌞🇳🇱 #Amsterdam #AmCAT #VU

Are you applying computational methods in your research or thinking about starting a lab? Join the first Computational Methods Labs Showcase by the ICA CM Division @icacm.bsky.social 🌟
Online on Feb 16, 2026, 4:00–5:30 pm CET / 10:00–11:30 am EST 📆
Register 👇
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What, a content analysis dataset that you could, for example, combine with survey data and manifesto data? 😱
As part of AUTNES, we have data for the six weeks preceding Austria's last election in 2024, enabling research on topics such as media agendas, campaign dynamics, and opinion formation.

🤝 Reuse & authorship: The media data can be directly linked to AUTNES demand-side survey wave 22 — enabling combined analyses of media supply and voter demand.

🗒️ Variables included: headline, outlet, date, section, word count; party mentions (SPÖ, ÖVP, FPÖ, Greens, NEOS); lead candidates (Kickl, Nehammer, Babler, Kogler, Meinl-Reisinger); 20 issue categories (e.g., economy, asylum & immigration, health, corruption, inflation, climate); and sentiment.

🗂️ What’s inside: an automatic analysis of political news coverage in the six weeks leading up to the Austrian 2024 National Election — covering 6,354 articles / 50,042 paragraphs from 16 major media outlets.

📊New dataset release with @marvins.bsky.social, @jamoeberl.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social

AUTNES Automatic Content Analysis of the Media Coverage on the 2024 NRW is now publicly available for scientific use via @aussda.bsky.social
👉 data.aussda.at/dataset.xhtm...

#OpenData #ElectionStudies

thanks so much for joining me ! 😊 It was such a great talk, even though we could not add in the Bridgeton References!

Back from the holidays and into office mode? 🎧
Our latest #aBitOfCCS episode reveals how a 19th-century society magazine isn’t that different from social media today.

We talk AI-driven digitization and the Wiener Salonblatt (1870–1938) with @dchr.is
Listen here ⤵️
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Preprint alert! 🥳

How are social bias and CSS interconnected? 🤔

@aytalina.bsky.social, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @valeriehase.bsky.social, and I argue that social bias shapes CSS as a field and as a methodology. Progress in CSS depends on engaging with both dimensions! osf.io/preprints/so...

In the latest #aBitOfCCS episode, we dig into research showing that LLMs often deliver only marginal gains at major environmental cost. 🌱🌍
Sean-Kelly Palicki breaks down when simpler methods beat large models—and why a CO₂-adjusted F1 score matters.🌱
Listen here ⤵️
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TikTok Starter Workshop Das Social Media Observatory (SMO) des Hamburger Standorts des Forschungsinstituts Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ) veranstaltet einen Starter Workshop zum Thema TikTok. Der Workshop findet onlin...

📣 Das Social Media Observatory am @bredowinstitut.bsky.social und @fgz-risc.bsky.social lädt zum TikTok Starter Workshop ein!

🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr
🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom)
👨‍💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social

Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...

I’m very honored to be elected as International Liaison of the ICA CM Division and to serve our vibrant community! 🙏 Looking forward to starting the work very soon 🙌

Online Anti-sexist Speech: Identifying Resistance to Gender Bias in Political Discourse Anti-sexist speech, i.e., public expressions that challenge or resist gendered abuse and sexism, plays a vital role in shaping democratic debate online. Yet automated content moderation systems, incre...

🚨 New episode out now!
#aBitOfCCS with Aditi Dutta (University of Exeter) dives into how AI moderation systems can misread anti-sexist speech as harmful — and why that matters for fairness and democracy online.

🎧 Listen here: aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
📄 Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2508.114...

#CCS

How to move forward Collaborate on improving data coverage Filling gaps in poliitical text orpora Collecting online platform data via APls, webscraping and the Digital Services Act Share open-source software, R packages and infrastructure components Improve conditions for data sharing Critically evaluate and improve the application of Al Requires collaboration and funding at the European level

@sebstier.bsky.social at #MEDem Conf: computational research of democracy stands in the shoulders of the few enthusiasts who create datasets, software and infrastructure for it. How can we move forward? Short answer: more collaboration & sharing!

Day 1 at #MEDem Conference @gesis.org in Cologne, where I had the chance to share a personal perspective on data infrastructure projects for democracy research. Slides here: simonmunzert.com/medem25/

Screenshot of the article “Open science in democracy research: the research infrastructure ‘Monitoring Electoral Democracy’ (MEDem)” published in European Political Science. The header shows the journal name, DOI link, and the label “DEBATE.” Below, the title is followed by the author list: Hajo Boomgaarden, Alexia Katsanidou, Sylvia Kritzinger, Georg Lutz, Johanna Willmann, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains the aims of MEDem as a European research infrastructure to make democracy research data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). Keywords listed include open science, FAIR data, ESFRI roadmap, research infrastructure, democracy research, data harmonization, data linking, and data set search. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00534-8

They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social

The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️

Sarah de Lange presents at the 3rd MEDem Conference 2025. Behind her, a slide shows the book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” and a quote on how radical-right behavior grows when previously hidden views become socially acceptable.

Simon Munzert speaks at the 3rd MEDem Conference 2025 on the past, present, and future of democracy research.

🚀 Kicking off day 1 of the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org! From @sldelange.bsky.social discussing radical-right normalization 🗳️ to calls to consolidate democracy data by @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social 📊 — keynotes spotlight why #MEDem matters for democracy.

Somewhat ironically, we have come together to #MakeDemocracyResearchGreatAgain. Always a pleasure – and quite humbling – to see the #MEDemCommunity gather to discuss where @medem.bsky.social should be headed in the coming years. #ResearchInfrastructures ⚙️

I really enjoyed the inspiring keynote speeches by @sldelange.bsky.social and @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social at the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org in Cologne! ⭐

Allgemein Antwortkategorien from Hell. 🫣

Ich bin auch sehr gespannt, als wie wissenschaftlich das ganze bei der dazu gehörigen Sendung präsentiert wird, oder ob der ORF transparent über die methodologischen Probleme spricht. Wir haben so tolle Wissenschaftler*innen in Ö, da wäre sicherlich jemand für eine Kooperation offen gewesen.

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