New #aBitOfCCS episode 🎙️
I talked with Miriam Milzner & @thieled.bsky.social about detecting coordinated disinformation in the age of AI.
They introduce coorsim, an open-source R package that finds semantically similar coordinated posts!
🎧 Listen here: aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
There are still a few spaces available — would love to see some of you there 😊
(Feel free to reach out if you have questions!)
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.
methodsnet.org
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 👇
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
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.
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
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 👇
forms.office.com/e/zHBkwUWNFw
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 ⤵️
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
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 ⤵️
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
📣 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 🙌
🚨 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
@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/
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 ⚙️
🚀 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! ⭐
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