π Congrats to Dr. @heleendekoninck.bsky.social for obtaining her PhD in Communication Sciences at βͺKU Leuvenβ¬! π Her dissertation, supervised by @desireeschmuck.bsky.social β¬, explores how greenfluencers affect young peopleβs pro-environmental attitudes & behaviors. π±π² Excited to see whatβs next! ππ
11.07.2025 11:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Today at #ViennaChildrensUniversity: @kleslmax.bsky.social's & @desireeschmuck.bsky.social's seminar βPolitics? Social Media? Who can I believe there?β With a group of 10β12 y/o, they discussed what politics are, who posts about them on socials, and how to tell whoβs trustworthy. #KinderuniWien
09.07.2025 14:52 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Shortlisted for the Univie Teaching Award of Social Sciences! π§π»βπ« The research seminar of @desireeschmuck.bsky.social, Christine Liebenwein and @kleslmax.bsky.social was voted as one of the facultyβs top three courses in the last year! We are delighted by this recognition! π π₯³
05.06.2025 12:37 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
During the last weeks, we hosted @lcjacobs89.bsky.social at our lab for a research stay. During this terrific time, she gave an insightful talk on authenticity in political communication! It was a pleasure hosting you and we all look forward to seeing you again soon, Laura!
16.05.2025 12:27 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
The VMCI lab is very happy to welcome @lcjacobs89.bsky.social for a research stay! We hope you enjoy your time at our department and we look forward to exciting collaborations!
24.04.2025 10:18 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
This week, we had two exciting presentations in our VMCI research talk series by our visiting PhD students, @puckguldemond.bsky.social and Arianna Colombo! Puck presented effects of political microtargeting, Arianna a novel classification of political influencers.
Bedankt & Grazie to you two!
04.04.2025 10:45 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Honored to showcase our team's and our affiliated researchers' (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) work at #ICA25 πβ¨ Catch us in sessions with the CAM, @icacat.bsky.social, @ica-hmc.bsky.social, MassComm, and @polcomm.bsky.social crowd π€
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Vienna Media Change and Innovation Lab (VMCI) | LinkedIn
Vienna Media Change and Innovation Lab (VMCI) |
π New year, new horizons: Weβre extending our social media presence to BlueSky and LinkedIn π (www.linkedin.com/company/vmci...)! Excited to connect with fellow researchers and share updates on our research πβ¨
For more information, check out our website: mediainnovation.univie.ac.at
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°οΈ π§πͺ| Politicoloog | PhD | @m2p_be @UAntwerpen | @SciencePoULB | Chair @ECPR_Polcom | Political Communication, Parties, Populism, Voting
Official account for the Human-Machine Communication Interest Group of ICA. icahdq.org/group/hmc. @jnanw.bsky.social⬠at the helm
PhD Student @ Strategic Organization Design (SOD) + Digital Democracy Centre (@ddc-sdu.bsky.social), Uni of Southern Denmark
Computational Social Science / AI / Platforms / Information Ecosystems / News / Social Movements
emilbakke.github.io
Postdoc AI & Politics ASCoR, University of Amsterdam | Political Communication | Algorithms & AI | Digital platforms | Search engines | Computational methods
PhD Psychology. Currently post doc @ University of Lausanne, Switzerland. π
Research on co-present phone use, advanced statistical analysis, multimethodological approach to social interactions and digital behaviours.
Postdoc @ Caltech
Technology researcher
He / They π³οΈβπ
Computational Social Science Lab led by Prof. Mario Haim | Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich
π #CSS | #DigitalMethods | #AI | #CommSci
PhD Student @ TU Ilmenau π²
Computational Communication Science π¦
Researching far-right and conspiracy networks πΈοΈ
Helping children lead healthy lives in a digital world through research, evidence-based recommendations, public education, and nonpartisan policy advocacy.
www.childrenandscreens.org/
Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Studying children and young people in digital environments. Specific focus on intersections between children+youth, media, and disability.
Asst. Professor at University of Kansas, Ph.D. The Ohio State University. Research on narrative persuasion, children and media, media effects, media psychology. Sometimes, I grow sunflowers (see pic) and tomatoes. Aspiring scuba diver.
Supporting children growing up in a digital world. Find out more at digitalchild.org.au
asst prof, u at buffalo β’ media psychology, morality β’ mediamoralitylab.org
I study technology and relationships, most recently in the algorithmic/AI space. Iβm the Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan School of Information.
With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.
https://www.gesis.org
PhD candidate @ifpmainz.bsky.social | Media Psychology | interested in coping, resilience, entertainment, social media and authenticity
Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development π±
βοΈGuest Professor @University of Antwerp
βοΈPostdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience
βοΈAffiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven
https://chellymaes.com
An international, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes the highest quality original research on social and personal relationships. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/SPR