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People's biases in social perception can be explained by the structure of their social networks, without assuming biased cognition shows a new paper in NHB by @withsarm Fariba Karimi @metrohm Claudia Wagner @socph Santa Fe Institute go.nature.com/2ZYn2v9

#SocInfo19 program is available now on socinfo2019.qcri.org We have six sessions covering topics ranging from #Demography, #Migration and #Politics to #SocialMedia, #Inequality and #Bias thanks to the great contributions of authors from different disciplines. See you in Doha!

The first set of posters is on display all day today - so please take a loot at them during the breaks. There will be different posters (with spotlight talks) tomorrow. #eurocss

Happy to be headed to #eurocss in Zurich, to hear/talk about polarisation, populism, radicalisation - and hate ( put that way it sounds a bit grim but I’m sure it won’t be!)

More tools to check: the Discourse Network Analyzer by @PhilipLeifeld that allows qualitative content analysis with network export facilities #eurocss github.com/leifeld/dna

More about @PhilipLeifeld's work in his book "Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks: German Pension Politics and Privatization Discourse." press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… #eurocss

Now Axel Bruns is our discussant for @PhilipLeifeld's keynote, stressing the importance of looking at communicative networks, independent of platforms #eurocss

And if you want to read more from Axel Bruns's work there's his book "Are filter bubbles real" politybooks.com/bookdetail/?is… #EuroCSS

Axel Bruns (Axel Bruns) acts as discussant for the keynote of Philip Leifeld

#eurocss participants are captivated by the diverse talks featuring new methods, new data or new theoretical ideas on polarization in modern democracies

This morning at #eurocss, Alice Marwick alice e. marwick gave a keynote "Disinformation in Context: Understanding Qualitative Approaches to Social Media Manipulation", with Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente as discussant

The last day of #eurocss has started with the keynote by Andreas Flache. We are looking forward to more exciting talks, posters and discussions today!

Also watch out for our best presentation award sponsored by @SAGEOceanTweets and the best poster award sponsored by EPJ Data Science which will both be awarded during the closing session at the end of this day. #eurocss

Our #eurocss Doctoral Consortium mentors, Jürgen Pfeffer 💎 @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social gave a short talk yesterday on real-world impact of online manipulation and @viktoria_sp talked about polarized Ukraine 2014

Simon Schweighofer, #eurocss Dataset Challenge Chair, wrapped up the 1st day of the main symposium yesterday with his talk A Weighted Balance Model of Opinion Hyperpolarization

Andreas Flache's #eurocss keynote From Consensus to Polarization and Back. Creating a Dialogue Between Abstract Computational Models and Empirical Data, with Carter T. Butts as discussant

Some impressions from #eurocss Poster Session II

The last keynote of #eurocss: Helen Margetts on hate speech with Simon Hug as discussant

Thank you to the VolkswagenStiftung, keynote speakers, discussants, doctoral consortium mentors, dataset challenge chairs, participants, sponsors and everyone who helped at the #eurocss. Without you, we would not be able to have such a fantastic symposium. Have a safe trip home!

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