It was a great pleasure to host Mario Haim (marhai.bsky.social) and @CSSLMU team here in Vienna! Thank you for two days of inspiring talks and vibrant discussions about computational communication science. Hopefully some collaborations to come ✨

I’m thrilled to see this paper (with @ThomasMMeyer & Markus Wagner) finally published online Journal of Politics @[email protected]! We show that social group appeals serve as simple cues for voters, shaping their opinions on policies based on appeal valence and group affect. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

It’s a wrap! #MEDemConference2024 Two intense days discussing #Services & #Tools that will help make data more comparable & interoperable. 🔗 We are now entering the decisive phase for #MEDem to become the #EuropeanInfrastructure for #DemocracyResearch! ✊🏻

100% would go back to Erfurt and DGPUK conferences for the talks, chocolate, and vibes. (I wanted to get the Sandmännchen selfie, but there was always kids around) #DGPUK2024 DGPuK Jahrestagung 2024

📢 New Publication! Paul Balluff, Hajo Boomgaarden, & Annie Waldherr @[email protected]’s paper reviewing multilingual named entity recognition tools is out in Computational Methods & Measures 🎉 #CSS #commscience Read open-access 👇 bit.ly/3TJ99iA

“The challenges are daunting, and the path is thorny – all the more reason for us to persevere and embrace agency.” Aytalina and I are excited to share our blog post on discrimination and inclusion in academia for #ViDSS University of Vienna Social Sciences ✊ bit.ly/3xs5qNQ

🏔️ Last week, CCL's retreat in #DientenAmHochkönig delivered unforgettable moments: team bonding, professional growth, breathtaking vistas, and thrilling activities! #CCLRetreat #Throwback #Memories More here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at/news-detailans…

Congratulations to Dr. teresaelena_w, PhD on successfully defending her dissertation: “Getting Real with Fakes: Characteristics and Consequences of 'Deepfakes' in Democracies”! 🥳👏🎉 Well done Dr. Weikmann!

Had a great time at The COMPTEXT Association, presenting ongoing work on group appeals and morality measurements in text, with fantastic other panelists. The lovely community even mwde up for the rainy Dutch weather...

📝 Finally out! My dissertation paper, co-authored w/ Nicola Righetti & Annie Waldherr @[email protected], has been published in New Media & Society! 🎉 Interested in social media and #connectiveaction in authoritarian contexts? Read it #openaccess 👉bit.ly/455YHpi #commscience #CSS

V happy to have this ---w Elisa Wirsching Pedro L. Rodríguez Brandon Stewart --- accepted at Political Analysis. We offer a new set of multilanguage embeddings for social scientists, and these are seamlessly integrated into the conText package. Hope it's helpful! alcembeddings.org

🎯 Publication alert! 🎯 Excited to share that my first single-authored dissertation paper is now published at The International Journal of Press/Politics #IJPP 🔓Check out the open access (thanks Universität Wien) paper here: doi.org/10.1177/194016…

Azade presented a paper on user identity linkage exploring how far right actors exploit different social media platform affordances to form cross-platform communities 🧐 co-authored w/ Frederik Henriksen // @[email protected] Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam Marvin Stecker (@[email protected]) Alexander Dalheimer Annie Waldherr @[email protected] #ecprgc24

📢 We are thrilled to host #COMPTEXT2025 in vibrant Vienna on April 24-26! Mark your calendars for 3 days of engaging discussions and interactive workshops on quantitative and computational analysis of text, image, and video as data ✨Stay tuned for the CfP and more details! 🙌