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Chapter 7: @kwelle.bsky.social of @gesis.org & @indiiigo.bsky.social of Mannheim on using social media data in CSS. Social media provides rich digital traces of human behavior, but also raises serious methodological & ethical challenges, from platform bias to reproducibility. A great guide!
Same decision, different judgment.
If people project the same gender biases onto AI managers, what does that suggest about our future interactions with AI?
Read our work ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ch... @tahayasseri.bsky.social @soham-centre.bsky.social
@tcdsociology.bsky.social
Our Researcher of the week is @ucddublin.bsky.social #PhD #Student Faezeh Fadaei.
Faezeh's work is on "Gender Dynamics and Homophily in a Social Network of LLM Agents"
Check out Faezeh's video: vimeo.com/1167656753
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New preprint with Ruiqing (Rachel) Han &
@cuihaosabrina.bsky.social on how people evaluate AI managers. One finding surprised us: adding a face shifts evaluation from performance to social perception. Take note AI system designers: interface choices are not neutral. @tcdsociology.bsky.social
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Chapter 6: @lauraknelson.bsky.social from UBC Sociology on computational inductive research.
The chapter makes a strong case that unsupervised methods don’t replace theory: they reshape how we generate & validate it.
Induction, abduction, deduction, combined with transparency & reproducibility.
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Chapter 5: @martinarvidsson.bsky.social, Hedström, Jarvis & @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social on the intersection of Analytical Sociology and Computational Social Science.
Computational tools are most powerful when used to identify and test mechanisms, not just describe or predict aggregate patterns.
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In Chapter 4, Ralph Schroeder of @oii.ox.ac.uk argues that CSS needs a stronger theory, not just better data.
He proposes an AI-driven model of media agenda-setting that links media visibility, public attention, and political change. A big step toward cumulative media theory.
What happens when 20,000+ LLM agents interact autonomously on a social media platform for a full year?
We studied Chirper (a Twitter-like world for AIs) and found:
gendered language is fluid, not fixed
networks still show strong gender homophily
both selection and social influence shape AI societies
Preprint: Collaboration improves community-based content moderation, but only when political identities stay implicit. We tested whether you can combine @wikipedia.org model & Community Notes: complicated!
w/ Gabriela Juncosa, Saeedeh Mohammadi & @msamahita.bsky.social
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Chapter 3: @helenmargetts.bsky.social & Cosmina Dorobantu on how CSS can improve public policymaking, from better detection and prediction to ethical, accountable use of AI in government. A powerful case for impact beyond academia. doi.org/10.4337/9781...
@oii.ox.ac.uk @lsedatascience.bsky.social
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You can always ask the authors for a copy of individual chapters. Many authors have already released preprints of their chapters.
1) thank you . 2) the eBook is 42 euros, and the paperback will be out soon with the same price as the paperback. The Handbook is nearly 1000 pages and 42 euros for the paperback is very reasonable, don't you think?
Chapter 2: Duncan Watts & @davidlazer.bsky.social reflect on how the field has evolved from early simulation models to today’s large-scale data and experiments, and ask how can computational social science move from producing insights to having real societal impact? @nunetsi.bsky.social
1) Due to popular demand, the abstract deadline has been extended to 👉Jan 30👈 -- plz share!
2) We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker --
Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social
Chair of Technology and Society
@ Trinity College Dublin & Technological University Dublin
▶️ cs2italy.org
Tomorrow @wikipedia.org turns 25! Happy birthday to everyone who reads and edits it, and to one of the most important projects in the modern information landscape.
Here is the list of the most viewed and most edited articles of "all time".
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Image of laptop showing podcast from ABC Nightlife's This Week In History radio show
Wikipedia is a fascinating case study in collective intelligence, and a rare example of the internet working as intended. @tahayasseri.bsky.social had a great conversation with @bernyoung.bsky.social on @ABC Radio Nightlife this week about Wikipedia as it turns 25. @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Handbook of Computational Social Science cover and authors
ICYMI -- Delighted that the Handbook of Computational Social Science is finally out. Amazing cast of coauthors, with special thanks to @tahayasseri.bsky.social for leading the effort. Happy Holidays!
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Excited to see this out! congrats to @tahayasseri.bsky.social & all contributors!
Part I: "Foundations"
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|>Chapter 6: "Computational inductive research"
In which I argue for the foundational place of inductive research in computational social science, rooted in interpretation, transparency, and validation.
Thanks @tahayasseri.bsky.social for shepherding this handbook through
