Internship Opportunities
Are you looking for more than just a line on your resume?
At the Societal Analytics Lab, weβre looking for ambitious, curious, and driven students/recent grads to join our Internship Program!
π Location: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
π All information here: societal-analytics.nl/services/int...
12.03.2026 10:08
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This is the needed corrective to the new round of "when humans write it's like music, every word carefully chosen and precisely placed" which is simply not the reality for most people and situations. Much of writing is a tedious task that we have to slog through to simply keep our job/day/etc going.
05.03.2026 02:34
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Tutorials and Resources β CSS @ IP-Paris
Site web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des donnΓ©es numΓ©riques en sciences sociales.
What are the main issues discussed in a set of documents?
Weβve just released a step-by-step BERTopic tutorial.
We also launch a new page, gathering various NLP tutorials for social scientists.
π www.css.cnrs.fr/tutorials-an...
27.01.2026 15:16
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Studentenabonnement Volkskrant
Een Volkskrant-abonnement afsluiten als Student? Voor Studenten is het Abonnement geheel Gratis zolang je Studeert.
Ben je of ken je een mbo-, hbo- of wo-student tussen de 16- en 25 jaar: let op: studenten krijgen een gratis abonnement op de Volkskrant of Trouw, Het Parool, AD, Brabants Dagblad, ED, Tubantia, BN DeStem, PZC, De Stentor, De Gelderlander. Spread the word!
abonnement.volkskrant.nl/studenten?pr...
14.10.2025 08:11
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I talked to some people recently who said they got bored or overwhelmed by Bluesky after a while. Turns out they didn't know about alternative feeds yet and we're scrolling the chronological one.
If you like that, great, but here are some alternative feeds I like.
30.07.2025 13:57
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Behavior changed, but attitudes or intentions did not. This suggests a salience effect: social media content likely kept donation top-of-mind.
It shows that low-cost, non-targeted digital exposure can shift real-world health behavior.
Funded by #Sanquin, supported by VU Network Institute π
17.07.2025 08:38
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The results:
- New Facebook followers were 32% more likely to make their first donation
- They made 12% more whole blood donations over one year
- They made 17% more total donations, including plasma donations
These effects emerged without reminders, incentives, or direct outreach.
#publichealth
17.07.2025 08:38
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During registration, new donors were randomly assigned to either:
πΉ Follow the Dutch blood bank (Sanquin) on Facebook
πΉ Control (no follow)
We tracked behavior over 6 months via Sanquinβs records, and additionally ran 3 surveys
17.07.2025 08:38
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Privacy calculus, privacy paradox, and context collapse: A replication of three key studies in communication privacy research
Abstract. Since the advent of social network sites, researchers have investigated how and why users share personal information online. Yet, the replicabili
π New publication out!
Really happy to share that our article βPrivacy calculus, privacy paradox, and context collapse: A replication of three key studies in communication privacy researchβ is now published in the Journal of Communication.
Full article: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
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04.07.2025 10:15
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I thought this was really interesting: Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power futurism.com/altman-pleas...
20.04.2025 15:45
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On May 19, 15:00 and 18:00 hrs, we will host the event "Ethics of AI and Lab's tools introduction".
In it, Dr. Katleen Gabriels, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, will talk about the impacts of #GenAI in our lives.
We will also kick-off AI tools we make available to
@vuamsterdam.bsky.social researchers.
11.04.2025 09:51
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Elk jaar weer een feest in mijn straat
23.03.2025 15:53
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As doctors, researchers, and other academics flee X (formerly Twitter), @munkeatlooi.bsky.social looks at what the social network Bluesky is and why #MedSky might be worth trying
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
27.02.2025 12:57
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Hello π¦!
We are the Societal Analytics Lab.
We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods.
If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member:
www.societal-analytics.nl/contact
25.02.2025 15:18
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Mooie lofzang op het Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap #etmaal2025
08.02.2025 08:29
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π 2025 versie! Bekijk hier de ontwikkeling van het Social Media-landschap in Nederland in de afgelopen 20 jaar.
π³π± Ieder jaar update ik deze grafiek als de nieuwste Newcom-cijfers zijn gepubliceerd.
π¬ Zondagochtend meer duiding in mijn gratis wekelijkse nieuwsbrief www.jaapvanzessen.nl/nieuwsbrief
01.02.2025 08:36
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Ja, klopt. De groei van Reddit kan ik i.i.g. bevestigen, gaat heel erg hard
15.12.2024 19:29
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Reddit is tegenwoordig mijn favoriet. Kijk ook eens naar Vine, dat ging heel even heel hard, net als BeReal
15.12.2024 16:24
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03.12.2024 07:51
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Blueksy Mentions are now in Altmetric.
It's been 84 years meme
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #MedSky #HMSky #Altmetrics #Medlibs #Metascience
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD
Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:
We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!
We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.
Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.
Let's get into it!
03.12.2024 14:00
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Dank Marco!
04.10.2023 07:24
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