In case you are an ECR and you are already in Innsbruck ποΈ for ECREA PolComm section conference, consider attending this preconference organized by the ECR representatives @amplanitzer.bsky.social & Andreea Stancea π
@amplanitzer
she/her π³οΈβπ | PhD candidate @polcomvienna.bsky.social @yecrea.bsky.social PolComm section representative Algorithmic Content Moderation | Inclusive Technologies | User-Agency & Effects π https://polcom.univie.ac.at/team/anna-maria-planitzer/
In case you are an ECR and you are already in Innsbruck ποΈ for ECREA PolComm section conference, consider attending this preconference organized by the ECR representatives @amplanitzer.bsky.social & Andreea Stancea π
π£πEarly-Career Researchers @ ECREAs PolComm Section Conference 2025!
A few last-minute spots for the βͺ@yecrea.bsky.socialβ¬ pre-conference workshop just opened. Want to join a great lineup of speakers on early-career profile building, network development, and transience? Just drop us a message! π
Want to join us @univie.ac.at? Our department @ipk-univie.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track professor in interactive communication, with a special focus on human-AI communication.
π Apply until September 17!
π More information here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
#AcademicSky #CommSky
Thinking about using #CSS methods to study #racism, #stereotypes or #hate speech in text? π
π Check out my first dissertation paper co-authored by @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social just published in Annals of the ICA! @icahdq.bsky.social π₯³
π doi.org/10.1093/annc...
Today @ #ViennaChildren'sUniversity π§
How can YOU stay safe on social media? π€
Our @solecheler.bsky.social & @amplanitzer.bsky.social, with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social & @allanhanbury.bsky.social, explored counter speech π£οΈ & algorithmic moderation π€ via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall π
Had so much fun at our workshop on incivility and content moderation, based on our @wwtf.at Digital Humanism project, at the Vienna childrenβs university today! @amplanitzer.bsky.social @allanhanbury.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social ππ«ΆπΌπ
@ipk-univie.bsky.social is wrapping up #ica25 in Denver!
From awards to withdrawn presentations, weβve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate π«Άβ¨
What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? π€
@dbetakova.bsky.social presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social at an engaging #ICA25 panel on news avoidance π
What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? π
Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja SchΓ€fer π #ICA25 #PolComm
@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!
Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 π₯³
@dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelistsπ
These are the participants of the #PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day, #ICA25 is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! β€οΈ
π Kicking off #ICA25 this week in beautiful Boulder, CO β°οΈ
@amplanitzer.bsky.social presents our ongoing work on political information needs across neurodiverse cognitive profiles at the 2nd Disability, Communication, and Media Preconference w/ @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social π
π£ POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25
Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research π
Come say π if you are around!
At #DigHum2025 conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartierπ and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w @pia-p.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social π
Even though COMPTEXT2025 closed last weekend, its spirit will live on in the splendid photography of our dedicated group of colleagues from the University of Vienna: @jamoeberl.bsky.social, @amplanitzer.bsky.social, @apeksha.bsky.social! We thank and appreciate their work!
The success of COMPTEXT 2025 was made possible by the indefatigable and amazing work of the local organising team led by @fabiennelind.bsky.social + @hajoboo.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @compcommlab.bsky.social. The COMPTEXT Association is grateful for their work and to our sponsors (bit.ly/430VUye)!
Such a great & needed roundtable - for #COMPTEXT2025 and beyond! ππ
This was a blast! Really enjoyed discussing bias in knowledge production, LLMs and CSS in general with
@krangelie.bsky.social and @indiiigo.bsky.social!
Thank you @comptext.bsky.social and @compcommlab.bsky.social for providing space for these important topics! π
Absolutely fascinating and packed panel on enhancing and (critically) evaluating LLM performance at #COMPTEXT2025 this morning.
w/ great work by @zacdgreene.bsky.social,
Laura Liebig, Lukas Erhardt, and @christianpipal.bsky.social.
Excellently chaired by @amplanitzer.bsky.social! π
π₯second-to-last panel at #COMPTEXT2025 on Hate, Counterspeech & Algorithmic Influence!
@simonkarg.bsky.social on tracking hate/counterspeech
Thomas Kirchmair on cross-platform variations of hate
Chico Camargo on (in)effective user agency
Chaired/discussed by Travis Coan & @jadevrielink.bsky.social π
Excellent computational research on the Russia-Ukraine war ππ Multiple perspectives & exciting results by Mykola Makhortykh, @aytalina.bsky.social, & @maikovska.bsky.social, Elizaveta Chernenko, Valentina Feklyunina & @maarja.bsky.social , Julian Theseira.
Chair @stauberj.bsky.social
#COMPTEXT2025
Also, shout out to the other π panelists:
@deniseroth.bsky.social on computationally grasping digital hate in politicized SciComm
@jmendelsohn2.bsky.social on mapping & improving antisemitism detection in NLP
And Qinghao Guan on bridging cultural gaps in multimodal hate speech detection with LLMs π
Happening now at #COMPTEXT2025 in a fantastic panel on "Advances in Misinformation, Toxicity & Hate Speech Detection" π
@pia-p.bsky.social presenting our latest work on how a more Perspectivist approach to NLP for algorithmic moderation could account for usersβ differing views on what is harmful π€
π£ PolCom Vienna @ #COMPTEXT2025
Happy to see six of our team members at COMPTEXT this week - organizing, chairing, and sharing their latest research on text-, image-, and video-as-data. Come say π if you are around! π
Absolutely excited to host a roundtable on "Marginalised Voices and Perspectives in Computational Text Analysis" featuring @krangelie.bsky.social and @indiiigo.bsky.social at #COMPTEXT2025 π
We'll explore how bias and marginalisation shape methods and models - and thus scientific quality!
π₯Exciting postdoc position in political communication @ascor.bsky.social starting 1 Sep! The postdoc will work w/ @lindabos.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & me on media-politics relations + framing effects in the aftermath of elections. Interested?πApply by 5 Mayβ¬οΈ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn
Call for applications! π£ #CfA
#Fulbright Visiting Professor 2026/27 at the Faculty of #SocialSciences for a 4-month teaching & research stay aiming at #UScitizens.
π
Deadline: 15.09.2025
More information here: ‡οΈ
π Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being.
Apply by: 11 May 2025
Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement)
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
π₯Postdoc call π₯
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
π 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
βHow societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
π€ Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD