Felicia Loecherbach
@feloe.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Polcom & Journalism UvA ASCoR | previously NYU CSMaP & VU Amsterdam | PolComm, news selection and effects, social media, digital data (donations)
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📅 Also: Registration for the Hackathon is now open on the official ICA Pre- and Post-Conferences Site — register here! www.icahdq.org/events/regis...
International Communication Association
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February 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
📅 Also: Registration for the Hackathon is now open on the official ICA Pre- and Post-Conferences Site — register here! www.icahdq.org/events/regis...
Want to spread the word about something but nobody sees it? Send me all your new job adverts, upcoming workshop or conference deadlines and new initiatives! I can secure you a spot in our newsletter, just reach out 😊 #commsky
Dear CM folks, we're working on the Feb newsletter. Should you have updates or news for our upcoming newsletter edition, please reach out directly to Dr. Felicia Loecherbach at f.loecherbach@uva.nl. We thank you very much for your engagement in our community!
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Want to spread the word about something but nobody sees it? Send me all your new job adverts, upcoming workshop or conference deadlines and new initiatives! I can secure you a spot in our newsletter, just reach out 😊 #commsky
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AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀
One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing 🫶
Please reach out if you have any questions.
@polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing 🫶
Please reach out if you have any questions.
@polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀
One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing 🫶
Please reach out if you have any questions.
@polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing 🫶
Please reach out if you have any questions.
@polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
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The 📚 Encyclopedia of Political Communication 📚 is now out in the wild, and a first awesome batch of entries is available in open access!
Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥
Check the 🧵 below to access them
Plz repost for maximum diffusion
Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥
Check the 🧵 below to access them
Plz repost for maximum diffusion
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The 📚 Encyclopedia of Political Communication 📚 is now out in the wild, and a first awesome batch of entries is available in open access!
Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥
Check the 🧵 below to access them
Plz repost for maximum diffusion
Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥
Check the 🧵 below to access them
Plz repost for maximum diffusion
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📍 Location: Munich
📅 Start: 1 Apr 2026
⏳ Apply by: 31 Jan 2026
Details:
German: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
English: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
📅 Start: 1 Apr 2026
⏳ Apply by: 31 Jan 2026
Details:
German: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
English: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
PostDoc in CSS / CCS (m/w/d)
job-portal.lmu.de
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
📍 Location: Munich
📅 Start: 1 Apr 2026
⏳ Apply by: 31 Jan 2026
Details:
German: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
English: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
📅 Start: 1 Apr 2026
⏳ Apply by: 31 Jan 2026
Details:
German: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
English: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
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🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc!
Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you.
💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!
Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you.
💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc!
Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you.
💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!
Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you.
💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
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We’re excited to share that #hackica26 on June 3 & 4 will be hosted at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! Huge thanks for welcoming us 🫶🇿🇦
Learn more about them here: www.su.ac.za/en/
Follow us for more updates and announcements regarding the upcoming Hackathon.
Learn more about them here: www.su.ac.za/en/
Follow us for more updates and announcements regarding the upcoming Hackathon.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We’re excited to share that #hackica26 on June 3 & 4 will be hosted at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking! Huge thanks for welcoming us 🫶🇿🇦
Learn more about them here: www.su.ac.za/en/
Follow us for more updates and announcements regarding the upcoming Hackathon.
Learn more about them here: www.su.ac.za/en/
Follow us for more updates and announcements regarding the upcoming Hackathon.
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Interested in understanding #bias in #CSS?
✨Here's our Special Issue editorial in Communication Methods and Measures:
"Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science"
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1931... (with @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis)
✨Here's our Special Issue editorial in Communication Methods and Measures:
"Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science"
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1931... (with @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis)
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Interested in understanding #bias in #CSS?
✨Here's our Special Issue editorial in Communication Methods and Measures:
"Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science"
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1931... (with @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis)
✨Here's our Special Issue editorial in Communication Methods and Measures:
"Critical, but constructive: defining, detecting, and addressing bias in Computational Social Science"
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1931... (with @bachl.bsky.social & Nathan TeBlunthuis)
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Come work with us 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Come work with us 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Details
GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
www.gesis.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data
💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne
📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute...
#DSA #CSS #DataScience
Dutch election researchers rn
a woman says " will you please allow me to finish " during a debate
Alt: GIF of Kamala Harris saying " will you please allow me to finish " during a debate
media.tenor.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Dutch election researchers rn
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🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
Vacancy — PhD Position "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics"
Are you curious about how images, videos, and memes transform political communication? Are you passionate about digital technology and the future of democracy? Then apply for this PhD project focused ...
werkenbij.uva.nl
May 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
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How to map digital news sharing environment in multi-party systems? New preprint led by Felix Gaisbauer from @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social suggests a pipeline to arrive at a sharing cartography. Check it out!
Very cool new work by Felix Gaisbauer, @pournaki.bsky.social and @dscheykopp.bsky.social providing new methods for shedding light on a more systemic view of news sharing and uncovering important subtleties to the polarization/echo chamber debate:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.08359
arxiv.org/abs/2505.08359
A political cartography of news sharing: Capturing story, outlet and content level of news circulation on Twitter
News sharing on digital platforms shapes the digital spaces millions of users navigate. Trace data from these platforms also enables researchers to study online news circulation. In this context, rese...
arxiv.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
How to map digital news sharing environment in multi-party systems? New preprint led by Felix Gaisbauer from @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social suggests a pipeline to arrive at a sharing cartography. Check it out!
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🎉 We #congratulate ASCoR researchers @feloe.bsky.social, @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social, and @theoaraujo.bsky.social, along with other researchers, who have been awarded a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to increase the sharing and reuse of digital trace data in a safe and ethical manner.
April 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🎉 We #congratulate ASCoR researchers @feloe.bsky.social, @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social, and @theoaraujo.bsky.social, along with other researchers, who have been awarded a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to increase the sharing and reuse of digital trace data in a safe and ethical manner.
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🔥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?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn
Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher "Political Communication in the Aftermath of Democratic Elections"
Are you looking for a postdoctoral position in political communication research? Are you interested in elections, media-politics relations and framing effects, and would like to become an expert on th...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🔥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?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn
I’ll have to up my visualisation game I see 😉 coming up for the next presentation 💪
a poster for the great shows a woman with blonde hair
Alt: Gif from the show “the great” with Catherine saying “we must aim high”
media.tenor.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ll have to up my visualisation game I see 😉 coming up for the next presentation 💪
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🔍📰 "Googling Politics? Comparing Five Computational Methods to Identify Political and News-related Searches from Web Browser Histories" by van Hoof et al. (@mariekevhoof.bsky.social @damiantrilling.net @judith-moeller.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social). Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🔍📰 "Googling Politics? Comparing Five Computational Methods to Identify Political and News-related Searches from Web Browser Histories" by van Hoof et al. (@mariekevhoof.bsky.social @damiantrilling.net @judith-moeller.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social). Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
While Berlin transformed into a little winter wonderland I had the pleasure to teach a very interested group a thing or two about automated image analysis. Thanks for the invite @bachl.bsky.social !
February 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
While Berlin transformed into a little winter wonderland I had the pleasure to teach a very interested group a thing or two about automated image analysis. Thanks for the invite @bachl.bsky.social !
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Super excited to have @feloe.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social today for our first DiMES workshop on automated image and video analysis. W/ @bcastanho.bsky.social @vivifabrien.bsky.social @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Super excited to have @feloe.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social today for our first DiMES workshop on automated image and video analysis. W/ @bcastanho.bsky.social @vivifabrien.bsky.social @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social
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Study by @mariekevhoof.bsky.social et al.(2024) compares 5 methods for detecting political searches in browser histories: Zero-shot AI (like GPT) achieves highest recall but needs human validation for accuracy. Best approach is AI-human collaboration: use AI to filter searches, then human review. 🧪
January 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Study by @mariekevhoof.bsky.social et al.(2024) compares 5 methods for detecting political searches in browser histories: Zero-shot AI (like GPT) achieves highest recall but needs human validation for accuracy. Best approach is AI-human collaboration: use AI to filter searches, then human review. 🧪
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💥 4th Data Donation Symposium @LMU Munich
🗓 October 9th-10th 2025 (no conference fee)
👉 Empirial work employing data donations, method development, tools & infrastructures, etc.
🔍More info & CfP: data-donation-symposium.ifkw.lmu.de
🗓 October 9th-10th 2025 (no conference fee)
👉 Empirial work employing data donations, method development, tools & infrastructures, etc.
🔍More info & CfP: data-donation-symposium.ifkw.lmu.de
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
💥 4th Data Donation Symposium @LMU Munich
🗓 October 9th-10th 2025 (no conference fee)
👉 Empirial work employing data donations, method development, tools & infrastructures, etc.
🔍More info & CfP: data-donation-symposium.ifkw.lmu.de
🗓 October 9th-10th 2025 (no conference fee)
👉 Empirial work employing data donations, method development, tools & infrastructures, etc.
🔍More info & CfP: data-donation-symposium.ifkw.lmu.de
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✨Time for meta reflection✨
In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 10, 2024 at 12:21 PM
✨Time for meta reflection✨
In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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@feloe.bsky.social (UvA) presents her study on young people’s exposure to electoral campaigns content using a combination of data from the Dutch Parliamentary Election Study (NKO) and YouTube data obtained via data donation using the software PORT
#ODISSEI2024
#ODISSEI2024
December 10, 2024 at 10:28 AM
@feloe.bsky.social (UvA) presents her study on young people’s exposure to electoral campaigns content using a combination of data from the Dutch Parliamentary Election Study (NKO) and YouTube data obtained via data donation using the software PORT
#ODISSEI2024
#ODISSEI2024