Sal Hagen
@hetsalwel.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher @ UvA | @d-eepculture.bsky.social | @digitalmethods.net | @oilab.bsky.social
How to move along with the audiovisual, vibey, and AI-infused feeds of today's platforms? In this new article with @ddzeeuw.bsky.social and Tommaso Venturini, we theorize 'digital rhythmanalysis' as a potential new quali-quantitative approach to measure and 'feel' rhythms online: bit.ly/pns-dra
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
How to move along with the audiovisual, vibey, and AI-infused feeds of today's platforms? In this new article with @ddzeeuw.bsky.social and Tommaso Venturini, we theorize 'digital rhythmanalysis' as a potential new quali-quantitative approach to measure and 'feel' rhythms online: bit.ly/pns-dra
4CAT now contains everything for quite sophisticated classification pipelines with humans and (local) LLMs!
I myself used it to classify what types of migration were mentioned in Dutch news articles (see www.groene.nl/artikel/onde...).
See all changes below 👇
I myself used it to classify what types of migration were mentioned in Dutch news articles (see www.groene.nl/artikel/onde...).
See all changes below 👇
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
4CAT now contains everything for quite sophisticated classification pipelines with humans and (local) LLMs!
I myself used it to classify what types of migration were mentioned in Dutch news articles (see www.groene.nl/artikel/onde...).
See all changes below 👇
I myself used it to classify what types of migration were mentioned in Dutch news articles (see www.groene.nl/artikel/onde...).
See all changes below 👇
Voor @groene.nl onderzochten we hoe het migratiedebat de laatste jaren is gegroeid, verhard en verbreed. We analyseerden 150.000 nieuwsartikelen en 20.000 Tweede Kamer-spreekbeurten en gebruiken een (lokale!) LLM om te zien welke migratietypen de meeste aandacht kregen.
Lees het artikel hieronder 👇
Lees het artikel hieronder 👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Voor @groene.nl onderzochten we hoe het migratiedebat de laatste jaren is gegroeid, verhard en verbreed. We analyseerden 150.000 nieuwsartikelen en 20.000 Tweede Kamer-spreekbeurten en gebruiken een (lokale!) LLM om te zien welke migratietypen de meeste aandacht kregen.
Lees het artikel hieronder 👇
Lees het artikel hieronder 👇
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Mijn analyse over een vrolijke liberaal in een steeds rechtser land staat nu alvast online.
www.groene.nl/artikel/een-....
www.groene.nl/artikel/een-....
Rob Jetten wacht een onmogelijke taak
Rob Jetten loste zijn ideologische ankers, pakte het vooruitgangsoptimisme van de VVD en leende gemeenschapszin van het CDA. Zo dreef hij naar een steeds leger midden, waar hij iedereen moet bekoren d...
www.groene.nl
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Mijn analyse over een vrolijke liberaal in een steeds rechtser land staat nu alvast online.
www.groene.nl/artikel/een-....
www.groene.nl/artikel/een-....
gefeliciteerd schier
Nog steeds aan het bijkomen van de race tussen Schier en Vlieland
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
gefeliciteerd schier
On election day, AI Overviews are still erratic, shown in ~10% of our queries. Some issue-related queries are unanswered but "which party is for defence" recommends VVD and JA21 at the top and includes outdated stances on JSF investments and the PvdA as a separate party. Nothing on NATO norms.
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On election day, AI Overviews are still erratic, shown in ~10% of our queries. Some issue-related queries are unanswered but "which party is for defence" recommends VVD and JA21 at the top and includes outdated stances on JSF investments and the PvdA as a separate party. Nothing on NATO norms.
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Genuinely what the fuck is going on in Albania
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Genuinely what the fuck is going on in Albania
With @best.wel.moe and @nieuwsuur.nl, we studied Google's AI Overviews for political searches in the NL. We found that larger parties often benefit and that Google changed its use of AI Overviews *three times* during the run-up to the Dutch elections.
Read the article here: nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Read the article here: nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Google zet gekleurde AI-antwoorden midden in campagnetijd aan, uit, en weer aan
GroenLinks-PvdA, D66 en de VVD worden in de antwoorden op algemene politieke vragen het vaakst genoemd. Kleinere partijen komen veel minder vaak aan bod.
nos.nl
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
With @best.wel.moe and @nieuwsuur.nl, we studied Google's AI Overviews for political searches in the NL. We found that larger parties often benefit and that Google changed its use of AI Overviews *three times* during the run-up to the Dutch elections.
Read the article here: nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Read the article here: nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
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Keywords are not neutral.
With Tobias Blanke, we investigate the power of keywords as interpretive tools in our work "Keywords in Digital Humanities: A critical assessment of computational techniques for mapping security and freedom in historical debates".
You can read the article now on DHQ!
With Tobias Blanke, we investigate the power of keywords as interpretive tools in our work "Keywords in Digital Humanities: A critical assessment of computational techniques for mapping security and freedom in historical debates".
You can read the article now on DHQ!
DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Keywords in Digital Humanities – A critical
assessment of computational techniques for mapping security and freedom in
histor...
dhq.digitalhumanities.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Keywords are not neutral.
With Tobias Blanke, we investigate the power of keywords as interpretive tools in our work "Keywords in Digital Humanities: A critical assessment of computational techniques for mapping security and freedom in historical debates".
You can read the article now on DHQ!
With Tobias Blanke, we investigate the power of keywords as interpretive tools in our work "Keywords in Digital Humanities: A critical assessment of computational techniques for mapping security and freedom in historical debates".
You can read the article now on DHQ!
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Super fun to contribute to this brief interview with Terminally Online, a student-led organization on New Media at the University of Amsterdam.
We spoke about my wonderful team‘s research (@d-eepculture.bsky.social), who inspires me, and some of my own work.
🔗: www.linkedin.com/pulse/interv...
We spoke about my wonderful team‘s research (@d-eepculture.bsky.social), who inspires me, and some of my own work.
🔗: www.linkedin.com/pulse/interv...
Interview with Louis Ravn
Louis Ravn is a PhD Candidate on Deep Culture at the University of Amsterdam, working in the fields of science and technology studies and critical data/AI studies. Moreover, he is assistant editor for...
www.linkedin.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Super fun to contribute to this brief interview with Terminally Online, a student-led organization on New Media at the University of Amsterdam.
We spoke about my wonderful team‘s research (@d-eepculture.bsky.social), who inspires me, and some of my own work.
🔗: www.linkedin.com/pulse/interv...
We spoke about my wonderful team‘s research (@d-eepculture.bsky.social), who inspires me, and some of my own work.
🔗: www.linkedin.com/pulse/interv...
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Dit is de omgekeerde wereld. De academische vrijheid wordt bedreigd doordat onze onderzoekers die zich uitspreken in het publieke debat over “omstreden” onderwerpen als snel het doelwit worden van online bedreigingen, met name uit extreemrechtse hoek.
'Nederlandse universiteiten schuwen debat met andersdenkenden'
Is er op Nederlandse universiteiten nog wel ruimte voor een open debat? "Radicale vrijheid van meningsuiting bestaat in Nederland niet."
nos.nl
September 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Dit is de omgekeerde wereld. De academische vrijheid wordt bedreigd doordat onze onderzoekers die zich uitspreken in het publieke debat over “omstreden” onderwerpen als snel het doelwit worden van online bedreigingen, met name uit extreemrechtse hoek.
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🚨The Critical AI Seminar Series returns in 2025/2026 ✨
This year we will have four talks and are beyond excited to welcome @amoorelouise.bsky.social & @alexcampolo.bsky.social, Fabian Offert, Helene Ratner & @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @thaophan.bsky.social ✨
Sign up: bit.ly/uvacriticala...
This year we will have four talks and are beyond excited to welcome @amoorelouise.bsky.social & @alexcampolo.bsky.social, Fabian Offert, Helene Ratner & @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @thaophan.bsky.social ✨
Sign up: bit.ly/uvacriticala...
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨The Critical AI Seminar Series returns in 2025/2026 ✨
This year we will have four talks and are beyond excited to welcome @amoorelouise.bsky.social & @alexcampolo.bsky.social, Fabian Offert, Helene Ratner & @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @thaophan.bsky.social ✨
Sign up: bit.ly/uvacriticala...
This year we will have four talks and are beyond excited to welcome @amoorelouise.bsky.social & @alexcampolo.bsky.social, Fabian Offert, Helene Ratner & @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @thaophan.bsky.social ✨
Sign up: bit.ly/uvacriticala...
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Together with Marc Tuters and @robtoes.bsky.social I wrote an essay on the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Groypers - Nick Fuentes connection and the state of memetic political violence today oilab.eu/frozen-antag...
Frozen Antagonisms: Charlie Kirk, Groypers, and the Meme Politics of Violence – OILab
oilab.eu
September 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Together with Marc Tuters and @robtoes.bsky.social I wrote an essay on the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Groypers - Nick Fuentes connection and the state of memetic political violence today oilab.eu/frozen-antag...
The last few weeks I worked 4CAT's LLM features. We're not free from Silicon Valley APIs yet, but you have more options in terms of providers (including Mistral) and it's also possible to use local LLMs through LM Studio and Ollama.
Check it out:
Check it out:
🧠 New: 'LLM Prompter' processor
A much more robust and flexible way to analyse datasets with LLMs
• More APIs: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Mistral
• Support for LM Studio and Ollama to use local (and free) LLMs
• Batching of input values to increase speed and reduce cost
• Structured outputs
A much more robust and flexible way to analyse datasets with LLMs
• More APIs: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Mistral
• Support for LM Studio and Ollama to use local (and free) LLMs
• Batching of input values to increase speed and reduce cost
• Structured outputs
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The last few weeks I worked 4CAT's LLM features. We're not free from Silicon Valley APIs yet, but you have more options in terms of providers (including Mistral) and it's also possible to use local LLMs through LM Studio and Ollama.
Check it out:
Check it out:
🔎New paper! Guillén Torres and I study "enrichment" on Google and Bing as a form of content moderation.
Main finding: enrichment can be erratic, with components like "AI Overviews" even being banned for certain political queries like those including "trump".
Pre-print: ssrn.com/abstract=528...
Main finding: enrichment can be erratic, with components like "AI Overviews" even being banned for certain political queries like those including "trump".
Pre-print: ssrn.com/abstract=528...
June 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🔎New paper! Guillén Torres and I study "enrichment" on Google and Bing as a form of content moderation.
Main finding: enrichment can be erratic, with components like "AI Overviews" even being banned for certain political queries like those including "trump".
Pre-print: ssrn.com/abstract=528...
Main finding: enrichment can be erratic, with components like "AI Overviews" even being banned for certain political queries like those including "trump".
Pre-print: ssrn.com/abstract=528...
Op nos.nl ging de laatste vijftien jaar even vaak over klimaatverandering als over Erik ten Hag.
(2853 vs. 2766 artikelen/updates)
@xrnl.bsky.social @nieuws.nos.nl
(2853 vs. 2766 artikelen/updates)
@xrnl.bsky.social @nieuws.nos.nl
June 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Op nos.nl ging de laatste vijftien jaar even vaak over klimaatverandering als over Erik ten Hag.
(2853 vs. 2766 artikelen/updates)
@xrnl.bsky.social @nieuws.nos.nl
(2853 vs. 2766 artikelen/updates)
@xrnl.bsky.social @nieuws.nos.nl
Tired of looking at Excel rows when investigating social media data? 4CAT's new Explorer feature is here to help!
🔎The Explorer lets you examine datasets in a rich environment where social media posts are "reassembled" to look like their original appearance.
You can sort data, make manual annotations like field notes, or let (LLM-)processors add categories and notes.
How to use: github.com/digitalmetho...
You can sort data, make manual annotations like field notes, or let (LLM-)processors add categories and notes.
How to use: github.com/digitalmetho...
June 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Tired of looking at Excel rows when investigating social media data? 4CAT's new Explorer feature is here to help!
yes een nieuwe kans voor Schier
Nog steeds aan het bijkomen van de race tussen Schier en Vlieland
June 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
yes een nieuwe kans voor Schier
Na ons artikel uit 2021 over klimaatverslaggeving (www.groene.nl/artikel/we-h...) was het tijd voor een data-update.
Gelukkig is meer aandacht voor de klimaatcrisis in de vier grootste kranten. Maar er is nog steeds een golfbeweging gaande en aandacht is de laatste maanden weer afgenomen.
Gelukkig is meer aandacht voor de klimaatcrisis in de vier grootste kranten. Maar er is nog steeds een golfbeweging gaande en aandacht is de laatste maanden weer afgenomen.
May 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Na ons artikel uit 2021 over klimaatverslaggeving (www.groene.nl/artikel/we-h...) was het tijd voor een data-update.
Gelukkig is meer aandacht voor de klimaatcrisis in de vier grootste kranten. Maar er is nog steeds een golfbeweging gaande en aandacht is de laatste maanden weer afgenomen.
Gelukkig is meer aandacht voor de klimaatcrisis in de vier grootste kranten. Maar er is nog steeds een golfbeweging gaande en aandacht is de laatste maanden weer afgenomen.
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We’re hiring: Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information Studies (Media Studies, @uvahumanities.bsky.social)! Join @tpoell.bsky.social, @riederb.bsky.social, myself, & other wonderful colleagues in the Critical Data & AI team. Applications due 28 May. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information Studies
Would you like to teach on cutting-edge theories, methods, and questions in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information? Then we have the perfect challenge for you!
werkenbij.uva.nl
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
We’re hiring: Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information Studies (Media Studies, @uvahumanities.bsky.social)! Join @tpoell.bsky.social, @riederb.bsky.social, myself, & other wonderful colleagues in the Critical Data & AI team. Applications due 28 May. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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🗞️ A great deep dive in Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl, in which Elon Musk's tweets over the past few months are analysed after capturing them with our tool Zeeschuimer (tools.digitalmethods.net/zeeschuimer/)!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Dertienduizend tweets in 120 dagen. Wat zegt het extreme twittergedrag van Musk over Amerika’s schaduwpresident?
Musk op X: NRC analyseerde de vele duizenden tweets die de techmiljardair plaatste sinds hij begin dit jaar aantrad als informeel Trump-adviseur. Wat vertelt zijn eigen X-tijdlijn over Elon Musks poli...
www.nrc.nl
May 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🗞️ A great deep dive in Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl, in which Elon Musk's tweets over the past few months are analysed after capturing them with our tool Zeeschuimer (tools.digitalmethods.net/zeeschuimer/)!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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De afgelopen maanden werkte ik als AI-trainer om chatbots als ChatGPT nuttiger, vriendelijker en 'menselijker' te maken. Alles over mijn avonturen in deze 'droombaan' lees je in de @groene.nl van deze week. Met heerlijke illustraties van @kamagurka.bsky.social. www.groene.nl/artikel/heea...
Heeft het werk als trainer van AI-modellen als ChatGPT überhaupt zin?
Stel een vraag aan een chatbot en je krijgt soms wartaal als antwoord. Jeroen van Bergeijk gaat als trainer aan de slag om AI-modellen nuttiger, vriendelijker en ‘menselijker’ te maken. Hoe bevredigen...
www.groene.nl
April 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
De afgelopen maanden werkte ik als AI-trainer om chatbots als ChatGPT nuttiger, vriendelijker en 'menselijker' te maken. Alles over mijn avonturen in deze 'droombaan' lees je in de @groene.nl van deze week. Met heerlijke illustraties van @kamagurka.bsky.social. www.groene.nl/artikel/heea...
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Waarom gaan extreem-rechts en memecultuur zo goed samen? In deze nieuwe aflevering verwonderen ons met @hetsalwel.bsky.social over 4chan ondermediadoctoren.nl/afl-202-4chan/
Afl 202: 4chan | Onder Mediadoctoren
ondermediadoctoren.nl
March 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Waarom gaan extreem-rechts en memecultuur zo goed samen? In deze nieuwe aflevering verwonderen ons met @hetsalwel.bsky.social over 4chan ondermediadoctoren.nl/afl-202-4chan/
New search engine scraper tool by @best.wel.moe and @digitalmethods.net!
I added the feature to collect widgets from Google and Bing (it was a lot of work, please use it 😂).
Feedback welcome.
I added the feature to collect widgets from Google and Bing (it was a lot of work, please use it 😂).
Feedback welcome.
🔍Introducing Zoekplaatje: a Firefox extension that scrapes search engine data 🔍
Currently supported: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Marginalia, Najdi & Seznam.
It also collects ✨widget data✨ from Google and Bing, like 'People also ask' and AI summaries!
👉 github.com/digitalmetho...
Currently supported: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, Marginalia, Najdi & Seznam.
It also collects ✨widget data✨ from Google and Bing, like 'People also ask' and AI summaries!
👉 github.com/digitalmetho...
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New search engine scraper tool by @best.wel.moe and @digitalmethods.net!
I added the feature to collect widgets from Google and Bing (it was a lot of work, please use it 😂).
Feedback welcome.
I added the feature to collect widgets from Google and Bing (it was a lot of work, please use it 😂).
Feedback welcome.
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we are hiring a PhD candidate for the project "Interface of Intelligence: How Generative AI Reshapes Knowledge, Media, and Interpretation"; details here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD on Interface of Intelligence: How Generative AI Reshapes Knowledge, Media, and Interpretation
Are you looking for a challenging position in a dynamic setting? ASCA currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the Starting Grant project Interface of Intelligence: How Generative AI Reshapes Kn...
werkenbij.uva.nl
February 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
we are hiring a PhD candidate for the project "Interface of Intelligence: How Generative AI Reshapes Knowledge, Media, and Interpretation"; details here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...