Tristan Cann
tristancann.bsky.social
Tristan Cann
@tristancann.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. I'm a computational social scientist specialising in the application of large scale analysis of social systems to understand climate communications.

I work with colleagues at @c3ds.bsky.social.
🎉 New paper alert!

Using semantic similarity to measure the echo of strategic communications is out now in EPJ Data Science link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We developed a new way to measure whether audiences change their language in response to campaigns and open the "black box" of influence.
Using semantic similarity to measure the echo of strategic communications - EPJ Data Science
Many actors use strategic communications to impact media debates through targeted messages and campaigns, but the scale and diversity of online media content make it difficult to evaluate the impact o...
link.springer.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Have you ever wondered how generative AI's understanding of the pressing issues we face as a society affect its visualisations? Next week I will be answering this very question in the AI for NetZero webinar series with upcoming work from myself and colleagues at @c3ds.bsky.social.
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The call for abstracts for this year's Global Tipping Points conference is now out. We're organising a session "Social Tipping: the role of AI and Digital Technologies". Whether you think AI systems will help or a hinder climate action, we want to hear from you!

Deadline for submissions is 19/3/25.
🔊 Registration and the call for abstracts for the Global #TippingPoints conference 2025 @exeter.ac.uk (30 June-3 July 2025) is now open! View the full programme & register now via our website: global-tipping-points.org/conference-2... @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
February 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'm very please to share a new methodology that I have been developing with colleagues at @c3ds.bsky.social to help measure the public response to strategic communications.

You can access all materials at github.com/TristanCann/..., with a full paper applying it to social media coming soon.
GitHub - TristanCann/echo-of-strategic-comms-codebase: Codebase and data references for "Using Semantic Similarity to Measure the Echo of Strategic Communications"
Codebase and data references for "Using Semantic Similarity to Measure the Echo of Strategic Communications" - TristanCann/echo-of-strategic-comms-codebase
github.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM