Ericka Menchen-Trevino
@ericka.bric.digital
Co-founder and Executive Director @ BRIC (Behavioral Research Innovation Center) https://bric.digital in Chicago - Ph.D. in Media Technology & Society, Northwestern University. I'll be posting about research software, with occasional #fungifriends photos
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Currently in FirstView: In “Survey Professionalism: New Evidence from Web Browsing Data,” Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg, @tiagoventura.bsky.social, Tiago Ventura, @jonathannagler.bsky.social, @ericka.bric.digital, & Magdalena Wojcieszak provide evidence on survey professionalism across three samples.
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Currently in FirstView: In “Survey Professionalism: New Evidence from Web Browsing Data,” Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg, @tiagoventura.bsky.social, Tiago Ventura, @jonathannagler.bsky.social, @ericka.bric.digital, & Magdalena Wojcieszak provide evidence on survey professionalism across three samples.
Possibly Ischnoderma resinosum, found in Tennessee #fungifriends
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Possibly Ischnoderma resinosum, found in Tennessee #fungifriends
Then, once you scrape that news, make it available to others for "non-consumptive research" - osf.io/gz3xf_v1 @jbgruber.bsky.social @vanatteveldt.com #ica25
June 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Then, once you scrape that news, make it available to others for "non-consumptive research" - osf.io/gz3xf_v1 @jbgruber.bsky.social @vanatteveldt.com #ica25
Very impressive work to build a modular open-source infrastructure for news scraping by @jbgruber.bsky.social that should be adapted and built upon by anyone scraping news!
Want to easily scrape data from news media sites?
There's an R package for that!
paperboy
"paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."
There's an R package for that!
paperboy
"paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."
June 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Very impressive work to build a modular open-source infrastructure for news scraping by @jbgruber.bsky.social that should be adapted and built upon by anyone scraping news!
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A conference in the NYT v OpenAI case today impacts the privacy of 400m+ ChatGPT users. No matter the case’s merits, there’s no way the chat outputs of *all* users should be saved without constraint. CDT’s @bankston.bsky.social on why the judge must craft a nuanced approach: cdt.org/insights/in-...
In ChatGPT Case, Order to Retain All Chats Threatens User Privacy
Tomorrow, Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York will convene an in-person conference between the parties in the New York Times Co. v. OpenAI cop...
cdt.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A conference in the NYT v OpenAI case today impacts the privacy of 400m+ ChatGPT users. No matter the case’s merits, there’s no way the chat outputs of *all* users should be saved without constraint. CDT’s @bankston.bsky.social on why the judge must craft a nuanced approach: cdt.org/insights/in-...
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YouTube's API search function is "not adequate for robust academic research, especially concerning Digital Services Act requirements".
Clear and problematic conclusions by @riederb.bsky.social Adrian Padilla & Oscar Coromina
#commsky #DSA #dataacess #youtube
arxiv.org/abs/2506.11727
Clear and problematic conclusions by @riederb.bsky.social Adrian Padilla & Oscar Coromina
#commsky #DSA #dataacess #youtube
arxiv.org/abs/2506.11727
Forgetful by Design? A Critical Audit of YouTube's Search API for Academic Research
This paper critically audits the search endpoint of YouTube's Data API (v3), a common tool for academic research. Through systematic weekly searches over six months using eleven queries, we identify m...
arxiv.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
YouTube's API search function is "not adequate for robust academic research, especially concerning Digital Services Act requirements".
Clear and problematic conclusions by @riederb.bsky.social Adrian Padilla & Oscar Coromina
#commsky #DSA #dataacess #youtube
arxiv.org/abs/2506.11727
Clear and problematic conclusions by @riederb.bsky.social Adrian Padilla & Oscar Coromina
#commsky #DSA #dataacess #youtube
arxiv.org/abs/2506.11727
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@jbgruber.bsky.social & @vanatteveldt.com argue that as data become more difficult to collect (no APIs, scraping more difficult) we need to share existing data more. And how non-consumptive research is a way to do that without goi g to jail! #ica25
June 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@jbgruber.bsky.social & @vanatteveldt.com argue that as data become more difficult to collect (no APIs, scraping more difficult) we need to share existing data more. And how non-consumptive research is a way to do that without goi g to jail! #ica25
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Stellar panel on data donations at #ica25 @lionw.bsky.social presenting on across platform sample biases, Yangliu Fan @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social on sequence mining in digital trace data, and @ernesto-deleon.com on tailored recruitment messages. Full room shows how important #datadonation is
June 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Stellar panel on data donations at #ica25 @lionw.bsky.social presenting on across platform sample biases, Yangliu Fan @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social on sequence mining in digital trace data, and @ernesto-deleon.com on tailored recruitment messages. Full room shows how important #datadonation is
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@jbgruber.bsky.social kicking off @icacm.bsky.social 's tool demo session, and the best thing is: everything is on github! github.com/JBGruber/ica... - check it out if you need to scrape news or retrieve tiktok data and want sth that just works! #ica25
GitHub - JBGruber/ica25_tool-demos: Tool Demo Scripts for ICA 2025
Tool Demo Scripts for ICA 2025. Contribute to JBGruber/ica25_tool-demos development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@jbgruber.bsky.social kicking off @icacm.bsky.social 's tool demo session, and the best thing is: everything is on github! github.com/JBGruber/ica... - check it out if you need to scrape news or retrieve tiktok data and want sth that just works! #ica25
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Check out the tracker here: www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
Did you know? Right now you can look at every single payment coming out of the federal government, like a Venmo feed for federal loans, subsidies, and grants. Why does the government make this available, and how can it illuminate some questions everyone seems to be asking right now.
buff.ly/4jX8t4i
buff.ly/4jX8t4i
The Big Government Money Pipe Freeze : Planet Money
There has been chaotic uncertainty around billions of dollars allocated by Congress. The Trump administration ordered a pause on — and review of — certain types of federal assistance. A judge blocked ...
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Check out the tracker here: www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
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A 25-year view of Research Publishing using Dimensions - James Butcher
Proportion of "Gold" OA fell in 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH_U...
Proportion of "Gold" OA fell in 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH_U...
February 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A 25-year view of Research Publishing using Dimensions - James Butcher
Proportion of "Gold" OA fell in 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH_U...
Proportion of "Gold" OA fell in 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH_U...
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DYK our @communalytic.org social media research tool has a built-in network analyzer? What sets this network analyzer apart is that the edges that connect the nodes can carry weights such as sentiment scores or toxicity & prosocial scores. communalytic.org/docs/network...
Network Analysis - How-to Use Communalytic Network Analyzer - Communalytic - A no-code computational social science research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media
This tutorial will demonstrate how to use Communalytic’s built-in Network Visualizer. This feature allows you to visualize your dataset as an interactive network visualization inside your browser with...
communalytic.org
February 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
DYK our @communalytic.org social media research tool has a built-in network analyzer? What sets this network analyzer apart is that the edges that connect the nodes can carry weights such as sentiment scores or toxicity & prosocial scores. communalytic.org/docs/network...
The Internet Archive continues to do important work! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... @archive.org
Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals
Internet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online.
arstechnica.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Internet Archive continues to do important work! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... @archive.org
I'm happy that my submission with @cjkarr.bsky.social "Tool demo: Ongoing quality assurance for computational data collection using Passive Data Kit (PDK)" has been accepted for presentation at the International Communication Association - see you in Denver! #ica25
January 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'm happy that my submission with @cjkarr.bsky.social "Tool demo: Ongoing quality assurance for computational data collection using Passive Data Kit (PDK)" has been accepted for presentation at the International Communication Association - see you in Denver! #ica25
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After two lawsuits filed against Character AI, "the American Psychological Association (APA) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the regulating body to investigate whether any chatbot companies are engaging in deceptive practices."
Good.
futurism.com/american-psy...
Good.
futurism.com/american-psy...
American Psychological Association Urges FTC to Investigate AI Chatbots Claiming to Offer Therapy
The American Psychological Association sent a letter to the FTC urging the agency to investigate Character.AI and other chatbot makers.
futurism.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
After two lawsuits filed against Character AI, "the American Psychological Association (APA) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the regulating body to investigate whether any chatbot companies are engaging in deceptive practices."
Good.
futurism.com/american-psy...
Good.
futurism.com/american-psy...
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It doesn't have to be fact checking OR community notes
They can and should work hand in hand to make platforms better
They can and should work hand in hand to make platforms better
Good Community Notes reference good sources. Good sources for debunking misinformation are often fact check websites
If fact checkers are defunded, they produce less fact checks. If they produce less fact checks, Community Note writers have less good sources
You see where this is going 🔁
If fact checkers are defunded, they produce less fact checks. If they produce less fact checks, Community Note writers have less good sources
You see where this is going 🔁
January 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It doesn't have to be fact checking OR community notes
They can and should work hand in hand to make platforms better
They can and should work hand in hand to make platforms better
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#AGU24 Today I am participating in a session on Publication Transparency - talking about bringing publications closer to day-to-day research tools, to improve transparency, openness and give researchers much more control over how their work is communicated.
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
Streamlining and Improving Publication Transparency in the Natural Sciences Oral
One of the four tenets of the Open Source Science Initiative at NASA is transparency, yet publication transparency in the natural sciences remains problematic after the conclusion of Year of Open Scie...
agu.confex.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 PM
#AGU24 Today I am participating in a session on Publication Transparency - talking about bringing publications closer to day-to-day research tools, to improve transparency, openness and give researchers much more control over how their work is communicated.
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
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After last week's kerfluffle over AI "researchers" harvesting Bluesky posts to train LLMs and other models, I created a mechanism that I'll be curating here for folks to register their preference.
Follow @dont.sharemyposts.online to just say "no".
Follow @do.sharemyposts.online to say "yes".
Follow @dont.sharemyposts.online to just say "no".
Follow @do.sharemyposts.online to say "yes".
Don't (or Do) Share My Online Posts
Consenting (or not) to third-parties sharing your Bluesky posts.
dont.sharemyposts.online
December 7, 2024 at 11:54 PM
After last week's kerfluffle over AI "researchers" harvesting Bluesky posts to train LLMs and other models, I created a mechanism that I'll be curating here for folks to register their preference.
Follow @dont.sharemyposts.online to just say "no".
Follow @do.sharemyposts.online to say "yes".
Follow @dont.sharemyposts.online to just say "no".
Follow @do.sharemyposts.online to say "yes".
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Highly recommended: my colleagues at the GESIS Computational Social Science department are searching for a new team lead.
Great people, great research, work on research infrastructure and open science. Plus: tenure option ("Entfristung")
Great people, great research, work on research infrastructure and open science. Plus: tenure option ("Entfristung")
We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊
❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊
❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
Senior Researcher & Team Lead for Transparent Social Analytics and Open Science
GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.
Starting as soon as po...
www.hidden-professionals.de
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Highly recommended: my colleagues at the GESIS Computational Social Science department are searching for a new team lead.
Great people, great research, work on research infrastructure and open science. Plus: tenure option ("Entfristung")
Great people, great research, work on research infrastructure and open science. Plus: tenure option ("Entfristung")
New white paper on web scraping issues: arxiv.org/abs/2410.23432 by @michaelzimmer.bsky.social and colleagues - important topic!
Web Scraping for Research: Legal, Ethical, Institutional, and Scientific Considerations
Scientists across disciplines often use data from the internet to conduct research, generating valuable insights about human behavior. However, as generative AI relying on massive text corpora becomes...
arxiv.org
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 AM
New white paper on web scraping issues: arxiv.org/abs/2410.23432 by @michaelzimmer.bsky.social and colleagues - important topic!
This visualization makes me think about a presentation I saw on translating survey response scales. Think about how this would look in another language and trying to choose equivalent words…
Very bad? Terrible? Or perfect? American superlatives graded. Making American 8.8 again?
https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/21717-how-good-good-1
https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/21717-how-good-good-1
November 30, 2024 at 12:25 AM
This visualization makes me think about a presentation I saw on translating survey response scales. Think about how this would look in another language and trying to choose equivalent words…
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Has someone been granted access to the Meta Content Library/API? I'm trying to collect feedback on pros and cons for a report, and would love to have a chat with people who have used it.
November 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Has someone been granted access to the Meta Content Library/API? I'm trying to collect feedback on pros and cons for a report, and would love to have a chat with people who have used it.
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On Friday, we'll tell you more re: the new Civility Analyzer in @communalytic.org, our computational social science research tool for studying online communities & public discourse on social media.
The Civility Analyzer will find what the AI and human content moderators have "decided" to leave up.
The Civility Analyzer will find what the AI and human content moderators have "decided" to leave up.
November 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
On Friday, we'll tell you more re: the new Civility Analyzer in @communalytic.org, our computational social science research tool for studying online communities & public discourse on social media.
The Civility Analyzer will find what the AI and human content moderators have "decided" to leave up.
The Civility Analyzer will find what the AI and human content moderators have "decided" to leave up.