We also explore mobilization strategies (e.g., voting, fundraising efforts, online engagement, and event attendance). Our results suggest few differences by party, but highlight how platform modality may be leveraged for different mobilization tactics.

Results suggest a growing asymmetry in SM use, as conservatives grow their presence on alt-tech SM like Truth Social and Gettr (at the time, no Democratic candidates were on alt-tech SM). Republicans who were 2020 election skeptics/deniers were more likely to be on alt-tech platforms.

In this analysis, we collect and study 2022 U.S. midterm candidates' posts from a whopping seven (!!!) social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Truth Social, Gettr, Instagram, YouTube, and Rumble.

This is one of the most extensive collections of politicians' social media posts during an election

Brilliant scholar @shugars.bsky.social is our discussant. They highlighted some key trends, noting that many panelists raised similar question, including "when and how is it appropriate to use LLMs?" They also mention inequality challenges with using closed-source and expensive models.

We round the panel out with work by @damiantrilling.net on LLM agents. He and his team conduct 3 studies, some of which are fully simulated and some that are more hybrid. #ica25 @icacm.bsky.social

@zeningduan.bsky.social presenting his work with the Social Media & Democracy research group at @uwsjmc.bsky.social. In the study, they use an LLM to annotate accounts for different roles, which they validate with manual coding. Zero shot was good, few shot was better.

Miyoung Chong presents her work with @smithmarisaa.bsky.social and Om Sai on using LLMs for stance detection (zero and few-shot). They apply this to the case of CRT discourse.

Longhan Wei presents his work with Tian Yang looking at ChatGPT users and their online behavior, showing a possible amplification effect. #ica25 @icacm.bsky.social

Torie Kim (my student!!) presenting our work on using open source LLMs (who talk to each other) to label text data. #ica25 @icacm.bsky.social

Standing room only at @zeningduan.bsky.social and @alvinyxz.bsky.social 's @icacm.bsky.social panel on LLMs #ica25

#TiredResearcherSummer

We're lucky to be in a discipline (#polcomm) that thinks about equity in its intellectual future. Conversations about how to support our ECRs must be a part of that, including living wages, visa/travel support, preventing advisor abuse, and mental health support.

Working with @m-dot-brown.bsky.social @meredithpruden.bsky.social and @martinriedl.bsky.social was a highlight of my year, and it was eye-opening to see our own experiences shared over and over again by our colleagues. It also reaffirmed my desire to build scholarly solidarity.

In this study, we interview 18 ECRs studying harmful online content. Our work highlights the many ways that ECRs cope with researched-informed trauma and stressors, regardless of methods used or discipline.

🚨New Publication in New Media & Society🚨
Co-First-Authored w/ @m-dot-brown.bsky.social @meredithpruden.bsky.social & @markriedl.bsky.social

Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a
feminist ethics of care.
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A key goal of this work was to better understand the relationship between state propaganda and state violence, as well as how protesters and citizens fight back against these injustices.

Our findings indicate a complex dynamic of online and offline activities. (3/n)