Marvin Stecker
@marvins.bsky.social
I do research somewhere between political communication, computational methods and culture and identity.
PhD student, Computational Communication Science Lab & Department of Government
University of Vienna
www.marvinstecker.com
PhD student, Computational Communication Science Lab & Department of Government
University of Vienna
www.marvinstecker.com
TIL that data.table in R natively provides you with an option to perform multi-step per-row operations, and without even neeeding to prompt it, gives you a beautiful (speaking utilitarian, not aesthetical) progress bar.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
TIL that data.table in R natively provides you with an option to perform multi-step per-row operations, and without even neeeding to prompt it, gives you a beautiful (speaking utilitarian, not aesthetical) progress bar.
So what about it? Predicting parties’ use of moral foundations from their ideology, the measurements would lead you to different conclusions. Sometimes this concerns only significance, but with others, you will even get different effect directions.
August 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So what about it? Predicting parties’ use of moral foundations from their ideology, the measurements would lead you to different conclusions. Sometimes this concerns only significance, but with others, you will even get different effect directions.
We also compared the measurements on the original-language and English-translated manifestos. Dictionaries seem the hardest to translate. With all embedding-based measurements, their outputs are more similar, which is overall encouraging, though we also find some lower correlations here.
August 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We also compared the measurements on the original-language and English-translated manifestos. Dictionaries seem the hardest to translate. With all embedding-based measurements, their outputs are more similar, which is overall encouraging, though we also find some lower correlations here.
What did we find? Considering the same English-language text, the measurements don’t really agree on how much a certain moral foundation is present. Most correlations between approaches are low, max 0.2 and 0.3.
August 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What did we find? Considering the same English-language text, the measurements don’t really agree on how much a certain moral foundation is present. Most correlations between approaches are low, max 0.2 and 0.3.
What tools?
We looked at the most common, off-the-shelf methods to measure different moral foundations (such as care, sanctity) in texts.
Where did we look?
All 800+ manifestos from the Manifesto Project in Spanish, English, Dutch or German, and their English translations.
We looked at the most common, off-the-shelf methods to measure different moral foundations (such as care, sanctity) in texts.
Where did we look?
All 800+ manifestos from the Manifesto Project in Spanish, English, Dutch or German, and their English translations.
August 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
What tools?
We looked at the most common, off-the-shelf methods to measure different moral foundations (such as care, sanctity) in texts.
Where did we look?
All 800+ manifestos from the Manifesto Project in Spanish, English, Dutch or German, and their English translations.
We looked at the most common, off-the-shelf methods to measure different moral foundations (such as care, sanctity) in texts.
Where did we look?
All 800+ manifestos from the Manifesto Project in Spanish, English, Dutch or German, and their English translations.
typisch linker ÖRR-bias: Scholz kriegt doppelt so viele Mikros wie Merz.
February 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
typisch linker ÖRR-bias: Scholz kriegt doppelt so viele Mikros wie Merz.
100% would go back to Erfurt and DGPUK conferences for the talks, chocolate and vibes.
(I wanted to get the Sandmännchen selfie but there was always kids around) #DGPUK2024 @dgpuk2025.bsky.social
(I wanted to get the Sandmännchen selfie but there was always kids around) #DGPUK2024 @dgpuk2025.bsky.social
March 18, 2024 at 1:40 PM
100% would go back to Erfurt and DGPUK conferences for the talks, chocolate and vibes.
(I wanted to get the Sandmännchen selfie but there was always kids around) #DGPUK2024 @dgpuk2025.bsky.social
(I wanted to get the Sandmännchen selfie but there was always kids around) #DGPUK2024 @dgpuk2025.bsky.social
Some projects have long shelf lives…
Happy to have presented the ☄️ Meteor platform for text analysis (www.meteor.opred.eu), the outcome of the OPTED Consortium over the last four years, at the @medem.bsky.social conference, alongside other great resources.
More at: www.medem.eu/the-future-o...
Happy to have presented the ☄️ Meteor platform for text analysis (www.meteor.opred.eu), the outcome of the OPTED Consortium over the last four years, at the @medem.bsky.social conference, alongside other great resources.
More at: www.medem.eu/the-future-o...
March 12, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Some projects have long shelf lives…
Happy to have presented the ☄️ Meteor platform for text analysis (www.meteor.opred.eu), the outcome of the OPTED Consortium over the last four years, at the @medem.bsky.social conference, alongside other great resources.
More at: www.medem.eu/the-future-o...
Happy to have presented the ☄️ Meteor platform for text analysis (www.meteor.opred.eu), the outcome of the OPTED Consortium over the last four years, at the @medem.bsky.social conference, alongside other great resources.
More at: www.medem.eu/the-future-o...
Coping with the end of OPTED and project meetings by heading to the @manifestoproj.bsky.social Conference in Göttingen instead.
Might be my most winterly academic trip yet☃️
Might be my most winterly academic trip yet☃️
November 26, 2023 at 7:56 AM
Coping with the end of OPTED and project meetings by heading to the @manifestoproj.bsky.social Conference in Göttingen instead.
Might be my most winterly academic trip yet☃️
Might be my most winterly academic trip yet☃️
The one time I feel like my bug is not my own fault
November 24, 2023 at 4:34 PM
The one time I feel like my bug is not my own fault