Bernhard Rieder
@riederb.bsky.social
amsterdam univ; lisboa; history & politics of software; mechanology; platforms; digital methods; en/fr/de/nl/pt;
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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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🚨 Call for Papers: Tech Oligarchy Forum 🚨
Science as Culture invites contributions on how digital elites shape science, tech, and society—from AI monopolies to platform power
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July
Details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#TechOligarchy #ScienceAsCulture #STS
Science as Culture invites contributions on how digital elites shape science, tech, and society—from AI monopolies to platform power
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July
Details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#TechOligarchy #ScienceAsCulture #STS
Science as Culture Forum on “Tech Oligarchy”
think.taylorandfrancis.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨 Call for Papers: Tech Oligarchy Forum 🚨
Science as Culture invites contributions on how digital elites shape science, tech, and society—from AI monopolies to platform power
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July
Details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#TechOligarchy #ScienceAsCulture #STS
Science as Culture invites contributions on how digital elites shape science, tech, and society—from AI monopolies to platform power
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July
Details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#TechOligarchy #ScienceAsCulture #STS
two papers have just come out that evaluate the consistency and temporal coverage of the search endpoint of YouTube's API from a research perspective; both found pretty big problems; arxiv.org/abs/2506.11727 and arxiv.org/abs/2506.04422
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 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
two papers have just come out that evaluate the consistency and temporal coverage of the search endpoint of YouTube's API from a research perspective; both found pretty big problems; arxiv.org/abs/2506.11727 and arxiv.org/abs/2506.04422
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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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Sharing an opportunity to publish in our journal. Check out this call for papers led by @silvertje.bsky.social Rianne Riemens Donya Alinejad @juikei.bsky.social "Greening the Digital Society: Platforms, Sustainability & the Climate Crisis." Deadline: 23.05 journals.sagepub.com/page/pns/cal...
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April 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Sharing an opportunity to publish in our journal. Check out this call for papers led by @silvertje.bsky.social Rianne Riemens Donya Alinejad @juikei.bsky.social "Greening the Digital Society: Platforms, Sustainability & the Climate Crisis." Deadline: 23.05 journals.sagepub.com/page/pns/cal...
Lecturer in Social Data Science at the University of Helsinki jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
University Lecturer in Social Data Science
University Lecturer in Social Data Science
jobs.helsinki.fi
February 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Lecturer in Social Data Science at the University of Helsinki jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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...
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Some new and really great articles have been published in Platforms & Society recently, one of which is this eye-opening study by Zhen Ye on the complex and compromised role of multichannel networks in China’s livestreaming industry:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Multichannel networks in China's livestreaming industry: Failing industrial lore and limited intermediary roles amidst platformization - Zhen Ye, 2025
In this article, I offer a critical view of the significance of studying multichannel networks as a renewed form of cultural intermediaries, with the conceptual...
journals.sagepub.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Some new and really great articles have been published in Platforms & Society recently, one of which is this eye-opening study by Zhen Ye on the complex and compromised role of multichannel networks in China’s livestreaming industry:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Hurray my new publication with Dennis Nguyen is out in open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
February 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hurray my new publication with Dennis Nguyen is out in open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Postdoctoral Researcher in OSINT & Information Disorder at Amsterdam University werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher in OSINT & Information Disorder
Do you want to join the European Union-funded project Social Media for Democracy (SoMe4Dem) focusing on the role of social media in democracy? Then this position is for you!
werkenbij.uva.nl
February 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Postdoctoral Researcher in OSINT & Information Disorder at Amsterdam University werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
so Google's Tensor Processing Units are actually quite the asset after all
December 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM
so Google's Tensor Processing Units are actually quite the asset after all
the "Spotify artist network" tool is no longer working, since Spotify has restricted access to the "related artists" API endpoint (without warning, lots of unhappy devs); I am trying to get access again, but I'm not very optimistic
November 28, 2024 at 7:45 PM
the "Spotify artist network" tool is no longer working, since Spotify has restricted access to the "related artists" API endpoint (without warning, lots of unhappy devs); I am trying to get access again, but I'm not very optimistic
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I have a new piece out with @aisvarya17.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social in which we test how OpenAI's new search feature surfaces and attributes news content. Our findings were not promising for news publishers (1/9) www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...
How ChatGPT (Mis)represents Publisher Content
ChatGPT search — which is positioned as a competitor to search engines like Google and Bing — launched with a press release from OpenAI touting claims that the company had “collaborated extensively wi...
www.cjr.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:31 PM
I have a new piece out with @aisvarya17.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social in which we test how OpenAI's new search feature surfaces and attributes news content. Our findings were not promising for news publishers (1/9) www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...
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Two quick observations after skimming the first 5 DSA audit reports (ranging from 114 pages (Bing) to 344 pages (X).
November 27, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Two quick observations after skimming the first 5 DSA audit reports (ranging from 114 pages (Bing) to 344 pages (X).
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New platform, new paper! Talking about ideal first posts :) The platformization of the follower factory with my co-author Johan Lindquist: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 25, 2024 at 11:35 AM
New platform, new paper! Talking about ideal first posts :) The platformization of the follower factory with my co-author Johan Lindquist: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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For the lovely 🦋 folks: #postdoc jobs:
We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
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We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
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Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
vacatures.uva.nl
November 22, 2024 at 9:28 AM
For the lovely 🦋 folks: #postdoc jobs:
We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
Share 🫶
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...
We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
Share 🫶
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Follow @digitalmethods.net for your healthy dose of tool updates 🦋
🔔 New version out for Zeeschuimer, our tool for capturing social media data from the browser! This brings it up to speed with Instagram's latest updates, fixing the capture of posts from Location and Tag pages.
💾 Get it here: github.com/digitalmetho...
⬆️ Already installed it? It will auto-update!
💾 Get it here: github.com/digitalmetho...
⬆️ Already installed it? It will auto-update!
GitHub - digitalmethodsinitiative/zeeschuimer: A browser extension to collect social media data with.
A browser extension to collect social media data with. - digitalmethodsinitiative/zeeschuimer
github.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Follow @digitalmethods.net for your healthy dose of tool updates 🦋
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Open access & just published:
Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society. Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (Amsterdam University Press 2024) www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society. Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (Amsterdam University Press 2024) www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
November 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Open access & just published:
Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society. Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (Amsterdam University Press 2024) www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society. Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (Amsterdam University Press 2024) www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
On September 3 we are a hosting a workshop on Internet Research with Foundation Models? in Amsterdam. The call for participation is is open until June 7: cat4smr.humanities.uva.nl/index.php/bl...
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May 27, 2024 at 9:26 AM
On September 3 we are a hosting a workshop on Internet Research with Foundation Models? in Amsterdam. The call for participation is is open until June 7: cat4smr.humanities.uva.nl/index.php/bl...
so Sarah Burkhardt and I just published a paper on the political economy of large pre-trained AI models (aka "foundation models"); we are specifically focusing on the role of prompting, how it changes the way AI applications are built, and what that means; journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 22, 2024 at 9:04 AM
so Sarah Burkhardt and I just published a paper on the political economy of large pre-trained AI models (aka "foundation models"); we are specifically focusing on the role of prompting, how it changes the way AI applications are built, and what that means; journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Call for Participation: Internet Research with Foundation Models? cat4smr.humanities.uva.nl/index.php/20...
April 19, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Call for Participation: Internet Research with Foundation Models? cat4smr.humanities.uva.nl/index.php/20...
testing the YTDT's new co-commenting module (here: 421 videos for search query [Ukraine]), I am surprised by how strong user "communities" around channels (color) are, with videos connected by up to 100+ users; the network is overall super dense, lots of hyperactive commenters...
November 29, 2023 at 1:22 PM
testing the YTDT's new co-commenting module (here: 421 videos for search query [Ukraine]), I am surprised by how strong user "communities" around channels (color) are, with videos connected by up to 100+ users; the network is overall super dense, lots of hyperactive commenters...
Following recent changes in the YouTube Data Tools, I made a new overview video as well as detailed videos for each module, which include explanations, parameters, and directions for analysis with GSheets and Gephi; here's the playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 7, 2023 at 7:40 AM
Following recent changes in the YouTube Data Tools, I made a new overview video as well as detailed videos for each module, which include explanations, parameters, and directions for analysis with GSheets and Gephi; here's the playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...