What is it about computational communication science?
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What is it about computational communication science?
As "big data" and "algorithms" affect our daily communication, lots of new research questions arise at the intersection between societies and technologies, asking for human wellbeing in times of permanent smartphone usage or the role of huge platforms for our news environment. The growing discipline...
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#aBitOfCCS on Safeguarding Anti-Sexist Speech Online with Aditi Dutta hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Tune into the #aBitOfCCS Podcast as we explore how large language models classify online political speech about sexism. Aditi Dutta, a doctoral resear...
Observing Opinions: What are Dictionaries?
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Valerie Hasse from LMU Munich to demystify one of the most widely used tools in computational text analysis: the...
Observing Opinions: What is Pre-Processing?
In this episode, Prof. Jamal Abdul Nasir from the University of Galway reveals why pre-processing is the backbone of all text analysis. He breaks down...
Observing Opinions: Thinking About Text Computationally
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Fabienne Lind from the University of Vienna, who sheds light on how computational methods transform the way we st...
#aBitOfCCS on Measuring Uncertainty in Political Speech with Ella MacLaughlin hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Tune in to the #aBitOfCCS Podcast as we explore how to measure something as abstract and slippery as uncertainty in political speech. Ella MacLaughlin...
Observing Opinions: Why Should we Care About Opinionated Communication?
In this episode, we are joined by Prof. Helle Sjøvaag, journalism researcher and founding member of the OPINION Network. She shares how the network ca...
#aBitOfCCS on training data for classifying hateful language with Denies Roth hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
In this episode of #aBitOfCCS, Jana Bernhard-Harrer sits down with Denise Roth, a PhD student at the Strategic Communication Group at Wageningen Unive...
Observing Opinions: What is opinionated communication?
In the first episode, Wendo King'ang'i and Christian Baden dive into the concept of opinionated communication — what it is, how it shows up in our da...
#aBitOfCCS on strategic political communication on twitter with Daniel Sandvej Eriksen hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Join us on the #aBitOfCCS Podcast as we dive into political agenda-setting with Daniel Sandvej Eriksen, Post-Doc at the University of Aarhus, Departme...
#aBitOfCCS on the Role of Software Tools in Computational Text Analysis with Marvin Stecker hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
In this special episode of #aBitOfCCS, Jana Bernhard-Harrer sits down with Marvin Stecker, a PhD student at the Computational Communication Science La...
#aBitOfCCS on neural network for scaling party positions with Hung H.V. Nguyen hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
In this episode of #aBitOfCCS, Jana Bernhard-Harrer chats with Hung Nguyen, a research fellow at the German Institute for Adult Education – the Leibni...
#aBitOfCCS on ABM with Said Unger hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
In this episode of #aBitOfCCS, Jana Bernhard-Harrer interviews Said Unger from the University of Münster about his research on combating disinformatio...
#aBitOfCCS on Misinformation Detection with Lotte Schrijver hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Tune in to the #aBitOfCCS Podcast as we discuss misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic with Lotte Schrijver, a PhD candidate in Strategic Communi...
#aBitOfCCS on Named Entity Recognition with Christian Schwaderer hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Tune in to the #aBitOfCCS Podcast as we explore state communication and public trust during the COVID-19 pandemic with Christian Schwaderer, a PhD can...
How crucial is credibility online?
Credibility is a crucial concept in communication science and received severely increased attention, again, with CCS. That is, it serves everybody as...
How to fix platforms?
Ethan Zuckerman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication and Information at the U of Massachusetts Amherst, is our guest, and he is on a m...
#aBitOfCCS on information flows in Telegram with Mónika Simon hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Join us in the newest episode of #aBitOfCCS Podcast featuring Dr. Mónika Simon, a Postdoctoral researcher at the UvA, unraveling Narratives of (Dis)Tr...
#aBitOfCCS on document selection with keywords with Sean-Kelly Palicki hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Dive into the latest episode of #aBitOfCCS Podcast featuring Sean-Kelly Palicki, a PhD candidate at TU Munich, as he explores multilingual document sa...
What is AI?
Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), so we want to bring some differentiation into the bigger picture. For this, Jean Burgess, Dist...
#aBitOfCCS on language model-based chatbots with Aleksandra Urman and Mykola Makhortykh hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Step into the world of language model-based chatbots with our latest podcast episode! Join us for an in-depth exploration of the study titled "The Sil...
#aBitOfCCS on measuring bias with Mar Castillo Campos hosted by Jana Bernhard-Harrer
Explore the latest episode of #aBitOfCCS Podcast featuring Mar Castillo Campos, a research assistant at Loyola Andalucía University, as she delves int...
How does digital media affect well-being?
In this episode, we look at the question of how digital media affects the well-being of users - a question that researchers have been debating for a l...
#aBitOfCCS on semantic network analysis with Ofer Shinar hosted by Jana Bernhard
Tune in to #aBitOfCCS Podcast as we explore cross-cultural communication in a pandemic with Ofer Shinar, a research student and teaching assistant at...
How important are networks?
Katya Ognyanova (Associate Professor at Rutgers U) is our guest and she is an expert on studying social networks. What's the societal problem with tha...
How powerful are platforms?
In this episode we talk about platforms and their power. This includes the relevance of social media metrics to users, the gatekeeping function of pla...
How to study “contemporary” news?
Continuing with political language online, we seek to understand the relevance and divergence of news on the internet. Sounds trivial? Well, unfortuna...
How to study digital contention?
It is not very hard to find dispute, also harsh dispute, online. A phenomenon also called digital contention, this raises several questions such as wh...
How to regulate new technologies?
Let's put on your legal suit and join Emese Domahidi (Professor at TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (Professor at LMU Munich) welcoming Natali Helberger (Di...
How problematic is gender bias?
In this episode, Emese Domahidi (Professor at TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (Professor at LMU Munich) talk to Ágnes Emőke Horvát (Assistant Professor in...
#aBitOfCCS on measuring racism with Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam hosted by Jana Bernhard
How to measure racism in news media is the main question in today's episode. Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam looks into racist and discriminative language as...
#aBitOfCCS on dictionaries with Anke Stoll hosted by Emese Domahidi
Today's CCS study is about the application and particularly the development of dictionaries to apply to quantitative text analyses. Anke Stoll (togeth...
Where is our moral compass pointing?
In today's episode, Frederic R. Hopp (@Freddy_Hopp) discusses with Emese Domahidi (@MissEsi) and Mario Haim (@DrFollowMario) about morality. What...
#aBitOfCCS on algorithmic topic modeling with Jana Bernhard hosted by Mario Haim
Let's dive into another CCS study, together with Jana Bernhard. This time, hosted by Mario Haim, Jana talks about her approach to topic modelling thro...
#aBitOfCCS on off-the-shelf topic modeling with Waqas Ejaz hosted by Valerie Hase
Let's dive into a CCS study, together with Waqas Ejaz. In this episode, hosted by Valerie Hase, Waqas tells us about why and how he used topic modelin...
How to explore global issues?
In this first episode of the second season, Fabienne Lind (@FabienneLind) discusses with Emese Domahidi (@MissEsi) and Mario Haim (@DrFollowMario) abo...
Trailer Season 2
What is it about Computational Communication Science -- and about big societal problems?
We -- Emese Domahidi (@MissEsi) and Mario Haim (@...
What is our field?
It is the season finale and Emese Domahidi (TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (LMU Munich) reflect on what it is about computational communication science. W...
How to measure human behavior?
In this episode, Emese Domahidi (TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (LMU Munich) talk to David Lazer (Northeastern U in Boston, MA), distinguished professor o...
Do communication scholars have to code?
In this episode, Emese Domahidi (Assistant Professor at TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (Professor at LMU Munich) discuss with Jacob T. Fisher (Assistant P...
How to network in CCS?
The ICA's annual conference 2022 will start in a couple of days. In this episode, Emese Domahidi (TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (LMU Munich) discuss with...