NEW📚 Our *free*
#openaccess
book Measuring Exposure and Attention to Media and Communication: Solutions to Wicked Problems is out🚀
A privilege to work w/
@PeterNeijens
,
@judith_moeller
&
@theoaraujo
on this.
📢Share the joyful msg on this sad platform
Dear
@DrEricDing
. I follow you with interest and respect. You are fast and highlight important aspects.
But please stop the
#misinformation
⬇️ The official 🇩🇰health authorities
@SSI_dk
have repeatedly shared correct numbers with you. Don't ignore. Don't spread misinformation.
MY GOD—Danish 🇩🇰 political leaders have completely lost their frigging minds releasing all
#COVID19
mitigations — these are exponentially ⬆️ surging DEATHS not cases!!! This is what happens when a country’s leaders gaslights its own citizens.
#CovidIsNotOver
WOW. I am so excited that our
#gravitation
research program ‘Public Values in the Algorithmic Society’ (
@ALGOSOC_
) has been selected for funding.
A dream team:
@nhelberger
and I as program leaders with
@sedyst
, Corien Prins, José van Dijck,
@moniekbuijzen
as co-PIs. [1/9].
F*** 2020. Been super 🦠 careful. Did PCR test to get reunited with our daughter ✅ This morning, in abundance of caution, did extra test before seeing (grand)parents tonight. Positive. No family Christmas. Miss parents. I am so done with this year!! Btw feel ok-ish.
#staysafe
OMG: It is hard not to be a tad excited about the 2019 Impact Factors just released 🎉
Our Political Communication journal (
@poli_com
) has IF 5.91 (5Y 5.07)
The journal ranks 2/92 in Communication, 1/180 in Political Science.
🙏editorial & prod teams, authors and reviewers
Almost 25 years ago, a professor gave me feedback on a class paper and asked if I had considered graduate school.
I had not. But I did. And on this date, January 31, 2003, 20 years ago, I defended my PhD dissertation.
One question, huge impact. Believe in our students.
#phdlife
[LONG THREAD]:📢This is an important statement from the European Advisory Committee of
@SocSciOne
, co-signed by the co-chairs:
In recent years digital platforms have made independent scientific research into potentially consequential phenomena such as online disinformation,
UPDATE: First, SO relieved we tested again and cancelled parents. I am actually ill now (fever, cough, pain btw shoulders, headache). Second, if people tell you twitter is all about negative stuff, don’t believe it. Thanks for the many ❤️responses.
#StayAtHome
#MerryChristmas
F*** 2020. Been super 🦠 careful. Did PCR test to get reunited with our daughter ✅ This morning, in abundance of caution, did extra test before seeing (grand)parents tonight. Positive. No family Christmas. Miss parents. I am so done with this year!! Btw feel ok-ish.
#staysafe
Infuriating.
Unacceptable.
Violating all norms.
Colleague scholars (e.g.
@NadiaBouras
) are intimated with stickers on their home front doors notifying them that 'the location is being monitored' by a group targeting 'the left' and encouraging tips.
Disgrace.
#StandWithScience
📢THIS MUST CHANGE: Today Dutch universities and many employees, university leaders, unions, and students protest to secure adequate funding for higher education and research.
Funding has decreased, workload has increased. Stop it🛑🛑🛑🛑 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑
#normaalacademischpeil
📣 Public service announcement of a special nature: ONE month (February 13) until
#Borgen
Season 4 will air (first 🇩🇰 tv, then
#Netflix
). You’re welcome. Countdown is on… ⏱
Pointen i vores bog
@AndersVistisen
er netop at *indholdet* er balanceret, uanset det politiske ståsted (se f.eks. s. 88). Mht din debatbog: jeg gør egentlig ikke andet end at henvise til den eksisterende forskning, der viser det modsatte af din oplevelse.
#dkpol
#dkmedier
#eudk
Den danske forsker, Claes de Vreese, der kritiserer min bog om den EU-postive dækning, mener i hans bog fra 2010, at DK dækning af pol. er fint balanceret, selvom hans bog siger, at 31 af danske journalister ville stemme Radikale, og kun 3% DF.
Balance??
#dkpol
#dkmedier
I am 46. Fairly healthy. Covid has me + family down. I imagine how others who are older /more vulnerable might be affected.
As you plan for
#NewYear
, plan safe, small. Don’t let a shitty 2020 turn into a horrible 2021. Do your share. Es tut mir leid.
#StayHome
#InThisTogether
Not all
#ica21
papers were accepted for the conference. That also applies in my case. That is part of the scholarly process.
Congrats to all the accepted paper authors and thanks to all reviewers and planners.
Very much looking forward to working with and for the great
@icahdq
community in a time where communication research is so important for so many questions
#thanks
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.
For six years I had the honor and pleasure to be the Editor in Chief of Political Communication, our joint ICA/APSA
@poli_com
journal.
Time for a few reflections: the Musings of an Editor-Eject.
THREAD 🧵 [1/ ]
IT'S A WRAP. My
@icahdq
Presidential term is over. In the
#ica21
Presidential Address I make 🔟 observations about our field and association. These are reflections on the past year. It was a honor and privilege to serve our ICA community. 🙏
🧵[1/5]
👉
This is such a sad msg to share re
#ica20
:
Please read the full statement to learn why we took this decision.
Very grateful for your understanding of the difficult choices, collaboration in the coming weeks, & thanks to
@icahdq
for all the extra work
Time flies. On this date 31.1.2003 I defended my PhD dissertation. 19 years ago… Fond memories. Still so grateful to supervisor
@HolliSemetko
. Committte w Doris Graber, Denis McQuail, Klaus Schönbach, Cees van der Eijk & Peter Neijens 💪🏽
❤️
@UvA_ASCoR
@UvA_Amsterdam
The proposed changes to hiring structures in the German academic world are mind blowing: 3 years postdoc and then up (professor) or out.
Unless # of professorships increases dramatically this is 🤯 Surrounding countries might benefit (eg 🇳🇱) but the proposed system is 👀🤦
In the category 'not so nice'. We just got rejected after a revision. ☹️ Always hurts more because of the extra work and engagement with the manuscript. Editor was super graceful and reviewers had good points. Still hurts. Just wanted to share.
#ica20
#opencomm
#alwayslearning
Personal news reminder: This starts today. Looking forward to my new role as 'University Professor' at
@UvA_Amsterdam
.
Working on
#AI
and society,
#ResponsibleAI
,
#AI
,
#media
and
#democracy
with talented students and colleagues.
Grateful for the opportunity.
Wonderful to announce that our brilliant
@Polcomm
colleague
@judith_moeller
has been promoted to Associate Professor of Political Communication & Journalism at the Dep. of Comm Science
@UvA_ASCoR
.
Fantastic news, tribute to a great lecturer, researcher and colleague. 🎉
#proud
RIP academic Twitter API.
Access has been discontinued. It is hard to square Twitter's actions with the self proclaimed commitment to transparency and regulations like the
#DSA
.
The actions also remind us of the academic over-reliance of Twitter for research. But still 🤯
📢The Social Sciences and Humanities in the Netherlands offer their expertise on many of the challenges (social, behavioural, economic, legal, ethical) created by
#COVID19
.
📌That is why we created a joint, national portal:
Gateway to SSH experts.
Day 7: symptoms in further decline ☺️
Will end the mini 🦠 diary. Thanks for all good wishes & advice, I intend to follow them
We have a massive challenge still ahead of us. The virus makes us vulnerable and humble. Protect yourself and others. Be careful, be sensible, be kind.
So, about the 2020
@Meta
social media studies in
@Nature
and
@ScienceMagazine
.
A lot of reflections (see eg
@mathver
) and media coverage (eg
@nytimes
) on the substance and the setup.
That is important and necessary. There are fundamental questions at stake.
Short 🧵 [1/5]
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Lena Frischlich
@Lenafrescamente
will join the Digital Democracy Centre
@SAMF_SDU
as Associate Professor in October.
Welcome Lena: we are so excited 👏
📸 North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of Science and the Arts/ Bettina Engel-Albustin
Friends of
@icahdq
: It is that time of the year. The emails are coming in, with good or bad news about
#ica23
.
Remember, being rejected is very normal. It happens to all, from student to full professor to former ICA president 🙋♂️ Never give up. Believe in your ideas 🚀
🎉Really exciting news 🎉
Thrilled to make a ‘pre-announcement’:
@DDC_SDU
will launch a new Digital Democracy Fellowship program, with academic, journalist, and policy fellows.
The program is possible due to a large grant from
@trygfonden
🙏
More after the summer. Stay tuned 🚨
🎉Totally excited that our AI, media & democracy lab is among the first to receive
@NWONieuws
funding🎉
The Lab looks at the impact of AI on the democratic functioning of the media. It's a
@UvA_Amsterdam
@HvA
@CWInl
collaboration with many partners [1/4]
We need normalize saying ‘no thanks’ in academia.
The challenge is there is no guidance in when to say no, because most of us have said yes too often.
[End first day of new academic year thought 🧠 ]
Day 4: 11 hrs sleep 😴👍🏽 No fever🤒 attacks 💪🏼 Still (head)aches, cold, and no smell/taste. Don’tknow how on earth my work feed became a covid 🦠 diary.Please bear with or come back later. To solidify the personal messaging, here is our wonderful quarantine companion 💕
#TakeCare
In September 2020, after 6 yrs, the editorship of Political Communication transitioned to
@LawrenceRegina
& team.
As per good
@poli_com
tradition the outgoing team finished dealing with manuscripts under review.
This morning it happend: THE END🎬
#ItTakesaVillage
#CommTwitter
Implementatie
#VanRijn
moet niet leiden tot bezuinigingen op alfa-gamma. En dat gebeurt wél. Onze brief namens het veld: meer dan 50% van alle studenten en meer dan 1/3 van het wetenschappelijk personeel: Brandbrief aan de minister van onderwijs,
I think 🇩🇰 and scholars there are experiencing what many countries around the world 🌍 feel when international media and commentators descend and report without contextual insight.
Kudo’s btw to
@SSI_dk
and
@M_B_Petersen
for patiently responding / putting in perspective 🙏🏽
PSA: just because you don’t HAVE to wear a mask at Dutch universities as of today, does not mean you are not allowed to wear one 😷 And please be considerate to those who do. Many have very good reasons to do so. Thank you 🙏🏽
#inthistogether
🚨JOBS🚨
We are looking for 3⃣
#postdoc
researchers to be part of our brand new AI, media and democracy lab.
Profile in law, communication, or data / computational social/communication science? Join us!
Details ⬇️
#AcademicTwitter
🗓️Deadline: June 13
🚨*JOBS* & *PERSONAL NEWS* 🚨
@DDC_SDU
launched 🚀An interdisciplinary initiative at
@SyddanskUni
.
I am really excited and humbled by the opportunity to help build this centre
is on air *TODAY* w info about the Centre and JOBS.
PLEASE SHARE. A short 🧵
Personal news. Or New Publication. Unlocked career achievement. Or?? Not sure what the right category is. But here it is: the printed interview on AI and Society in
#Playboy
🐰 🚀 💫
Holland lavede SU til lån for nogle år tilbage. Alle politiske partier vil nu omgøre beslutningen (pånær de liberale, VVD). Måske godt at skele til deres erfaringer
#dkpol
#dkudd
#dkmedier
Tænketank vil omlægge SU til lån
Excited to start September 1, 2019 as 'Distinguished Faculty Research Professor of AI, data and democracy' at
@FMG_UvA
. It's an extension of my
@UvA_ASCoR
job. Quite a mouthful, but unique space to address role of data and automated processes on democracy:
It’s a wrap ✅
My tenure on the
@icahdq
Executive Committee is over.
From ‘President elect select’ via ‘President’ to ‘President eject’
And now President Reject 😃
#ica24
Thanks EC, HDQ team, and ICA community 💕 I learned so much.
Ik gebruik Twitter normaalgesproken alleen zakelijk. Maar:
Dit👇
Het beleid werkt NIET
Ook in mijn stad: cafés vol, winkelstraten vol, OV vol.
Verscherp het advies NU
@rivm
@bruno_bruins
@MinPres
Covid update (after 17 days):
Still really tired (10-11 hrs sleep), still no taste or smell. Work <50%. Doom scrolling 120% (‘thanks’ 🇺🇸 and 🦠).
Please be careful as virus is still rapidly spreading and 💉 not yet. This is not good. And I am in the ‘mild’ category.
#StayHome
It seems that
@Meta
has blocked
@crowdtangle
access for a lot of scholars and journalists. With no real justification. Frustrating and rather irresponsible with key elections (eg 🇧🇷🇺🇸) taking place🤯
A little final symbolism: I am carrying home this 20-21 plaque in a plastic bag.
The last 2 years were intense and it was so incredibly awesome and heartwarming to see everybody
#ica22
.
Lets bag the last 2 years 🛍. To
#ica23
and beyond 🎉
Today is a special day 🤩 In September 1997, The Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCoR was launched at
@UvA_Amsterdam
.
So we are celebrating 25 Years of
@UvA_ASCoR
this month 🎉
On September 18 and 19, 1997 an official opening conference was held
@_knaw
.
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As
@icahdq
we are cognizant of the hardship some of our members find themselves in as a result of
#ica20
now being a virtual conference.
We have launched the ICA 2020 Hardship Fund, for PhD students & early career scholars.
Donate here:
Share. Donate♥️
Today’s research in
@nature
and
@ScienceMagazine
on the impact of social media illustrates some of the questions that can be answered when we have social media data access.
The example is 🇺🇸 based w/privileged access.
We need a better, more equitable
#dataaccess
system
#DSA
🛑In 3 days the free
#TwitterAPI
will no longer be supported🛑
This was announced February 2.
Meanwhile Twitter has not clarified if/how this applies to research.
This is irresponsible vis-a-vis the academic community, journalists, and NGO's.
📢Twitter, keep the API open!
This paper - from environmental sciences, but applicable way beyond - resonates.
Research is MUCH harder for non-native English speakers.
Lower participation, lower presentation, and lower publication rates.
#AcademicTwitter
Dear
@icahdq
community: with 💔 we announce that
#ica21
is a virtual conference. Please read our full statement to understand our (hard) choice.
Work with conference chair
@olivermb
,
@icahdq
@LSawyerED
, and me to make it a success, especially for our early career community 🙏🤗
BREAKING: The heretofore-hybrid
#ica21
conference has been converted to 100% virtual. More info in letter from
@LSawyerED
@olivermb
&
@claesdevreese
here (bc the ICA website has intermittent service issues this week): .
📢Big shout out to dear
@Polcomm
colleague
@damian0604
Trilling for being promoted to Associate Professor 💫
Damian () will co-direct the new
@UvA_ASCoR
and Communication Science
@FMG_UvA
Digital Society Initiative.
Congrats Damian 👏
It is official: I am a candidate for the ICA presidency. Short statement on WHY here: To serve, to nurture a welcoming environment, to have an open science conversation & more
#ica18
Today we say goodbye👋 to this fabulous guy on the right:
@rensvl
.
After 15 years he is leaving
@UvA_ASCoR
@FMG_UvA
for new adventures
@WUR
🚀
It was privilege to work together, co-supervise PhD students, see you become Professor and Director of ASCoR. Will miss you buddy ❤️
After 2 decades of thinking abt
#framing
, still not fully sure what it is. But journalism matters for framing, & framing effects.
We do know a bit:
@solecheler
& I summarize it here
#OpenAccess
, & accessible (!), for students of
#journalism
&
#polcomm
Elon kills
#twitter
research. Free Twitter API access -for better and worse- was key resource for students and scholars around the 🌍 Now set to be paid resource.
🚨 nerd alert 🚨 This
#ica23
is my 2️⃣5️⃣th conference, in a row…
#streak
And the awesome
@icahdq
team had a ‘25 years’ ribbon 🎀
I 💕 ICA. Went as a grad student in ‘99, found a home, stayed and got involved. I encourage you to do the same. It’s worth it. Enjoy
#ica23
all 🚀
🎼All I want for Christmas (&
#TK2021
) after 20+ years in Dutch academy:
🎄Solid, structural baseline funding
🚫Less short term project funding
🫂 Trust in universities
💟Ability for universties to be decent employers
🍎Appreciation for all fields of research
#kerst
#Christmas
I did not go into research for the book royalties ... still this morning's payment summary cracks me up. 5 euro and 65 cents ...
But my favourite: "the balance does not meet the threshold for payment minimum"🤣
#AcademicChatter
#Bestseller
#motivational
Congratulations to lab director
@ClaesdeVreese
for being appointed Faculty Professor on Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Amsterdam!
Personal note: I am part of setting up a new Digital Democracy Centre:
@DDC_SDU
. We are launching projects w/
#PhDposition
,
#postdoc
, assistants & programmers.
Do you want to be part of a new pioneering team, interdisciplinary work, daunting questions, good work conditions? ➡️
In the category 'other news': New season of Borgen will air in 2022. Welcome back Birgitte Nyborg!
DR genopliver hitserie: 'Borgen' vender tilbage med ny sæson
Great day for media and communication scholarship:
University Professor Media and Digital Society José Van Dijck (
@UniUtrecht
) is awarded the Spinoza Award by the Dutch science foundation (
@NWONieuws
).
Congrats to José and to the field 👏🔥
👉
:) Takker. Og denne danske forsker ved faktisk også en del om hollandsk politik, så hvis der nogen, der mener at onsdagens valg hernede faktisk er mere interessant end en debatbog, så er der også noget at komme efter.
#dkpol
#dkmedier
Jeg vil gerne på vegne af det samlede danske statskundskabsmiljø bekræfte, at
@claesdevreese
taler og forstår dansk på et niveau, som man ville forvente af en...dansker
Today José van Dijck
@UniUtrecht
(former
@UvA_Amsterdam
and former
@_knaw
President) receives the Spinoza Award, the highest award in Dutch academia. Such a deserved recognition of her work and impact.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S🎉
Starting
#ica19
on a 5 yr journey on the
@icahdq
executive committee. As President-Elect I will help plan the
#ica20
conference, then serve as President 20-21. Hope to see ICA becoming even more inclusive space for excellent
#comm
scholarship & to engage in
#openscience
dialogue.
IMPORTANT: researchers, pay attention ⚠️
NOW is the time to figure out the conditions under which there will be access for vetted researchers to data from
#VLOPs
(very large online platforms) under the
#DSA
(Digital Services Act).
1 month to respond ... 🧵 [1/3]
I want to take a moment to congratulate Dhavan Shah
@dvshah
with the
#ica22
B Audrey Fisher Mentorship Award
@poli_com
#ica_pol
I have known him for >20 yrs and the quality, compassion, and generosity of his mentoring is phenomenal.
Congrats 🎉 ❤️👏🏽
🚨 TWO POST DOC POSITIONS 🚨
For a new interdisciplinary research initiative on AI and politics, we are looking for 2⃣ postdocs
@FMG_UvA
.
Information about profile and procedure ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🗓️ Deadline: October 18