POLCOM is back from the summer and fresh from a team retreat in rainy Neusiedl am See ☔️ where we brainstormed new research ideas, explored collaborations and knowledge transfer, and discussed team infrastructure. We are ready and excited for the coming semester!
It's official: After defending her dissertation with distinction, Dr. @hannahgreber.bsky.social is continuing her work with the Political Communication Research Group as a postdoctoral researcher. 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations!
Congratulations to @hosseinkermani.bsky.social on receiving funding from the Research and Technology Fund WWTF for his project "Beyond computational propaganda and bot activism: Investigating social media suppression in authoritarian regimes"! 👏👏👏
📄🚨New publication: Mothes and colleagues, including @solecheler.bsky.socialjournals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study examines the perceived relevance and implementation of competing normative ideals in journalism in times of increasing use of digital technology in n...
Interested in target-based offensive language detection of Austrian German? Published in the ACL 2024 Findings, Pia Pachinger & colleagues with @amplanitzer.bsky.socialwww.pia.wien/austrotox/in...
🚨📰New publication: Vera Axyonova & Argyro Kartsonaki discuss how the EU's normalisation policies for Kosovo may have created a situation of managed instability, and in some cases added new layers to the conflict. Read more at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1744...
For more than a decade, the European Union (EU) has been pursuing normalisation in Kosovo-Serbia relations. However, the EU has not focused on tackling the core issues of the conflict. Instead, EU ...