Benjamin Manns @benmanns.com 
@magdalenawojciesza.bsky.social @magdalenawojciesza.bsky.social 
Ozan Kuru @ozankuru.bsky.social Asst Prof, National University of Singapore
Bio: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/18898-ozan-kuru
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T6KRMogAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ozan-Kuru
Media & Democracy Coop @mddcoop.bsky.social The Media and Democracy Data Cooperative (MDDC) is a collaborative network of academic research centers and researchers to advance our understanding of political communication and digital data. https://mddatacoop.org/
Qin Li @qinli0.bsky.social Postdoc in Dept of Communication at U of Missouri || Ohio State Alum || Polcomm, information integrity, computational methods, social media, emerging media
100% human. Views my own. ❤️ ☮️
https://qinlicomm.github.io
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Jeremy Foote @jeremydfoote.com Computational social scientist; assistant professor @ Purdue; I study how people self-organize in online communities and how we can make them work better.
Lei Cao @cllei12.bsky.social PhDing at USC Annenberg | Computational Social Science | Hooper 🏀
Frederic R. Hopp @fhopp.bsky.social Jun.-Prof. Big Data in Psychology | Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) & Trier University | PI Moral Computing Lab | https://fhopp.github.io
Michelle Schimmel @michelleschimmel.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam.
Information environments, political identity & divides, computational social science
Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social NLP, cultural analytics. Assistant Professor of CS at University of Colorado Boulder. Formerly Ai2, Pioneer Centre for AI, Cornell, Microsoft, Twitter. Books, bikes, games, art. https://maria-antoniak.github.io
Julia Mendelsohn @jmendelsohn2.bsky.social Asst Prof @UMD Info College. NLP, computational social science, political communication, linguistics. Past: Data Science Postdoc @UChicago, Info PhD @UMich, CS + Lx @Stanford. Interests: cats, Yiddish, talking to my cats in Yiddish.
Felix Dietrich @felix-dietrich.de Communication Researcher @ifpmainz.bsky.social // Media Psychology, Media Entertainment, Computational Methods // https://felix-dietrich.de
hackingcommsci @hackingcommsci.bsky.social Opening communication science // pre-conference hackathon at the 2026 meeting of the ICA. June 3 & 4 2026 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Registration until May 4th at hackingcommsci.org/
Computational Methods Division of ICA @icacm.bsky.social Official account for the Computational Methods Division of @icahdq.bsky.social. Posts by @shugars.bsky.social.
International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social This account is for informational purposes. Please get in touch with the appropriate department for assistance. https://icahdq.org/page/ContactUs
Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social Social Scientist/Research Prof at NYU CSMaP, formerly Twitter. http://solomonmg.github.io
Shannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social Professor at UNC. PI at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, news - all "depressing & timely" BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
Daniel Kreiss @dkreiss.bsky.social Prof, researcher UNC CITAP, Tech + Politics.
Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. + Presidential Prof. + Director: Politics, Identities, & Communication Lab (PICL) @asc.upenn.edu. More fun than I look.
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater. 
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Josh Pasek @joshpasek.com Prof of Comm and Polisci @UMich studying how people get & use political information and social measurement.
Competencies: data sci, DIY solar, election analytics, carpooling, #polcom, #polpsych, survey methods, AI literacy (views=own, overuses speech2text)
Dean Eckles @eckles.bsky.social networks, contagion, causality
faculty at MIT
ariel hasell @arielhasell.bsky.social Assoc Prof, Communication and Media, University of Michigan
Noun, noun, always verbing, noun
Ashley Muddiman @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social Associate Professor, Political Communication / Works in Lawrence, KS, lives in Kansas City, MO
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in 🇦🇲 & 🇦🇿. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social I work with communities on science for safer, fairer digital environments.
Founder: CAT Lab. Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard. Assoc Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
🐘@natematias@social.coop
natematias.com
citizensandtech.org
Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social Professor, Departments of Communication and Political Science, UCLA. snsoroka.com
Yannis Theocharis @yannistheocharis.bsky.social Professor and Chair of Digital Governance | Department of Governance | Technical University of Munich. Info: https://www.hfp.tum.de/en/digitalgovernance/home/
David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Prof at Cornell studying how human-AI dialogues can correct inaccurate beliefs, why people share falsehoods, and ways to reduce political polarization and promote cooperation. Computational social science + cognitive psychology.
https://www.DaveRand.org/
Neil Malhotra @nmalhotra.bsky.social Edith M. Cornell Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Opinions my own.
Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social Political Scientist and social media addict
Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social Associate Professor, Psychology @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Researching thinking & reasoning, misinformation, social media, AI, belief, metacognition, B.S., and various other keywords. 🇨🇦
https://gordonpennycook.com/
APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social Official account of the @APSAtweets & @icahdq #PolComm Divisions | posts by @igoncalves.com | https://www.facebook.com/groups/politicalcommunication.org | @polcomm@mastodon.social | https://politicalcommunication.org/
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3📚+1 on the way: How WE Make American Democracy. Wide Awake. Views mine, ~90% right. Dad w/ jokes. 🧗🏼*🧙🏻*🥏⛳🏆 nathankalmoe.com
Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social Asst Prof UKY Poli Sci | Previous: CSMaP, Emory Poli Sci, Elon University | Pol comm, campaigns, IGs, & social media | RYT-200 | maggiegmacdonald.com
Polarization Research Lab @prl.bsky.social We produce research and public resources on democratic attitudes and political behavior. Founded and directed by Sean Westwood (Dartmouth) and Yphtach Lelkes (Penn). www.polarizationresearchlab.org and americaspoliticalpulse.com
Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social DDC Professor of Digital Communication and DIAS Chair at the University of Southern Denmark | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
Dhavan Shah @dvshah.bsky.social Dhavan is Jack M. McLeod Professor of Communication Research, Maier-Bascom Chair, and Director of the Mass Communication Research Center at the UW-Madison.
Josh Scacco 🗳️ @joshscacco.bsky.social Director, Center for Sustainable Democracy, University of South Florida | Political Communication researcher | News, public opinion, political leadership | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Friend of democracy
Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social asst. prof. @uwsjmc.bsky.social rossdahlke.com
Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social Donald R. Kinder Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social Northwestern University Professor. Computational Journalism; AI & Society. https://www.nickdiakopoulos.com. Writing https://www.ai-accountability-review.com/
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening. 
Brooke Foucault Welles @foucaultwelles.bsky.social Professor of Communication, trying not to be evil Ass. Dean, #HashtagActivism co-author, mom to teenagers and cats. Appreciates novelty socks and cat memes.
Alex Leavitt, PhD (they/them) @alexleavitt.bsky.social Principal researcher for Trust & Safety @Roblox & Visiting Fellow @CHAI_Berkeley. 🏳️🌈🐈⬛🏳️⚧️ Ex-@Meta, PhD @USCAnnenberg. 日本語でOK!
Matt Motyl @mattmotyl.bsky.social Trust & safety expert, political psychologist, behavioral data scientist, recovering academic, pun and dog lover.
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at NYU (jayvanbavel.com) | Author of The Power of Us Book (powerofus.online) | Director of NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation | trying to write a new book about collective decisions
Weiyu Zhang @profweiyu.bsky.social Professor in Communication, National University of Singapore | Director of the Civic Tech Lab www.civictechlab.org | Co-chair of IAMCR's CPT. #CivicTech #OnlineDeliberation #FanActivism
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org- L Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social Researcher and teacher. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. “The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet” out from U. Minn press. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.
Brooke Erin Duffy @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social social media researcher and author
associate professor at Cornell University
platforms, power, and the creator economy
www.brookeduffy.com
Noshir Contractor @noshir.bsky.social Noshir Contractor is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University. He investigates how networks form and perform. 
Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social Sociologist @ Tufts University
political culture & communication • digital abuse and harassment • social inequalities • media/society • democracy
alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff)
kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey)
though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things
she/her
more: casey.prof
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
https://buttondown.com/dwillis
Anita Varma @anitawrites.bsky.social Solidarity Journalism Initiative lead, assistant professor at UT Austin School of Journalism and Media. Views are my own.
Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
Yphtach Lelkes @ylelkes.bsky.social associate professor, University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social 30+ years of digital media research. Wrote a few books. Dog, lake, and mountain lover, embroiderer, taker of nature snapshots, campervan enthusiast, sweet on music. She/her.
Amy Zhang @axz.bsky.social Associate professor of social computing at UW CSE, leading @socialfutureslab.bsky.social
social.cs.washington.edu
Emma Spiro @emmaspiro.bsky.social Associate Professor at the UW iSchool, Co-Founder UW Center for an Informed Public | PhD in Sociology from UC Irvine | Research: social networks, sociology, information integrity & computational social science.
Jevin D. West @jevinwest.bsky.social Professor @UW_iSchool, Co-founder of Center for an Informed Public @uwcip. I study misinformation in science & society. Book: tinyurl.com/y7ekfkhx
Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social I study online communities, content moderation, and social movements. 
Nicole Ellison @nellison.bsky.social I study technology and relationships, most recently in the algorithmic/AI space. I’m the Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Tim Vos @tpvos.bsky.social Prof. & Director, School of Journalism, Michigan St. I muse about news and journalism. Journalism Studies scholar. Grad of U of Iowa and Syracuse U.
Steve Reese @sdreese.bsky.social University of Texas prof in journalism and media (www.stephendreese.com)
Kevin Coe @kcoe.bsky.social Professor of Communication | Political communication, media, identity, democracy | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Product of public schools
Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social Politics, Media, and Open Scholarship @universityofleeds.bsky.social | Co-Director @cdpleeds.bsky.social | Leeds Local Network Lead @ukrepro.bsky.social | AE @polcommjournal.bsky.social
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-7634
Liz Suhay @lizsuhay.bsky.social Political scientist at American University. Political psychology/economic inequality/politicization of science. Author of Debating the American Dream: How Explanations for Inequality Polarize Politics. www.elizabethsuhay.com/debating-the-american-dream
Keri K. Stephens @kerikstephens.bsky.social Social scientist, organizational comm. Infrastructure, flood communication, disasters, crisis, AI, mobile communication.
J. Nathan Matias 🦣 @natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy Social & computer scientist who works alongside communities on science for a safer, fairer, more understanding Internet.
Founder, Citizens and Technology Lab · Prof […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@natematias, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich
William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024)
Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U
eszter.com
andyguess @andyguess.com Bun dad who studies 🐰🕳️.
Emily Sydnor @esydnor.bsky.social Associate prof of communication @Syracuse Newhouse School and IDJC researcher. Studying American political behavior, polcomm, incivility, state identity. RVA native, women’s soccer enthusiast. 
Andreas Jungherr @ajungherr.bsky.social Making sense of digital technology - the changes it brings, the opportunities it provides, and the challenges it presents. Professor, University of Bamberg. Director at Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt).
Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social Duke Professor directing https://scai.duke.edu, https://sicss.io & https://polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.
Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social Michigan State political scientist & IPPSR Director; Hooked bookstore/cafe Co-owner; Science of Politics Podcast; New book: Polarized by Degrees
@maryangelabock.bsky.social @maryangelabock.bsky.social 
Kaiping Chen @kaipingchen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Science and Technology Communication, Computational Social Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison | Stanford/
Columbia / Fudan University alumni | Pianist
www.kaipingchen.com
Taberez A. Neyazi @taberez.bsky.social Associate Professor | Director of Digital Campaign & Propaganda in Asia at NUS| Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Press/Politics| Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2025-26)|
Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
www.sandervanderlinden.com
Scott R. Stroud @scottrstroud.bsky.social Philosopher & scholar of rhetoric | Faculty University of Texas at Austin | Director of Media Ethics at Center for Media Engagement. Book and articles: http://tinyurl.com/n2z4vf74
Dan Lane @danlane.bsky.social Associate Prof @CommUcsb | Dir. UCSB Digital Political Inequality Lab https://dpilab.comm.ucsb.edu/ | Political Comm, Intergroup Comm & Comm Tech | Ph.D. @UM_CommStudies
Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social Professor of Computational Communication Science @univie.ac.at @compcommlab
Public sphere, complexity, networks, data science.
Annenberg Public Policy Center @appc.upenn.edu Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Research and engagement that matter. Home of FactCheck.org & the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics.
Daniel Romero @danielmromero.bsky.social Professor at UMSI, UMICHCS, and UMICHCSE working on Computational Social Science, Network Science, Science of Science, Complex Systems, and Social Media. 🇨🇴🇺🇸 dromero.org
Porismita Borah @pborah.bsky.social Professor, Washington State University-Pullman I Director of Digital Media & Society Lab I EIC International Journal of Public Opinion Research I Web: http://porismitaborah.com/ I