Yara Mijnhout @yaramijnhout.bsky.social PhD Candidate @UvA_ASCoR | Part of RESPOND (Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies) | Political corruption and Media
Luke Fischer @lukedavidfischer.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the University of Vienna’s Department of Government
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social DPhil (/PhD) Researcher @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social working on podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Former Research Lead for Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D and Senior Tech Policy Researcher, Demos
manes @michaelanes.bsky.social Cognitive psychologist | Wittenberg University
Cog/neuro/science, gender, race, 🎵, 🇵🇱
US Fulbright Scholar '10-'11 | Witt in Poland '13, '18 | Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad '24 in Poland with political theorist Heather Wright. He/him
Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Oxford.
Interested in: Political Behavior, Quantitative Methods, Metascience.
https://www.jorisfrese.com/
Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social Communication Researcher @GESIS
political communication | mobile & computational methods | intensive longitudinal data | negativity & incivility | emotion | trust & cynicism
Quyang Zhao @quyangzhao.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Persuasive Communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam | Algorithmic Persuasion, Media Psychology and Effects, Human-Machine Communication
Alice Hamilton @alice-hamilton.bsky.social PhD Candidate | Political Communication | Wageningen University & Research
Baoning Gong @gongbaobao.bsky.social doctoral researcher at Weizenbaum-Institute Berlin
Lina Buttgereit @linabuttgereit.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher UvA ASCoR / Political Communication / social norms / negative campaigning / disinformation
Nicolas Mattis @nickmattis.bsky.social Communication Scientist | PostDoc at ASCoR / AI Media Democracy Lab | Interested in the interplay of digital choice architectures and human decision making | Lover of good music, food and travelling
Darian Harff @darianharff.bsky.social Postdoc @univie.ac.at. PhD at KU Leuven. Research in the area of media psychology and political communication.
@thijmenoosterbaan.bsky.social @thijmenoosterbaan.bsky.social 
Eva-Maria Vogel @evavogel.bsky.social Doctoral Candidate @ Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) | University of Zurich
Political Social Media Influencers | Youth Political Engagement | Comparative Media Research | Computational & Interdisciplinary Methods
Morgan Wack @morganwack.bsky.social PostDoc at UZH. Formerly Clemson & UW. Technology & democracy, political misinformation, African politics, and LFC.
Communication, Organizations and Society (COS) @cos-ascor.bsky.social We are the Program Group COS within the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam.
Gustavo Couto de Jesus @gustavocjesus.bsky.social 🧠 PhD Political Neuroscience @UvA_ASCoR
🌐 Politics of Adolescence & Democracy http://ippad.eu
📚 Social and Affective Neuroscience
🌌 Sci-Fi enthusiast
🐈 "No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
@annawickenkamp.bsky.social @annawickenkamp.bsky.social PhD Candidate UvA / ASCoR / Political Communication / Morality & Populism
Lion Wedel @lionw.bsky.social Researching @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social | Computational Social Science | cu @ICA25 & IC2S2
Zilin Lin @linzilinn.bsky.social Postdoc @ascor.bsky.social | AI, Media & Democracy Lab | Human(e) AI RPA | PhD - NEWSFLOWS
Veronika Ebner @veronikaebner.bsky.social PhD student, Computational Communication Science Lab, University of Vienna
Research on climate change communication, social media and constructive journalism, part of @cidape.bsky.social project
Lucie Cejkova @luccej.bsky.social she/her ~ PhD candidate & junior researcher @medjournmu.bsky.social ~ SYRI, PRINS ~ 🛸📰 #ConspiracyThinking #Misinformation #NewsAudiences
Mia Carbone @miacarbone.bsky.social UCLA PhD candidate studying news avoidance, psychophysiology, and identity.
Michelle Schimmel @michelleschimmel.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam.
Information environments, political identity & divides, computational social science
Franziska Martini @franzimartini.bsky.social 
Machine Against the Rage @machine-vs-rage.net Online-Magazin für digitale Konfliktforschung: Datenanalysen zu Hass und Desinformation | Untersuchungen des politischen Streits darüber.
Based @idz-jena.bsky.social / CRI. Gef. v. »Demokratie leben!« des BMBFSFJ. Website: http://machine-vs-rage.net.
Raluca Groza @ralucagroza.bsky.social Communication Science research master student & Methods Desk assistant at University of Amsterdam • ASCoR intern • Statistics enthusiast • BookToker
Chiara Vargiu @cvargiu.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Communication @vuamsterdam.bsky.social | Elite hostility & Incivility, Marginalization, Violence
website: chiaravargiu.com
UC Santa Barbara @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Official Bluesky of #UCSB 🎓 A top-ranked public university where beauty meets brilliance 💛 ucsb.edu
Roland Toth @tothrol.bsky.social Data scientist and communication researcher (mobile media use) at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam 🇳🇱 || Journalism, AI, Tech & innovation 👨💻 || Fellow Digital Democracy Centre 🇩🇰 & Marie Curie Scholar 🇪🇺 || Occasional Photographer || #FirstGen
🌐 https://hannescools.com/
Yuyao Lu @yuyaolu.bsky.social PhD Candidate Environmental Communication @ascor.bsky.social
Sacha Altay @sachaltay.bsky.social 🔎 Misinformation, social media & the news 🗞️
🇨🇭 Postdoc at the University of Zurich, previously Reuters Institute & ENS 🇫🇷
https://sachaaltay.github.io/
Dan Williams @danwphilosophy.bsky.social Philosopher. Interested in: Philosophy, Psychology, Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, Social Science, Politics.
Teresa Weikmann @teresaelena.bsky.social Postdoc @ascor.bsky.social & BENEDMO
she/her | visual political communication
icajsd.bsky.social @icajsd.bsky.social The official community for Journalism Studies scholars at the International Communication Association. Advancing global scholarship and research in journalism and media. https://icajournalismstudies.org/
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
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
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
Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com Political communication researcher at @ascor.bsky.social | @algosoc.org affiliated | PhD @unibern | Media effects, social media, and computational stuff
https://ernesto-deleon.com/
Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication - University of Vienna
Christel van Eck @christelvaneck.bsky.social Assistant Professor at ASCoR, University of Amsterdam | Climate change communication, science communication, and polarization | 🌄🏞🌌🌇 
Florian Primig @floprim.bsky.social Dr. phil. | Digital Democracy | Platforms & Algorithms | Phenomena of Falsehood and
Counter-Knowledge
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft an der Freien Universität Berlin
Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Freie Universität Berlin
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ifK at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy. Views are my own. https://synosys.github.io/
Wouter van Atteveldt @vanatteveldt.com Professor of Computational Communication Science @VU University, tidyverse evangelist, good weather sailor
Eva Mayerhöffer @evamayerhoeffer.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Journalism at Roskilde University, researching alternative news media and digital counterpublics
Nicola Righetti @nicolarighetti.bsky.social Computational Social Scientist
https://www.nicolarighetti.net/
Find me on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nicolarighetti79
Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com Media Psychology & Communication | Privacy & Well-Being | Open Science & Slow Science | IKMZ & University of Zurich | https://tobiasdienlin.com
Christian von Sikorski @cvsikorski.bsky.social Professor of Communication, Free University of Berlin
Digital Media Effects, Media Psychology, Political Communication
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/
Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
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
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/
Andrew Chadwick @andrewchadwick.com Prof, Media and Communication, Loughborough University. Ed. Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Been dubbed “that hybrid media guy.” More active on LinkedIn these days.
andrewchadwick.com
Occasional posts on music.
Linda Bomm @lindabomm.bsky.social PhD Candidate at ASCoR (UvA).
Political Communication | Political Psychology | Threat-Politics Link.
Part of the Hot Politics Lab.
Kathleen Beckers @kathleenbeckers.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Communication & Journalism
@ascor.bsky.social. Research on Journalism & Public Opinion.
Emma van der Goot @emmavandergoot.bsky.social PhD Candidate at University of Amsterdam @ ASCoR | Political Communication & Journalism
Elske van den Hoogen @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social Import Amsterdammer || Postdoc and lecturer Political Communication
@ascor.bsky.social || PhD from Erasmus University R'dam || Public opinion, European Union, elections, disinformation & AI
Justin Ho @justinho.bsky.social Computational Social Scientist | Assistant Professor at NYCU, Taiwan
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
Marina Tulin @marinatulin.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Communication at University of Amsterdam (ASCoR) | misinformation | public trust | digital citizenship
Monika Simon @monsimon.bsky.social Postdoc Trust in the Digital Society RPA @UvA | PhD candidate @UvA_ASCoR |
Mads Hove @madshovethy.bsky.social Computational social scientist, Assistant professor @ PoliSci Aarhus University
宛瑾 Wan Jin @wanjin.bsky.social PhD candidate at UvA researching algorithmic gatekeeping | recommender systems | Algosoc
Céline Laffineur @celinemarie.bsky.social PhD Candidate at ASCoR (UvA) | Political Psychology | Political (Dis)interest | MSCA Doctoral Network on the Politics of Adolescence & Democracy | Hot Politics Lab
Jakob Kasper @jakobkas.bsky.social PhD candidate @ippad_eu, @UvA_Amsterdam | Formerly MSc Psychology @Uniheidelberg | jakobkasper.com
Emily Gravesteijn @emlgravesteijn.bsky.social PhD Candidate @RadboudFdM & @UvA_ASCoR | Media bias & bias perceptions | Public Service Media
Michael Heseltine @michaelheseltine.bsky.social Post-Doc at University of Oxford. Congress, text-as-data, and political communications.
Elif KILIK @elifkilik.bsky.social PhD candidate @UAntwerpen | Lecturer @UvA_Amsterdam | Computational Social Science, NLP, media, journalism & democracy | 🇹🇷&🇳🇱
Marieke van Hoof @mariekevhoof.bsky.social Postdoc AI & Politics ASCoR, University of Amsterdam | Political Communication | Algorithms & AI | Digital platforms | Search engines | Computational methods
Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social Associate Professor in Political Communication & Journalism @ascor.bsky.social
Co-Leader 'The Future of European Democracy' @acesuva.bsky.social | Media-Politics Relations, EU/European Politics, Election Campaigns, Political Behaviour
Rupert Kiddle @rupertkiddle.com Postdoc in computational communication, VU Amsterdam (@whatif-horizon.eu, @newsflows.eu). Assistant Editor @CCR. Fall Lecturer @ GESIS. Research interests: agentic AI and future imaginaries of science and communication; NLP; simulation; complexity.
Jolan Urkens @jolanurkens.bsky.social PhD candidate @ASCoR – misinformation, organizations, and trust – interested in popular perceptions / contestations of science, media, politics, and industry.
Antwerp / Amsterdam
Marilena Hohmann @marilenahohmann.bsky.social PhD student in Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen | https://marilenahohmann.github.io/
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/
Mike S. Schäfer @mss7676.bsky.social Prof of Science Communication @ UZH | Director @ CHESS | PI @ Wissenschaftsbarometer Schweiz & @ TechnikRadar | Member @ Acatech & @ BBAW
Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net Professor of Journalism Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. About me: https://damiantrilling.net . Our group is here: @journstudiesvu.bsky.social and here: https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/faculties/faculty-of-humanities/more-about/journalism
DGPuK FG Kommunikation & Politik @fgkommpol.bsky.social Fachgruppe Kommunikation und Politik der DGPuK | https://www.dgpuk.de/de/fachgruppen/kommunikation-und-politik
Es posten die Sprecher:innen @kommueller.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy und Svenja Schäfer.
Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social Associate Professor in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. Research interests: Journalism, Media effects, and Public opinion.
Tobias Kleineidam @tobiaskleineidam.bsky.social PhD candidate in Communication Science @UvA_ASCoR 🧐👉 voters, social norms, & how politicians talk during election campaigns
Moritz @hendiatetris.bsky.social Jeder schlechte Wortwitz braucht Mutige, die ihn machen.
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He/him
Susanne Reinhardt @srein.bsky.social (Post-)Doctoral Researcher @WealthTalks: everyday talk about economic inequality | #FirstGen | PhDing about antigenderism & the populist radical right @FU Berlin & Weizenbaum Institute 
AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social Ethical Legal Societal laboratory focused on the implications of AI for Media and Democracy 🤝 CWI, HvA & UvA #ELSAlab- A @acboeker.bsky.social @acboeker.bsky.social
Yossi @yossi.eu Mathematician working in geometric and topological data analysis l
Johannes Hentschke @johen.bsky.social 
Philipp Mendoza @philippmendoza.com PostDoc @LMU | @Chair for Digitalization & Political Behavior • #DemocraticPersuasion • #NegCampaign • #AffectivePolarization • #Populism • #CCS • 🟥
AlgoSoc @algosoc.org 'Public Values in the Algorithmic Society' (AlgoSoc) is an interdisciplinary research program dedicated to a societal perspective on automated decision making
AlgoSoc.org 
Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu Computational Communication Scientist #rstats | Postdoc Researcher | University of Amsterdam | @ascor.bsky.social | @algosoc.org | Blog: favstats.eu | Running on plant-based fuel 🌱 | he/him
Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social Research Fellow, @demolaw.bsky.social, Zeppelin Universität
Intra-Party Politics | Candidate Selection | Legislative Politics | PolComm | Primaries
Author: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries https://tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx
www.mikecowburn.com
Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social Professor of Computational Communication Science @univie.ac.at @compcommlab
Public sphere, complexity, networks, data science.
Simon Lübke @simonluebke.bsky.social PostDoc, Leipzig University. Political Communication | Authenticity | Memes on Climate Change
Axel Bruns @snurb.info Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media.
He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 🖤🤍💚 | 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇪🇺
🕸️ snurb.info
🐘 @snurb@aoir.social
⛔ @snurb_dot_info
Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social Senior Researcher @gesis.org // Data Editor @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🔎 political communication (#polsky + #commsky) with text analysis and #rstats (#opendata + #openscience)
🌏 JohannesBGruber.eu
👨💻 research software github.com/JBGruber
Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social Associate professor of political communication @ddc-sdu.bsky.social, University of Southern Denmark.
Focus on digital & right-wing media + parties.
Associate Editor @ International Journal of Press/Politics
Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw @kkvk7.bsky.social Professor of digital [political] communication and sustainability at University of Hamburg
Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social Communication scholar and media psychologist. Exploring the abyss of digital communications and how to foster democratic resilience. || Associate Professor Digital Democracy Centre University of Southern Denmark / Complexity Science Hub, Vienna
Ulrike Klinger @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication and Journalism at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR, Associated Researcher at Weizenbaum Institute Berlin. Technology & Democracy. Foodie. Traveller. Views are my own.
Franziska Marquart @franzimarquart.bsky.social Assistant Professor for Digital Methods - Department of Communication, Copenhagen University, researching (visual) political communication online