Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
Ulrich Commerçon @ulrichcommercon.bsky.social 🌹 Sozialdemokrat
🏡 Saarländer
🏫 Fraktionsvorsitzender @spd.fraktion.saarland
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
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/
Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy. https://politicalquarterly.org.uk
PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social PS: Political Science & Politics is the journal of record for the discipline. Email: ps@apsanet.org. Co-editors: Lina Benabdallah, Justin Esarey, Peter Siavelis, Betina Wilkinson. apsanet.org/ps
Center for Media Engagement - UT Austin @engagingnews.bsky.social The Center for Media Engagement leads efforts to understand and improve the information ecosystem for the benefit of democracy.
Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social Political Communication Research Group at University of Vienna
https://polcom.univie.ac.at 
Group Ethics and Critical Theories of AI @ectaiuos.bsky.social Research Group Ethics and Critical Theories of AI @ University of Osnabrück // Led by Prof. Rainer Mühlhoff https://bsky.app/profile/rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social
👉find us here: https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/fb8/ikw/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ethik-der-ki
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
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/
ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social The Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) is a leading research institute in Communication Science 📍 @FMG_UvA @UvA_Amsterdam
Team Rieger LMU @teamrieger.bsky.social Department of Media and Communication @ifkw.bsky.social LMU_Muenchen
Media Psychology | Extremism | (Online) Radicalization | Entertainment
MOTRA @motra.bsky.social Monitoringsystem und Transferplattform Radikalisierung / Monitoring system and transfer platform radicalization
Gefördert durch BMBF und BMI
MEDem @medem.bsky.social Monitoring Electoral Democracy: The European infrastructure for unlocking the true potential of data-driven democracy research. medem.eu 🔍 🌐
Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Forschung für die vernetzte Gesellschaft \\ Research for the networked society
https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/
Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social Research Unit, @univie.ac.at | understanding (un)mediated communication behavior using computational approaches in a social science framework
IPZ - Political Science UZH @ipz.bsky.social Department of Political Science, University of Zurich 🌐 https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/
NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org We work to strengthen democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars.
https://csmapnyu.org/links
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
Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social Director of Research + Deputy Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Fellow of Green Templeton College. Lead researcher of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social Auditing the challenges of democracy in the 21st century for the Danish parliament with a particular focus on social media, mistrust and political alienation.
Political science professor at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication - University of Vienna
Sanne Kruikemeier @skruikemeier.bsky.social Professor Digital Media & Society • Wageningen University & Research • Strategic Communication (COM) group • ERCStG • NWO VIDI
Emil Bakkensen Johansen @emilbakke.bsky.social Postdoc @ Digital Democracy Centre (@ddc-sdu.bsky.social), Uni of Southern Denmark
Computational Social Science / AI / Platforms / Information Environments / News /
emilbakke.github.io
Eva Mayerhöffer @evamayerhoeffer.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Journalism at Roskilde University, researching alternative news media and digital counterpublics
Lene Heiselberg @dieheiselberg.bsky.social Associate Professor, PhD. Journalism Audience Studies @ University of Southern Denmark.
Antonis Kalogeropoulos @antoniskalog.bsky.social Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism • Interested in news & politics
Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social Research Fellow in AI, Information & News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute | Junior Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College | AI, (mis)info, news, democracy | My views etc…
https://www.felixsimon.net/
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/
Philipp Mendoza @philippmendoza.com PostDoc @LMU | @Chair for Digitalization & Political Behavior • #DemocraticPersuasion • #NegCampaign • #AffectivePolarization • #Populism • #CCS • 🟥
Kim Andersen @kimandersen.bsky.social Associate Professor, Centre for Journalism, University of Southern Denmark. www.kimandersen.info
Linards Udris @linardsudris.bsky.social Mediensoziologe an der Universität Zürich / fög & IKMZ UZH
Posting in English und auf Deutsch
www.foeg.uzh.ch
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Exploring the future of journalism
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Heidi Schulze @hdschulze.bsky.social 🕵🏻♀️ research associate at team rieger
📍 lmu munich - department of media & communication
📚 political communication online // radicalization // extremism // telegram // hyperpartisan media // computational methods
Mads Hove @madshovethy.bsky.social Computational social scientist, Assistant professor @ PoliSci Aarhus University
Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social digital // political // mobile comm scholar, head of ‘Digital News Dynamics’ research group at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
Marília Gehrke, Ph.D. @gehrke.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Interested in gendered disinformation, transparency, fact-checking and data journalism
Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life @citap.bsky.social We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society.
Our work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice.
https://linktr.ee/unc_citap
The Center for Sustainable Democracy @sustaindemocracy.bsky.social The Center for Sustainable Democracy (CSD) is a nonpartisan, multi-disciplinary research center focused on democracy and civil society in the 21st century. Housed at the University of South Florida. https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/centers/csd/index.aspx
Johanna Eggers @itsjeggers.bsky.social PhD Student at the Digital Democracy Centre (@ddc-sdu.bsky.social), University of Southern Denmark. Research on Trust & News Authenticity
Mia Stenbro Lorenzen @mialorenzen.bsky.social PhD Fellow at The Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University| Interests include political sociology, civil society, democracy, integration and digitalisation 👩🏻💻
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Dominika Betakova @dbetakova.bsky.social She/her | First-gen 🎓🏳️🌈 | Postdoc at the Centre for Journalism @sdu.dk | PhD from @ipkw.bsky.social | news consumption & avoidance ❌📰 constructive journalism 🌱🗞️ media use 📺📱 polcom & journalism studies
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
SoMe4Dem @some4dem.bsky.social Social media for democracy - Horizon Europe project studying the impact of social media on the public sphere and liberal democracy
some4dem.eu
Simon Erfurth @handle.invalid PhD fellow @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @imadasdu.bsky.social. Doing research on cryptography and its applications in digital democracy.
@SimonSErfurth on bird-app.
Lucía Cores-Sarría @luciacores.bsky.social YUFE Postdoc & MSCA fellow at Carlos III University of Madrid | Research fellow at SDU's Digital Democracy Center. Media psychologist, currently working on news, emotion, & social media. I love all things methods.
Pantelis P. Analytis @pantelispa.bsky.social Associate professor, Department of Business and Management // fellow Danish Institute for Advanced Study & Digital Democracy Center, University of Southern Denmark
Neil Thurman @neilthurman.bsky.social Professor, LMU Munich's @ifkw.bsky.social; Senior Research Fellow @citystgeorges.bsky.social. Use code HSS20 for 20% off my new book, Media Change, at Wiley's US tinyurl.com/eyznb67j, EU https://tinyurl.com/5ec2s346 & UK https://tinyurl.com/47emtw95 shops
Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Professor for Media and Communication @ZeMKI.bsky.social
@unibremen.bsky.social // Editor-In-Chief New Media & Society // Director @pgmt.bsky.social and MA Digital Media and Society // platform governance, AI, hype, regulation, tech discourses
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.- D David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social computational social scientist
Mario Haim @marhai.bsky.social Professor of Communication Science, especially Computational Communication Research, at @ifkw.bsky.social at LMU Munich. Podcasts with @emesedomahidi.bsky.social at @ccspod.bsky.social.
Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social Professor of Online Communication. Researching the transformation of communication and society. Critical optimist.
Luca Rossi @lrossi.bsky.social I work at IT University of Copenhagen trying to understand online participation and collective action while having fun with methods.
Also Head of the Data Science Section.
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
Carsten Schwemmer @cschwem2er.bsky.social Professor of Computational Social Science, University of Munich | Text & Images | Data Scraping | Data Visualization
https://www.carstenschwemmer.com/
Jürgen Pfeffer @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social Prof of Computational Social Science. SOT/TU Munich. Critical Data Studies, AI & Democracy, #CSS @ICWSM
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
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening. 
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Theo Araujo @theoaraujo.bsky.social Professor of Media, Organizations, and Society
@ University of Amsterdam | Scientific Director of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research
Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media & Communication, University of Klagenfurt.
🔎 CSS | Cross-Platform Methods | Digital Journalism | Crisis Communication
🌐 https://valerie-hase.com
Briony Swire-Thompson @brionyswire.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, Psychology of Misinformation Lab
Anna Sophie Kümpel @kuempelanna.bsky.social Communication researcher with a focus on media uses and effects in algorithmically curated environments | Full Prof @ LMU Munich | She/her | https://anna-kuempel.de/
Josephine @jottbees.bsky.social #science #participation #interdisciplinarity #digitaltransformation #agilescience #pve #medialiteracy @caisnrw
Sina Laubenstein @sinamedina.bsky.social doing online gender based violence, hate& disinfo stuff @isdglobal.bsky.social | expert on digital violence | 'fun to be around' 
Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @Prof of Communication Science @Uni of Jena, head of research group Digitalization & the Public Sphere
Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social Dir. of Global Partnerships, Inst. for Information, the Internet & Democracy, NEU | Union of Concerned Scientists 2024 Defender of Science |
Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/
https://expertvoicestogether.org/
https://independenttechresearch.org/
Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social Senior lecturer (assoc. prof) in Communication, Media & Democracy, University of Glasgow. Studies digital threats to democracy 🇧🇷🏴
Isabelle R Borucki @irobo.bsky.social Prof @Uni_MR, political science methods & digital party democracy with tech, multi-methods, politics & disinfo 🚴🏻♀️🏕🎸🥾🏃♀️
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
Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author. Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), gay lady into synths, computers, music, film.
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM.
Siva @sivav.bsky.social Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Publisher and EIC of @VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
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
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
Brandi Geurkink @geurkink.bsky.social Executive Director of the Coalition for Independent Tech Research 
Catie Bailard @catiebailard.bsky.social Political scientist, associate professor of political communication in SMPA @ GW, co-director of Institute for Data, Democracy, & Politcs, SF sports fan. Research interests mostly focus on the intersection of ICT and (threats to) democracy.
André Calero Valdez @sumidu.bsky.social Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Usable Safety Engineering. University of Lübeck. Interested in HCAI, Vis, RecSys, eHealth, sustainability, acceptance research ABM, complex systems, SEM, R, Julia, and open science. 
Niels Gommesen @datajusticenow.bsky.social PhD in Media Studies. Postdoc in computational social science. Researching public understandings of data practices.
Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social Media studies professor, University of Bergen. News avoidance, technology in everyday life, media and climate change, qualitative methods. New OA book October 2026: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/too-much-news
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter: https://adalovelaceinstitute.org//newsletter-subscribe
Dechun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social Postdoc at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen. Managing Editor @jceajournal.bsky.social, Editor of Asia Pacific Viewpoint, @gpccomm.bsky.social, Sage Open & Social Media Editor @jvpcjournal.bsky.social. Web: http://dechunzhang.com
Pablo Jost @pjost.bsky.social Communication scholar @ifpmainz.bsky.social, interested in (social) media, politics, extremism | co-speaker @dgpuk-meth.bsky.social
Przemek Grabowicz 🇵🇱🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇮🇪 @przemyslslaw.bsky.social CS faculty at University College Dublin and the University of Massachusetts Amherst: responsible AI, social media, news media, computational social science, applied NLP, open-world AI
RT≠endorsement, RT=interesting read
More: https://przemyslslaw.github.io
Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication @ Rutgers University. Computational social science, political communication, civic studies. First gen. They/them
Ross Weistroffer @libraryofbabble.bsky.social 🗳️ #DemocracyScience nerd for an incrementally better world, reporting from the intersection of info & action. Pro-🏳️🌈,🏳️⚧️, 🇺🇸, and 🇺🇳 🌎🌏🌍
🔎 Researcher @ discourselabs.org
🌇 Urbanist & governance reform advocate @ fairrepla.bsky.social
📍 San Francisco
Saif Shahin @saifshahin.bsky.social 👨🏼🎓 Asst Prof of Digital Culture at Tilburg University
🌍 Director of Digital South Research Lab shorturl.at/jb5fD
✂️ Associate Editor at Journal of Information Technology & Politics
🪶 #StopAsianHate as Hashtag Activism shorturl.at/Yiiil
Emma Hoes @emmahoes.bsky.social Political Scientist & Experimentalist | 🔍(Political) News, (Mis)information | Social Media | Trust & Skepticism | AI | (Field) Experiments🔬
University of Zurich, Department of Political Science
💻 www.emmahoes.com
Tijs Sikma @tijssikma.bsky.social Political Historian | PhD Radboud University: history of the Dutch public debate surrounding digitalisation | Researcher Rathenau Institute (parliamentary technology assessment institute): project about Planetary Health | Computational methods in history 
Laia Castro @laiacastro.bsky.social Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of Barcelona; Digital Media & Politics | https://www.laiacastro.com
The Belligerent Optimist @sharestuff.bsky.social Doing democracy, civic tech, policy, transparency, participation and space things. Occasionally at the same time.
Also writing scifi.
https://thebelligerentoptimist.civian.online
IDIC🖖
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
David Lieberman @davidlieberman.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Management @ The New School, longtime media business journalist, longer time bassist
Jay Kemp 🤖📰📚😵💫 (they/them) @jayttkemp.bsky.social Staff at Harvard BKC & the Applied Social Media Lab. Many thoughts on media, tech, & AI. Many feelings on post-punk, film, repro justice, & pop culture. 🏳️⚧️ NB Navy brat, North Country NY roots. (my opinions)
Thomas Enemark Lundtofte @lundtofte.bsky.social Associate Professor in Media Studies at University of Southern Denmark. Researching the intersection of children/youth, play and digital thingamajigs.
Reform Political Advertising @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social Politically neutral campaign to regulate electoral ads. Labour, Lib Dem, Green + 3 other 2024 London mayoral candidates signed our Ad Code. Burnham too.
David Hopmann @1864.bsky.social Political communication. Center for Journalism & Digital Democracy Center, University of Southern Denmark. Professor. Magtudredningen 2.0 [Danish Democracy and Power Study 2.0]. TjekDet. 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇪🇺