The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and individuals from Germany which contribute to public debates, has been updated to v2.

From April 24 to 26, the Social Media Observatory will host an international symposium on Indicators of Social Cohesion in Social Media and Online Media. Registrations are now open.

A paper on the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory has been published in “Publizistik” as part of a special issue on “Data, Archives and Tools: Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Research”.

The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and individuals from Germany which contribute to public debates.

As part of our efforts to collect lists of “public speakers” and their Social Media accounts, we collected a list of all candidates running for the Federal Election 2021 in Germany (“Bundestagswahl”).