The Surge of Anti-Semitism in German Social Media following the October 7 Attacks
We investigate the extent to which the Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, have affected German social media debates about Judaism and Israel. Compar...
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publication
Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
Argument Mining for Organizational Research: A Computer-Aided Analysis of Organizational Talk
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
Die Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher:innen (DBÖS), Version 3
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
A Longitudinal Approach to the Analysis of Social Media Engagement: The Case of Anger-Driven Climate-Skeptic Message Propagation During the 2021 German Elections
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
Skeptizismus und Desinformation zu Klimawandel und Klimapolitik in sozialen Medien
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
Eine Community-Datentreuhand für die gemeinsame Nutzung sensibler Daten in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
Art. 40 DSA and research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
Destruktive Diskurse: Digitale Verbreitung von klimabezogener Mis- und Desinformation
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
Wahlkampf im Takt des Algorithmus: Warum die AfD auf TikTok erfolgreich ist und was demokratische Parteien besser machen können
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
Die Bundestagswahl 2025 auf TikTok
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – Elon Musk, die AfD und das Agenda-Setting der radikalen Rechten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
Cross-Plattform Social Media Forschung: Methoden der Datengewinnung und Analyse
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
Argument Mining of Attack and Support Patterns in Dialogical Conversations with Sequential Pattern Mining
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
Analyzing Radical Visuals at Scale: How Far-Right Groups Mobilize on TikTok
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
Far-right social media communication in the light of technology affordances: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
Themenheft „Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit“
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit: Zur Einführung in das Themenheft
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
Gelöschte Tweets im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
Die Kandidierenden in sozialen Medien: Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 2017 und 2021
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
Boundary Detection and Categorization of Argument Aspects via Supervised Learning
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
Rechtsextreme Online-Kommunikation in Krisenzeiten
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
Politische Werbung und koordiniertes Verhalten in Sozialen Medien im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
Facebook- und Twitter-Nutzung der Kandidierenden zur Bundestagswahl 2021
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
elections
A Longitudinal Approach to the Analysis of Social Media Engagement: The Case of Anger-Driven Climate-Skeptic Message Propagation During the 2021 German Elections
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
Art. 40 DSA and research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
Wahlkampf im Takt des Algorithmus: Warum die AfD auf TikTok erfolgreich ist und was demokratische Parteien besser machen können
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
Die Bundestagswahl 2025 auf TikTok
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – Elon Musk, die AfD und das Agenda-Setting der radikalen Rechten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
Gelöschte Tweets im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
Die Kandidierenden in sozialen Medien: Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 2017 und 2021
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
Politische Werbung und koordiniertes Verhalten in Sozialen Medien im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
Facebook- und Twitter-Nutzung der Kandidierenden zur Bundestagswahl 2021
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
cross-platform
The Surge of Anti-Semitism in German Social Media following the October 7 Attacks
We investigate the extent to which the Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, have affected German social media debates about Judaism and Israel. Compar...
Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
Die Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher:innen (DBÖS), Version 3
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
Destruktive Diskurse: Digitale Verbreitung von klimabezogener Mis- und Desinformation
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
Cross-Plattform Social Media Forschung: Methoden der Datengewinnung und Analyse
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
Far-right social media communication in the light of technology affordances: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
Politische Werbung und koordiniertes Verhalten in Sozialen Medien im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
computational-methods
Argument Mining for Organizational Research: A Computer-Aided Analysis of Organizational Talk
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
Skeptizismus und Desinformation zu Klimawandel und Klimapolitik in sozialen Medien
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
Destruktive Diskurse: Digitale Verbreitung von klimabezogener Mis- und Desinformation
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
Cross-Plattform Social Media Forschung: Methoden der Datengewinnung und Analyse
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
Argument Mining of Attack and Support Patterns in Dialogical Conversations with Sequential Pattern Mining
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
Analyzing Radical Visuals at Scale: How Far-Right Groups Mobilize on TikTok
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
Boundary Detection and Categorization of Argument Aspects via Supervised Learning
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
The Surge of Anti-Semitism in German Social Media following the October 7 Attacks
We investigate the extent to which the Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, have affected German social media debates about Judaism and Israel. Compar...
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Die Kandidierenden in sozialen Medien: Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 2017 und 2021
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
Dataset of Candidates for Federal Election 2021
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 E...
Facebook- und Twitter-Nutzung der Kandidierenden zur Bundestagswahl 2021
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
X
Argument Mining for Organizational Research: A Computer-Aided Analysis of Organizational Talk
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
Skeptizismus und Desinformation zu Klimawandel und Klimapolitik in sozialen Medien
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – Elon Musk, die AfD und das Agenda-Setting der radikalen Rechten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
Gelöschte Tweets im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
Die Kandidierenden in sozialen Medien: Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 2017 und 2021
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
Facebook- und Twitter-Nutzung der Kandidierenden zur Bundestagswahl 2021
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
political-communication
Wahlkampf im Takt des Algorithmus: Warum die AfD auf TikTok erfolgreich ist und was demokratische Parteien besser machen können
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
Die Bundestagswahl 2025 auf TikTok
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – Elon Musk, die AfD und das Agenda-Setting der radikalen Rechten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
Gelöschte Tweets im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
Die Kandidierenden in sozialen Medien: Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 2017 und 2021
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
Facebook- und Twitter-Nutzung der Kandidierenden zur Bundestagswahl 2021
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
far-right
The Surge of Anti-Semitism in German Social Media following the October 7 Attacks
We investigate the extent to which the Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, have affected German social media debates about Judaism and Israel. Compar...
Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – Elon Musk, die AfD und das Agenda-Setting der radikalen Rechten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
Analyzing Radical Visuals at Scale: How Far-Right Groups Mobilize on TikTok
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
Far-right social media communication in the light of technology affordances: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
Rechtsextreme Online-Kommunikation in Krisenzeiten
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
dataset
Die Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher:innen (DBÖS), Version 3
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Dataset of Candidates for Federal Election 2021
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 E...
Cutting through the Fog of War on Twitter
For the last weeks the whole world cannot look away from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. This is also due to an ongoing ‘(dis/mis)information war’ on Social Med...
Hiring
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate at the Social Media Observatory
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate at the Social Media Observatory The Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institut (HBI) in Hamburg has the ...
Student / Research Assistants for Computational Social Science Focusing on Social Media
Find the German version below. Student / Research Assistants for Computational Social Science Focusing on Social Media The Leibniz-Institute for Media Rese...
Apply now as a student assistant!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a student assistant (m/f/d) interested in Computational Social Science for our Soci...
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Dataset of Candidates for Federal Election 2021
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 E...
Cutting through the Fog of War on Twitter
For the last weeks the whole world cannot look away from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. This is also due to an ongoing ‘(dis/mis)information war’ on Social Med...
platform-governance
Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
Art. 40 DSA and research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
Rechtsextreme Online-Kommunikation in Krisenzeiten
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
research-infrastructure
Die Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher:innen (DBÖS), Version 3
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
Eine Community-Datentreuhand für die gemeinsame Nutzung sensibler Daten in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
Art. 40 DSA and research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
platform-research
Die Bundestagswahl 2025 auf TikTok
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
Themenheft „Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit“
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit: Zur Einführung in das Themenheft
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
argument-mining
Argument Mining for Organizational Research: A Computer-Aided Analysis of Organizational Talk
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
Argument Mining of Attack and Support Patterns in Dialogical Conversations with Sequential Pattern Mining
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
Boundary Detection and Categorization of Argument Aspects via Supervised Learning
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
NLP
Argument Mining for Organizational Research: A Computer-Aided Analysis of Organizational Talk
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
Argument Mining of Attack and Support Patterns in Dialogical Conversations with Sequential Pattern Mining
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
Boundary Detection and Categorization of Argument Aspects via Supervised Learning
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
Telegram
The Surge of Anti-Semitism in German Social Media following the October 7 Attacks
We investigate the extent to which the Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, have affected German social media debates about Judaism and Israel. Compar...
Themenheft „Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit“
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit: Zur Einführung in das Themenheft
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
TikTok
Wahlkampf im Takt des Algorithmus: Warum die AfD auf TikTok erfolgreich ist und was demokratische Parteien besser machen können
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
Die Bundestagswahl 2025 auf TikTok
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
Analyzing Radical Visuals at Scale: How Far-Right Groups Mobilize on TikTok
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
misinformation
A Longitudinal Approach to the Analysis of Social Media Engagement: The Case of Anger-Driven Climate-Skeptic Message Propagation During the 2021 German Elections
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
Skeptizismus und Desinformation zu Klimawandel und Klimapolitik in sozialen Medien
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
Destruktive Diskurse: Digitale Verbreitung von klimabezogener Mis- und Desinformation
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
climate
A Longitudinal Approach to the Analysis of Social Media Engagement: The Case of Anger-Driven Climate-Skeptic Message Propagation During the 2021 German Elections
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
Skeptizismus und Desinformation zu Klimawandel und Klimapolitik in sozialen Medien
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
Destruktive Diskurse: Digitale Verbreitung von klimabezogener Mis- und Desinformation
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
Career
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The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a student assistant (m/f/d) interested in Computational Social Science for our Soci...
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
Job
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The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a student assistant (m/f/d) interested in Computational Social Science for our Soci...
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
Recruiting
Apply now as a student assistant!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a student assistant (m/f/d) interested in Computational Social Science for our Soci...
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
Recruitment
Apply now as a student assistant!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a student assistant (m/f/d) interested in Computational Social Science for our Soci...
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
Student Assistant
Student / Research Assistants for Computational Social Science Focusing on Social Media
Find the German version below. Student / Research Assistants for Computational Social Science Focusing on Social Media The Leibniz-Institute for Media Rese...
Apply now as a student assistant!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a student assistant (m/f/d) interested in Computational Social Science for our Soci...
longitudinal
A Longitudinal Approach to the Analysis of Social Media Engagement: The Case of Anger-Driven Climate-Skeptic Message Propagation During the 2021 German Elections
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
Die Kandidierenden in sozialen Medien: Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlkämpfe 2017 und 2021
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
news media
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
political parties
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
politicians
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
journalists
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
v2 of Database of Public Speakers published
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
Database of Public Speakers
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
methods
Cross-Plattform Social Media Forschung: Methoden der Datengewinnung und Analyse
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
data-access
Art. 40 DSA and research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
political-public-sphere
Themenheft „Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit“
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit: Zur Einführung in das Themenheft
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
platform-affordances
Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
Far-right social media communication in the light of technology affordances: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
networks
Multi-platform research in the light of technology affordances: networks of the far right in Germany
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
Destruktive Diskurse: Digitale Verbreitung von klimabezogener Mis- und Desinformation
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
DSA
Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
Art. 40 DSA and research data access in the German Federal Election: A mixed experience at best
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
DBÖS
Die Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher:innen (DBÖS), Version 3
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
Skeptizismus und Desinformation zu Klimawandel und Klimapolitik in sozialen Medien
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
Welcome
Hello World
Welcome to the Social Media Observatory (SMO) at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute!
First Post
Hello World
Welcome to the Social Media Observatory (SMO) at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute!
PhD
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
Doctorate
Apply now as a PhD student in Computational Social Science!
The Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut is hiring a Junior Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of Computational Social Science for our So...
workshop
SMO Work(shop) in progress
On December 3rd, the SMO team held a virtual workshop together with partners within the Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ) on research with social medi...
coordinated-behavior
Politische Werbung und koordiniertes Verhalten in Sozialen Medien im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
political-advertising
Politische Werbung und koordiniertes Verhalten in Sozialen Medien im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
ukraine
Cutting through the Fog of War on Twitter
For the last weeks the whole world cannot look away from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. This is also due to an ongoing ‘(dis/mis)information war’ on Social Med...
crisis-communication
Rechtsextreme Online-Kommunikation in Krisenzeiten
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
online-communication
Rechtsextreme Online-Kommunikation in Krisenzeiten
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
bots
Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
automation
Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
election
Dataset of Candidates for Federal Election 2021
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 E...
deleted-content
Gelöschte Tweets im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
SMO
Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
special-issue
Themenheft „Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit“
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
literature-review
Far-right social media communication in the light of technology affordances: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
visual-analysis
Analyzing Radical Visuals at Scale: How Far-Right Groups Mobilize on TikTok
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
event
Indicators of Social Cohesion in Social Media and Online Media
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. Reg...
online-discourse
Argument Mining of Attack and Support Patterns in Dialogical Conversations with Sequential Pattern Mining
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
data-collection
Cross-Plattform Social Media Forschung: Methoden der Datengewinnung und Analyse
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
agenda-setting
„Flood the Zone with Shit“ – Elon Musk, die AfD und das Agenda-Setting der radikalen Rechten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
AfD
Wahlkampf im Takt des Algorithmus: Warum die AfD auf TikTok erfolgreich ist und was demokratische Parteien besser machen können
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
algorithms
Wahlkampf im Takt des Algorithmus: Warum die AfD auf TikTok erfolgreich ist und was demokratische Parteien besser machen können
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
data-sharing
Eine Community-Datentreuhand für die gemeinsame Nutzung sensibler Daten in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
data-trust
Eine Community-Datentreuhand für die gemeinsame Nutzung sensibler Daten in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
research-data
Eine Community-Datentreuhand für die gemeinsame Nutzung sensibler Daten in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
engagement
A Longitudinal Approach to the Analysis of Social Media Engagement: The Case of Anger-Driven Climate-Skeptic Message Propagation During the 2021 German Elections
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
civic-communication
Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
risk-mitigation
Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
welcome
A new look for the SMO website
We have overhauled our website - both our blog and our wiki can now be found on here. Happy holidays!
PhD Candidate
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate at the Social Media Observatory
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate at the Social Media Observatory The Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institut (HBI) in Hamburg has the ...
actor-database
Die Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher:innen (DBÖS), Version 3
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
Antisemitism
The Surge of Anti-Semitism in German Social Media following the October 7 Attacks
We investigate the extent to which the Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023, have affected German social media debates about Judaism and Israel. Compar...
social media research
SMO Work(shop) in progress
On December 3rd, the SMO team held a virtual workshop together with partners within the Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ) on research with social medi...