This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
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...
The article documents candidates’ use of Facebook and Twitter during the 2021 German federal election. It provides an actor-centered view of platform adoptio...
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
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...
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...
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate at the Social Media Observatory The Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institut (HBI) in Hamburg has the ...
Find the German version below. Student / Research Assistants for Computational Social Science Focusing on Social Media The Leibniz-Institute for Media Rese...
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...
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...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
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...
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...
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
The article introduces a computer-aided argument-mining approach for analyzing organizational talk and demonstrates it on longitudinal digital communication....
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
The paper presents supervised methods for detecting and categorizing argument aspects. The approach is useful for computational analysis of argumentative str...
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
This analysis examines the 2025 German federal election campaign on TikTok, drawing on systematic platform monitoring. It illustrates how SMO data can be use...
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
The chapter analyzes skepticism and misinformation about climate change and climate policy in social media. It uses data from the Social Media Observatory an...
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Find the German version below. Student / Research Assistants for Computational Social Science Focusing on Social Media The Leibniz-Institute for Media Rese...
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...
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
The chapter compares candidates’ social media presence in the 2017 and 2021 German federal election campaigns. The longitudinal comparison demonstrates the v...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS), our comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The “Database of Public Speakers” or “Datenbank Öffentlicher Sprecher” (DBÖS) is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of media, organizations, and indiv...
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
The introduction situates Telegram as an object of research on political public communication and outlines the contributions of the special issue. It connect...
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
This article compares far-right networks across social media platforms and examines how platform affordances shape network structures and communication patte...
The report investigates the spread of climate-related misinformation and disinformation across several social media platforms. Its multi-platform data collec...
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
This contribution reports practical experiences with platform data access around the 2025 German federal election and discusses the role of Article 40 of the...
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
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 to the Social Media Observatory (SMO) at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute!
Welcome to the Social Media Observatory (SMO) at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute!
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...
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...
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...
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
The study examines political advertising and coordinated behavior on social media ahead of the 2021 German federal election. Its cross-platform perspective a...
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...
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
The working paper analyzes challenges posed by far-right online communication in crisis situations and discusses intervention options from research on right-...
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
The article compares how social media platforms govern automated agents. Its cross-platform analysis links platform rules and governance structures to the co...
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...
The chapter examines deleted tweets during the 2021 German federal election campaign. It highlights why longitudinal social media observation must account fo...
The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizationa...
This special issue brings together research on Telegram as part of political public communication. It covers platform-specific structures, actors, and practi...
This systematic literature review synthesizes research on far-right social media communication through the lens of technology affordances. It provides a conc...
The article combines computational and manually annotated visual analysis to investigate far-right mobilization on TikTok. It demonstrates scalable methods f...
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...
This methodological contribution combines argument mining with sequential pattern mining to identify recurring attack and support structures in dialogical co...
The report surveys practical methods for collecting and analyzing social media data across platforms. It is directly relevant to the methodological challenge...
This contribution examines agenda-setting by radical-right actors and Elon Musk during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It focuses on the dynamics ...
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
The contribution analyzes party communication and visibility on TikTok during the 2025 German federal election campaign. It discusses how platform-specific d...
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
The working paper develops the concept of a community data trust for sharing sensitive research data in communication science. It addresses governance, acces...
The working paper develops a longitudinal approach to social media engagement using climate-skeptic message propagation during the 2021 German election as it...
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
The article examines platform badges for civic communication as a possible systemic-risk mitigation measure under Article 35 of the Digital Services Act. It ...
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Research Assistant / PhD Candidate at the Social Media Observatory The Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institut (HBI) in Hamburg has the ...
Version 3 of the Database of Public Speakers (DBÖS) provides a curated basis for identifying public actors across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube...
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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...