Check out this nice Q&A about my recent paper at the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
An easy way of understanding why we developed a total error framework for web tracking data, how it can help anyone using this kind of data, and my two cents on improving how it is used.
Exciting (& privileged):
3️⃣ #postdoc positions open in #Amsterdam @UvA_ASCoR
Work with me on #disinformation, #newssharing (as part of @algosoc) or an #infrastructure for studying #polcomm online:
Info, deadlines, details ⬇️
1: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-Communication-Science/761489002/
2:https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-for-a-Research-Project-on-Sharing-the-News/759414502/
3: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-Computational-Communication-Science/760852202/
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ByteDance used TikTok to track my location — and the locations of two of my colleagues — to try to find our sources. We reported on this back in October, but kept things vague to protect sources. Today ByteDance admitted it, so we can say much more:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/
🎺 #postdoc #academicjob #SHARE
A really exciting position; a computational social/ communication scientist; for a postdoc with freedom to (co)design and build infrastructure for online data collection. Substantively focused on #news consumption and democratic outcomes.
🌆 : Amsterdam
🎓: @uva_amsterdam
👥 : ASCoR and @algosoc
Join us 🎯
🗓️ Deadline February 1
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Bonus points for #mastodon applicants 😉
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-Computational-Communication-Science/760852202/
2022 brought something quite unexpected: a new found love for demography (hence the airport read).
Computational demography is such an exciting subfield. Methodologists have much to learn from some of their approaches, specially when it comes to combining different error-prone data sources.
Our department of methodology has some super bright young demographers that will surely shape the field. Exciting!
#Introduction I hope to understand why some individuals & populations live longer & healthier lives than others.
I like to bridge disciplines- I've trained in #demography, #economics & #epidemiology, & now sit in a Dept. of #sociology. I'm interested in incoroporating #biomarkers into social & population research, especially markers of #immunity #infection, & #microbiome.
I was drafted into #scicomm during #covid19 w/ Dear Pandemic/Those Nerdy Girls.
Happy to be here!
https://www.jenndowd.com/
Banning links to other sites is a bad idea generally, but also bad for business and society.
Unaware users will unintentionally violate the policy all the time through everyday use.
And some of the most important events of recent memory (like the video of George Floyd's murder) rose to prominence precisely through cross-platform (Facebook to Twitter, in that case) sharing.
I have to say, however, that I loved this bit from one of their reports.
Obviously, if you want to discredit the entire literature about gender-affirming care, do not try to publish it and go through peer review! Maybe things then would go differently...
The UK has a problem with transphobia. And academia is not immune. Deeply depressing to see brilliant minds wasting their time and mental energy on these debates.
Just imagine if someone with no methodological training, without a Ph.D., without experience or publication about the matter, came to criticize the entire body of research about online surveys, with dubious claims, using made-up methods, citing blog posts and Reddit as evidence. What would you say?
Claes de Vreese ☑️
Emily Baker-White
Jennifer Dowd
Thomas Leeper