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Fresh off ASCoR’s shelves: Five must-reads for 2022
Navya Sharan Mar 2022 If you are anything like me, this is probably the time of the year when your new year’s resolutions have taken a back seat and your vision board for the new year is buried under piles of to-do lists. If you are truly like me, you probably stopped making resolutions around…
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“Warm smile required”: What exactly are the machines learning?
Noon Abdulqadir Mar 2022 In this blogpost, I will provide a brief overview of the main findings of the first paper of my PhD research. When I’m asked about my research, I usually go with the most accessible description: “I study bias in AI recruitment tools”. What I skip is the part I think might…
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Writing Week Guide – A guide to a successful and enjoyable worcation
Rebecca Wald Feb 2022 Worcation– a certain time period (most likely 5 to 7 days), in which you dedicate specific attention to one (or two) projects of your choice, while not missing out on a little vacation feeling. For researchers, such a worcation is often called a ‘writing week’, which means you spend several days…
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The last mile is the longest one (and in hindsight the most fun)
Carolin Ischen, Caroline van Straten Dec 2021 Three, four, five years seems like a lot of time, but before you know it, your PhD trajectory will come to an end! This is both exciting and intimidating. To guide you through this last phase, we, that is Carolin Ischen and Caroline van Straten, will share some…
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Welcome to the new ComCom team: Emma van der Goot and Rebecca Wald
Edina Strikovic and Linda van den Heijkant Nov 2021 After two years of serving as editors of the blog, we – Linda and Dina – are saying a bittersweet goodbye to ComCom and a very warm welcome to the new editors! We are very thankful for the many contributions from our colleagues over the years.…
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From Sensitives to Hedonists: A Nuanced Framework of News Avoidance
Kiki de Bruin News avoidance is a hot topic. Not only did news avoidance receive academic attention in the past decade, but there is also growing interest in the field of journalism. However, a lot is still unclear about news avoidance. Why do people avoid the news, what news do they avoid, and does this…
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The Attention Game
Teun Siebers The game is simple: Two parties compete for attention and the winner grows stronger. This is repeated over and over again, and it is almost impossible to stop. Given these basic rules, would you accept to play if you knew that the other party consists of the richest and most technically skilled people…
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You’ve Got a Friend in Me: How Journalists Report on Political Sources
Emma van der Goot What determines politicians’ presence in the news? Why do we often read about some politicians but not about others? Politicians rely on the news media to get their messages to the citizens, and their access to the media is limited. Relatively few politicians get their ideas to print, yet fewer make…
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What it’s Really Like To Do a Hackathon
Felicia Locherbach If you search for “hacker” on Google, you will most likely come across images of people with hoodies, sitting in dark corners working on something that is probably illegal. After participating in a 24-hour hackathon (hacking + marathon), with the aim of solving a difficult data problem, I can assure you that this…
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Next in Line! Analyzing Sequential Data Using a Markov Chain Approach
Susan Vermeer Busy or tired while texting a friend? You most likely have experienced making a glaring mistake at least once. After receiving lots of laughing emojis you recheck what you just sent: “I’m getting Pringles tonight!” turned into “I’m getting pregnant tonight!” Oops… But even though automated spelling correction – or “autocorrect”, as it’s…
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