The Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) is an interdisciplinary research network at the Department of Communication of the University of Vienna headed by Annie Waldherr and Hajo Boomgaarden. We aim to advance our understanding of various antecedents, processes, and consequences of mediated/unmediated communication behaviors on human attitudes, cognitions, and behaviors using computational approaches in a social science framework. In particular, we seek to advance various fields of communication science such as journalism and political communication through the use of computerized tools and algorithms for collecting, processing, analyzing, and visualizing large-scale, complex data.

The goal of CCL is to facilitate the development and application of computational methods through excellence in empirical research and advancement of novel theoretical and methodological perspectives. The research focus of our group includes areas such as (but are not limited to) computer-assisted content analysis, semi/fully automated textual data processing, topic modeling, information visualization, inferential network analysis, and computational modeling of communication behaviors.


APA-UNIVIE Data Project: Members of the University of Vienna now have the possibility to obtain data for scientific use from the media archive of the Austria Press Agency (APA), directly via an Application Programming Interface (API). CCL acts as an intermediary contact point between members of the University of Vienna and the APA. Get in touch if you have any questions on the API and check out our dedicated webpage with information of the application procedure. 

NEWS:

04.05.2023
 

CCL has embarked on a three-day team retreat in the picturesque town of Dienten am Hochkönig!

04.04.2023
 

Marta is visiting the lab to work with Annie Waldherr on advancing her dissertation from April to June 2023.

31.03.2023
 

On Wednesday, March 8th, two team members, Ahrabhi Katirgamalingam and Jana Bernhard, led a workshop on intersectional feminism and utopian thinking...

30.03.2023
 

The CCL welcomes Research Fellow Blerta Blakaj!

16.03.2023
 

Congratulations to Annie Waldherr, Daniela Stoltenberg, and colleagues on publishing a new paper in New Media & Society!

20.02.2023
 

The IPKW has a vacancy for a student assistant in the team of Prof. Annie Waldherr with a focus on Computational Communication Science.