Jo(sephine) Lukito
@jolukito.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UT-Austin's School for Journalism and Media | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
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Jo(sephine) Lukito
@jolukito.bsky.social
· Aug 21
We are thrilled to announce that Josephine (“Jo”) Lukito will join the DDC as Professor in Digital Communication and DIAS Chair!
@jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026.
Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉
@jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026.
Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉
💓I am so (so, so) very excited to be joining @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social, starting February 2026, where I will continue my work on computational methods/AI, researcher data access, multi-platform language flows, and political extremism. 💓
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🚨 New paper drop!
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 New paper drop!
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
Had a great time talking with @lseusablog.bsky.social about the use of AI in political communication, particularly during elections, as well as other "traditional" influence strategies such as trading up the chain and platform ownership. #USAPP
Listen to the Ballpark podcast: AI, social media, and political disinformation with Dr @jolukito.bsky.social of @engagingnews.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
AI, social media, and political disinformation with Dr Josephine Lukito | The Ballpark podcast | USAPP
To talk about social media and politics, and how AI can help spread – or tackle – disinformation, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Josephine Lukito, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at A...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Had a great time talking with @lseusablog.bsky.social about the use of AI in political communication, particularly during elections, as well as other "traditional" influence strategies such as trading up the chain and platform ownership. #USAPP
For those on the #polcomm academic job market this year, I am sharing the job market material folder that I put together a few years back.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Lukito & Friends Job Market Materials - Google Drive
drive.google.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For those on the #polcomm academic job market this year, I am sharing the job market material folder that I put together a few years back.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Our incoming colleague @jolukito.bsky.social is welcomed by a *very* enthusiastic room, presenting her research agenda and the challenges of cross-platform data collection.
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our incoming colleague @jolukito.bsky.social is welcomed by a *very* enthusiastic room, presenting her research agenda and the challenges of cross-platform data collection.
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
Welcome Jo! We are so happy to have you with us! 😊❤️
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New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
💓I am so (so, so) very excited to be joining @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social, starting February 2026, where I will continue my work on computational methods/AI, researcher data access, multi-platform language flows, and political extremism. 💓
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We are thrilled to announce that Josephine (“Jo”) Lukito will join the DDC as Professor in Digital Communication and DIAS Chair!
@jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026.
Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉
@jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026.
Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉
August 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
💓I am so (so, so) very excited to be joining @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social, starting February 2026, where I will continue my work on computational methods/AI, researcher data access, multi-platform language flows, and political extremism. 💓
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🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections
And it's open access!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections
And it's open access!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections - Josephine Lukito, Maggie Macdonald, Bin Chen, Megan A. Brown, Stephen Prochaska, Yunkang ...
In this multi-platform, comparative study, we analyze social media messages from political candidates (N = 1,517) running for Congress during the 2022 U.S. Midt...
journals.sagepub.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections
And it's open access!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections
And it's open access!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
iddp.gwu.edu
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
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Really sharp reporting on the paradoxes of anti-government conspiracy theories by @aliswenson.bsky.social and
@nickriccardi.bsky.social. Unfortunately for Trump, “Now that he’s running the federal government, the community he helped build is coming back to haunt him.” apnews.com/article/trum...
@nickriccardi.bsky.social. Unfortunately for Trump, “Now that he’s running the federal government, the community he helped build is coming back to haunt him.” apnews.com/article/trum...
With Epstein conspiracy theories, Trump faces a crisis of his own making
President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case as his supporters demand the Justice Department release much-hyped records in the invest...
apnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Really sharp reporting on the paradoxes of anti-government conspiracy theories by @aliswenson.bsky.social and
@nickriccardi.bsky.social. Unfortunately for Trump, “Now that he’s running the federal government, the community he helped build is coming back to haunt him.” apnews.com/article/trum...
@nickriccardi.bsky.social. Unfortunately for Trump, “Now that he’s running the federal government, the community he helped build is coming back to haunt him.” apnews.com/article/trum...
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@jbgruber.bsky.social kicking off @icacm.bsky.social 's tool demo session, and the best thing is: everything is on github! github.com/JBGruber/ica... - check it out if you need to scrape news or retrieve tiktok data and want sth that just works! #ica25
GitHub - JBGruber/ica25_tool-demos: Tool Demo Scripts for ICA 2025
Tool Demo Scripts for ICA 2025. Contribute to JBGruber/ica25_tool-demos development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@jbgruber.bsky.social kicking off @icacm.bsky.social 's tool demo session, and the best thing is: everything is on github! github.com/JBGruber/ica... - check it out if you need to scrape news or retrieve tiktok data and want sth that just works! #ica25
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I'm chairing the panel on "Right-wing Media" this afternoon at 3.
Pretty killer line up of papers and speakers.🔥
Find us at Regency, Capitol 5!
#PolComm
Pretty killer line up of papers and speakers.🔥
Find us at Regency, Capitol 5!
#PolComm
June 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm chairing the panel on "Right-wing Media" this afternoon at 3.
Pretty killer line up of papers and speakers.🔥
Find us at Regency, Capitol 5!
#PolComm
Pretty killer line up of papers and speakers.🔥
Find us at Regency, Capitol 5!
#PolComm
Standing room only at @zeningduan.bsky.social and @alvinyxz.bsky.social 's @icacm.bsky.social panel on LLMs #ica25
June 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Standing room only at @zeningduan.bsky.social and @alvinyxz.bsky.social 's @icacm.bsky.social panel on LLMs #ica25
So excited to see @shugars.bsky.social present their #ica25 paper, "An Ecosystem Divided" on cross-platform linking between Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Telegram, and 4chan during the 2022 election.
June 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So excited to see @shugars.bsky.social present their #ica25 paper, "An Ecosystem Divided" on cross-platform linking between Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Telegram, and 4chan during the 2022 election.
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Hello world!
June 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hello world!
May 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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So your research area has been politicized and your federal funding cancelled, what now? I try to give some answers in this opinion piece for @nature.com 1/
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When the government cancels your research grant, here’s what you can do
The mass cancellation of US federal grants marks yet another escalation in political interference in science, but there are ways to keep crucial research going.
www.nature.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So your research area has been politicized and your federal funding cancelled, what now? I try to give some answers in this opinion piece for @nature.com 1/
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
So thrilled to have worked on this important piece with @yang3kc.bsky.social @m-dot-brown.bsky.social and Kayo Mimizuka. Data access for independent researchers is at such a critical juncture
[New WP] With the closure of major social media APIs and the new data access mandates under DSA, we enter what we call the "post-post-API" era. But have researchers obtained the data they need? Our recent survey (180) + interview (19) study suggests a stark reality.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2505.09877
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🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2505.09877
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May 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So thrilled to have worked on this important piece with @yang3kc.bsky.social @m-dot-brown.bsky.social and Kayo Mimizuka. Data access for independent researchers is at such a critical juncture
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@jolukito.bsky.social pointed out to me that academics constantly use present progressive tense ("I am wanting") when we should be using present tense ("I want").
Now I can't unsee it, it's everywhere
Now I can't unsee it, it's everywhere
April 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@jolukito.bsky.social pointed out to me that academics constantly use present progressive tense ("I am wanting") when we should be using present tense ("I want").
Now I can't unsee it, it's everywhere
Now I can't unsee it, it's everywhere
Late to this as I was wrapping up the semester (including a language, media politics class), but @alexpghayes.com 's kind QT reminded me of many helpful writing tips.
But a quick disclaimer: wrt syntax/grammar, I'm more of a descriptivist than a prescriptivist.
Okay, academic writing advice 🧵 👇
But a quick disclaimer: wrt syntax/grammar, I'm more of a descriptivist than a prescriptivist.
Okay, academic writing advice 🧵 👇
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Late to this as I was wrapping up the semester (including a language, media politics class), but @alexpghayes.com 's kind QT reminded me of many helpful writing tips.
But a quick disclaimer: wrt syntax/grammar, I'm more of a descriptivist than a prescriptivist.
Okay, academic writing advice 🧵 👇
But a quick disclaimer: wrt syntax/grammar, I'm more of a descriptivist than a prescriptivist.
Okay, academic writing advice 🧵 👇
Come learn with me! 👋
I'm very excited to be teaching this Topical Workshop (20 hours), which will cover 2 big topics digital data collection and machine learning with genAI. Topics we will cover:
Data Collection 101
Data Scraping 101
Text Cleaning
Classic ML
Zero/Few Shot Learning
I'm very excited to be teaching this Topical Workshop (20 hours), which will cover 2 big topics digital data collection and machine learning with genAI. Topics we will cover:
Data Collection 101
Data Scraping 101
Text Cleaning
Classic ML
Zero/Few Shot Learning
Learn about the data access landscape, develop code to collect data, get an overview of AI in computational social science research, and learn about zero-shot and few-shot learning with large language models. For more details: myumi.ch/Z2k2d
#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAccess #ZeroShotLearning
#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAccess #ZeroShotLearning
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Come learn with me! 👋
I'm very excited to be teaching this Topical Workshop (20 hours), which will cover 2 big topics digital data collection and machine learning with genAI. Topics we will cover:
Data Collection 101
Data Scraping 101
Text Cleaning
Classic ML
Zero/Few Shot Learning
I'm very excited to be teaching this Topical Workshop (20 hours), which will cover 2 big topics digital data collection and machine learning with genAI. Topics we will cover:
Data Collection 101
Data Scraping 101
Text Cleaning
Classic ML
Zero/Few Shot Learning
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The dismantling of American science. NSF CAREER grants are extremely competitive and help early career scientists establish their labs and independent lines of research. Such a loss!
I'm disappointed to share that my NSF career grant on anti-Asian dehumanization was terminated. This affects ongoing project activities, which have shown great progress so far, and support for my research team and more.
I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.
I'm sad to share that the hiring of the postdoc role is currently on pause.
We're hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar! Come join our @conflictcollab.bsky.social at Purdue PSY in the fall 🎉
The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...
The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...
April 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The dismantling of American science. NSF CAREER grants are extremely competitive and help early career scientists establish their labs and independent lines of research. Such a loss!
Question for the crowd: Is there an existing dataset or source for the tariffs levied since Jan 20, 2025 to today (~79 days) for each country?
Thought about compiling one from presidential actions docs. Don't want to use news source-derived event data.
Thought about compiling one from presidential actions docs. Don't want to use news source-derived event data.
April 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Question for the crowd: Is there an existing dataset or source for the tariffs levied since Jan 20, 2025 to today (~79 days) for each country?
Thought about compiling one from presidential actions docs. Don't want to use news source-derived event data.
Thought about compiling one from presidential actions docs. Don't want to use news source-derived event data.
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Friends, if you live in Texas, you can help us voice opposition to HB17.
This racist bill would effectively ban people from certain Asian countries (+Russia) on temporary visas from RENTING or buying property.
For those affected, the only option would be to leave TX.
This racist bill would effectively ban people from certain Asian countries (+Russia) on temporary visas from RENTING or buying property.
For those affected, the only option would be to leave TX.
🚨SB17 / HB17 would effectively ban citizens of China, Iran, North Korean + Russia from owning or leasing property in TX, unless they are US citizens or permanent residents. The bill would make it harder to recruit + retain grad students + professors. ⬇️
texasracistbills.org/hb17/
texasracistbills.org/hb17/
Stop Racist HB17 - Protect Immigrant Rights
Introducing racist bills in the current session of Texas legislature and how to fight them
texasracistbills.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Friends, if you live in Texas, you can help us voice opposition to HB17.
This racist bill would effectively ban people from certain Asian countries (+Russia) on temporary visas from RENTING or buying property.
For those affected, the only option would be to leave TX.
This racist bill would effectively ban people from certain Asian countries (+Russia) on temporary visas from RENTING or buying property.
For those affected, the only option would be to leave TX.
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Looking forward to this, next week! 'The Impact of AI on (Mis)Information' asc.upenn.edu/cind2025, w/ @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social @hwaight.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @lexipalmer.bsky.social Kaicheng Yang @ekvraga.bsky.social Kiran Garimella & Jennifer Allen + @ylelkes.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
April 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking forward to this, next week! 'The Impact of AI on (Mis)Information' asc.upenn.edu/cind2025, w/ @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social @hwaight.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social @lexipalmer.bsky.social Kaicheng Yang @ekvraga.bsky.social Kiran Garimella & Jennifer Allen + @ylelkes.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu