Dr. Damian Trilling

Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Name

Damian Trilling

Address

Senefelderstraat 19-1 1097CW Amsterdam Netherlands

Phone

+31 - 6 48 13 35 76

Mail

[email protected]

Date and Place of Birth

6 April 1983, Menden, Germany

Education and Academic Work Experience 2012–present

Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands • Assistant Professor (tenured; “Universitair Docent”), until 2014: Lecturer (“docent”). Teaching BA and MA courses on political communication as well as methods courses. BA and MA thesis supervision. • Acquired the teaching certificate “BKO”.

2009–2012

Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands • PhD candidate. Thesis, entitled “Following the News. Patterns of Online and Offline News Consumption”, handed in on 5 December 2012, defended on 4 June 2013.

2003–2009

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany • “Magister” in Communication Science, final grade1: 1.11 • Minors: Dutch Studies and German Philology • Thesis on “New Papers for New Readers? Concepts, Profiles and Programs of the Dutch Papers nrc.next, De Pers and DAG.” (grade1: 1.0)

2007–2009

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany • Student Research Assistant • Tasks: Conducting quantitative and qualitative content analyses

2006–2007

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands • One-year ERASMUS exchange

1 Grades follow the German system with grades ranging from 1 (excellent) to 5 or 6 (failed). 1/11

1993–2002

Walburgis-Gymnasium, Menden, Germany (secondary school) • Final grade1: 1.2 • Participation in exchange programs with schools in France and Australia in 1999

1989–1993

Nikolaus-Groß-Grundschule, Menden, Germany (primary school)

Work Experience in Journalism and Public Relations 2000–2009

Freelance journalist for different regional papers

2005–2009

smart media solutions, Menden, Germany • Freelance work for public relations agency in the field of photography, text and layout

2007 (Jun–Aug)

Edelman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands • Internship at public relations agency

2006 (Mar)

BILD, Dortmund, Germany • Internship at tabloid paper

2004 (Aug–Oct)

Westfalenpost, Menden, Germany • Internship at regional newspaper

Other Work Experience 2004–2009

Katholische junge Gemeinde, Paderborn, Germany • Leading educational courses for young students

2002–2003

Youth Hostel “Oase”, Meschede, Germany • Civilian Service (instead of compulsory military service)

Skills and Interests Languages

IT

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German (native language) English, Dutch (near-native proficiency) French, Spanish, Norwegian, Latin (basic skills)

I am interested in using computational methods to study socialscientific questions, for which I can draw on a large set of computer-related skills. I have thorough knowledge of: • statistical software (STATA, SPSS, Amos, R) and software for qualitative analysis (Atlas.TI) • programming in Python (data retrieval, text analysis and natural language processing) • databases (MySQL, MongoDB) • markup languages (LaTeX, HTML, CSS, XML) • system administration and scripting (Linux server environments and MacOS); cloud computing and virtual machines 2/11

• prevalent office, DTP and graphic software To broaden my skills, I am following a course on distributed computing using the Hadoop framework for Big Data analysis. Voluntary work (1999–2009)

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Supervising and working with youth groups, organizing camps and educational activities Participation in classes on legal, educational and organizational aspects of youth work

Teaching experience Academic year 2015/16, Semester 2

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Academic year 2015/16, Semester 1

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• Academic year 2014/15, Semester 2

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Academic year 2014/15, Semester 1

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• Academic year 2013/14, Semester 2

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Academic year 2013/14, Semester 1

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• Academic year 2012/13, Semester 2

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Research Master course “Big Data and Automated Content Analysis” Master thesis supervision. Tutor for Research Master Students Master thesis supervision. Two Bachelor seminar groups “Domain Module Political Communication and Journalism” (“Werkgroepen Domeinmodule politieke communicatie en journalistiek”) Tutor for Research Master Students Research Master course “Big Data” Master thesis supervision. Bachelor graduation project for excellent students (“Afstudeerproject – excellentietraject”). Bachelor thesis supervision. Seminar group “Introduction to Research Methods” (Master) Master thesis supervision Tutor for Research Master Students Bachelor graduation project “Hot topics in Political Communication” (“Afstudeerproject Hot topics in Political Communication”), with Linda Bos Bachelor thesis spervision Research Master course “Big Data” Master thesis supervision. Bachelor graduation project for excellent students (“Afstudeerproject – excellentietraject”). Bachelor thesis supervision. Master thesis supervision. Bachelor graduation project “Dead Trees and Digital Citizens” (“Afstudeerproject Dode bomen en digitale burgers”). Bachelor thesis supervision. Master elective “New Media, New Politics?” Master specialization seminar “Political Communication II: Citizens and Public Opinion”. Co-teaching with Anouk van Drunen and Regula Hänggli. Master thesis supervision. 3/11

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• Academic year 2012/13, Semester 1

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Academic year 2011/12, Semester 2

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• Academic year 2010/11, Semester 1

Bachelor graduation project “Dead Trees and Digital Citizens” (“Afstudeerproject Dode bomen en digitale burgers”). Bachelor thesis supervision. Master elective “New Media, New Politics?” Master specialization seminar “Political Communication I: Journalism and the Media”. Co-teaching with Richard van der Wurff. Two Bachelor seminar groups “Domain Module Political Communication and Journalism” (“Werkgroepen Domeinmodule politieke communicatie en journalistiek”) Bachelor graduation seminar “Dead Trees and Digital Citizens: News and Journalism in an Online Era”. (“Afstudeerseminar Dode bomen en digitale burgers: Nieuws en journalistiek in het online tijdperk”). Co-teaching with Tom Bakker. Bachelor thesis supervision.

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Bachelor seminar group “Introduction to Communication Science” (“Werkgroep Inleiding Communicatiewetenschap”)

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Member of the curriculum committee MSc Data Science, Faculty of Sciences (FNWI), University of Amsterdam: Developing new Master program Member of the methods group (“Methodenwerkgroep CW”): Giving advice to College and Graduate School Member of the Committee TQM (“Thesis Quality Master”): Assessing the quality and grading of master theses as second reader Member of the social committee of JongUvA: Organizing activities for young colleagues

Service to the Discipline Committee Memberships

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• Reviewing

I regular review manuscripts for conferences and journals, including: Journal of Communication, Social Science Computer Review, New Media & Society, Mass Communication and Society, Communication Methods and Measures, Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, International Journal of Communication, Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Mobile Media & Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, First Monday; ICA, ECREA, WAPOR, Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap

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Scientific Output Journal articles and book Trilling, D., Bos, L., Janse van Rensburg, L., De Groot, M. (accepted chapters for publication). De kwaliteit van online comments op verschillende platforms [The quality of online comments on different platforms]. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap [Journal for Communication Research]. Trilling, D. (accepted for publication). Big Data, Analysis of. In: Matthes, J. (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Trilling, D., Tolochko, P., & Burscher, B. (2016). From newsworthiness to shareworthiness: How to predict news sharing based on article characteristics. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, online first. doi:10.1177/1077699016654682 Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Trilling, D., Möller, J., Bodó, B., de Vreese, C. H., & Helberger, N. (2016). Should we worry about filter bubbles ? Internet Policy Review, 5(1). doi:10.14763/2016.1.401 Trilling, D., van Klingeren, M., & Tsfati, Y. (2016). Selective exposure, political polarization, and possible mediators: Evidence from the Netherlands. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, online first. doi:10.1093/ijpor/edw003 Boumans, J.W., & Trilling, D. (2016). Taking Stock of the Toolkit: An overview of relevant automated content analysis approaches and techniques for digital journalism scholars. Digital Journalism, 4(1), 8–23. doi:10.1080/21670811.2015.1096598 Trilling D., & Schoenbach, K. (2015). Challenging selective exposure: Do online news users choose sites that match their interests and preferences? Digital Journalism, 3(2), 140–157. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2014.899749 Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2015). Investigating people’s news diets: How online news users use offline news. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 40(1), 67–91. doi:10.1515/commun-2014-0028 Trilling, D. (2015) Two different debates? Investigating the relationship between a political debate on TV and simultaneous comments on Twitter. Social Science Computer Review, 33(3), 259– 276. doi:10.1177/0894439314537886. Trilling, D. (2014). Grenzen der Selektivität: Kann der Selectiveexposure-Ansatz komplementäre und komplexe Nutzungsmuster erklären? In Kleinen-von Königslöw, K., & Förster, K. (eds.). Medienwandel und Medienkomplementarität aus Rezeptions- und Wirkungsperspektive (pp. 77–92). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

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Trilling, D. (2014). Weg vom manuellen Speichern: Automatisierte Datenerhebung bei Onlinemedien. In Sommer, K., Wettstein, M., Wirth, W., & Matthes, J. (eds.) Automatisierung in der Inhaltsanalyse (pp 73–89). Cologne: Herbert von Halem. Bakker, T.P., Trilling, D., & Helfer, L. (2013). The context of content. The impact of source and setting on the credibility of news. Recherches en Communication, 40. 151-168. Bastian, M. & Trilling, D. (2013). An unfulfilled promise: Twitter and the dictatorial past in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Políticas de Comunicação, 4, 51-68. http://www.rbpc.lapcom.unb.br/index.php/revista/article/download/ 49/40 Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2013). Patterns of news consumption in Austria: How fragmented are they? International Journal of Communication, 7, 929-953. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2013). Skipping current affairs: The non-users of online and offline news. European Journal of Communication, 28(1). 35-51. doi:10.1177/0267323112453671 Theses

Trilling, D. (2013). Following the news. Patterns of online and offline news consumption. PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam. Trilling, D. (2009). Neue Zeitungen für neue Leser. Profile, Konzepte, Programme der niederländischen Zeitungen nrc.next, De Pers und DAG. Master thesis, University of Münster, Germany.

Conference presentations Trilling, D.C., Jonkman, A., Kroon, A.C., Meer, G.L.A. van der & Verhoeven, P. (2016, June). Between online and offline agenda building: The interplay between agendas of organizations, media, and public. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan. Jonkman, J.G.F., Trilling, D.C. & Verhoeven, P. (2016, June). More or less diverse: An assessment of the effect of attention to media salient company types on media agenda diversity in Dutch newspaper coverage between 2007 and 2013. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan. Boumans, J.W. & Trilling, D. (2016, February). ANP makes the News World go Round: The impact of the news agency on the agenda and content of print and online news. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Amsterdam. Trilling, D.C. & Boukes, M. (2016, February). Political relevance in the eye of the beholder: Determining talk show focus with Twitter 6/11

data. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Amsterdam. Möller, J.E., Trilling, D.C., Helberger, N. & Vreese, C.H. de (2016, February). The shrinking core? Exploring the differences between traditional and personalised news media. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Amsterdam. Trilling. D. (2015, December). From word frequencies to topic modeling: Applying automated content analysis techniques to short social media messages. Invited lecture at the pre-symposium workshop “Studying the Use of Twitter in Political Communication” at the GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium, Cologone, Germany. Trilling, D. & Jonkman, J. (2015, December). Packing and unpacking the Bag of Words: Introducing a toolkit for inductive automated frame analysis. Poster presented at the GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium, Cologone, Germany. Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Trilling, D., Möller, J., Bodó, B., De Vreese, C. H., & Helberger, N. (2015, October). Should we worry about filter bubbles? An interdisciplinary inquiry into self- and preselected personalised communication. Paper presented at Amsterdam Privacy Conference. Trilling, D., Van Klingeren, M,, & Tsfati, Y. (2015, August). Political polarization in times of new media: The mediators of selective exposure. Paper presented at the ECPR conference, Montreal, Canada. Jonkman, J.G.F., Trilling, D., Verhoeven, P., & Vliegenthart, R. (2015, June). Topical variation in company news: An assessment of the diversity of topics in Dutch newspaper coverage of media prominent corporations. Paper presented at BledCom, Bled, Slovenia. Medeiros, D., Bastian, M., & Trilling, D. (2015, June). Talking with and about politicians on Twitter: An analysis of tweets containing @-mentions of candidates in the Brazilian presidential elections. Paper presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentinia. Trilling, D. & Jonkman, J. (2015, June). Packing and unpacking the Bag of Words: Introducing a toolkit for inductive automated frame analysis. Paper presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentinia. Trilling, D., Tolochko, P., & Burscher, B. (2015, June). Viral news: How to predict news sharing based on article characteristics. Paper presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research 7/11

Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentinia. Möller, J.E. & Trilling, D. (2015, May). News alerts, apps, websites, and social media: the differential effects of modes on attitude changes. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Trilling, D., Van Klingeren, M,, & Tsfati, Y. (2015, May). Perceived opinion climate mediates the effect of selective exposure on political polarization: Experimental evidence from the Netherlands. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. De Groot, M., Janse van Rensburg, L., Bos, L., & Trilling, D. (2015, February). Online news and comments: Characteristics and relationships. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Antwerpen. Hofhuis, J., Schafraad, P., Van Odijk, R., & Trilling, D. (2015, February). Verschuivende trends in motieven voor cultureel diversiteitsbeleid in jaarverslagen van Nederlandse top 100 werkgevers 1998–2013. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Antwerpen. Jonkman, J, Trilling, D., Vliegenthart, R., & Verhoeven, P. (2015, February). Frame variation explained: An assessment of the diversity of frames in Dutch newspaper coverage of highly media-visible corporations. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Antwerpen. Möller, J., & Trilling, D. (2015, February). News alerts, apps, websites, and social media: The differential effects of modes on attitude changes. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Antwerpen. Trilling, D., Van Klingeren, M., & Tsfati, Y. (2014, November). The mediated effect of selective exposure on political polarization. Paper presented at the European Communications Conference (ECREA), Lisboa, Portugal. Trilling, D. (2014, September) Two different debates? Investigating the relationship between a political debate on TV and simultaneous comments on Twitter. Paper presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Nice, France. Trilling, D., Bakker, T.P., Helfer, L. (2014, Feburary). Da könnte ja jeder kommen! Zur Messung der wahrgenommenen Glaubwürdigkeit von Social Media-Quellen im journalistischen Kontext. Paper presented at the DGPuK-Fachgruppentagung Journalismusforschung, Münster. Trilling, M., & Trilling, D. (2013, June). An unfulfilled promise: 8/11

Twitter and the dictatorial past in Brazil. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, London. De Vries, R., Bakker, T., Trilling, D., & Bakker, P. (2013, February). De mythe van direct marketing: een onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van interactiviteit en personalisatie in e-mailmarketing. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Rotterdam. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2013, February). Diversity of online journalism? Between fragmentation and more of the same. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Rotterdam. Schulze, H., & Trilling, D. (2013, February). Of binders and bayonets: Measuring the adoption of frames from the US Presidential Debates on Twitter. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Rotterdam. Trilling, D. (2013, January). Grenzen der Selektivität: Kann der Selective-exposure-Ansatz komplementäre und komplexe Nutzungsmuster erklären? Paper presented at the DGPuKFachgruppentagung Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung, Vienna. Trilling, D. (2012, September): Weg vom manuellen Speichern: Automatisierte Datenerhebung bei Onlinemedien. Paper presented at the DGPuK-Fachgruppentagung Methoden, Zurich. Hellmueller, L.C., & Trilling, D. (2012, June) The credibility of credibility measures: A meta-analysis of credibility research in communication journals, 1951 to 2011. Paper presented at the World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference, Hongkong. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2012, June) How content fragmentation can increase audience fragmentation: Do people really expose themselves only to content they like? Paper presented at the World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference, Hongkong. Trilling, D., Bakker, T.P., & Schoenbach, K. (2012, February). Using and talking about the news makes you smarter: The central role of political talk in the relationship between news consumption and political knowledge. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Leuven, Belgium. Stavenuiter, R., Trilling, D., Bakker, T.P. (2012, February). The same old song? Reviewing factors that predict credibility of offline and online media. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Leuven, Belgium.

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Trilling, D. (2011, November) Nachrichtennutzung in modernen Medienlandschaften. Paper presented at the Doktorandenworkshop Fachgruppe Onlinekommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Online-Forschung, Hamburg, Germany. Trilling, D., Bakker, T.P., & Schoenbach, K. (2011, September) Informative and mobilizing media: How print, television and online news affect political knowledge and participation. Paper presented at the World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bakker, T.P., Trilling, D., Helfer, L., Schoenbach, K., & De Vreese, C.H. (2011, September) The context of content: The impact of source and setting on the credibility of news. Paper presented at the World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2011, May) Is the Internet about to take over? How using online news is related to offline news consumption patterns. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA. Bakker, T.P., Trilling, D., Helfer, L., Schoenbach, K., & De Vreese, C.H. (2011, January) The context of content: The impact of source and setting on the credibility of news. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Enschede, Netherlands. Trilling, D., & Bakker, T.P. (2011, January) How right is Cass Sunstein? An empirical assessment of cyberbalkanization, echo chambers and information cocoons. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Enschede, Netherlands. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2011, January) Is the Internet about to take over? How using online news is related to offline news consumption patterns. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Enschede, Netherlands. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2010, October). Avoiding currentaffairs information in a new media environment: Results of a largescale representative survey. Paper presented at the European Communications Conference (ECREA), Hamburg, Germany. Trilling, D., & Schoenbach, K. (2010, August). Keeping up with current affairs: New(s) sources and their users. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communivcation, Denver, CO. Trilling, D., Schoenbach, K., & Lauf, E. (2010, February). Is the Internet dangerous for democracy? The use of current-affairs information in a changing media environment. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Gent, Belgium. 10/11

Invited talks and workshops (selection) 12-5-2016

Data analysis in the digital age. Session at the PhD training workshop ”Qualitative research methods in the digital era: How interviews have been re-shaped by technology?”, Geneve, Switzerland

3-4-2016 – 8-4-2016

Invited participant at expert workshop “Analysis, Interpretation and Benefit of User-Generated Data: Computer Science Meets Communication Studies”, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany.

1-3-2016

Inductive automated frame analysis. Invited talk at “Expert meeting on automatic text analysis”, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University

24-2-2016

Setting up an infrasture for large-scale automated content analysis. Invited talk at “Computational Social Science Meetup” at Freie Universität Berlin

8-12-2015

Big Data & network analysis. Guest lecture at the department of Political Science at RU Nijmegen

1-12-2015

From word frequencies to topic modeling: Applying automated content analysis techniques to short social media messages. Invited lecture at the pre-symposium workshop "Studying the Use of Twitter in Political Communication" at the GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium, Cologne.

27-11-2015

Packing and unpacking the bag of words: Introducing a toolkit for inductive automated frame analysis. Invited lecture at the IdeaLabs Symposium “Social media: incubators of a renewed news media landscape?”, KU Leuven, Belgium.

22-9-2015

Meer dan sentimentscores: Inzichten destilleren uit een enorme hoeveelheid data. Presentation at the Jaarbijeenkomst van het Nederlandstalig Platform voor Surveyonderzoek (NPSO), Amsterdam.

8-10-2014

Python in the Social Sciences. Workshop at Utrecht Data School, Utrecht University

5-3-2014

Python in the Social Sciences. Workshop at Coding Culture, Utrecht

30-3-2014 – 31-3-2014

Hands-on-Workshop Analyzing Big (Twitter) Data. Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam

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