[Commlist] Call for Authors for the Database for Variables of Content Analysis (DOCA)

*Call for Authors for the Database of Variables for Content Analysis 
(DOCA) – Thematic Call: Digital Publics*

Link to DOCA: https://www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/<https://www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/>
Link to the Call: https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn<https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn>

The Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) invites 
researchers to submit variable entries on the overarching theme of 
*digital publics*.

Digital publics refer to communicative spheres in networked digital 
media where individuals and groups exchange and negotiate opinions on 
public issues. DOCA seeks entries on variables such as platform 
affordances, publicness levels, audience engagement, networked 
visibility, deliberative quality, polarization, community governance, 
user-generated visuals, and automated indicators (e.g., sentiment, 
network structures, visibility analytics)...

We are looking for contributions that systematize and operationalize key 
variables and constructs for the analysis of digital publics, using both 
standardized and automated content analysis approaches. DOCA provides an 
open-access infrastructure for documenting and enabling the 
comparability of content-analytical variables in communication research.

Interested authors are invited to indicate which variable or construct 
they intend to contribute by *May 3, 2026*. Final entries (approximately 
2–3 pages) are due by *June 28, 2026*. *There are no article processing 
charges (APCs) for authors. *More information: https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn 
<https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn>

Franziska Oehmer-Pedrazzi, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons 
FHGR; Sabrina H. Kessler, University of Zurich; Edda Humprecht, 
University of Jena; Katharina Sommer, ZHAW; Laia Castro Herrero, 
Universitat de Barcelona; Nicole Bizzotto, University of Zurich; 
Philippe Sloksnath, University of Zurich

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