Link to DOCA: https://www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/

Link to the Call: 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. More information: https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn

We are very much looking forward to your submissions.

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