LOIZOS BITSIKOKOS
PhD Student · Communication
Media, Technology & Society
Purdue University
Email: lbitsiko@purdue.edu
Office Hours: COM 102 · COM 304
GitHub: github.com/lbitsiko
Scholar: Google Scholar
CV: Download PDF
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Computational social science
- Digital Humanities
- Algorithms and society
- Platforms, governance & surveillance
- Social Networks
RECENT OUTPUT
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2026 · Reddit Conversation Laboratory: Field experiments with conversational AI agents
Computational Communication Research -
2025 · You do not get to tell me about sad: Swiftian Saudade in Taylor Swift's lyrics
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
ONGOING RESEARCH
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• AI Discourse Project (with Prof. Spencer Stewart and Prof. Jeremy Foote)
AI-related discourse study in the news and academia -
• Toxic Talk Project (with Purdue, UCSD, and UIdaho researchers)
Assessing the efficacy of AI LLM agents in reducing toxic discourse online -
• Algorithmic Theory Project
An expansion of legacy media studies theory into the algorithmic era -
• Categorization Project
A study of content categorization systems in online platforms - • Software Tool Project (with Prof. Seungyoon Lee and Prof. Jeremy Foote)
Development of a software tool for social network data extraction - • Resilience Project (with Prof. Seungyoon Lee):
Shifts in discourse and organizational networks around resilience in the European Union - • Justice Project (with Prof. Rafe Stolzenberg):
A social network analysis of U.S. district court citational networks
TEACHING
- Purdue University
- COM 102 Intro to Com Theory (TA).
- COM 304 Quantitative Methods (TA).
- University of Chicago
- MACS 40101 Social Network Analysis (TA).
- MACS 30500 Computing for the Social Sciences (TA).
- MACS 33000 Computational Math Camp (TA).
- SOSC 36006 Foundations for Statistical Theory (TA).
SKILLS
- Python · R · SQL
- Computational Text Analysis · Embeddings
- Social Network Analysis
- LLM-assisted Annotation · NLP
- Research Software
- Agentic Software Development
EDUCATION
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PhD Communication (ongoing)
Purdue University -
MA Computational Social Science
University of Chicago -
MSc Mathematical Modelling, NTUA
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BSc Applied Mathematics and Physics, NTUA
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