"Misinformation about science and politics is rampant and immensely dangerous. By recognizing how those beliefs are shaped by experience, researchers can find better ways to combat their spread." theconversation.com/flat-earth-s...

Keine Entwarnung: Die durchschnittliche Teilnehmendenzahl sank zwar, insgesamt fanden jedoch 2025 mehr rechtsextreme Anti-CSD-Aufmärsche statt als im Vorjahr. Die Mobilisierung bleibt weiterhin dynamisch und bedrohlich, wie unser neues Research Paper zeigt: cemas.io/publikatione...

Like the US much vaunted "checks and balances, it "looks like Germany's so-called “firewall,” which bars cooperation in government with the AfD, is on its way out or at the very least is now up for debate. #LettuceShelflife www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Research at Bath is creating a more innovative, safe, secure and resilient #digital society. Learn how work in @idsbbath.bsky.social#digitalis keeping people safe online. https://stories.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact/how-baths-idsb-is-shaping-social-policy-through-digital-security-research/index.html

Study: ‘Most People with Long COVID Are Their Own Doctors’: Self-Tracking and Online Patient Groups as Pathways to Challenging Epistemic Injustice. Published: July 20, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Happy to share my first published article based on my PhD in Party Politics with @journals.sagepub.com in open access! doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Looking forward to see this timely book come together! I'm very excited to contribute a chapter about video analysis

We are thrilled to be able to bring together esteemed colleagues from different disciplines: Atte Oksanen, Olivia Brown, Darja Wischerath, Stephane Baele, Javier Torregrosa, Charlie Stoeldraaijers, @joncollins.bsky.social, @lizzypearson.bsky.social, Harley Williamson, Miriam Fernandez and Maria Vau

I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’. (1/4)

[It has been a while, but...] New annotated resource on #SocialMediaViolence: Rage against the machine: Exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler, by @darja.bsky.social et al. Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...

Reminder: In den USA passiert all das, was sich die AfD in Deutschland wünscht. Schaut nicht nur schockiert/schadenfroh zu, sondern wehrt euch, wo ihr könnt. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

I am happy to share my latest article, now published in New Media & Society: “Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com

Der Spiegel hat das AfD-Gutachten des Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz durchforstet & ihr könnt auf dieser Seite jetzt die einzelnen Aussagen nach Personen & Themen sortiert abrufen:

🚨 New article with the brilliant @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛 open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...

Excited to share this new article co-authored with the amazing @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social on how institutions can foster safe organizational cultures and support researchers working on extremism & terrorism through safety tools and protocols doi.org/10.1177/1468...

Incredibly excited to be a part of this event! Come check out everything to do with ECR networks in the space of political violence and extremism. @VOX_Pol is represented by Brenna and myself with the next gen network.

Entmenschlichung läuft auch (nicht nur) über Sprache. Zum demokratischen Anstand gehört, dass auch die Begriffe, mit denen über Migration gesprochen wird, wieder zu ihrem Recht kommen. Das "Inventar der Migrationsbegriffe" leistet hier super Arbeit. Kann ich nur empfehlen www.migrationsbegriffe.de

Special Issue Alert! How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis? Submit your work exploring their role in propaganda, misinformation, and reshaping society! ispp.org/wp/wp-conten... @polpsyispp.bsky.social #polisky

We're excited to announce the launch of Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour (@idsbbath.bsky.social) under the leadership of co-directors Professor Laura Smith and Professor Adam Joinson. Find out more here ⤵️ https://buff.ly/40T8izm

A new study from @emilygodwin.bsky.social and @britdavidson.bsky.social shows the sinister side to memes, revealing their role in strengthening online communities of conspiracy theorists and helping to spread harmful beliefs www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

📣 Call for applications 📣 @audreygagnon.bsky.social & Nicola Mathieson are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Brilliant new research from my colleague @emilygodwin.bsky.social about memes and conspiracy narratives!

Key contributions: • Develops a new theoretical framework for understanding memes as cultural representations • Demonstrates how memes help maintain community cohesion and alleviate tensions in online spaces • Advances a revised methodology for studying memetic communication

I am excited to share my latest research paper published in Social Media + Society, titled 'Internet Memes as Stabilizers of Conspiracy Culture: A Cognitive Anthropological Analysis' and co-authored with @britdavidson.bsky.social, Tim Hill, and Adam Joinson. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📣 Call for applications 📣 Nicola Mathieson and I are collaborating with @crexuio.bsky.social and VOX-Pol to organize a PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism, to be held in Oslo from 9-13 June 2025! For more info and to apply: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

📯 Introducing a ✨ NEW conference ✨ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism 🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social 🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism 💂‍♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk 📅 9–10 June 2025 ✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March

🎊 Starting the new year off right on the VOX-Pol blog with a month dedicated to early career researchers’ works! This week we have @darja.bsky.social and her recent (fantastic) publication. Tune in each Wednesday of this month for an ECR piece as part of our NextGen Network voxpol.eu/emotions-and...

So excited to see my first first-author paper out in print! Rage against the machine: exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... special thank you to my supervisors @britdavidson.bsky.social, Lukasz Piwek and Jonathan Roscoe

Fascinating look into the alt-tech platform Parler from @darja.bsky.social, Piwek, Roscoe, & @britdavidson.bsky.social doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Various conspiracy theories use different linguistic pathways to legitimize violence, e.g., Great Replacement uses anger, disgust, and planning language and False Flags use contempt, violence, threats, hate, and grievance language on Parler doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9wpre

Rage against the machine: exploring violence and emotion in conspiracy narratives on Parler: http://osf.io/9wpre/

A heartfelt thank you also to @cbarrie.bsky.social for organising the SICSS Edinburgh summer school that sparked the ideas for this project (and the ones to come!)

New preprint with the most fabulous team @emilyjanegodwin.bsky.social @britdavidson.bsky.social @dessibocheva.bsky.social Alberto Arletti and Liv Brown who aren't on Bluesky yet If you are interested in conspiracy narratives this dataset is for you!

It was such an honour and a fantastic time to work with these great folks for my first PhD publication!

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