Kick-start your academic research in 2026 with our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of 50+ research tools compiled by researchers at our lab. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-... #AcademicSky #ComSky #DiscourseAnalysis #LibrarySky #PhDSky #PolCom #ResearchSky #ResearchMatters

The #SMSociety special issue in @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social I co-edited with @zoetanja.bsky.social and @harrytdyer.bsky.social is out now! It's #openaccess, please do check it out - many relevant studies on platforms, publics, and anti-publics on social media.

This week, I was At #AOIR2025 in Niteroi to present my research on "The sky is bluer on the other side: fleeing from toxic vibes on #Xodus" (w/ @ludludlud.bsky.social and @vanessavaliati.bsky.social) and "Democracy in Brazil: Hope, Betrayal and Insurrection" (w/ Cassian Osborne-Carey)

Amanha vou falar sobre o uso de metodos mistos e sobre a minha pesquisa na Feevale. Evento gratuito! I'll be at Feevale tomorrow to discuss mixed methods and how I apply them to my research. www.feevale.br/acontece/not...

This month I'll be at the Lines of Engagement conference as part of a panel about "the attention economy" to discuss my work on disinformation and content moderation. If you're interested, have a look at www.linesofengagement.net for more information. The event is hybrid.

Join us for the Social Media Lab’s 2025 Computational Social Science (CSS) Summer School. Explore cutting-edge digital methods in this hands-on workshop series. No coding required — we’ll be using @Communalytic.org, a platform for analyzing social media discourse. socialmedialab.ca/2025/06/28/2...

New paper with @toledobastos.bsky.social, @ovinhas.bsky.social and @raquelrecuero.bsky.social: "Reverse influence: the social production of disinformation in the 2022 Brazilian general election". Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Here is our study that offers some validation to the amplification hypothesis (Phillips 2018) and the related, but perhaps less studied, audience capture hypothesis (Weiss and Winter 2018). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨Final #veraAI Event is approaching 2️⃣ Half-Day Online Sessions 1️⃣7️⃣ June: Tools + Social Science Research 2️⃣4️⃣ June: Research deep dive Join us to explore AI vs disinformation from all angles! ℹ️ and registration form @ veraai.eu/posts/two-ve...

#CAISWorkingGroup on site: This week at CAIS, we’re happy to be hosting a working group focusing on evaluating the fragility of social media platforms. ℹ️ Learn more about their work here: www.cais-research.de/en/ags/asses... #CAIScollege #PlatformGovernance #ContentModeration #Splinternet

Serving on the PhD admission committee this year. We're offering two scholarships in Digital Culture and Communication—one specifically for international candidates. Know talented candidates passionate about digital culture? Send them our way! Details: www.uniurb.it/concorsi/9085

Oooh, this sounds like an exciting project:

I'm looking for a PhD student interested in analysing social media war propaganda through a historical archive from the WWI and WWII. This is a fully-funded opportunity for UK home students (partially-funded for 'overseas' students). Information on how to apply here: www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual...

📢 #Callforpapers: “From Fact-Checking to Community Notes: Structural Shifts in the Fight Against Disinformation on Social Media” Editors: Ramón Salaverría, University of Navarra, Spain Lucas Graves, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Raquel Recuero UFPEL/UFRGS revistas.unav.edu/index.php/co...

Canadians are split on GenAI’s net societal impact (39% positive, 34% negative, 27% neutral), but unite around key concerns—security and privacy (72%), reliability of information (68%), job displacement (68%), and effects on higher education (68%). socialmedialab.ca/2025/04/08/n...

Artigo novo que não tive a chance de divulgar direito, com o @felipebsoares.bsky.social - “How Does the Other Half Tweet?”: Analyzing the Construction of “Otherness” During the 2022 Brazilian Presidential Campaign. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

*AoIR 2025*. Primeira vez enviando trabalho para o congresso e esta cheio de duvidas? Nao sabe o que eles esperam de um resumo?

Check out our new study on populist discursive strategies during the 2022 Brazilian presidential election campaign on Twitter (w/ @raquelrecuero.bsky.social). If you don't have access to it, send me an email or DM. #academicsky link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

More evidence to confirm that Zuckerberg's decision to terminate fact-checkers on Meta was a really bad one The full paper is available open-access at link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

12 days until the Brazil AOIR 2025 #CFP goes live! Stay tuned, it's getting real people! #ruptures

How do we respond to evolving disinformation threats and #FIMI campaigns? Our new response-impact framework goes beyond individual #countermeasures and assess the broader #impact of #responses 💡 How could this framework be applied to an IO such as #Doppelganger? ⬇️ www.disinfo.eu/publications...

Building on a report released in 2022, our new 2024 study, “Falling for Russian Propaganda: Understanding the Factors that Contribute to Belief in Pro-Kremlin Disinformation on Social Media,” examines factors that predict belief in pro-Kremlin disinfo narratives. socialmedialab.ca/2024/03/12/n...

Playing with some @bsky.app data about the migration from Twitter to Bluesky using communalytic.org topic analysis. Some key topics include leaving Twitter's toxic atmosphere behind and moving to a more peaceful community. It sure feels good to have access to data via public APIs again.