Our study on the strategic narratives about the Russian-Ukrainian war in 7 EU countries, co-authored with @eddahumprecht.bsky.social, is out in the IJoC. We trace pro-Russian messages across countries, platforms, and actor types ahead of the 2024 EP election. Check it out: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD

🚀 Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being. Apply by: 11 May 2025 Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement) jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

💫 New Open Access Special Issue in IJPP! Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms The SI explores how misinfo spreads, is perceived & countered across political systems, info environments & platforms. Read the intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

Here's why fact checking matters. Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine. @theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Science is under a wide-ranging attack in the U.S. From arbitrary and catastrophic funding cuts to censorship based on keywords, scholarship is no longer free from government interference. How can scientists respond? 1/n

AP @apnews.com denied access to White House. For not taking orders on Gulf of Mexico 🤯 “Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment” www.ap.org/the-definiti...

Western European men in their twenties show the sharpest rise in considering the far right. Women in their twenties remain less likely to consider the far right. Great article from @tabouchadi.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

What 10 years of education can do to combat disinformation. The Finland 🇫🇮 case! Education, literacy but also strong media and trustworthy politicians edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go. Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key. Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉

We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication 📆 Apply by 29/04/2024 #polisky #commsky Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...

📣 Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) looks for authors for specific variables/constructs in #ContentAnalysis 🔭 hope.uzh.ch/doca #openaccess #openmethod 💡 Suggestions: 20.3.24 📅 Submission Deadline: 1.5.24 👉 Call for Authors: t.uzh.ch/1Bn

🚀 🤖I'm very much looking forward to Sophie Morosoli‘s talk as part of the Speaker Series at IfKW Jena! Today she will talk about "Individuals' attitudes and perceptions towards AI in journalism and generative AI". #AIinJournalism #generativeAI

Hey #PolCom community! 🚀 My bookshelf’s in need of a refresh and I need your help. 📚What are your go-to reads from the last couple if years? Share those gems! 💡

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IKMZ is looking for an Assistant Professor in Political Communication (Tenure Track) If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it! More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... Pls distribute widely!

Open AI announces policies to prevent abuse and increase transparency leading up to all the elections in 2024 across the 🌏 First steps. But reading these, a lot of questions remain unanswered… Commsky polisky csssky openai.com/blog/how-ope...

Just out @europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning. We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can searching for false news increase belief in misinformation? Yes, by approximately 20 percent, according to our new paper, out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. In addition, this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower quality information. 👇🧵1/

Join us at LSE! 👇

What is DOCA ❓❓❓ www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/ We explain the Database of Variables for Content Analysis: relevance, objective, content & participation possibilities ➡️ www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/articl... #contentanalysis #OpenMethod #OpenScience @voudigitou.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social

Immer wieder passiert es, dass Menschen oder ganze Organisationen im Berufsleben damit auffliegen, insgeheim KI genutzt zu haben - hier gebe ich ein paar Beispiele dafür und beschreibe, wie wichtig es ist, 2 Grundregeln im Umgang mit KI zu befolgen: 1.) transparent sein 2.) kritisch bleiben 👇

One of the core AI dilemmas for journalistic organizations. Audiences want publishers to flag the use of AI in reporting. But when they do, trust is not the reward. @felixsimon.bsky.social @benjamintoff.bsky.social commsky polcomm journalism AI www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/most...

Are you interested in doing media effects research in the digital and social media environment? We have a special issue for you in CMM doi.org/10.1080/1931.... @loespouwels.bsky.social, @theoaraujo.bsky.social, @vanatteveldt.com, @bachl.bsky.social and Patti Valkenburg share our perspective here:

✨OUT NOW:✨ 📰POLITICAL COMMUNICATION REPORT Issue 28 APSA & ICA’s #PolComm Divisions are happy to announce the 2023 Fall issue of the PCR, titled: “De-westernizing PolComm Theories and Research: More Perspectives, New Directions”! polsky commsky 🧵⤵️ politicalcommunication.org/issue/fall-2...

📢Calling all PhD candidates & early-career scholars working in #PolComm!🎓 Join us for the 8th International Summer School in Political Communication ✍️Theme: Political Communication & Conflict 📆Dates: 8-13 July 2024 📍Location: Milan, Italy 🔗More info: polcomm.unimi.it

Unser Schweizer Verlegerverband ist auf der Höhe der Zeit und organisiert *hochdivers besetzte* Veranstaltungen... www.schweizermedien.ch/agenda/2023/...

New Resource to Learn R for Social Science the gentle, fun, and accessible way - no hassle to install R(Studio). Dive right in - individualized feedback - code on your own, within the web browser - plotting, data wrangling and analysis #rstats dataskyence polisky adp-cvk.quarto.pub/r-for-social...

"What would have happened if ChatGPT was invented in the 17th century? MonadGPT is a possible answer. MonadGPT is a finetune of Mistral-Hermes on 11,000 early modern texts in English, French and Latin, mostly coming from EEBO and Gallica." (h/t Clive Thompson)

🚨 New Publication Voting for the Populist Radical-Right in Austria and Germany: A Comparative Analysis With @stefaniewalter.bsky.social In: Faas | Huber | Krewel | Roßteutscher (2023): Informationsflüsse,Wahlen und Demokratie: Festschrift für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck ➡️ doi.org/10.5771/978374

🚨Call for Submissions Contribute to our article collection on vaccination attitudes and trust in public health in the “post”-pandemic context. We welcome diverse studies from across disciplines! www.nature.com/collections/...

With platforms shutting down safety and integrity teams, and researchers faced with legal threats for doing their work on misinformation, the outlook for the 2024 election cycle is bleak. Not just in the US. commsky polisky polcomm www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1...

NEW WP! What happens when wartime misinfo is corrected? To find out, @thomasjwood.bsky.social, Raushan Zhandayeva, Bailey Scott and I evaluate corrections in Russia, Ukraine, BLR, EST and KAZ. Overall: Corrections improve accuracy but don't affect which side people support: osf.io/efvsd/

Seit letztem Jahr ist die Republik Moldau zusammen mit der Ukraine offiziell EU-Beitrittskandidat. Doch wie ist die Stimmung im Land und was beschäftigt die junge Generation dort? Hört rein in die neue Podcastfolge #EUROPOLITIX ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/26YV...

Public support for democracy is crucial to prevent backsliding. But existing survey questions focusing on “democracy” may not measure the concept well, as the term “democracy” varies in meaning and may prompt social desirability. polisky 1/3

What do we know--and what don't we know--about corrections of misinfo? Now at Current Opinion in Psychology, @thomasjwood.bsky.social and I offer answers. TLDR: Corrections improve accuracy across groups (see figure); tiny fx on attitudes; open questions about durability + exposure. bit.ly/3Qt0IVD

GW IDDP launched a new project tracking platform transparency globally and attempting to measure the Brussels effect of new EU transparency policies. We hope this will be a tool for advocates, and researchers. (Thanks techpolicypress and @justinhendrix.bsky.social)