🎉 New publication on Anti‐EU Rhetoric and User Engagement in the Visegrád Countries with @macicak.bsky.social, @luccej.bsky.social, @novotnamarti.bsky.social, Paweł Baranowski & Michal Garaj. Read the blog summary of the main findings 👇 @prisma-hungary.bsky.social 📄 doi.org/10.17645/mac...

ECC 2026 call is out! Save the dates: Brno, Czech Republic, September 8–11, 2026. And don’t forget the deadline — January 8, 2026 😉.

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„Celosvětově se nacházíme v období, kdy se veřejné mínění obrací proti vládám, ať jsou jakékoliv. Mobilizovaní jsou proto hlavně voliči, kteří jsou k vládě kritičtí,“ upozorňuje politoložka Petra Guasti. irozhl.as/usL

Svět je často jednoduchý 🌍 Kouknete na proputinovské propaganda-kanály na Telegramu a hned víte, kdo je padouch a kdo je hrdina - prostě jenom dáte opak toho, co říkají. Na 99 % to prostě funguje takhle jednoduše, no brainer.

Reuters and the Associated Press were barred from entering the Oval Office while Russia's Tass walks in www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index

🎉 My first publication ever is out! In this study on conspiracy thinking in the Czech population, @macicak.bsky.social and I focused on how media and political attitudes—especially trust—relate to the inclination to see secret plots behind events. 🧵1/6 doi.org/10.1080/1933...

Our article 'A Crisis of Political Trust?' led by @viktorv.bsky.social is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We use >3,000 surveys in 143 countries between 1958 and 2019, finding that trust in representative institutions has generally been declining in recent decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

irozhl.as/u67 🇺🇸 Vláda Trumpa obrátila naruby americkou vědu a výzkum. Vyhlásila zásadní škrty, které zdůvodňuje snahou osekat zbytečné výdaje či bojovat s ideologií. Mezi vědci zavládla atmosféru strachu a hrozí likvidace projektů i výzkumných ústavů.

„Novináři neumírají, ale jsou zabíjení. Novináři se nedostávají do vězení, režimy je tam zavírají. Novináři nemizí, jsou unášeni.” 🎧 Zhoršuje se bezpečnostní situace novinářů ve světě? Odpovídá šéf organizace Reportéři bez hranic Thibaut Bruttin, host podcastu #Vinohradska12: irozhl.as/u5o

APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January,…

Oh hi! My rant about Meta's recent fact-checking announcement is now live. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/th...

Tak schválně, jaký tady bude mít text Timothyho Snydera dosah v češtině, když se Muskovi na Twitteru nelíbil anglicky. Jistěže je to puč: denikn.cz/1647061/hist...

True. We see interest from 🇺🇸 based colleagues in coming. But not to the Netherlands where the government is planning draconian cuts in research and higherd and jobs will disappear 🤯

Mimořádně výstižné.

Na výzkumu, který přidává uživatelský úhel k aktuální situaci kolem fact-checkingu na sociálních sítích, zrovna pracují @karolinabielik.bsky.social, @macicak.bsky.social a @novotnamarti.bsky.social. ➡️ www.syri.cz/tiskove-zpra...

Headlines are often a bit exaggerated. But this one is sadly spot on 🔥 The reduced budget cuts are indeed still *DISASTROUS* for Dutch universities. (And for Dutch economy and society and young researchers) 🤯 #highered @woinactie.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/reduced...

Exprezident Václav Klaus na víkendovém kongresu strany Motoristé sobě prohlásil, že za pravicovost se dnes čeští politici stydí. „Přesně nevím, co je to pravicovost,“ reaguje sociolog Tomáš Kostelecký ze Sociologického ústavu Akademie věd: irozhl.as/tii

🚨 List of journalism, #polcomm and #css (computational social science/NLP) conferences in 2025 (last updated 2024-12-09). docs.google.com/spreadsheets... This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!

🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.

Jakub Jetmar @jetmar.bsky.social velmi poctivě o veřejnoprávnosti, podcastech a hybridstvu. jetmarjakub.substack.com/p/zadny-podc...

📌We are looking for our next lead author of the Digital News Report, the most comprehensive study of news consumption worldwide. CLOSING SOON: Expressions of interest needed by 10 December. Everything about the role and how to apply ⬇️ reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...

@ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social and I wrote a piece on the draft delegated act for non-public data access. We argue that for systemic risk mitigation to work, access must be reliable & accessible. The draft is a good start, but doesn't ensure these foundations of risk governance.

V mimořádném nočním projevu jihokorejský prezident vyhlásil stanné právo. Jihokorejské ministerstvo obrany svolává klíčové velitele na mimořádné setkání. ✍️Yonhap

I was invited to speak about the upcoming Trump era and share some lessons and optimism. I declined politely. After more than 25 years of researching the far right, I have no more (new) lessons and optimism to share.

According to our new report, based on fresh survey data from 8 countries, people who use platforms for news about politics are much more likely to also use online news from legacy brands as well Read our report in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...

Exciting news! 🎉 We’ve received funding for our research on media peripheries, starting in 2026. This support allows us to continue our work within the SYRI institute and expand our activities in this field.

If you are interested in Australia’s social media ban, read this and follow info from eg @antmandan.bsky.social @snurb.info and @jeanburgess.bsky.social

V centru Prahy aktuálně pátráme po muži, který přišel do budovy Filosofické fakulty UK na náměstí Jana Palacha, choval se nestandardně a mluvil o střelbě. Na místě jsou desítky policistů a hledají ho. ✍️ Policie ČR

Jeden z nejšílenějších příběhů na mediálním trhu, na kterém jsem pracoval poslední týdny. Omlouvám se, že porušujeme pravidelné vydávání dropů - nešlo to jinak. pagenotfound.cz/clanek/spina...

What is preventing World War III? Ukrainians are containing the ongoing war in Europe to their own country; they are deterring war in the Pacific; and they are preventing spread of nuclear weapons. These scenarios have not played out because Ukrainians take risks snyder.substack.com/p/a-third-wo...

New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years. Trust in news declined in just over half of countries. It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown. A thread: