A great opportunity for any aspiring PhD!

🔥 Our September newsletter is out! 🔥 it includes ⚠️ Reminder for our Jan Conference on Digital Democracy w @psampg.bsky.social 📆 Upcoming Engagement Event with Ofcom 🇪🇺 Caveats in DSA researcher access 📝 Member News & Research 🎓 Opportunities/Grants 💼 & Jobs! #Commsky substack.com/home/post/p-...

Reminder! ⚠️ The deadline to submit your abstract and/or panel to our joint conference "Navigating Digital Democracy" with @psampg.bsky.social is fast approaching! ⌛ Full details on the CfP, with info on the topics for consideration, fees and prizes here 👉 www.bournemouth.ac.uk/navigating-d...

⚡ Big news! ⚡ We're thrilled to announce that are teaming up with @psampg.bsky.social to host our *first* joint conference on "Navigating Digital Democracy" 📩 at Bournemouth University on 8-9 Jan, with an online pre-conf session on the 7 Jan - submission deadline is the 26 Sep more details in 🧵

*PSA PRIZES* 📚 Mackenzie #BookPrize submissions are now open! Awarded annually for the best book in #PoliticalScience. Nominations invited from publishers, individuals and PSA specialist groups. 📆 Deadline 5 September ➡️ Details buff.ly/nJ0BBp3

And we're on!

📆Reminder 📆 Tomorrow you'll find @techpolicy.bsky.social's excellent round table on Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK. 2-3pm (BST)! There's only a few tickets left, so quickly snap them up! #Commsky www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

🚨 Just one week to go! 🚨 Our Roundtable on "Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK" is on next Weds 25 June 2-3pm - It's looking to be a fascinating discussion! Sign up to get the link 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Reminder! ⏰ We have a fantastic roundtable coming up on 'Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK' on 25 of June 2-3pm BST 🗓️ sign-ups are live 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

🚨 Roundtable alert! 🚨 Wed 25 June 2-3pm BST We are delighted to announce our next roundtable on ‘Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK’ where our expert panel will discuss how legal frameworks, tech infrastructures and policy measures are shaping digital autonomy 👇 Sign up link in comments👇

🚨 Job opportunity! 🚨 @sheffielduni.bsky.social with @profkatedommett.bsky.social and @orbenamy.bsky.social, Research Fellowship seeking to advance researcher access to social media data in the UK, apply here by 9th of June 👉👉 jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

1. As almost every research shows, young men have NOT turned to the right — compared to older men. In fact, they moved slightly to the left compared to older men. Young WOMEN have turned to the left compared to older women. Recent graph on Trump approval provides good example.

🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨 Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥 @polcomm.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu

Check out this Gender & Data Governance web talk by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab (also @uvadatascience.bsky.social, @jhereia.bsky.social, @yasmincurzi.com). With Chenai Chair, Jess Reia, & Anita Gurumurthy as speakers. May 27, 4PM (London Time) virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out Liam’s long-read about the Reddit-Univ of Zurich ethics controversy. ⬇️⬇️

Our newsletter is out 📰 🔷 Get the latest updates & exclusive insights including: 🛑The University of Zurich’s #AI Ethics Controversy 💰Counting the cost of #DOGE ’s grant termination to our research area 📝Member News & Research 🎓Opportunities/Grants 💼 & Jobs! #Commsky substack.com/home/post/p-...

I'm thrilled to present my latest article, which is particularly pertinent in today's context. It studies Israel’s unique use of the General Security Service for COVID-19 contact tracing, analyzing its effectiveness and implications for public health and civil liberties. doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ...

As very inspirational #PSA25 comes to an end, huge thanks to @techpolicy.bsky.social for such a great set of AI & tech policy panels! Good to see that for the 4th year in a row @techpolicy.bsky.social panels keep attracting a growing number of promising presentations & highly engaged audience!

🚨 3-Year Postdoc Fellowship Opportunity! Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. momentummsca.mta.hu

It was a pleasure to engage with 3 fantastic panellists and lots of interesting audience discussion!

Presented my Very Serious Academic Paper™ on #meme communities as digital third places- aka how #shitposting builds community.Yes, the infamous red cap also made a cameo! The other #research I got to see? Chef’s kiss. Big thanks to @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social + @techpolicy.bsky.social #PSA25

Our final panel discusses platform regulation and cyber governance in the global south! Can we also note that @niamhcashell.bsky.social traveled all the way from the Outer Hebrides just to chair this! #psa25 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #commsky

Good morning from the #psa25 conference. Our first panel is on NLP methods in researching society and society. Now up is Aditi Dutti on detecting online sexism @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

It's Disinformation and Memes time. So far we've heard about Romanian meme communities, and how we can inoculate against deep fake Images! #psa25 #commsky @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚀 Second panel is go! Addressing some of the toughest questions in the philosophy of AI, and making sense if its (potential)impacts 👇

And we're on! Our first panel today has already discussed how AI has been used in healthcare and government, and secure concerns! #commsky #psa25 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Join us!

Next week is #PSA25, and we're very excited to be hosting 5️⃣ panels across the conference! Check out the thread below for what you should be adding to your schedules! 🧵 And tag us in all your photos and posts so we can share them! (yes, even the travel selfies!) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

I'm VERY excited for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Conference next week. I'll be chairing a few panels, presenting my research on short form video in the 2024GE, & doing @techpolicy.bsky.social stuff. Sadly, Bowen won't be able to visit, but he's still more than willing to model TIP merch.

🗞️ Our March newsletter is out! 🗞️ Get the latest updates & exclusive insights: 🗒️ TIP AGM in July + Committee vacancies (get involved!) ✍️ Write a blog, snag a £50 gift voucher! 💷 🎩 TIP panels #PSA25 big ideas, sharp debates and hats! ✅ Stay informed w our top Tech News bytes 🚀 Jobs & Opportunities!

This week, at 12:00 (UK) on Wednesday, Luca Bernardi will be talking in our spring seminar series about polarisation, stress, and mental health. Register to attend here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b74fa6...

Bowen approves of the hit new @techpolicy.bsky.social merch. But something*much* cooler is on the way 🎩.

🎓Summer school alert! 🎓 Want to get to grips with digital trust, security, and digital harms? The 2-4 June CDTS summer school includes knowledge and methods sessions on: content moderation, cybercrime and network analysis, and hate speech online, info here 👇@uniofmanchester.bsky.social

🚨Event announcement! 🚨on 2 Apr at 9:45-11:30 CET Our committee member @giuliasandri.bsky.social will be moderating the panel discussion "AI: opportunities and challenges for civic and political engagement" at the University of Wroclaw (and *online*!) Scan the QR code to join! 👀

*PSA Online Event* #Political #Psychology Seminar; Where's my parade? Adulthood, excitement and the anti-climax of the first-time vote. 16 April. @psapolpsychology.bsky.social Register:

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🚨V cool job alert!🚨 👉Associate Director, Emerging Technology & Industry Practice ⏰Deadline: 28 April ✍️Apply here: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...

Our recording from our AI Regulation roundtable is live on YouTube! 👀 In it, AI regulation experts Tekla, Francesca, Inga and Conor discuss key advances, regulatory gaps and wider implications of the direction AI regulation is taking (and not taking) 👇👇👇

📨 Our Feb newsletter is out! 🗞️ In it, you'll find... ✏️ A recap from our AI Regulation Roundtable (and YT link!) 🗣️ Summary of our new blog post on conspiracy meme sharing 🏫 TIP panels @ #PSA2025 to watch out for 👀 🧃 Juicy tech & policy roundup 👥 Member highlights and publications 🎓 CfPs and jobs!

Mark. Your. Calendars! 🗓️ #PSA25 Here we come ~ Looking forward to this excellent first panel with @ingaulnicane.bsky.social !!

TIP of the month~ ✅ Check out our newest blog post on how to face those friends and family members that share conspiracy stories and memes on your socials! 🧐

🚨 New blog alert! 📢 Struggling with family members sharing conspiracy memes? 🧐 In our latest blog, @laurenscottdev.bsky.social tells us about her research revealing why it happens, and shares expert tips on how to face these sticky situations! link below 👇 psatip.uk/blog/help-gr...

Reflecting on the remarkable announcement from Meta today regarding content moderation. @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social & I & team had a recent paper looking at the diffusion of (mis)information on Facebook during the 2020 election. A few reflections... sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...

Happy Conference Day (part 1)! Thank you to those joining us in Birmingham and online, and especially to @abirhodes.bsky.social for hosting us at the Uni. Birmingham Department of Linguistics and Communication

Today! @2pm BST! Free to sign up --> www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

😱 Permanent job available! 🥨 Bristol Digital Futures Institute is looking for a Lecturer in Digital Futures, to be based at the School of Humanities. People with background in digital humanities or creative technologies (among some others) are particularly welcome :) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLD242/l...

🚨Reminder!🚨 This Weds 18th of Dec at 2pm BST join us at our online roundtable on "AI Regulation in Practice" for a rich and cutting-edge discussion on AI compliance and governance in the EU and UK 👀 see you there! (sign ups in repost🫰)

📌Pin your calendars📌 Our *online* Roundtable is coming up in less than a week! ⏰ Our excellent panel of experts will discuss "AI Regulation in Practice: Compliance and Governance in the EU and UK" at 2pm BST

The article suggests a lot of this money would be spent on ads. Political ad reform in the UK is urgently needed.

💡Reminder of our event on 18th of Dec at 2pm BT on "AI regulation in Practice" 👇 check out the link & sign up for more information 😁