Washington State University is hiring at the associate or full level! We are seeking a professor of American Politics who will also serve as the Director of the Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service. More details: wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

✨POLCOMM PUBLICATION FRIDAY✨ In case you missed it over the holoday break, be sure to check out the latest issue of the Political Communication Report, fpcused on... "What Does PolComm Stand For?"

Political Communication Report has become some of our subfield's most essential reading, and this new issue is no exception. Many thanks to @curdknupfer.bsky.social for his work to revitalize this important forum, and to all the excellent contributors!

VICTORY: In a win for transparency, a Washington state court rejected Meta's challenge to a key disclosure law that requires media entities, including social media companies, to track and disclose political advertising. campaignlegal.org/update/meta-...

Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed.

TV advertising in 2024 presidential race was close to dead even. Our quick take on political advertising in this year's campaign. With @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and @mikefranz.bsky.social

In this new guide by Pooja Chaudhuri and Melissa Zhu we outline how we used Meta’s free-to-use Ad Library to analyse data about political candidates’ ad spending to get a sense of how they approach digital advertising. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

💥 NEW report from WMP: Nearly $300 Million in Presidential Ad Spending Across Platforms Over Past Two Weeks. Read the full report: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-102... @efranklinfowler.bsky.social , @tnridout.bsky.social, and @mmfranz.bsky.social. #2024election #politicalads

💥 New tools for visualizing presidential advertising by geography! One that shows the breakdown of presidential ads by issue mentions on TV & one that shows FB & IG spending over time. ⬇️ mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/issues-oct24/ @mmfranz.bsky.social @tnridout.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social

Clicking on the states also reveals the distribution of issue attention in each state. A huge thank you to @breezefloyd.bsky.social for producing these!! Cc: @tnridout.bsky.social @mmfranz.bsky.social

The NRSC is shifting its ad buys from independent expenditures to hybrid ads. Why? The law requires candidates to be offered the "lowest unit rate" for TV and radio ads close to an election, while parties pay higher rates for independent expenditures. www.politico.com/news/2024/10...

💥NEW from WMP: Pro-Trump Ads Declining on TV; Harris outspends Trump 16:1 on Meta & 3:1 on Google. Pro-Harris TV ads more common than pro-Trump in almost all media markets nationally. mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-092... @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @tnridout.bsky.social @mmfranz.bsky.social

Dear #polisky colleagues: Do you have any promising undergraduate seniors interested in pursuing a Ph.D.? Please consider pointing them to Washington State University (@wsupppa.bsky.social) - we have excellent scholars focusing on political psychology, political comms, and democracy!

💥NEW from WMP: Dem, GOP TV ads are almost equal, but Harris is outspending Trump nearly 3:1 on Meta & Google. Airings in pres race have shifted to focus on the economy. Full report: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-091... @mmfranz.bsky.social @tnridout.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social

💥 New WMP report: Trump & allies unleash barrage of attack ads. Harris is competitive on TV & w/DNC heavily outspending Trump on Meta & Google. #2024election polisky polcomm #commsky @tnridout.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Read the full report: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-082...

I'll back up that!

Pro-Harris advertising is much more effective than anti-Trump advertising. The best ads are normal Democratic issue ads: www.slowboring.com/p/whats-bett...

SI @SSCRatSage #2: @tnridout.bsky.social, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and others examine paid election advertisements placed on YouTube, Google search, Instagram, and Facebook during the US 2020 elections doi.org/10.1177/0894...

💥New WMP Report: Biden airs $13m in broadcast ads since Super Tuesday.  Trump campaign has none. @tnridout.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social & Michael Franz w/ @opensecretsdc.bsky.social Read the full report here: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-052... polisky polcom #commsky

💥New WMP Report: 📉Senate, House Advertising Spikes as Presidential Ads Wane @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @tnridout.bsky.social & Michael Franz @opensecretsdc.bsky.social Read the full report here: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-031... #wesmediaproject #2024election

2024 Political Ad Spending Will Jump Nearly 30% vs. 2020 www.insiderintelligence.com/press-releas...

It's not too hard to detect Biden's general election strategy in this ad.

"Political Ads Can Target Your Personality. Here’s What Could Go Wrong. This banner year for elections worldwide may witness the arrival of advertising tailored to your personality" www.scientificamerican.com/article/poli...

As targeted political advertising on social media has become trickier US campaign groups are paying ‘micro-influencers’ to sway voters in specific communities on.ft.com/42MBhUV

If you're a journalist/ researcher interested in election transparency, add our PoliDashboard app to your workflow. It's a tool designed to make paid online political advertising on Meta’s platforms more transparent & resistant to both foreign+domestic manipulation. socialmedialab.ca/2024/01/23/m...

Read the full report here: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-021... #wesmediaproject #2024election

💥New WMP Report: Advertising in Presidential Race Takes a Nosedive after New Hampshire📉 @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @tnridout.bsky.social & Michael Franz

Biden and pro-Biden Super PACs are focused on the general election and have spent about $27 million on 22,700 ad airings in support of the president.

📢New report from WMP: Heavy Spending by GOP in Iowa, Including Trump Read the full report here: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-011... @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @tnridout.bsky.social & Michael Franz #wesmediaproject #2024Election

If you like humor in your political advertising, check out this video from the Yes side in the Voice referendum in Australia...https://youtu.be/SAqIypjk-5A

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Polisky: We are hiring! Washington State University is looking for an Assistant Professort (TT) specializing in global politics (comparative and/or IR). Reach out if you have questions. Read the full ad here: wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

🚨Job alert!🚨 We are hiring a TT Asst. Prof. in Global Politics (CP/IR) with a focus on democracy, autocracy, or conflict (broadly interpreted). Applicants who look at gender dynamics or utilize a political psych approach are particularly welcome. wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

What @profjslewis.bsky.social said! Send your students our way...

Boy does this two-minute-long ad on the Voice referendum in Australia pack an emotional punch! youtu.be/br8dB_0z3Fk?...

How you run as a Democrat in Montana www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGM...

These are interesting experiments, but given the experiments I'm wondering if, given the clustering by media market (as the article sort of describes), the experiment isn't way way way underpowered. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

After the debate dust has settled, join me & an amazing panel of experts on Sept 14 to map the road to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Go here to register for in-person on the UW-Madison campus or online options elections.wisc.edu/gop/

These predatory journal invitations have gotten hilarious.

New Biden ad going up on TV.

Twitter is irredeemably broken. Time to leave

there's a sheriff election coming up next week that features this mailer. (h/t DecisionDeskHQ https://email.decisiondeskhq.com/y0o0o2v3c9/2266106319591184659/a5n4/) one of my 15 elections to watch this week: https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/election-guide-august-2023/

I worry they'll say the same thing in 2024.