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Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thing, by Fenwick McKelvey: theconversation.com/generative-a...

Upcoming conference, Shifting Allegiances, Story-Telling, and the #Narrative of Values in the Black Sea Region. Date and Location: 1-3 May 2026, Batumi, Georgia. Organized by: Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Info here: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

⚠️ For us, accessing platform data is central in enhancing online political safety research, particularly its credibility, validity and ethical standards! 📑 In fact, we have already produced a report on this topic! ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so... 🧵[2/3]

Our PhD student @katosborne5.bsky.social published a first book review! 🎉 The politics of preventing violent extremism: liberal democracy, civil society and countering radicalization, by Charlotte Heath-Kelly & Sadi Shanaah: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... cc co-supe @lizzypearson.bsky.social

New special issue: Can the European Union (EU) strive for Strategic Autonomy in an age of intensifying Sino-American competition? A mixed picture is found, led by @luissimonn.bsky.social and Daniel Fiott. Opening article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

EAT THEIR FRAMES

New by @profmiskimmon.bsky.social and I: Our thoughts on how political leaders use ambiguity. Not all #narratives are clear and simple, for good reasons. [message if you want a copy] www.emerald.com/books/edited...

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h... h/t @johana.bsky.social

📣 Congratulations to @andreucasas.bsky.social on winning a Future Leaders Fellowship from @ukri.org! As part of the project, Andreu launches the London Social Media Observatory @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary research centre for cutting-edge research on social media and politics!

Great to see papers emerging from our new journal special issue, "What Matters? The Politics of Narrating War", I edited with @adamblerner.bsky.social and @benoloughlin.bsky.social

We have a rather exciting new development at our university…

This is very good, on how vampires are subverting then sucking the life out of liberalism. By Sarah Banet-Weiser and @jillybkay.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Will AI twins or avatars of human representatives make better decisions and create better governance? Or just a straight parliament of non-corruptible bots? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

This AI workshop is losing will and needing coffee.

At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:

UK Ambassador to the US Mandleson on making a deal: 'at its core will be new agreements that ... ensure that British and American ingenuity continues to lead the world'. h/t @profmiskimmon.bsky.social #narrative #identity #order #interests #wildhorses 🐎 www.ditchley.com/sites/defaul...

Our video: What is AI Politics - our book series and a thing out there in the world? @andrewhoskins.bsky.social and I mull it over: Watch: ow.ly/EQFC50WQin8 CFP: ow.ly/M43J50WQin7 Thanks to James @intellectbooks.bsky.social and do consider writing a book on this!

Funded PhD in Politics or Sociology, Aston University. On the symbolic representation of women politician’s parental status in the media. A plus: experience studying gender and politics and/or media analysis. Deadline 15 Sept. Ad under Law & Social Sciences tab here: www.aston.ac.uk/postgraduate...

James Campbell is joined by Andrew Hoskins and Ben O'Loughlin. They discuss their new book series, AI Politics, which will interrogate and shape debate on the artificial intelligence. Watch👉ow.ly/EQFC50WQin8 CFP👉ow.ly/M43J50WQin7 @benoloughlin.bsky.social @andrewhoskins.bsky.social

A lot of scholarship shows Russian leaders believe war is permanent, and the war/peace distinction irrelevant because struggles never end. Is Trump's Department of War based on learning from Russians and adopting their idea and outlook, or is it less conceptualised?

A lot of new articles out in our Media, War and Conflict journal here - great work from all the authors: journals.sagepub.com/toc/mwc//

Today’s big question.

Today’s big question.

CFP: MPG x TIP Conference ‘Navigating #Digital #Democracy’, 8-9 January 2026 (online 7th Jan) Friday 26th Sept 2025 deadline for 300 word abstract submission. [Ignore it asks for a paper] Early October 2025. Proposers notified of the decision by the conference committee. psatip.uk/tip-news/tip...

#EISA2025 some panels were missed.

AI is really sneaky! It checks your emails, finds incriminating info, then blackmails you: www.anthropic.com/research/age...

I enjoyed reading this reflection on “Teaching under Trump” by @davekarpf.bsky.social I wish more colleagues would reflect on the growing gap between what we teach our student about politics and the real-world politics students live in.

What can the EU and Europeans do about this study showing many US citizens don't really rate it as an ally or as significant? Does the EU have a story any more? New study by @babak9.bsky.social and Gabriel Savagner sets the scene: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

This is in Harvey's The Conditions of Postmodernity. If postmodernity was these things in 1985, would we need a new column now, or are we in a mix of modern and postmodern? Are we both narrative and anti-narrative today? Are you God the Father or the Holy Ghost or both or something new now? 👻

I am writing a paper on this. It may get through peer review. I won't name/implicate the coauthors at this stage. #science

“A lot of [young people] felt they were cringy. They were forced attempts at humour. And speaking to media and comms people at political parties, many of them didn’t feel necessarily comfortable in producing that kind of content.”

Why politicians and journalists are getting it wrong on TikTok efforts to reach young voters, with good points by @jameswilldennis.bsky.social here: www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

Wrote up my main takeaway from the GPT5 debacle. I don't think this punctures the AI bubble. But it seems like the end of naive-AI-futurism. We may start judging these tools on what they actually do, not on Sam Altman's dreams and ambitions. That's a huge change. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education (Academic Education Pathway)! 📅 Start date: 29 September 2025 (or soon after) 📔 Contract: Full-time, fixed term until 30 September 2026 🗓 Apply by: 27 August 2025 Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... #AcademicJobs

Our little article, How do we get platforms to share data with independent researchers? Regulation alone will not cut it: a commentary on Livingston et al. (2023), Bourgaize et al. (2025). By @andreucasas.bsky.social, Georgia Dagher and I, here: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Another new article in our special issue of Media, War and Conflict on Narrating War is out! Journalism without signature: News and rumor from South Sudan, by Zachary Mondesire: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The latest article in our special issue of Media, War and Conflict on Narrating War is out! Jessica Auchter with: Visualizing War through Satellite Footage: Technological Capacity, Truth, and the View from Above journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This is very good:

David Foster Wallace, 1993, on US TV culture becoming slightly more playful and knowing. Maybe. 🐕

We were writing on bad faith on climate per se, but did the argument @paulinesophieh.bsky.social and I make apply to what's happening with the "plastics crisis" now? www.ceeol.com/search/artic...

If you work in this area, considering presenting at my colleague Ivica's event on 11 Sept in London:

Fascinating report by @britishcouncil.bsky.social on value of international alumni from UK HE as soft power assets. Another reason why (i) alumni should always be prominent in international strategies; & (ii) the UK government needs to rescue UK universities www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

My book series with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social - we're getting good proposals and welcome more: www.intellectbooks.com/ai-politics

Illiberal Narratives and Shifting Values - new report by @kevcomms.bsky.social - essential reading on #narratives: www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/articl...

What is an -ology? Milja Kurki, International Relations in a Relational Universe academic.oup.com/book/36827

This looks good. 30/09/2025 abstract deadline. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...

“History is best told as a story of organised crime,” Kemp says. “It is one group creating a monopoly on resources through the use of violence over a certain territory and population.” There is a pattern to this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very interesting study exploring the role MSM play both in informing/misinforming anti lock down protestors and galvanising them 🤔