#toread #paper The alternative influence network (AIN) of far-right YouTubers in Sweden: Connectivity and hybridisation of online extremism during the Covid-19 pandemic by Tina Askanius, Jullietta Stoencheva, Hernan Mondani https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2026-0008

#toread #paper Social theory should be a structural prior for agentic AI: A formal framework for multi-Agent Social Systems by Lynnette Hui Xian Ng et al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07069

#toread #paper The death of Twitter and the decline of Public Debate online by Axel Bruns https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3247

#toread #paper “keep your heads held high boys!”: Examining the relationship between the Proud Boys’ online discourse and offline activities by CATIE SNOW BAILARD et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055423001478

#toread #paper Who controls the narrative? How Brazilian parliamentarians pursue epistemic authority in times of crisis by André K. Rodarte, Carolina V. Kuahara, Ahmer Arif https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.2669534

#toread #paper How do media contribute to the dissemination of conspiracy beliefs? A field study combining panel and web tracking at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic by Silke Adam et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaf033

#toread #paper Generative AI, large language models, and their agentic framing in news media by Dennis Nguyen, Magdalena Wischnewski https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-03070-1

#toread #paper Conspiracy theories and misinformation in digital media: An international expert assessment of challenges, trends, and interventions by Daniela Mahl et al. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2024-0123

#toread #paper Six insights from climate psychology for the study of misinformation by Tobia Spampatti et al. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/swdrq_v1

#toread #paper State media control influences large language models by Hannah Waight et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10506-7

#toread #paper Posting what you know and caring for the niche: How micro-influencers survive platform cultur... by Volpe, Camilla https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Posting%20what%20you%20know%20and%20caring%20for%20the%20niche%3A%20How%20micro-influencers%20survive%20platform%20culture%20demands

#toread #paper A systematic review of social science studies analyzing social media data, 2010-2024 by Kai-Cheng Yang et al. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/yexp6_v1

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#toread #paper Protest movements and the mainstreaming of radical and extremist ideologies: the case of COVID-19 protests by Sophia Rothut et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2026.2654668

#toread #paper Mapping the sociotechnical imaginaries of generative AI in UK, US, Chinese and Indian newspapers by Weili Wang, John Downey https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625251328518

#toread #paper Seeing candidates at scale: Multimodal LLMs for Visual Political Communication on Instagram by Michael Achmann-Denkler, Mario Haim, Christian Wolff http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19489v1

#toread #paper Finally, access: How article 40 DSA changes platform research in practice by Jakob Ohme, LK Seiling https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2026.2664157

#toread #paper TikTok and the algorithmic transformation of social media publics: From social networks to social interest clusters by Paolo Gerbaudo https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241304106

🆕 I am exceptionally pleased to announce the release of the 'twitter' issue of M/C Journal, which I co-edited with @hermida.bsky.social. This celebrates / commiserates / memorialises / laments the 20th anniversary of what used to be #Twitter. #mcjournal journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...

#toread #paper Towards a Post-Social Media Studies by Petter Törnberg, Richard Rogers https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/6nue7_v1

#toread #paper Radicalization and the internet: 25 years of (online) radicalization research by Sophia Rothut et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714421.2026.2658935

#toread #paper Social media in the scam age by Lana Swartz https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261437922

#toread #paper The platformization of everything: From the end of the Like button to AI infrastructure in space by Anne Helmond https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261436101

#toread #paper Social media is now parasocial media by danah boyd https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261437487

#toread #paper Broken connections: Fieldnotes from the old internet by Alice E. Marwick https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261434796

#toread #paper Social media is now parasocial media by danah boyd https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261437487

#toread #paper What to do about polarization? Evaluating the evidence base of recommendations for depolarization by Christel W van Eck, Hendrik M A Meyer, Michael Brüggemann https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlag012

#toread #paper How deceptive online networks reached millions in the US 2020 elections by Ruth E. Appel et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02435-2

#toread #paper Does YouTube shape conspiracy mentality? A three-way interaction effect of partisan YouTube channel use, like-Minded discussion, and interest in politics by Xiyue Li, Yunseung Lee, Bumsoo Kim https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2026.2653097

#toread #paper Little mentioning, moderate attention, great relevance: The quality of online platform data in the Digital Services Act by Yannik Peters, Katrin Weller https://doi.org/10.1177/29768624261438624

#toread #paper Disinformation as cultural narrative: Conceptualizing disinformation as cross-platform, identity-affirming, cathartic stories by Alice E. Marwick et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2026.2644198

#toread #paper Visualizing climate change in the media: a systematic literature review, challenges, and future research by Isaac Bravo et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlag011

#toread #paper Affective–discursive ecologies of the far right: Multimodal softening, mobilisation and algorithmic proximity on Instagram by Benjamin Megarry Nangle, Leen d’Haenens https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261428632

#toread #paper What our second measurement says about misinformation on major platforms in Europe by Vincent, Emmanuel, Crisan, Daiana https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=What%20our%20second%20measurement%20says%20about%20misinformation%20on%20major%20platforms%20in%20Europe

#toread #paper The TikTok caliphate: How jihadist supporters exploit algorithmic recommendations and evade content moderation by Gilad Karo, Tom Divon, Blake Hallinan https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251412167

#toread #paper The partisan effects of social media bans by Tiago Ventura et al. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/4stfw_v1

#toread #paper Information pathways in online science communication: The role of platform actors and news media by Alexandros Efstratiou, Giuseppe Russo, Luca Luceri http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17249v1

#toread #paper Dark patterns and the EU digital services act: Mapping autonomy violations and design factors by Sanju Ahuja et al. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5555765

#toread #paper The failed migration of academic Twitter: A case study of precocious adopters by Xinyu Wang, Sai Koneru, Sarah Rajtmajer http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04005v3

#toread #paper Representativeness and response validity across nine opt-in online samples by Michael Nicholas Stagnaro et al. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/h9j2d

#toread #paper Recommender system in X inadvertently profiles ideological positions of users by Paul Bouchaud, Pedro Ramaciotti http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02624v1

#toread #paper AI hype in journalism: Visibility, power, and the politics of media narratives by Tomás Dodds et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.2630187

#toread #paper LLMs can infer political alignment from online conversations by Byunghwee Lee et al. http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11253v1

#toread #paper Connective action and digital repression during China’s COVID-19 protests: a computational analysis of multilingual coordinated activity on Twitter by Aytalina Kulichkina et al. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-026-00637-2

#toread #paper Deepfake financial fraud: The global regulation of ai-driven scams by Schiffrin, Anya et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Deepfake%20financial%20fraud%3A%20The%20global%20regulation%20of%20ai-driven%20scams

#toread #paper Amplifying division: Electoral misinformation and political intolerance in B... by Rossini, Patrícia, Kalogeropoulos, Antonis, Mont'Alverne, Camila https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Amplifying%20division%3A%20Electoral%20misinformation%20and%20political%20intolerance%20in%20Brazil

#toread #paper The levers of political persuasion with conversational artificial intelligence by Kobi Hackenburg et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea3884

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#toread #paper Everyday encounters with misinformation online: examining sources, topics and modes by Aimee Hourigan et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2026.2636132

#toread #paper It’s Bad: What Now? by Baym, Nancy https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=It%E2%80%99s%20Bad%3A%20What%20Now%3F