Ever wondered how rude political actors are when they criticise each other ❓ At the 2025 @ecpr.bsky.social General conference in Thessaloniki, Caroline Close and @lucaskins.bsky.social presented a paper co-authored with @awenig.bsky.social on the tone of political attacks on X. Quick recap 🧵1/5

📰 Comment le Vlaams Belang se radicalise dans l’ombre Pour @lesoir.be, @lcjacobs89.bsky.social revient sur l’évolution de la stratégie du Vlaams Belang depuis les élections. Pour en savoir plus : 📚 Consulter nos travaux : cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/projets-d... 🔗 Lire l'article complet ⬇️

📣 Plusieurs politologues de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social ont été sollicité·es dans les médias ces derniers jours pour commenter la décision de Meta d’interdire les publicités politiques à partir d’octobre, en réaction aux nouvelles règles 🇪🇺 en matière de transparence. 💬 Quelques éléments clés 🧵1/6

🗓️ Belgium held its 2024 federal elections one year ago. How did political parties attack each other on X? Our analysis shows that how parties communicate changes significantly during the electoral campaign compared to the pre-campaign period. Discover more! 👇 1/3 - 🧵

🗓️ One year ago, the official 2024 electoral campaign was ending How did political actors attack each other on social media, more specifically on X, during the electoral campaign? Check out our analysis on negative campaigning in Belgium 👇 1/4 - 🧵

🗓️ One year ago, the 2024 election campaign was entering its final phase. Our analysis of political communication on X reveals key strategies behind the victories of N-VA in Flanders and MR (with @lesengages-be.bsky.social) in French-speaking Belgium. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵 1/7

Platforms need to be researched on the risks they pose to society, like our civic discourse or our mental health. But the relationships between researchers, platforms and regulators are complicated. @lkseiling.bsky.social presenting their work on the #DSA at #WIConf2025

📢 Weg publieke sfeer? Nieuwsmedia, ooit de ruggengraat van onze democratie, staan onder druk. Sociale media, AI en radicale stemmen herschrijven de spelregels van informatie & invloed. Wat betekent dat voor onze democratie? Ik schreef erover voor Visie (De Gids): 👉 visie.net/de-gids-arti... 📰📉📱💥

Wat gebeurt er als de maskers afvallen? 🎭 “Theater is politiek met slechte acteurs,” zei een Belgisch premier ooit. Als het publiek het script doorziet, valt het doek. 💨 Mijn nieuwste column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over authenticiteit & politieke communicatie👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...

🏳️‍🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024. In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5

🚨 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

📸 Qui les partis belges francophones mettent-ils en avant sur X ? 🧐 Sans surprise, chaque parti politique adopte sa propre stratégie de communication pour promouvoir ses figures de proue. Mais que révèlent ces choix ? C’est ce que nous avons analysé dans notre étude 🔍 🧵1/5

📸 Wie staat er in de schijnwerpers van Vlaamse partijen op X? 🧐 Vlaamse partijen kiezen verschillende strategieën om hun kopstukken op X te profileren. Wat onthullen deze keuzes? 🔍👇 🧵1/5

♀️ Are women politicians in Belgium getting equal spotlight from their political parties on social media? Short answer: not really 👎 📊 On average in Belgium, fewer than 1 in 3 posts by political parties on X that mention politicians actually feature a woman. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵1/6

♀️ Are women politicians in Belgium getting equal spotlight from their political parties on social media? Short answer: not really 👎 📊 On average in Belgium, fewer than 1 in 3 posts by political parties on X that mention politicians actually feature a woman. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵1/6

🎯 New research from the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social : Who gets the spotlight in Belgian parties’ communication? We analyzed 20K posts on X to understand how parties promote individual politicians, and how this shifted during the 2024 campaign. 🧵1/4

Great Lab, fantastic team! 🔥

🎉 Excited to launch the Social Media Lab (SML) @ULB on Bluesky! 🔎 The SML, a research project led by Caroline Close (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social) in collaboration with @uantwerpen.be, is an observatory of political communication on social media in Belgium. 🧵 1/5 – More below ⬇️