Going strong for the final MPG panel here at #PSA26. @nickanstead.bsky.social is here to talk about Jimmy Carter's approach to communication in an era of crisis. Carter was often portrayed at the time as hapless or weak, but was President at a critical junction and may be worth reexamining

Two more MPG panels to round off #PSA26 :-) Now we've got three panels relating to emotional, identity and political conflict online. First we're hearing from Shira Dvir-Gvirsman about perceptions of incivility on social media during conflict.

Final panel of the MPG day on media, conflict and national security #PSA26 Our first paper is from Chanapang Pongpiboonkiat, who is sharing her work on militarism and public sentiment during the 2025 Thai-Cambodia border conflict

Fab presentation by @carolineleicht.bsky.social on late night comedy as a news source and attacks on late night comedians from the right. Timely and important work 🙌💪👏 @psampg.bsky.social

We're now onto our panel on Contesting the Narrative, starting with Wisarut Wongnom who is sharing his research on the reproduction of royalist collective memory on Facebook #PSA26

AMAZING presentation by @psuwantawit.bsky.social at the @psampg.bsky.social panel! Such important work based on her thesis which is brilliant. Can't wait to see this published 🙌

We've got 2 panels later: 13.30 on Media, Ideology and State Power, and 15.30 on Media, Conflict and National Security. We've also got our (informal) AGM at 11.30, come along if you want to hear some MPG news, catch up with members, or make suggestions. All in Examination Schools room 14 #PSA26

Starting day 2 with a fab panel on Fashion, Late Night Talk Shows and Memes :-) @rosalynd.bsky.social is talking memes, and how parties and politicians deployed them in GE2014. Ros has just published a book! link.springer.com/book/9783032...

We're having a social tonight at St. Aldate's Tavern, near the hotel. From 6.30 but you can come along any time. We're on the ground floor at the back of the pub :-)

Another 4 fascinating papers up now at MPG #PSA26, starting with work by Wyl Jones, Ceri Hughes and Olivia Boden on the Dimbleby/post-Dimbles Buce eras of question time. They found a relative ideological balance amongst politicians on the panel, but a notable skew to the right among other guests

On our Climate Communication panel we've got papers spanning activist movements, social media corporations, journalism and NGOs #PSA26

🙌 Thank you @psampg.bsky.social for having us! @georgidag.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

❓ Want to know more about our TikTok, Politics, and Elections briefing paper co-created with @wfd.org ? 🗞️ Read our official press release on the @royalholloway.bsky.social website ➡️ www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/new... 📩 For any enquiries, send us an email at [email protected] !

Good morning #PSA26 :-) We're about to kick off with a panel on Mapping the Misinformation Crisis, with papers on disinformation and misinformation

We're looking forward to #PSA26 in two weeks :-) We've got nine panels across the three days, covering topics like misinformation, conflict, popular culture and climate communication. All our panels are in Examination Schools room 14

Are you going to #psa26 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social? Looking for local/independent cafes in Oxford? The coffee scene has changed a lot in the 16(!) years I've lived here. So as that shameless baking and coffee guy, here's a current map of my favourites for your use: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

Submissions are now open for our annual conference, this time with the PSA's Technology, Internet & Policy Group @techpolicy.bsky.social Join us at Bournemouth University on January 8-9, and/or online for a pre-conference on January 7. Deadline for submissions is 26 September

⚡ 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 🧵

We're kicking off the final day of #PSA25 with a panel on Mediated Politics and Policymaking. Come join us at 9.30 in The Rep (Suite 3) :-)

Looking forward to some more great panels today in The Rep (Suite 3) #PSA25 At 9.30 we've got presentations relating to Mediated Diplomacy and the 'Nation' At 13.30 we've got a panel on Setting the Agenda, with presentations on journalism, media and democracy

Thank you to everyone who is joining us at #PSA25 this week :-) Especially those presenting their work on our panels. Media and Politics Group panels are in The Rep Suite 3 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

I’m excited too to engage with panels on environmental and climate politics @psaenvironmental.bsky.social political parties, and political communication and media @psampg.bsky.social

What an amazing two days! Brilliant speakers across all panels and some really interesting ideas to mull over. Thanks to everyone who participated and to my fellow co-cordinators for support along the way. I loved organising our conference. See you all again next time 🙌🏻 #PSAMPG20205

Thanks to everyone who joined us for #PSAMPG2025, and especially to @abirhodes.bsky.social for organising and hosting. We hope you enjoyed the conference and are going away with plenty of food for thought

It’s important to consider the consequences of online abuse on political representation in light of the changes in meta’s moderation approach allowing more abuse and harassment to stay online.

Our final panels of the conference are on gender representation in media and elections, and AI and APIs in political communication In the gender room, we're starting with Olivia Noden and Wyl Jones, who are sharing their work with Ceri Hughes on female panellists on Question Time #PSAMPG2025

Our post-lunch panels are on advancing methods for clearer political communication, and social protest movements and elections. In 5a, we've got MPG's own Jen Birks talking to us about culture wars, and the risks of a more hostile form of polarised politics #PSAMPG2025

We've now got panels on culture wars and polarisation, and on voters and election campaigns. In polarisation panel, Anastasia Veneti is sharing her co-authored work on visual self-presentation strategies of extreme right-wing populist political leaders on TikTok #PSAMPG2025

We're very happy to have @profdgl.bsky.social giving our second keynote to kick off day 2 of #PSAMPG2025 His talk is on turbulent times and nostalgic societies. Everyday talk, political campaigns and our culture wars

It's been a great pleasure to present some ongoing research (with @michaelhiggins.bsky.social) on Scottish politics and personality at the #PSAMPG2025 today 😊👇

We're onto our last panel of the day on Political Party Election Campaigning :-) Starting with a paper from David Deacon, Dominic Wring, and colleagues from Loughborough on how the press and broadcasters reported on UK GE2024. #PSAMPG2025

It's now time for panels on 'News media and political journalism' and 'Trust and the media in the (Mis)Information Society' #PSAMPG2025

And we're off! Interesting keynote and panels so far and many more to come 🙌🏻 #PSAMPG2025

We've now got panels on facts, moderation and news, and on social media and politics. I'm in social media, and I've got a fruit cup #PSAMPG2025

@patyrossini.bsky.social apologises that she is sharing depressing research with us today. I'm sure she's not going to be alone... She's starting by telling us about a new wave of democratic backsliding, and the 'Trump of the Tropics' #PSAMPG2025

I mean, there is a really obvious reason for this change... but leaving that aside, how did anyone keep a straight face in a meeting and say, "Have you seen X's community note feature? That seems to be working well. Let's emulate that model." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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

🤔I am looking for recommendations for good and interesting podcasts about tech. What are your favourites?

“We find that fact-checks are successful in debunking misperceptions. Moreover, this debunking effect is consistent across countries” Posting this key finding from our recent 16 country study. For no particular reason today. doi.org/10.1080/1520...

🚨 PSA25 registration is now OPEN! 🚨 Join us in Birmingham, 14–16 April 2025, for "What Next?" Early-bird tickets available until 21 Feb. 👉 See how to register and our initial programme here: buff.ly/4gpybfh Don’t miss out on this dynamic event! ✨

Our January conference programme is now live! Across the two days we have panels on elections, political journalism, culture wars, gender representation, social movements and AI. Keynotes @patyrossini.bsky.social and @profdgl.bsky.social open both days www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...

Starting to pull together the program for the @psampg.bsky.social conference in Jan. It looks great! Watch this space for updates.