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.