I think a lot about how narratives of patriotism in U.S. politics depend on an ahistoricity that suggests harsh critiques of the nations leaders, its values, and policies, and relentless loud demands from advocates and activists for change, are some newfangled product of a contemporary era.

My quote to the AP: "What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government... Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Last night's APSA @polcomm.bsky.social business meeting concluded my 3-year stint in the section leadership. I enjoyed the work (mostly!) and getting to know a lot of talented scholars. And, like many others, I've come to believe that the annual preconference is the best day on the Pol Com calendar.

📅 Only one week to go until APSA 2025! We’ve prepared a clear and concise visual program for the #PolComm division. 👉 Download the PDF and highlight the sessions you don’t want to miss: shorturl.at/LVuuw

Deeply grateful for this piece. Dave perfectly summed up everything I've been feeling.

📢 Publication Friday! This week, we highlight “Teaching Political Communication: Five Lessons From the Field and Beyond” by @kcoe.bsky.social & Diana Zulli politicalcommunication.org/article/coe-...

Hooray! The 31st Issue of the #PolComm Report is out! What a fantastic lineup @igoncalves.com was able to assemble for the topic of "Teaching PolComm" 🤩 Khadijah Costley White, @kcoe.bsky.social & Diana Zulli, Regina Cazzamatta, Matthew Powers, & @sangjung-kim.bsky.social (& her students).

In a new open-access article, we use dynamic systems theory to better understand incivility as a form of collective behavior in online communities. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I write in @thenation.com that Paramount’s recent settlement with Trump is a symptom of deep structural rot in our hyper-capitalistic media system. I argue that we should be thinking now about the structural media reforms we need for the post-Trump era as we rebuild journalism from the ground up.

Building the #ica25 🦋 buzz 1️⃣ follow the #ica25 feed ⬇️ 2️⃣ boost stuff! With no algorithmic amplification, you need to do it yourself. If you see something interesting, share it so others get to see it 3️⃣ be kind. We all need it these days #ICAcommunity @icahdq.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

Hey #PolComm folks going to #ICA25 next week: Give a huge round of applause to @igoncalves.com for all the fantastic work she's been doing for us! 👏🤩⤵️

The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org

Reminder that there are 13 more days to apply to the 2025 APSA Political Communication Preconference. Join us in Vancouver! Please share widely.

Levitsky, Way, and Ziblatt: "No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o... (gift link) Key points: 1. We are now living under competitive authoritarianism. 2. We need ALL of civil society to resist the temptation of appeasement and defend democracy.

We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study! The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/... Best, The ANES Team

💸 APSA Political Communication Section Travel Funding Planning to attend the 2025 APSA conference or Political Communication Preconference in Vancouver? We’ve got funding to help and applications are now open! 🧵👇

One of my favorite end-of-year rituals is cleaning out old hard-copy files. I just found a review I received in 2010: "I try to be charitable in writing rejection letters... But in this instance, I can't help but state unequivocally that this paper lacks merit or prospect." Nope, not equivocal!

Update, 10:15 a.m. ET on April 24: The statement has now received 400 signatures and counting. As a reminder, you can read the complete statement at aacu.org/constructive-engagement

I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test.

The cfp for this year's @polcomm.bsky.social preconference at APSA is now open, and we are also organizing a mentoring scheme for early career scholars not willing/able to travel to Canada this year. Information below!

Nothing says teaching critical thinking like state-level bans on what topics can be taught

New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.

The call for papers for the APSA Political Communication Preconference in Vancouver is now open! Together with @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social and @patyrossini.bsky.social, we're thrilled to invite your submissions. 📅: May 25th, 2025, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7) More information: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

Hi! Political science prof here. These essays - both @willbunch.bsky.social's and the one about the illiteracy of college students-are consistent with my experience. I've been at a large R1 state university for 20 years. Earned excellence in teaching award in 2014. Love these students. And yet...

After years of doubt, drafts, and disbelief, my first—and likely last—book is finally out. It’s about how entertainment shapes American politics. If you preorder (a.co/d/ctGUWkZ), I’d love to send a small token of thanks: forms.gle/1YrkYX2t2nPC...

Great thread from @shannimcg.bsky.social on our new piece arguing for the need to better engage with identity in the study of political communication. A huge team effort that we're super proud of!

🧵1/ Once again, I am talking about identity in communication. In a new #openaccess piece, we argue that scholars cannot meaningfully understand political communication unless we center identity. Ignoring it means missing a huge piece of the puzzle. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The rhetorical victory is this: the proposal that we can and will outlast them.

The American National Election Study is an NSF funded publicly available, incredibly rich dataset that tracks American public opinion, vote choice and evaluations of government that has been in the field since 1948. It is an incredible resource for teaching and research and must be protected.

In a functioning democracy, a president who -tries to seize Congress's constitutional spending powers -attempts to rewrite the Constitution unilaterally -pardons violent insurrectionists who attacked the government -fires the Inspectors General and DOJ prosecutors would face immediate impeachment

The ICA Political Communication Division travel grants are open! Take a look at the application, especially presenting graduate students and early career faculty who are from countries ICA categorizes as B/C tier. I'd love to see you in Denver!

🏆2025 APSA PolComm Section Award Calls🏆 The calls for (self-) nominations for APSA's PolComm Section are now officially out. Please send these to the respective chairs. Deadline: March 1st. For more info, see our website and/or the thread below: politicalcommunication.org/awards/ 🧵⤵️

My department at the University of Utah is hiring a teaching position (3/3 load; no research expectations) in strategic communication. Great department and SLC is an underrated place to live. I'm on the search committee and am happy to answer questions. Info here: careers.icahdq.org/jobs/view/as...

Political Communication Report has become some of our subfield's most essential reading, and this new issue is no exception. Many thanks to @curdknupfer.bsky.social for his work to revitalize this important forum, and to all the excellent contributors!

Hey #Polcomm #Commsky etc. My 3-year tenure as webmaster and social media officer is coming to an end. The divisions are now creating two positions for the roles. Please help us get the word out! (And feel free to reach out to me, in case you have questions about these roles. TLDR: I ❤️ this gig!)

🚨 List of journalism, #polcomm and #css (computational social science/NLP) conferences in 2025 (last updated 2024-12-09). docs.google.com/spreadsheets... This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!

I am teaching my presidency course again - last year's syllabus is here sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/... How should I change it to reflect the current moment? I have a class session on presidential power and norms at the beginning and two at the end on democratic erosion and possible reforms.

Join us! SMPA's hiring an Asst. Prof of political communication, with a focus on uses and/or effects of digital media for democracy, governance, and/or civic society. This position is aligned with GW's Institute for Data, Democracy, & Politics. www.gwu.jobs/postings/116... #polcom #commsky #polisky

#TeamRhetoric and Poli Comm friends, share your latest book, article, blog post, podcast, etc.! We want to read what you've created that helps us understand, respond to, or strategize for our current political moment.

Excited to head to #NCA2024 to present research on the effects of Clery safety alerts on campus. Spoiler: they're largely ignored. Side note for those attending: the U of Utah party on Friday night is offsite at Hotel Monteleone, which has a bar that looks like an old-fashioned carousel. Cheers!

✨More Good NEWS✨ Our Divisions' BlueSky🦋 Feed has now replaced the defunct Twitter timeline on our official website! Go check it out: www.politicalcommunication.org

📣U.S. Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign🗳️ Free report featuring 88 articles from leading scholars with snap analysis and research insights on the 2024 U.S. General Election. 🔗https://www.electionanalysis.ws/us/ 📄https://bit.ly/USElectionAnalysis2024_Jackson-et_al_v1-COMPRESSED

This Bluesky follow finder is super neat. It finds folks you don’t follow who follow folks you follow. So it helps fill in your network. It’s the type of cool stuff enabled by an open ecosystem. bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

This was my post-election analysis that I tried to articulate in the immediate aftermath of the debacle last week: "Under media oligarchy: Profit and power trumped democracy once again" www.electionanalysis.ws/us/president...

I talked to Callie about why BlueSky’s got the juice — and why people are fleeing the hellsite #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/s...

Welcome to all of our new followers! We conduct research and engage on topics related to political leadership, information and content environments, and how communities connect to democracy. We are a Florida-based research center with national and international reach. Let’s build community!

✨Introducing the POLCOMM WHO-TO-FOLLOW List✨ (Bluesky Edition) bsky.app/profile/did:... Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!

So I'm going to do a short thread about my book from a decade ago, which does a deep dive into how presidents and those around them- including news media - think and talk about elections www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801...