🚨New publication w/ Fabio Votta📊🐧 in Media and Communication 1/🧵Our study explores the (un-)intended consequences of data-driven campaigns during Dutch elections in 2021 and 2023. Using Meta Ad Targeting data, we uncover who is excluded and how citizens feel about it.

New innovation fellowships with the The British Academy and Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the digital society theme. See the call here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/innova… PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP)

Thrilled to see this The British Academy report on data access for SHAPE researchers in the UK. @OrbenAmy & I helped convene a series of workshops to profile this issue, & particularly to highlight the challenge of limited social media data access thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/data-… PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP)

Vacancy! Want to join our group Wageningen U&R? We are looking for an assistant professor (tenure track!) in Communication Science 💚 All details: wur.nl/nl/vacature/as…

In addition to the consultation in the EU on social media data access for researchers, Ofcom has also published its consultation in the UK ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/…. All social media researchers should take a look PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP) The British Academy

Our special issue on Data Driven Campaigning has been published open access and has an incredible collection of articles from Dr Esmeralda Bon Rachel Gibson Travis Ridout Erika FranklinFowler Linn Sandberg Anamaria Dutceac Segesten Fabio Votta📊🐧 Sophie Minihold Sophie Lecheler & others! cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommun…

📌Pin your calendars📌 Our *online* Roundtable is coming up in less than a week! ⏰ Our excellent panel of experts will discuss "AI Regulation in Practice: Compliance and Governance in the EU and UK" at 2pm BST

Are you a researcher considering responding to Ofcom's consultation on data access? If so, check out my guidance on what Ofcom are looking for & issues to cover: docs.google.com/document/d/1QD… PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP) ESRC Digital Good Network Economic and Social Research Council UKRI TAS Hub Smart Data Research UK The British Academy Academy of Social Sciences

Here is the link for entries for the Harding Prize wintoncentre.github.io/harding-prize/

⏰Closing soon! Public consultation on the inclusion of candidate addresses on ballot papers is open for submissions. The deadline for submissions is: 31 January 2025 👉Find more information about this research and how to lodge your submission: electoralcommission.ie/research-progr…

🚀 New blog post up on the PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP) website 🔥 this is part of a new TIP initiative 💡 to make tech and policy research more accessible to practitioners & advocates! Please like, share, bump 👍 (and DM if interested in writing a blog!)

I'm advertising a fully funded PhD to work with me and Prof Kate Dommett on our PODTrust project. Interested in trust, politicians, and the opportunity to study within an international team spread across 4 countries? Check out the ad 👇 Happy to answer any qus jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU746/phd…

🚨How does rurality affect campaigning? In a new study, Charles Pattie, Luke Temple, Prof Kate Dommett, and I explore how rurality affects campaign activity. Electoral Studies sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨 Job opportunity! 🚨 The University of Sheffield with Prof Kate Dommett and Amy Orben, Research Fellowship seeking to advance researcher access to social media data in the UK, apply here by 9th of June 👉👉 jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research-F…

We're hiring a Research Fellow for an exciting new job looking at hashtag#DataAccess to hashtag#SocialMedia data. Dr Amy Orben and I are leading a new initiative for UKRI on how social media data can be better made available for academics in the UK. See: lnkd.in/eaETK73c

🚨 Just one week to go! 🚨 Our Roundtable on "Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK" is on next Weds 25 June 2-3pm BST - It's looking to be a fascinating discussion! 🗣️🗣️ Sign up to get the link 👉 tickettailor.com/events/technol… Dr. Giulia Sandri, @giuliasandri.bsky.social Kai Zenner Mark Scott Huw

🚨New publication out on Humanities & Social Sciences Communications What makes online political ads unacceptable to the public? We surveyed 1,881 UK citizens using real Facebook ads from the 2019 general election to find out.

Full paper with Prof Kate Dommett [email protected] is available here: nature.com/articles/s4159…