Completely forgot to share this at the end of last year! It's a handbook chapter on conceptualizing platform structures, written more accessibly for students. Hopefully useful for some of your teaching! 👇 t.ly/OKahV

Enjoyed contributing this Economist piece. Lots of interest this year in digital ads, influencers, and the creator economy. More to come! economist.com/briefing/2024/…

🎧 New #Podcast! 🎧 Prof Kate Dommett of Sheffield Politics and International Relations and Simon Kruschinski▲@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social of Institut für Publizistik discuss their new book on data-driven campaigning. Listen for academic insights based on 300+ interviews from campaigners in 5 countries! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪🇨🇦🇦🇺 socialmediaandpolitics.simplecast.com/episodes/data-…

With a little help from my friends Prof Kate Dommett @JasFitzpatrick@ma📯 Dr. Giulia Sandri, @giuliasandri.bsky.social and many more, I'm thrilled to share our new paper co-authored with Matthias C.Kettemann @[email protected]. We analyze the landscape of political campaign speech regulation off- and online... 🧵

Great getting into the weeds on creator marketing in politics on Michael Bossetta's Social Media and Politics (SMandPPodcast🎙) podcast. Check it out here: socialmediaandpolitics.simplecast.com/episodes/micro…

Check out this week’s episode of SMandPPodcast🎙, hosted by @michaelbossetta, where our co-founder Ryan Davis discusses the benefits and powerful impact microinfluencers can have on political campaigns: socialmediaandpolitics.simplecast.com/episodes/micro…

🎧 New #Podcast! 🎧 Prof. Sebastian Stier shares how web browsing data can be used in #CSS to get around API limitations and study digital behavior across platforms. Super important research, check it out!👇 socialmediaandpolitics.simplecast.com/episodes/web-b…

I talked about web browsing data on the SMandPPodcast🎙 with the one and only Michael Bossetta👇

The first day of our social media research workshop was a success - Shout-out to Jan Bucher, Isabelle Borucki 🦣 & 🟦 & Andreas Blätte, Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, & @ConorGaughan2 for their insightful presentations. Strong performances on and off the stage! #spartaisst

At the end of the rainbow there is a LLM. 🌈

Calling all meme scholars 👋! Me and the brilliant Joanna Doona are guest editing a special issue of Popular Communication on meme audiences. If you are working on these matters, we would love to hear from you! Deadline 15 September. More information in the 🔗: kom.lu.se/en/research/mk…

🚨 New publication 📢 w/ @DrBoulianne & Michael Bossetta on the adoption and political use of seven social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Snapchat, and WhatsApp) in four countries (🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷). 1/ doi.org/10.1177/146144…

Excited to see this one out! We compare citizens' platform adoption, political exposure, and political expression across multiple platforms and countries. Check it out!👇

It was great to sit down with Michael Bossetta for his Social Media & Politics podcast to discuss Election 2024 and the role influencers played in both campaigns. Give it a listen. socialmediaandpolitics.org/political-infl… SMandPPodcast🎙 People First

A #PolComm PhD position open for applications at Lund. High flexibility in shaping the topic - please share with your students! 👇🏻 lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID…

The *9th Annual* SMandPPodcast🎙 Year in Review is out! 🥳 Anamaria Dutceac Segesten co-hosts to share 4 gifts: 🎁 Platforms' Year in Review 🎁 Election Interference 🎁 The Battle over Text 🎁 The "Teen Ban" Hopefully something to enjoy over the holidays!👇 socialmediaandpolitics.simplecast.com/episodes/2024-…

Nice list!

PSA that the Ad Library will start removing ads >7 years old on Saturday. axios.com/newsletters/ax…

Solid evidence that departing from prior work incurs a "pivot penalty" (lower journal quality and citation impact). Getting 'pulled' into a new area (via government or funding incentives) thus punishes the individual researcher's career. Ouch! nature.com/articles/s4158…

New publication - happy to share it! It presents a #PolComm teaching assignment, provides its materials, and discusses the process of designing it. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…