Hands up 🙌 for Ernesto de León, the student representative for APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions #ica24. Such great newcomer initiatives.

Does curiosity make you read more hard news? How about anxiety? A new study finds that certain personality traits might make you exaggerate — or underestimate — how much political news you consume niemanlab.org/2024/06/does-c… via @niemanlab

Great piece about the recent fantastic article by Chiara Valli Ernesto de León & Mykola Makhortykh on personality traits & news consumption 🔥🔥🔥👇👇👇

Really comprehensive dive into the research Chiara Valli Mykola Makhortyhk and I have done on personality, news consumption, and misreporting. 👇 Via Nieman Lab niemanlab.org/2024/06/does-c…

Taylor&Francis Taylor&Francis News sold access to its authors’ research; #AI deal w/ Microsoft worth $10m in its first year!👇 While I review for them (for free), publish there (paying for #OpenAccess) & serve as Associate Editor of its journal (for free) thebookseller.com/news/academic-…

🌟 New paper with Sacha Altay & Magdalena Wojcieszak 🌟 Happy to tell a positive story here: we show that, with the right incentives, social media can be a powerful tool for promoting informed and engaged citizenship 📰🗞️

🚨Publication alert 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦: 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬’ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Together with Nicholas Diakopoulos. Open access 🔓: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are hiring! One great fully-funded #PhD position at VU Communication Science on Simulation & Virtual Field Experiments for Democratic Citizenship Reach out to me for more information! #polcom workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/phd-…

I wrote an entry on Hyperpartisan News for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Political Communication! Thank you Alessandro Nai Dominique Wirz and Max Grömping for coordinating this gigantic effort! 🙏 You can find a preprint here: osf.io/preprints/psya…

A quick break from ICA submission frenzy to remind you: today is the last day to vote for the International Communication Association elections!

Thinking about submitting to #ICA25? New to Political Communication? Join the Division Leadership for this live Webinar. Useful tipps & tricks + valuable insights for your first submission. arizona.zoom.us/j/86706710650

Students, early career researchers, and APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions newcomers - this one’s for you! Whether you’re set on submitting, still considering, or just curious, join this live webinar for #ICA25 newcomers. Link and details below 👇👇👇

Do filter bubbles really exist? How are they measured? What are their debated effects? Check out our preprint (w/ @alice_tut & Fabio Votta📊🐧 ) in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2025). Special thanks to Ernesto de León ! preprint: t.ly/MqcH9 (1/2)

🚨NEW PREPRINT🚨 Excited to have contributed to this encyclopedia entry on filter bubbles, the myth, the legend, and the first political communication concept I ever explored during my studies. Huge thanks to Marilù Miotto and @alice_tut for having me as a co-author on this piece! :)

Happy to have been elected as International Communication Association Board Student and Early Career Representative for the 2025-2027 term! Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote 🗳️ — I’m excited to step into this role in Denver and look forward to seeing everyone there!

While you wait on #ICA25 decisions, consider submitting a 500-word abstract to your favorite #ICA preconference, "Media and Communication in Global Latinidades" 👌 Read the full call here! tinyurl.com/icapreconf25 Deadline to submit: February 15, 23:59 EST EN/ES/PT International Communication Association