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The smiling Milan Polcomm Summer School Class of 2022, at the end of the intense and productive week, ready for the farewell lunch in the University gardens, posing for the 'historical' photo with Patricia Moy, sergio splendore, Margherita Di Cicco, Gianpietro Mazzoleni. #arrivederci! APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions

🎶The hills are alive with the sound of #science! This week 📅22-26/08 at the #ecprgc22, our M²P researchers present their work 💪We are ready for this European Consortium for Political Research event full of panels, networking, and socializing Check this 🧵 for an overview of M²P presentations 👇

Addendum: There is one paper that is part of this special issue project, but was inadvertently placed in another issue: Willem Buyens & peter van aelst study of actor diversity in alternative news. It's a great read & we don't want it lost in the shuffle! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🎉This academic year, m2p celebrated its 20th anniversary 🥳 To mark the moment, we brought together past and present colleagues for an unforgettable reunion at the #SpecialBelge Taproom! 🙌 Join us as we unravel some facts from our two-decade research expedition. 🧵

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It’s always great to have a Milan Polcomm Summer School reunion 🍕✨ Willem Buyens Rasmus W. Schmøkel Junio Aglioti Colombini Olga_Pasi Martina Novotná diego garusi, Patricia Moy #ECREAPolComm23

Last Thursday, our research group left Antwerp for a team-building in Amsterdam. We caught up with former colleagues now based at UvA Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief), enjoyed a boat trip and explored the Rijksmuseum. A great day with the whole team! 🌆 AI, Media & Democracy | @[email protected] ASCoR | @[email protected]

📢Calling all PhD candidates & early-career scholars working in #PolComm! 🎓 Join us for the 8th International Summer School in Political Communication 🗓️Dates: 8-13 July 2024 🏙️Location: Milan, Italy 🔗 polcomm.unimi.it

🚨New publication in icsjournal! We (peter van aelst & Steve Paulussen) studied how politicians curate the news on social media in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK 🗞️. Read our findings and conclusions here: doi.org/10.1080/136911….

Hot off the press! 🔥 Hyperpartisan, Alternative, and Conspiracy Media Users: An Anti-Establishment Portrait In Political Communication 📓, we blend webtracking + survey data to paint a nuanced portrait of those who consume this content Long(ish) thread👇 🔗tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Happy to chair the session Political Communication in the Hybrid Media System Politicologenetmaal 🇳🇱🇧🇪 FASoS Maastricht together with Puck Guldemond (read as: best co-host ever!👊). Thank you all for making this workshop a success!

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Our research (Emma van der Goot Karolin Soontjens Willem Buyens) shows mutual distrust between journalists and (local) politicians in Belgium, with both sides accusing each other of spreading disinformation. There's no impact on their frequency of contact, though. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨New paper out in Journal of Information Technology & Politics!

🗓️Mark in your calendars the upcoming NeFCA event from the political and persuasive com' divisions, on Political Campaigning in the digital context: A practitioners' perspective. Everyone welcome, register here: tinyurl.com/NEFCA! 🕐5/12/2024 📍 U. of Antwerp More info👇

🗓️On 5 December, the Pol Comm and Persuasive Comm divisions of NeFCA are organizing a Practitioners' Event on Political Campaigning! We extended the deadline to subscribe to 24/11 due to an update in the program. We hope to see many of you there! All info 👇👇

Two weeks ago I successfully defended my PhD dissertation “Feeding the News” UAntwerpen. Many thanks to my supportive supervisors peter van aelst & Steve Paulussen and Doctoral Jury members Cristian Vaccari, Desiree Schmuck, Claes de Vreese and Julie Sevenans!