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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 2d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 26d

Anyone who perceives Kirk as “civil” or as “doing politics the right way” is betraying their comfort with the ablative world Kirk worked so hard to create, secure in their belief that the grinding wheel will never touch *their* skin.

One wonders where that belief arises from.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · 26d

This feels like a *very* strange time to be revising an article that looks at how Kirk’s fans and followers engaged with his coverage of the 2024 US presidential election. Certainly some major updates required 😬

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · Jul 1

New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion.
Piece by DCU's Dr Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4lyWwSn

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Jonathan Collins @joncollins.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨 One day left to apply for the @vox-pol.bsky.social next gen conference happening in Prague on the 25-26th of September. We are bringing together ECRs to build a proper community researching (violent) online extremism.

Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK
Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk

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Craig Haslop, Masculinities and Screen Studies @craighaslop.bsky.social · Jun 18

New publication 📢 📢 lnkd.in/eDkiZejm
Very pleased to share our new publication (with Fiona O'Rourke) in Men and Masculinities journal, which focuses on how our research about misogynistic and homophobic banter in digital spaces fed into an educational toolkit (download for free men4change.co.uk ).

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 5

We were delighted to have supported @anthonypkelly.bsky.social 's recent symposium "Reaction(ary) Media)" on situating influencers, audiences, and antagonisms.

Read more on the event and its findings at the blog link below 👇
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Reaction(ary) Media: International Symposium Convened by Centre Member Anthony Kelly - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

05.06.2025. Reaction(ary) Media: International Symposium Convened by Centre Member Anthony Kelly On May 29th, the UCD Centre for Digital Policy supported

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 17

Such excellent news and what an awesome project 🥳

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Kylie Jarrett @kylzjarrett.bsky.social · Jun 17

Now it's all official, I can let people know that I have been awarded an #ERCAdG ERC Advanced Grant for my LivePlatforms project to critically examine the actors involved in determining how - or whether - people make livelihoods in the platform economy.
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jun 17

📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!

The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.

Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD

#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Additional information about the event can be found on the @ucdischool.bsky.social website. Please also feel free to reach out to me personally if you have any questions about the event or its outcomes.

www.ucd.ie/ics/events/r...

International Symposium — Reaction(ary) Media

International Symposium - Reaction(ary) Media: Situating, Influencers, Audiences, and Antagonisms

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

The event was made possible through the support of a @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Grant for Early Career Academics, a @researchireland.ie ‬Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, and @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social. Significant admin support was provided by @ucdischool.bsky.social.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

In summary, the day focused on dynamics of audience engagement with reactionary rhetoric; risks of researching reactionary audiences; impacts of material living conditions; and the imperative to ensure resourcing for the regulatory systems currently in place as well as the need to think beyond them.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Confronting factors such as content monetisation, the role of microinfluencers, and the impacts of political discourse, speakers addressed the need for engaged research focused both on how politics are shaped by material conditions of life and the shared articulation of an effective counterpolitics.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Finally, rounding out the day’s proceedings, the event featured a panel discussion on future directions for the study of reactionary media—chaired by me and with contributions from @profafinlayson.bsky.social‬, @debbieging.bsky.social, and @gavant.bsky.social.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Discussion revealed a gap between formal regulatory processes at EU and local levels (e.g., DSA) and the realities encountered by civil society organisations on the ground. Community stakeholders want to engage more with the systems being put in place, but resourcing issues are creating chokepoints.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Speakers flagged the complex convergence between what is happening online and material conditions offline, rendering the kind of remedies we might explore similarly complex. Social media platforms and their algorithms were seen as central factors in political upheavals that urgently need addressing.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

The event also featured a policy roundtable addressing audience engagement with reactionary media as a policy concern—chaired by Eugenia Siapera, with contributions from Eileen Culloty, Thomas Hughes, @gilliankennedy.bsky.social, @edelmcginley.bsky.social, @johnnyryan.bsky.social, and Tanya Warren.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Shane Murphy’s paper called for an audience-centred perspective on online radicalisation, focusing on the example of self-identified incels. His paper highlighted the utility of this approach for the identification of more contextually-grounded preventive interventions attuned to lived experience.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Rhona Jamieson’s paper explored narratives of utopia and apocalypse in the worldbuilding of neoreactionary blogs. Her paper traced the development of NeoReaction from left accelerationism and cybernetic cultural theory, linking the use of narrative to the anticipation of imagined futures.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

@simoned.bsky.social's ‬paper addressed the reactionary turn in fandom through a focus on fan reactions to assault allegations levelled at Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. Through a “believability” lens, she examined how fan loyalty can defy cancellation despite resonance with MeToo narratives.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

@joncollins.bsky.social’s paper presented the concept of “decentralised sociality” as a tool for understanding far-right community-building on alt-tech platforms. These space, he argued, offer not just ideological reinforcement but rather social environments shaped by dynamics of decentralisation.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

The second paper panel of the day focused on the theme of audiences, texts, and political affects. Chaired by @sarahadunne.bsky.social‬, the panel featured contributions from ‪@joncollins.bsky.social‬, @simoned.bsky.social, Rhona Jamieson, and Shane Murphy.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

@kat-hig.bsky.social’s paper addressed how reactionary movements deploy hypothetical futures of injury and oppression to justify violence and regressive cultural agendas. "Victimcould" was outlined as a concept to resist those agendas and formulate a more progressive public vulnerability politics.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

@craighaslop.bsky.social’s paper outlined the value of an ecosystems approach to misogyny influencers and the “ideological collabs” in which they engage. He argued for a focus on collaborated content as well as the promotional, financial, and interpersonal connections that characterise this space.

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Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Marina Frid’s paper explored how social media representations connecting digital entrepreneurship to wealth and influence drive the use of Instagram as a digital labour platform in Brazil. She argued these practices embed workers in algorithmic loops that link aspirational and reactionary media.

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