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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 3d

🏆 Many congratulations to @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social her book 'Wronged' @columbiaup.bsky.social has been awarded both the Outstanding Book Award @icahdq.bsky.social & the Best Book Award @icaptc.bsky.social, two of the highest honours in the Media field.

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Professor Lilie Chouliaraki Wins Dual ICA Book Awards | Wronged: Weaponization of Victimhood

Professor Lilie Chouliaraki’s Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood has won two top ICA awards, praised as a ground-breaking study of politics, media and victimhood.

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 1d

📚 The Divine Feminine: Women & the Rise of the Right
Join authors Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for a vital talk on women’s roles in #farright movements, radicalisation & tradwife culture.

🗓 Mon 10 Nov 6.30-8pm
🎙 Chair: Dr Rachel O'Neill
✅ Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you for hosting my book signing @foxlanebooks.bsky.social It was such a pleasure to meet you all! I was overwhelmed by all the interesting & thoughtful people who came along to @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 4d

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 3d

Professor Lilie Chouliaraki Wins Dual ICA Book Awards | Wronged: Weaponization of Victimhood

Professor Lilie Chouliaraki’s Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood has won two top ICA awards, praised as a ground-breaking study of politics, media and victimhood.

www.lse.ac.uk

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Richard Stupart @richardstupart.com · 4d

Are you an early career scholar interested in some mix of media and war? We'd love to have you consider applying for Leverhulme funding to come and be part of our department.

If you think this might be you, get in touch - I'd love to see how we can support you.

www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

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Nick Anstead @nickanstead.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨New article alert! 🚨

"Facebook election advertising: dangerous for democracy or politics as usual? The case of the 2017 UK general election" in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics.

Available open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article title: Facebook election advertising: dangerous for democracy or politics as usual? The case of the 2017 UK general election

Abstract: Recent years have seen increasing concern about the potential of Facebook advertisements to microtarget small groups or individuals in the electorate with specific messages during campaigns and the impact such practices might have on democratic institutions. This article examines Facebook advertising during the 2017 UK general election using a dataset created by the civil society organization Who Targets Me. We use content analysis to code negativity and political topics to identify if certain messages disproportionately appear in the feeds of particular voters. Our empirical findings suggest that, while there is evidence of broad demographic targeting occurring, the single most important factor in what appears in a user’s Facebook feed is the point in the election campaign they are accessing Facebook. Surprisingly, given the UK’s first-past-the-post election system, we find limited evidence of geographical targeting. We situate these findings in the political context of the 2017 UK General Election, an unexpected “snap election” which saw large opinion poll movements during the campaign, and was called in the period of political dislocation following the UK’s referendum on European Union membership in 2016. As such, we argue that the election remains an important case study for understanding the interaction between the affordances of Facebook advertising and the political context.

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · Jul 10

We are pleased to announce that Lilie Chouliaraki's WRONGED is the Co-Winner of the 2025 Best Book Award from the Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Division of the International Communication Association. buff.ly/KkDTP85 @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @icaptc.bsky.social

Co-Winner! Includes the cover of Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood by Lilie Chouliaraki. 2025 Best Book Award, Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Division of the International Communication Association. Save 20% with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for joining us! Hope you enjoyed the talk

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MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social · 7d

Fantastic event last night with @couldrynick.bsky.social and Baroness Kidron. A genuine exchange of ideas and concerns around policy and the core issues involved in tackling Big Tech’s business model. A sliver of hope.

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 8d

I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below. @lsemedia.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 8d

🗣 We’re live! @couldrynick.bsky.social talks on his recent book 'The Space of the World' reflecting whether human solidarity can survive #socialmedia?

@5rightsfound.bsky.social's #BeebanKidron will respond to the book's themes & @myriageorgiou.bsky.social as chair:
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Can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t? | LSE Event

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Tech vs. public interest?

Join @abpowell.bsky.social as she unpacks the rise & fall of #BabylonHealth - once seen as the NHS’s future. Her research shows how #AI hype & blitzscaling clashed with public service values.

📅 28 Oct 11am 📍 Shaw Library
👥 LSE community
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LSE Research Showcase

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 8d

📕 We're looking forward to tonight's hybrid book launch at 6.30pm w/@couldrynick.bsky.social Beeban Kidron & @myriageorgiou.bsky.social.

Our experts will discuss Prof Couldry's recent book and how we can build solidarity in this increasingly disconnected world.

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 28d

We’re hosting the book launch of 'The Space of the World', our first public event of the term!

🌍 Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media?
w/ @couldrynick.bsky.social, Baroness Beeban Kidron @myriageorgiou.bsky.social

🗓️ Thu 2 Oct | 6.30–8pm
📍LSE + Online

🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...

The space of the world: can-human-solidarity-survive-social-media?

6.30pm Thurs 2 Oct | Nick Couldry | Ticket Required |Free public event at LSE

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 8d

📅 Save the date: Mon 17 Nov 2025, 6–7.30pm

🎞️ Event marking the launch of the exhibition Red alert on democracy at LSE's Atrium Gallery

🎙️ Prof Paul Frosh on protest, media & memory in #Israel post-#October7

🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-co...

📸: Oded Engel, Mar 2024
#ProtestPhotography #MediaStudies

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 10d

place on LSE campus that makes you proud #partoflse
Women Social and Political Union They produced the newspaper votes for women . their offices
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@lsegender.bsky.social #lsefreshers @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
@lsemedia.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

photo editorial office wspu shows women at typewriters paper on desks 1905

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César Jiménez-Martínez @cjimenez-m.bsky.social · 10d

Talib Visram interviewed me for his podcast America's Cup, and we talked about how some national flags can mean more than just a national flag.

You can listen to it here: talibvisram.substack.com/p/flagging-f...

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robinmansell.bsky.social @robinmansell.bsky.social · 9d

Delighted that my paper has been published by the Journal of the British Academy open access- how to deal with an AI industry that scrapes data for LLM training without compensation, in this case, to creative industries copyright holders in the UK. DOI: 10.5871/jba/013.a38

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 10d

🖋 Book signing + copies for sale after the event
🥂 Drinks reception for in-person attendees
✅ Free & open to all — registration required
🔗 Sign up here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-s...

Human Solidarity and Social Media | The Space of the World

6.30pm Thurs 2 Oct | Nick Couldry | Ticket Required |Free public event at LSE

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 10d

🗓 Event details:
📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online
🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK)
🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron
🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 10d

Ahead of the event, check out his blog post:
🔗 “The battle to rebuild our social media has started”
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The battle to rebuild our social media has started

The harms of social media platforms are well known. But the root cause is not: namely, letting profit-seeking businesses design our social spaces.

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 10d

@couldrynick.bsky.social explores how the commercial internet created a polarized, intense space for social interaction. This raises big questions about how we connect and cooperate in society today.

LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 10d

📢 Can human solidarity survive in digital spaces shaped by commercial platforms?
Join us Thurs 2 Oct for the hybrid launch of The Space of the World by Nick Couldry — a deep look at how our online world has evolved and what’s next.

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LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 16d

🔎New! The reverse victimisation of Charlie Kirk – from propagandist to martyr, by @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social of @lsemedia.bsky.social.

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The reverse victimisation of Charlie Kirk – from propagandist to martyr - British Politics and Policy at LSE

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Donald Trump and J D Vance proclaimed him a martyr, a recasting of those with power and influence as victims.

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 14d

The reverse victimisation of #CharlieKirk – from propagandist to martyr – @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social.

The reverse victimisation of Charlie Kirk – from propagandist to martyr | British Politics and Policy at LSE

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Donald Trump and J D Vance proclaimed him a martyr, a recasting of those with power and influence as victims.

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 12d

This interview (available in English and Portuguese) with the Brazilian journal Algorithms and Society reflects on my recent work on data colonialism and social , and also my current work on AI: periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/al... @lsemedia.bsky.social

Entrevista com Nick Couldry | Algoritmos & Sociedade

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