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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 27

We’re heading into Day 3 of our #PolCom section at #ecprgc25 ✨Tomorrow's panels:

📌 News Narratives, Deliberation & Political Humor — 08:30–10:15
📌 Representation at the Crossroads: Inclusion & Exclusion — 15:45–17:30

All in 📍 Polytechnic S., 2nd fl., Wing B 1(301)
Can’t wait for the discussions! 🙌

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 26

After the meeting, we warmly welcome you to join us for informal networking & drinks nearby 🍻 — a perfect chance to exchange ideas and strengthen connections! #ecprgc25 #polcom

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 26

In the evening, we invite all members to join us for the #PolCom Business Meeting 💬

A great opportunity to connect with colleagues, hear updates on ongoing initiatives, and discuss future directions for our community.

📅 Wed, 27 Aug 2025
🕔 17:45–18:45
🏛 Polytechnic S., 2nd fl., Wing B 1(301)

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 26

📌 Gender, Power, and Political Participation
🕗 08:30–10:15
📌 Populism, Identity, and Political Narratives
🕙 10:45–12:30
📌 Political Communication in a Digital Age
🕓 15:45–17:30

All in 📍 Polytechnic School, 2nd fl. Wing B 1(301)

Join us for a full day of engaging debates! #ecprgc25 #polcom [2/x]

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 26

We hope you enjoyed Day 1 of #ecprgc25 as much as we did! 🙌

We’re excited to continue on Day 2 our #PolCom section “Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion” with another strong line-up of panels:👇🧵 [1/x]

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks for your interest, @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social!

Check out our ECR club, which provides early career scholars with feedback from senior colleagues:
events.ecpr.eu/Events/332

Standing Group on Political Communication ECR Club

European Consortium for Political Research

events.ecpr.eu

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good morning, Thessaloniki! Kicking off our #polcom section at #ecprgc25🎉

Day 1 panels:

📌 The Role of Social Media in Political Discourse — Tue 08:30–10:15
📌 Framing and Political Persuasion Strategies — Tue 10:45–12:30

All panels in Polytech. S., Fl. 2, W. B 1(301)

Excited to see you there!

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · Jul 28

Pol comm; representation; & leg affairs scholars! Check out UKMP Inbox - a database of UK MP's enewsletters. Builds on @dcinbox.bsky.social and canberrainbox.com.au.

@ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @psa-parliaments.bsky.social @psaexecpolitics.bsky.social @psaepop.bsky.social @psabcpe.bsky.social

Adam L. Ozer @ozerthinking.bsky.social · Jul 28

Introducing The UK MP Inbox: a public database of email newsletters written by UK Members of Parliament.

To read more about the Inbox, I wrote a blog post discussing these data and some potential use cases for social scientists and researchers:

adamlozer.github.io/blog/posts/2...

#polisky

Adam L. Ozer, Ph.D. - The UK MP Inbox

adamlozer.github.io

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Alena Kluknavska @alenakluknavska.bsky.social · Jun 11

Come and join us! It is going to be great! Martina Paulenova from @medjourmuni.bsky.social will talk about political memes in a polarized environment!

ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨 New #PolComm ECR Club Session coming up! 🙌

🕺 Join us tomorrow (12 June) at 🕰️ 1pm for a discussion of 🎇 Memes during the Czech Elections 🗳️

w/ ✨ Martina Paulenova, Ofra Klein & Ana Langer. ✨

🖥️ Check events.ecpr.eu/Events/Event... for more details and registration/zoom link! 🔗

@ecpr.bsky.social

Memeing the Candidates: Exploring Polarization and Incivility in Commenters’ Responses to Anti-Populist Memes during the 2023 Czech Presidential Elections

European Consortium for Political Research

events.ecpr.eu

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨 New #PolComm ECR Club Session coming up! 🙌

🕺 Join us tomorrow (12 June) at 🕰️ 1pm for a discussion of 🎇 Memes during the Czech Elections 🗳️

w/ ✨ Martina Paulenova, Ofra Klein & Ana Langer. ✨

🖥️ Check events.ecpr.eu/Events/Event... for more details and registration/zoom link! 🔗

@ecpr.bsky.social

Memeing the Candidates: Exploring Polarization and Incivility in Commenters’ Responses to Anti-Populist Memes during the 2023 Czech Presidential Elections

European Consortium for Political Research

events.ecpr.eu

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨 New #PolComm ECR Club Session coming up! 🙌

🕺 Join us tomorrow (12 June) at 🕰️ 1pm for a discussion of 🎇 Memes during the Czech Elections 🗳️

w/ ✨ Martina Paulenova, Ofra Klein & Ana Langer. ✨

🖥️ Check events.ecpr.eu/Events/Event... for more details and registration/zoom link! 🔗

@ecpr.bsky.social

Memeing the Candidates: Exploring Polarization and Incivility in Commenters’ Responses to Anti-Populist Memes during the 2023 Czech Presidential Elections

European Consortium for Political Research

events.ecpr.eu

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

You can also follow us from now onwards on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ecpr...

ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication | LinkedIn

ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication | 19 followers on LinkedIn. ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication | This is the official LinkedIn page of the ECPR Standing Group on Political C...

www.linkedin.com

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 22

Join us ⏰TODAY, 13:00 (CET) for our first ECR Club session!
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

For now, you'll need to register by 'About' > 'Event registration'.

Looking forward to seeing many of you there!

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Jesper Stromback @jesperstromback.bsky.social · May 12

Interested in becoming a scholar? Now you have the chance, as we have open positions as doctoral students at the Department of Journalism, Media, and Communication, University of Gothenburg. @polcomm.bsky.social @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social

web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Doctoral student in journalism, media and communication

Doctoral position in journalism, media and communication The Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) hereby

web103.reachmee.com

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 7

📣 Job alert 📣
Position for postdoctoral researcher on journalist and infotainment at the University of Amsterdam. You can apply until May 25. More details below ⬇️
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher on the Topics of Journalism and Infotainment

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher on themes related to journalism with an affinity for quantitative methods. Are you interested in topics, such as media trust, pluralism, media effects and/...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · May 7

This may be of interest to #PolComm researchers @polcomm.bsky.social @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @liprg.bsky.social @theframelab.bsky.social @cadaad.bsky.social

🏛️📣🗣💬🌐📟

Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · May 7

New article out now! We propose a framework for studying how changes in political leadership affect the language of government communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Social media communication of government agencies should ideally be truthful and impartial to sustain public trust in government and support democratic goals. However, the politicization of agencies may harm the benefits that impartial and engaged communication brings. In this study, we provide a linguistic framework for analyzing how agency politicization is reflected in the language of government social media communication by asking: How does the agency (1) use speech acts (e.g., commands, requests), (2) talk about itself and others, (3) refer to statistical and scientific information, and (4) express positive and negative sentiment? We demonstrate the application of the framework by conducting a case study of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s messaging on Twitter across administrations with distinct ideological alignments between the agency and its top administrator. The analysis shows that (1) requests and statistical information were used substantially more under the administrator more aligned with the agency mission; (2) expressive speech acts were used more often during the administration less aligned with the agency mission; and (3) posts were generally positive but more so under the administration less aligned with the agency mission, possibly to counteract increased public criticism. We discuss the results in relation to theories of politicization and government communication, and the implications for citizens and public sector communicators using social media sites.

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

You can also follow us from now onwards on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ecpr...

ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication | LinkedIn

ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication | 19 followers on LinkedIn. ECPR Standing Group on Political Communication | This is the official LinkedIn page of the ECPR Standing Group on Political C...

www.linkedin.com

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

Help us spread the word! ☺️
+ nudging @ecpr.bsky.social

ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

📅 1st session: May 22, 13:00 (online, no signup needed!)
🔗LINK WILL FOLLOW!

Presenter: Muhammad Noor Fakhruzzaman (U Vienna): "Media Intergroup Bias in Indonesian Online News"
Discussant: @kenzalamot.bsky.social (VU Amsterdam)

Let’s build a supportive PolCom ECR community—see you May 22!

Muhammad Noor Fakhruzzaman

tinyurl.com

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

🎤 Want to present or be a discussant at a future session?
Fill out this 1-min form to stay in the loop + signal interest:
🔗 tinyurl.com/ecrclub

The PolComm ECR Club

1-min survey on involvement on PolComm ECR Club

tinyurl.com

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

🧠 Why join?
→ Connect across institutions!
→ Navigate academia’s hidden rules!
→ Get feedback on your work from peers & senior scholars!

Each session features 12–15 min presentation + feedback by a discussant + open Q&A.

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · May 5

🆕 Introducing the ✨PolComm ECR Club✨ – a new monthly online forum for early career researchers in political communication!

Organized by @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social, this initiative is open to PhD students & postdocs (≤4 yrs post-PhD) in the ECPR or ECREA polcom sections!

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · Mar 5

My new article/dataset in @lsqjournal.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
CanberraInbox, a new dataset of all e-newsletters of Australian politician, based on @dcinbox.bsky.social. Ping @polcomm.bsky.social @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....04

CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators' e‐Newsletters in Australia

This research note introduces CanberraInbox, a new, regularly updated dataset comprising the full text of all e-newsletters from Australian members of Parliament. The dataset addresses a gap in study...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Jan 5

📣Tomorrow last day to submit 👉🏼
📣 Call for #ecprgc25 🇬🇷 Panels & Papers @ecpr.bsky.social
🌉 Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion
✅ Endorsed by SG
🪑 Chairs @marikenvelden.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social
⌛ Deadline 6 Jan
#Populism #Polarization #PolComm

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