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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · 2d

@polcomm.bsky.social is seeking a new Editor of Political Communication!!
Please apply by Dec 31, 2025✅

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 2d

Call for Editor(s)!

📢 @polcommjournal.bsky.social is seeking its next editor(s)!

Appointment Term: 2027–2029

🗓️ Apply by Dec 31, 2025

Full Application details here: politicalcommunication.org/call-for-nom...

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨

Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections

And it's open access!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections - Josephine Lukito, Maggie Macdonald, Bin Chen, Megan A. Brown, Stephen Prochaska, Yunkang ...

In this multi-platform, comparative study, we analyze social media messages from political candidates (N = 1,517) running for Congress during the 2022 U.S. Midt...

journals.sagepub.com

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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Check out our latest paper on social media linking patterns across 186 platforms and two large social issue datasets 👇👇

Yini Zhang @yinizhang.bsky.social · Apr 28

🚨 New paper out in @journalqd.bsky.social! 🚨
How do different social media platforms connect to each other? In our latest study, we propose that social media can be understood as a system made up of differentiated yet interconnected platforms, shaped by how users share information. #socialmedia🧵

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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · Apr 19

Friday Night Massacre of accurate information.

A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

www.nsf.gov

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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · Apr 18

NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”

They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.

And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

www.nsf.gov

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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Apr 16

🌟pub🌟 "Communicative AI in the scientific public sphere" is out in Telematics & Informatics! w/ @yinizhang.bsky.social Jiawei Liu & Yukyung Yang

We examine public discussions on generative AI tools from both cognitive and affective dimensions.

first 50 copies 👇
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kmCI2dUkY...

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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Apr 4

President Yoon removed. Unanimous decision by the constitutional court. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

South Korea’s Constitutional Court Removes Impeached President Yoon: Live Updates

Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended after declaring martial law in December, will be permanently removed, the Constitutional Court ruled. A new leader will be elected.

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · Mar 25

📄NEW PAPER📄

Ever wondered content people actually pay *attention* to online? Our new research reveals that you likely pay attention to far more varied political content than your likes and shares suggest

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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Feb 26

Honored to be a panelist today on an important #ThinkingGlobally panel on media and misinformation! @uconn.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Feb 20

With #FakeNews, #AI, & polarized #SocialMedia platforms, sharing information has become increasingly complicated. Join us for the first of three panels on #ThinkingGlobally in 2025 to discuss this growing challenge & its implications for #GlobalRelations: https://buff.ly/4hF77sU

A 3-Part Series. Thinking Globally in 2025. Our Digital World: Media and Misinformation. February 25, 12 PM to 1 PM (ET). UConn Global and ISA logos. Picture: Hands reaching toward a digital globe.

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Feb 20

With #FakeNews, #AI, & polarized #SocialMedia platforms, sharing information has become increasingly complicated. Join us for the first of three panels on #ThinkingGlobally in 2025 to discuss this growing challenge & its implications for #GlobalRelations: https://buff.ly/4hF77sU

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Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social · Feb 15

By yours truly,

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Feb 15

Americans who rely on social media as their main news source are more likely to encounter conspiracy theories, according to a technology professor. Here are some tips for information literacy on #TikTok (and here):
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation

‘For You’: What to know about news on TikTok

A social media researcher explains how to analyze your news feed in terms of content, circulation and consumption.

buff.ly

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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · Feb 3

This is not a time for passive citizenship. Silence means approval. So what to do?

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Communication Methods and Measures @cmmjournal.bsky.social · Dec 20

✨New article!✨"WordPPR: A Researcher-Driven Computational Keyword Selection Method for Text Data Retrieval from Digital Media" by Yini Zhang (@yinizhang.bsky.social), Fan Chen, Jiyoun Suk (@jiyoun-suk.bsky.social), and Zhiying Yue. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hang with the Huskies tonight at #nca24 #nca2024

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social · Nov 17

If you’re heading to NCA this coming week, be sure to stop by our UConn Communication reception Thursday evening! #nca24

Flyer for UConn’s NCA reception, Thursday, November 21, 8:30-10:30pm, New Orleans Marriott, Balcony J

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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · Nov 14

👉 The Media & Communication starter pack of starter packs 📺 🎞️ 📱 💬

Internet Studies: go.bsky.app/LVrPemK
Internet Studies 2: go.bsky.app/KHmxfWf
Internet Studies 3: go.bsky.app/9uYafGv
Media Theory: go.bsky.app/RGLr16b
Audience Studies: go.bsky.app/2CKVP4u

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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Nov 18

Please add me. Thanks

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Saif Shahin @saifshahin.bsky.social · Nov 18

Everyone’s loving #starterpacks on #Bluesky.

So, here’s a #thread of 12 starter packs for #digital #internet & #platform studies & adjacent disciplines (tech law, #css, #sts). Pls share/add.

I start with my own pack on (digital) #activism & social movements.

#AcademicSky

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Nov 18

Would love to be added. Thanks!

Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social · Nov 18

Could you please add me? Thanks.

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