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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Jun 16

I would summarize this great last presentation of #ica25, but @camilambpp.bsky.social has already done it better 👇

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Camila Mont'Alverne @camilambpp.bsky.social · Jun 16

I know last panel in the last day is a stretch, but I’ll present our work on the effects of consuming news on WhatsApp (co-authored with @patyrossini.bsky.social and @antoniskalog.bsky.social) at 3 pm today. Grays Peak A, 555 building next to Grand Hyatt #ICA25

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APSA's Organized Section on Information Technology & Politics @apsaitp.bsky.social · Jun 4

Time to celebrate the 2025 ITP Section awards:
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Section 18 - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Information Technology and Politics Section Award Recipients More on the Information Technology and Politics section Best Student PaperBest Public Facing

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · May 23

🚨🚨 Only a few days left to submit a paper for the Political Communication Preconference at APSA! 🚨🚨

@ashleymuddiman.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social and I are looking forward to your submissions!

DEADLINE: May 25th, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7). CFP here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference

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Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social · May 20

We're hiring!

Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.

Sharing = 🙏❤️

www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · May 2

Already looking forward to ICA2027 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Pawel Popiel @ppopiel.bsky.social · May 2

ICA 2027 to be held in Glasgow rather than in Chicago as originally planned. Really the only move in a climate that jeopardizes every part of the conference's acronym - international, communication, and association.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Apr 28

🌐 Preconference updates will be posted here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

📩 Questions? Contact the organizers: @stecula.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social and @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social through the email:

[email protected]

#APSA2025 #PolComm

2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Apr 15

The cfp for this year's @polcomm.bsky.social preconference at APSA is now open, and we are also organizing a mentoring scheme for early career scholars not willing/able to travel to Canada this year. Information below!

Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · Apr 14

The call for papers for the APSA Political Communication Preconference in Vancouver is now open!

Together with @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social and @patyrossini.bsky.social, we're thrilled to invite your submissions.

📅: May 25th, 2025, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7)

More information: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference

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Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · Apr 14

The call for papers for the APSA Political Communication Preconference in Vancouver is now open!

Together with @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social and @patyrossini.bsky.social, we're thrilled to invite your submissions.

📅: May 25th, 2025, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7)

More information: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference

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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · Feb 19

Come work with us at the @uclamericas.bsky.social!

We are recruiting a Lecturer (equivalent of tenure-track Assistant Professor) in US Politics, particularly elections, electoral behaviour, or Latino politics.

📆 Deadline: 28 March

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Feb 6

12 years ago this day, I defended my Master's thesis at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Little did I know then that my relationship with academic research would take me to where I am today.

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · Feb 3

Job alert! 2-year Postdoctoral researcher position on Democratic Localism and Global Policy Mobility in Leverhulme funded project. Based in Urban Studies & Social Policy at University of Glasgow. Deadline: 20/2/2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLR158/r... #urban #sociology

Research Associate at University of Glasgow

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Jan 30

Be part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Climate Vulnerability team 🚀

I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ634/p...

⏰ midday Feb 26 ⏰

Job Details

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨We are looking for a new Editor for Open Science at the European Journal of Political Research! 🔥

Join our editorial team (as full Editor) to develop new Open Science initiatives, eg Registered Reports and guidelines for statistical reporting

DL: 23 Feb

Please repost for N and diversity!

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚀 YOUR chance to champion #OpenScience at a leading #PolSci journal!

📘 Our flagship journal, EJPR, is looking for an Editor of Open Science to lead initiatives advancing transparency and reproducibility in research

✍️ Apply by 23 Feb
#OpenAccess #AcademicSky #Polisky

Call for Editor of Open Science (EOS) – EJPR

Lead the charge in enhancing EJPR’s open science and replication policies

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Kateryna Maikovska 🇺🇦 @maikovska.bsky.social · Jan 28

Publication Alert 📣 Our experimental study shows that politicians’ intolerant (but not uncivil) Tweets cause negative emotions in young participants. 🏛 This, in turn, increased pol distrust & pol participation intentions. @adme-uvienna.bsky.social #OpenAccess 📌 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Angry tweets. How uncivil and intolerant elite communication affects political distrust and political participation intentions

Hostile speech by politicians is increasingly prevalent on social media, especially for regular social media users. However, studies that compare the effects of political incivility versus intolera...

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Jan 9

Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech and civic engagement runs precisely as deep as Exxon's commitment to clean energy.

He doesn't have a single intellectual commitment that could remain standing against a mild political headwind.

open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech is as deep as Exxon's commitment to clean energy

Meta's policy commitments never last longer than an election cycle

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · Jan 10

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Jan 9

Ha! Yes, back to the roots

Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Jan 9

Even more problematic that studying what happens in these platforms at scale is virtually impossible…

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Jan 9

Which, unlike the end of the factchecking program, are not restricted to the US. Instead, prior community guidelines on discriminatory, hateful, and dehumanizing speech will be loosened globally (except in countries where local regulation outlaw this kind of speech).

Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Jan 9

Despite the focus on factchecking, the most dangerous changes are in the actual content moderation policies—which will now allow dehumanization, discrimination, and hate: www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’

Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

www.wired.com

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Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · Jan 9

It’s important to consider the consequences of online abuse on political representation in light of the changes in meta’s moderation approach allowing more abuse and harassment to stay online.

PSA Media and Politics Group @psampg.bsky.social · Jan 9

Next up, Emily Harmer introduces...Emily Harmer! She's sharing her research with Ros Southern, interviewing women politicians about their experiences of online harassment and abuse and how they manage this

@rosalynd.bsky.social @harm365.bsky.social

#PSAMPG2025

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APSA's Organized Section on Information Technology & Politics @apsaitp.bsky.social · Jan 9

DEADLINE ALERT!!!! Get your proposals ready and in by the deadline that is less than one week away.
#apsa2025 #Vancouver #Canada

"we will meet again in the land of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh"

convention2.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...

APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · Jan 9

It’s important to identify *which* speech is being “suppressed”

Axios @axios.com · Jan 9

Under Meta's newly relaxed moderation policies, women can be compared to household objects, ethnic groups can be called "filth," users can call for the exclusion of gay people from certain professions and people can refer to a transgender or non-binary person as an "it."

Meta's new content policies will let many groups be targeted

Changes in moderation will release a flood of hate speech and could even fuel real-world violence, experts say.

www.axios.com

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Taberez A. Neyazi @taberez.bsky.social · Jan 9

Meta's decision to ditch fact-checkers in the US reeks of dangerous opportunism, prioritizing 'community-driven' spin over accountability. With Indian fact-checkers heavily reliant on Meta funding, this could spell disaster for truth & transparency globally.
indianexpress.com/article/busi...

Meta’s fact-checking snub in US sets off alarm bells for fact-checkers in India

A number of fact-checkers that popped up in India in the last few years are heavily reliant on funding from Meta

indianexpress.com

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