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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Nov 7

✨Introducing the POLCOMM WHO-TO-FOLLOW List✨
(Bluesky Edition)

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · 1d

One month left to hand in your submissions to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast next year!⬇️ Please consider submitting to the Political Communication Section🤓

Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited about the very first EPSS conference in Belfast next year!🤩 @kenbenoit.bsky.social & I co-chair the Political Communication Section and invite submissions on contents & effects of political communication, broadly conceived, and media-politics relations⬇️Please reach out in case of questions

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 1d

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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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Call for Proposals

Conference “American Political Institutions in a Changing Media Environment”

📅 May 14–15, 2026 | Stanford

The committee welcomes papers on how digital media is reshaping U.S. politics & democracy.

Deadline: Nov 1, 2025

👉 forms.gle/iC2RXAsBhwa9CFCc8

#Polcomm

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 8d

This year, I will not be compiling available job calls, but I encourage folks to check out @polcomm.bsky.social and @aejmc.bsky.social 's newsletters for a list of calls.

There is also a well-maintained wikia for jobs in this area: academicjobs.fandom.com/wiki/Communi...

Communication and Media Studies 2025-2026

Welcome! This page is for tenure-track jobs in Communication and Media Studies that begin in Fall 2026. VAP positions are OK, but please label them as such and do not post adjunct positions here. Thes...

academicjobs.fandom.com

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Job Opportunity!

RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany, seeks applications for a professorship of Political Psychology (W2, tenure).

International applications are very welcome.

More details:

jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/3...

W 2-Professur für Politische Psychologie (m/w/d)

jobs.rptu.de

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 12d

Hey #PolComm folks!
The #ICA26 @icahdq.bsky.social election for the PolComm Division @polcomm.bsky.social is now open.
There are fantastic candidates running for Vice Chair, Early Career Rep, & International Liaison.
Go read their statements & cast your votes! 🗳️
www.icahdq.org/surveys/?id=...

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 13d

A big thank you to the organizers, @stecula.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social and @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social, for making this preconference such a success!

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 13d

Throwback Thursday!

Let’s take a moment to look back at the 2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference!

The many smiling faces in the selection of pictures show just how amazing the preconference was. You can find more pictures at this link: shorturl.at/EJj3v

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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 14d

New article just out: a review of government social media communication literature + suggestions for future research

www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Government Communication on Social Media: Research Foci, Domains, and Future Directions.
By Sten Hansson & Nic DePaula.
The aim of this review essay is to draw attention to the diversity of work done in the field of government social media communication research. It is a rapidly developing area of study that has been approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives and a variety of research traditions. We suggest that studies of government social media communication may be broadly classified based on two characteristics: (a) whether their focus is mainly on the senders, messages, media, audiences, or effects of communication; and (b) the domains of government policy and public administration that they address. We review existing literature along this classification and conclude by suggesting fruitful directions for future research.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award

This award recognizes a lifetime contribution to the study of Political Communication. In 2025, it goes to:
Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon 🎖️

Congratulations to all awardees for their outstanding contributions to the field! 👏

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Walter Lippmann Best Article of the Year Award

Alessandro Nai, Chiara Valli, Jürgen Maier, and Loes Aaldering - Gendered Backlash Depends on the Context: Reassessing Negative Campaigning Sanctions Against Female Candidates via Large-Scale Comparative Data

doi.org/10.1080/1058...

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award

Jasmine English — Carceral Political Discussion

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Doris A. Graber Outstanding Book Award

Margaret Roberts — Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall

Check out the book here: www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv...

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award

Winner: Rex Weiye Deng — Screened Realities: How Entertainment Fosters Political Compliance in China

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award

Honorable Mention: Andrew Trexler — The Unequal Challenge of Learning from Under-Informative News

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

🏆 Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award

Tony Zirui Yang — Essays on Censorship and Public Opinion in Authoritarian Regimes

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

✨ APSA 2025 has just wrapped up, and we’re already missing the exchanges of the conference! To keep the momentum alive, we’re thrilled to celebrate the awardees of the APSA Polcomm Section 2025 with pictures from the last business meeting 🎉

A thread! 🧵

#Polcomm #APSA25 #APSA2025

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 22d

A huge thank you to @kcoe.bsky.social for three years of dedicated service to our section! Your leadership and commitment made a big difference 🙌!

Kevin Coe @kcoe.bsky.social · 25d

Last night's APSA @polcomm.bsky.social business meeting concluded my 3-year stint in the section leadership. I enjoyed the work (mostly!) and getting to know a lot of talented scholars. And, like many others, I've come to believe that the annual preconference is the best day on the Pol Com calendar.

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Tony Yang @tzyang.bsky.social · 25d

Honored to receive this year’s Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award in Political Communication @polcomm.bsky.social. Grateful to everyone who supported me along this incredible journey.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 28d

On my way to Vancouver 🇨🇦 for my first @apsa.bsky.social ! 🥳 Starting off with the @polcomm.bsky.social Preconfoerence tomorrow presenting a new project with @klingelt.bsky.social on „The Geography of Electioneering in Multi-Party Systems: Evidence from Campaign Poster Locations in Central Berlin“

APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢 Still time to register for the 2025 APSA Political Communication Preconference!
⏳ Almost full. Sign up today! It is ✨free✨!

📌 10 Sept 2025 | Simon Fraser Univ, Vancouver

shorturl.at/UDUcr

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Taberez A. Neyazi @taberez.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happy to share my co-authored piece with Tan Khai Ee, on one of the first empirical studies of Facebook ads in India.

We examine how incumbency, personalization & issue focus shape campaign tone in subnational elections: Bihar (2020), West Bengal (2021) & UP (2022).

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Sep 4

📅 Only one week to go until APSA 2025!

We’ve prepared a clear and concise visual program for the #PolComm division.

👉 Download the PDF and highlight the sessions you don’t want to miss:

shorturl.at/LVuuw

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Sep 3

⏳ There are just seven days to go until the 2025 APSA Political Communication Preconference!

There are still places available for attendees! Don't miss the opportunity to network with your peers before the main APSA conference begins!

Register today for free!

2025 APSA Political Communication Preconference

The 2025 APSA Pol Comm Preconference at the Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.