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Far Right Women Influencers on YouTube and Instagram, with Dr. Eviane Leidig

Social Media and Politics - April 07, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Eviane Leidig, Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University, discusses her book "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization."  We break down the role of social media for the alt-right movement, and how platforms like Instagram and YouTube work to...

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Wikipedia Public Relations for Politics, Brands, and Crisis Communication, with Rhiannon Ruff

Social Media and Politics - March 24, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Rhiannon Ruff, Wikipedia Expert and Founding Partner at Lumino, discusses how politicians and brands can effectively manage their Wikipedia presence. We discuss why Wikipedia is important for Google Search and AI like ChatGPT, and how the tone, norms, and editors of Wikipedia make editing your o...

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Race, Racism, and Resistance on Social Media, with Dr. Rob Eschmann

Social Media and Politics - February 25, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Rob Eschmann, Associate Professor of Social Work at Columbia University, discusses his latest book When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age (University of California Press).  We cover how social media works to unmask everyday experiences of racism, and how this affe...

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Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology, with Prof. Kate Dommett and Dr. Simon Kruschinski

Social Media and Politics - February 11, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Kate Dommett, Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield, and Dr. Simon Kruschinski, Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication at the University of Mainz, discuss their new book: Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties. We discuss the book's theoretical framework on...

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Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology

Social Media and Politics - February 11, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Kate Dommett, Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield, and Dr. Simon Kruschinski, Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication at the University of Mainz, discuss their new book: Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties. We discuss the book's theoretical framework on...

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China's Digital Strategy for Information Control, with Dr. Andrew MacDonald

Social Media and Politics - January 28, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Andrew W. MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University, shares research from his new book Directed Digital Dissidence in Autocracies: How China Wins Online.  We discuss the Chinese digital and social media context, citizens' perceptions of online propaganda, a...

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2023 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

Social Media and Politics - December 23, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
The 8th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review!  This year, we cover the platforms' year in review reports, AI for political communication, the creator economy, and EU concerns around disinformation and cyberattacks.  Here are links to resources discussed in the episode, and see you i...

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Democracy, Architecture, and Social Media, with Dr. Jennifer Forestal

Social Media and Politics - October 22, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Jennifer Forestal, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, discusses how digital platforms can be approached from an architectural perspective. Dr. Forestal shares insights from her latest book, Designing for Democracy, where she evaluates digital platforms' de...

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Covid Vaccine Hesitancy in Sweden, with Dr. Mia-Marie Hammarlin

Social Media and Politics - October 08, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Mia-Marie Hammarlin, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Lund University, shares her research on vaccine hesitancy in Sweden. We discuss the major themes of coronavirus vaccine skepticism on the Swedish online forum Flashback, as well as Dr. Hammarlin's ethnographic research meetin...

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Political Persuasion and the Effects of Targeted Social Media Ads, with Dr. Alexander Coppock

Social Media and Politics - September 24, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Alexander Coppock, Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University, shares his research on measuring the political effects of persuasive information. We discuss how political persuasion affects voters holding different viewpoints, the durability of these effects over time, and ho...

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Cross-Cutting Expression on Social Media: Brexit on Facebook, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

Social Media and Politics - September 03, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Associate Professor in Strategic Communication at Lund University, joins a discussion of cross-cutting expression and its implications for digital campaigning on Facebook. On the theory side, we discuss concepts of online self-expression and cross-pressures. We als...

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Negative Campaigning on Facebook in EU Elections, Cross-Platform Extremism, and Dissonant Public Spheres, with Prof. Ulrike Klinger

Social Media and Politics - July 02, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Ulrike Klinger, Professor for Digital Democracy at the European New School for Digital Studies at European University Viadrina, shares her latest research on negative campaigning on social media. We discuss some of the challenges in studying digital communication in the EU, as well as what...

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Connecting Social Media Influencers with Political Campaigns, with Zach Fang

Social Media and Politics - June 18, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Zach Fang, Head of Sales and Business Development at Vocal Media, shares how the start-up is building a database of social media influencers to connect with political campaigns and organizations. We discuss what makes TikTok influencers a different type of political advertising and how their cos...

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Digital Media Trends in American Political Campaigns, with Russell Mindich

Social Media and Politics - May 21, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Russell Mindich, political consultant and author of the 2022 Political Tech Landscape Report, shares his insights on the role of social media in political campaigning. We discuss social media influencers and how campaigns are connecting to them on TikTok, the move towards politicla advertising o...

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Social Media, Democracy, and National Security, with Jenny Reich

Social Media and Politics - March 19, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Jenny Reich, Fellow at the Georgetown Law Center on National Security, discusses the Center's recent report entitled Social Media: The Canary in the Coal Mine. We dive into the potential security risks posed by digital technology developments as well as the report's recommendations for addressin...

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Progressive Big Tech Regulation and Advocacy, with Adam Kovacevich

Social Media and Politics - February 05, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Adam Kovacevich, Founder and CEO of Chamber of Progress, shares his trade association's goals for progressive advocacy in the tech sector. We discuss the politicization of 'Big Tech' and  recent opinion polls about Midterm voters' attitudes towards tech regulation. We also discuss how First Amen...

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Political Targeting, Strategic Communication, and Democracy, with Prof. Sanne Kruikemeier

Social Media and Politics - January 22, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Sanne Kruikemeier, Professor of Digital Media and Society at Wageningen University & Research, discusses her latest research on political targeting. We discuss how political targeting differs in EU and US contexts, how perceptions of targeting affect voters' democratic perceptions, and wha...

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Digital Political Advertising Beyond Social Media, with Megan Clasen

Social Media and Politics - January 08, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Megan Clasen, Partner at Gambit Strategies, shares her insights into digital political advertising for persuasion and mobilization. We discuss the role of social media ads relative to CTV and OTT advertising, as well as how political ads compete with corporate brands for inventory on these servi...

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2022 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

Social Media and Politics - December 23, 2022 08:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
The 7th Annual Social Media and Politics Podcast Year in Review! A Mega Episode with lots of knowledge bombs - you'll simply have to listen to hear them all! Here is a gift of all the platform year in review reports:  Facebook: Protecting People from Online Threats in 2022 Instagram: 2023 Ins...

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Social Media, Citizen Journalism, and Activism in Africa, with Prof. Bruce Mutsvairo

Social Media and Politics - December 11, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Bruce Mutsvairo, Professor of Media and Politics at Utrecht University, shares his insights on the role of social media and politics on the African continent. We discuss digital activism across countries, how structures like data bundles might lead to surveillance, and the growing role of ...

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Data-driven Campaigning with Polling and Focus Groups in American Elections, with Zac McCrary

Social Media and Politics - October 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Zac McCrary, Partner at Impact Research and host of the Pro Politics podcast, shares his insights on how American campaigns leverage polling and focus groups to craft a winning message. We discuss the upcoming 2022 US midterm elections, the (still) dominant role of television in political advert...

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Cross-Platform Visual Campaigning on Social Media: Emotions in Political Candidates' Facebook and Instagram Images

Social Media and Politics - October 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
In this episode, it's just me! I present a recently published study, co-authored with Rasmus Schmøkel and published in Political Communication, that analyzes US Presidential campaigns' emotion expression across Facebook and Instagram.  I'll explain the theoretical backdrop of the study, give an...

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Data Journalism to Report Social Media and Politics, with Aleszu Bajak

Social Media and Politics - October 01, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Aleszu Bajak, Senior Data Reporter at USA Today, discusses his reporting on social media and politics using computational methods. We talk about the types of data that data journalists are working with, how they acquire it (e.g., Freedom of Information Requests), and how they approach reporting ...

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Swedish Elections 2022, Political Communication, and Social Media, with Dr. Nils Gustafsson

Social Media and Politics - September 11, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Nils Gustafsson, Senior Lecturer of Strategic Communication at Lund University, discusses the run-up to the 2022 Swedish Elections and then findings from his research. First, we chat about the main political issues that Swedes are voting on, as well as how political parties and party leaders...

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Social Media, Information Markets, and the Attention Economy, with Prof. Vincent Hendricks

Social Media and Politics - September 04, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Vincent Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, discusses his new book The Ministry of Truth: Big Tech's Influence over Facts, Feelings, and Fictions. Prof. Hendricks shares how social media are like investment banks in the attention economy, how informa...

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Machine Learning the Facebook URLs Dataset to Study News Credibility, with Dr. Tom Paskhalis

Social Media and Politics - August 21, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Tom Paskhalis, Assistant Professor in Political and Data Science at Trinity College Dublin, shares his research on applying machine learning to the Facebook URLs Dataset from Social Science One. The project develops a model to label whether a news domain is credible or not based on Facebook ...

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Anti-Immigration YouTube Videos: Tactics and Narratives, with Shauna Siggelkow

Social Media and Politics - August 07, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Shauna Siggelkow, Director of Digital Storytelling at Define American, discusses a new report on anti-immigration YouTube videos: 'Immigration will Destroy Us and Other Talking Points.' We break down the report, which identifies a network of viral YouTube videos promoting narratives associated ...

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Social Media Influencers and Politics, Environmental Behavior, and Covid Misinformation, with Dr. Desirée Schmuck

Social Media and Politics - June 19, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Dr. Desirée Schmuck, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mass Communication at KU Leuven, shares her research on social media influencers and their effects on users' political attitudes and behavior. We break down three of Dr. Schmuck's studies. The first focuses on how exposure to politica...

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Political Tech Incubators in American Digital Campaigning, with Eric Wilson

Social Media and Politics - May 29, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Eric Wilson, Managing Partner at Startup Caucus and Host of The Business of Politics Show, discusses political tech incubators and their emerging role in US digital campaigning. We chat about how the Republican and Democratic Party need different tech solutions for different campaigning styles, ...

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Technology Disruption, Democracy, and Principled Platform Regulation, with Prof. Lance Bennett

Social Media and Politics - May 15, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Prof. Lance Bennett, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Communication at the University of Washington, discusses the types of principled values that should guide platform regulation. We reflect on the disruptive ethos of tech companies and what that means for democracy. We also discuss ...