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Social Media and Politics
Social Media and Politics is a podcast bringing you innovative, first-hand insights into how social media is changing the political game. Subscribe for interviews and analysis with politicians, academics, and leading digital strategists to get their take on how social media influences the ways we en...
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Content Moderation with Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement Bodies, with Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre Europe, explains out-of-court dispute settlement bodies (ODS bodies) and the role they play in the Digital Servic...
How the EU is Shielding Elections from Disinformation, Manipulation, and AI, with Jakub Szymik
Jakub Szymik, Founder of CEE Digital Democracy Watch, discusses the EU's ongoing initiatives to fight disinformation, regulate political advertising,...
Detecting Disinformation, Fake Accounts, and Inauthentic Behavior on Social Media, with Dan Brahmy
Dan Brahmy, Co-Founder and CEO at Cyabra, discusses the cutting-edge in disinformation monitoring. Dan shares some of Cyabra's work around the new pop...
Youth Political Expression on Social Media, with Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Dr. Ioana Literat
Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Dr. Ioana Literat share research from their new book Not Your Parent's Politics: Understanding Young People's Political...
Journalism, Digital Fragmentation, and Fact-checking, with Neil Brown
Neil Brown, President of the Poytner Institute for Media Studies, discusses the challenges facing journalism. We discuss the concept of media trust, c...
AI and Political Campaigns, with Dr. Michael D. Cohen
Dr. Michael D. Cohen, CEO of Cohen Research Group and author of Modern Political Campaigns, shares how artificial intelligence is impacting political...
Political Polling in a Partisan United States, with Doug Kaplan
Doug Kaplan, President of Kaplan Strategies, discusses the utility of political polling for local, state, and national races. We discuss the value of...
Digital Media Metaphors and Social Media Buzzwords, with Dr. Johan Farkas and Dr. Marcus Maloney
Dr. Johan Farkas and Dr. Marcus Maloney discuss how the language used to describe digital media frames our understanding and the actions of policymake...
2024 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
The 9th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review!
This year, we cover the platforms’ year in review reports, election interference in Ro...
Political Influencers in the 2024 US Election and Beyond, with Ryan Davis
Ryan Davis, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at People First, guests for a debrief on content creators in the 2024 US election. We discuss conte...
Media Systems, Digital Media, and the Hybridity Cycle, with Prof. Daniel Hallin
Professor Daniel C. Hallin, Distinguished Professor of Communication at UC San Diego, shares his thoughts on media systems and how digital media relat...
Countering Project 2025 with Google Search Ads, with Kindred Motes
Kindred Motes, Founder and Managing Partner at KM Strategies Group (KMSG), shares his advocacy work to counter the online reach of Project 2025. Work...
Web Browsing Data to Study Digital Political Behavior, with Prof. Sebastian Stier
Prof. Sebastian Stier, Scientific Director of Computational Social Science at GESIS and Professor of CSS at the University of Mannheim, discusses how...
Micro-Influencer Marketing for Political Campaigns, with Ryan Davis
Ryan Davis, Co-Founder of People First, discusses how "micro-influencers" or "micro-creators" are being used in political campaigns. We discuss the be...
Far Right Women Influencers on YouTube and Instagram, with Dr. Eviane Leidig
Dr. Eviane Leidig, Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University, discusses her book "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and...
Wikipedia Public Relations for Politics, Brands, and Crisis Communication, with Rhiannon Ruff
Rhiannon Ruff, Wikipedia Expert and Founding Partner at Lumino, discusses how politicians and brands can effectively manage their Wikipedia presence....
Race, Racism, and Resistance on Social Media, with Dr. Rob Eschmann
Dr. Rob Eschmann, Associate Professor of Social Work at Columbia University, discusses his latest book When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance...
Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology, with Prof. Kate Dommett and Dr. Simon Kruschinski
Prof. Kate Dommett, Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield, and Dr. Simon Kruschinski, Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication...
China's Digital Strategy for Information Control, with Dr. Andrew MacDonald
Dr. Andrew W. MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University, shares research from his new book Directed Digital Dissiden...
2023 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
The 8th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review!
This year, we cover the platforms' year in review reports, AI for political com...
Democracy, Architecture, and Social Media, with Dr. Jennifer Forestal
Dr. Jennifer Forestal, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, discusses how digital platforms can be approached from a...
Covid Vaccine Hesitancy in Sweden, with Dr. Mia-Marie Hammarlin
Dr. Mia-Marie Hammarlin, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Lund University, shares her research on vaccine hesitancy in Sweden. We discuss...
Political Persuasion and the Effects of Targeted Social Media Ads, with Dr. Alexander Coppock
Dr. Alexander Coppock, Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University, shares his research on measuring the political effects of persuasi...
Cross-Cutting Expression on Social Media: Brexit on Facebook, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Associate Professor in Strategic Communication at Lund University, joins a discussion of cross-cutting expression and i...
Negative Campaigning on Facebook in EU Elections, Cross-Platform Extremism, and Dissonant Public Spheres, with Prof. Ulrike Klinger
Prof. Ulrike Klinger, Professor for Digital Democracy at the European New School for Digital Studies at European University Viadrina, shares her lates...
Connecting Social Media Influencers with Political Campaigns, with Zach Fang
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 connec...
Digital Media Trends in American Political Campaigns, with Russell Mindich
Russell Mindich, political consultant and author of the 2022 Political Tech Landscape Report, shares his insights on the role of social media in polit...
Social Media, Democracy, and National Security, with Jenny Reich
Jenny Reich, Fellow at the Georgetown Law Center on National Security, discusses the Center's recent report entitled Social Media: The Canary in the C...
Progressive Big Tech Regulation and Advocacy, with Adam Kovacevich
Adam Kovacevich, Founder and CEO of Chamber of Progress, shares his trade association's goals for progressive advocacy in the tech sector. We discuss...
Political Targeting, Strategic Communication, and Democracy, with Prof. Sanne Kruikemeier
Prof. Sanne Kruikemeier, Professor of Digital Media and Society at Wageningen University & Research, discusses her latest research on political target...
Digital Political Advertising Beyond Social Media, with Megan Clasen
Megan Clasen, Partner at Gambit Strategies, shares her insights into digital political advertising for persuasion and mobilization. We discuss the rol...
2022 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
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 th...
Social Media, Citizen Journalism, and Activism in Africa, with Prof. Bruce Mutsvairo
Prof. Bruce Mutsvairo, Professor of Media and Politics at Utrecht University, shares his insights on the role of social media and politics on the Afri...
Data-driven Campaigning with Polling and Focus Groups in American Elections, with Zac McCrary
Zac McCrary, Partner at Impact Research and host of the Pro Politics podcast, shares his insights on how American campaigns leverage polling and focus...
Cross-Platform Visual Campaigning on Social Media: Emotions in Political Candidates' Facebook and Instagram Images
In this episode, it's just me! I present a recently published study, co-authored with Rasmus Schmøkel and published in Political Communication, that a...
Data Journalism to Report Social Media and Politics, with Aleszu Bajak
Aleszu Bajak, Senior Data Reporter at USA Today, discusses his reporting on social media and politics using computational methods. We talk about the t...
Swedish Elections 2022, Political Communication, and Social Media, with Dr. Nils Gustafsson
Dr. Nils Gustafsson, Senior Lecturer of Strategic Communication at Lund University, discusses the run-up to the 2022 Swedish Elections and then findin...
Social Media, Information Markets, and the Attention Economy, with Prof. Vincent Hendricks
Prof. Vincent Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, discusses his new book The Ministry of Truth: Big Tech's Infl...
Machine Learning the Facebook URLs Dataset to Study News Credibility, with Dr. Tom Paskhalis
Dr. Tom Paskhalis, Assistant Professor in Political and Data Science at Trinity College Dublin, shares his research on applying machine learning to th...
Anti-Immigration YouTube Videos: Tactics and Narratives, with Shauna Siggelkow
Shauna Siggelkow, Director of Digital Storytelling at Define American, discusses a new report on anti-immigration YouTube videos: 'Immigration will De...