It’s January 6. Democracy is under threat, from within.
Sadly the need, timing, and relevance of this volume on ‘The Media and January 6’ 🇺🇸 by excellent folks Khadijah Costley White, @kreissdaniel , @shannimcg & @rebekahtromble is huge.
Training material matters. Both in terms of biases and in terms of training quality. And there is no such thing as a free lunch! NY Times sues Open AI.
News users are likely to regard information on the Russian war in Ukraine as false. Info is seen as deliberative deception and Russian sources are substantially more likely to be blamed for falsehoods.
What a privilege to be in the company of such smart, engaged and nice colleagues, friends, keynote speakers, stakeholders at the @algosoc ‘launch’ today. The challenges to ensure public values in the algorithmic society are real. We will all do our best!
In this piece for The Conversation, I wrote about my recent research on the effects of political TV. Our findings show that female lead characters in political TV shows can inspire political engagement among viewers, particularly women.
In two weeks (December 5) the deadline closes for applying for our full professorships in political communication and journalism @CPC@UvA_ASCoR University of Amsterdam.
In two weeks (December 5) the deadline closes for applying for our full professorships in political communication and journalism @cpc@UvA_ASCoR University of Amsterdam.
With platforms shutting down safety and integrity teams, and researchers faced with legal threats for doing their work on misinformation, the outlook for the 2024 election cycle is bleak. Not just in the US.
Actions matter: "Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter, as a result of actions taken by Elon Musk that limit access to the social media platform"
Wow 🤩 huge thanks to #COMNEWS2023 and @yearry for the invite to an impressive and inspiring conference. Lot’s of strong scholarship in 🇮🇩 And a press conference with @snurb 📸 🎙️ and Balinese 💃🏻 👏🏽 #polcomm#AI
I joined #WAPOR2023 in Salzburg. Delighted to offer the opening keynote. Great to see the community explore how new technologies and AI provide new questions about public opinion on these topics, how technologies can be leveraged for data collection, and how old questions about bias and data quality merit new attention.
Re-#introduction
I'm a PhD candidate at the University of Southampton, researching gendered representations of presidential candidates in political satire. I'm also the Comms Officer of the PSA Early Career Network.
Research Interests: #gender#media and #politics (#polisci ), political communication (#polcomm) , #elections
Formerly: Editor and reporter with a focus on US politics & elections #journalism
I am Paco, a #Journalism associate professor at Complutense University in Spain
I come from Twitter, and I used to talk, mostly, about my daily experiences as teacher and researcher. I also shared text (mine and others’) about #propaganda, #mediahistory, #socialmedia,#polcomm, meta-research, and whatever I found interesting or appealing
Beyond the academic stuff, I am a #metalhead, I love fantasy literature (huge fan of Terry Pratchett), #cooking, #comics and #sitcoms