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2024-09-15

  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 relates to the concept. We discuss the components of a 'system' and current debates around the concept of '...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-09-01

  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. Working with the  Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, KMSG launched a paid campaign on Google Searc...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-05-05

  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 web tracking data can inform social science questions.  We discuss the data structure of web browsing ...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-04-21

  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 benefits of using micro-influencers for engagement, as well as how they can be used to target specific b...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-04-07

  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 Online Radicalization." We break down the role of social media for the alt-right movement, and how pl...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-03-24

  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. We discuss why Wikipedia is important for Google Search and AI like ChatGPT, and how the tone, norms, ...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-02-25

  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 in the Digital Age (University of California Press). We cover how social media works to unmask everyda...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-02-11

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

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 d...
  Michael Bossetta author
2024-01-28

  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 Dissidence in Autocracies: How China Wins Online. We discuss the Chinese digital and social media context, cit...
  Michael Bossetta author
2023-12-23

  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 communication, the creator economy, and EU concerns around disinformation and cyberattacks. Here are links to resources...
  Michael Bossetta author