Iran vs US slopaganda: The use of AI for war propaganda. Long read with quotes from @michalk.bsky.social @cvsikorski.bsky.social and 🙋 in @volkskrant.nl www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

Iran bevecht Donald Trump met lego: AI-president delft onderspit in propagandavideo’s

Iran heeft een nieuw wapen gevonden in de propagandaoorlog tegen de Verenigde Staten: met AI-gegenereerde filmpjes van een lego-versie van president Donald Trump probeert Teheran de publieke opinie in...

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Christian von Sikorski and Michael Hameleers have curated a timely and excellent special issue on 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 👏 Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/JMQ/curr.... @profdimitrova.bsky.social @cvsikorski.bsky.social #commsky

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly - Volume 102, Number 4

Table of contents for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 102, 4

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New in HCR by @pmerz.bsky.social & @cvsikorski.bsky.social: Influencer posts with collective response efficacy increased these beliefs and collective action intentions. Effects were strongest for followers with strong parasocial bonds; repeated exposure amplified effects. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

Social media influencers can increase collective political beliefs and actions: findings from experiments and a quasi-experimental field study

Abstract. The belief in the capabilities of one’s own group is crucial for joining collective action aimed at addressing large-scale societal crises like c

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🎈Thrilled to share my first ever solo author work🎈 In this chapter I uncover the relationship between social media, political polarization, and their downstream effects on political censorship. osf.io/preprints/os...

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JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social · last yr.

Join the panel on 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 at #AEJMC2025 🕰 Sat, Aug 9 | 1:15–2:30 PM 📍 Pacific G/H Moderated by Dave Atkin, featuring JMCQ’s 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 special issue. #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Where is that edit button, when you need it? 😬 Anyway, here is the link to the second paper: doi.org/10.1177/0894...

Waves of Attention to Racial Injustice on Social Media: Extrajudicial Police Killings in the United States as Focusing Events - Annie Waldherr, Nicola Righetti, Ryan J. Gallagher, Kira Klinger, Daniel...

The deaths of Black victims of police brutality, such as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, and Philando Castile, have become focusing events and symbo...

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Daniela Stoltenberg@dstoltenberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Second, with a large team of authors, led by @anniewald.bsky.social, we study which (personal, temporal, spatial, affordance-based) properties of incidences of extrajudicial police killings facilitate public attention on social media.

OnlineFirst: The Political Role of Social Media Influencers: Strategies, Types, and Implications for Democracy—An Introduction ‪@cvsikorski.bsky.social‬, ‪@pmerz.bsky.social‬, ‪@raffaelheiss.bsky.social‬, ‪@kathrinkarsay.bsky.social‬, @briginad.bsky.social‬, and ‪@desireeschmuck.bsky.social‬

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Our new book THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTACK POLITICS is out next month! 🔥📚 We offer a new look at negativity effects, via perceptions & evaluations🤔😱👿🤣 You can pre-order it with a nice 20% discount on the cover price (for paperbacks this makes it £32 or so) Check out discount code & link in the flyer 👇

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

Rebekah Tromble@rebekahtromble.bsky.social · last yr.

NSF has posted an “update on priorities.” They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants. And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Exciting news! 🎉 Today marks my first day as Professor of Communication at the Free University of Berlin! @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

@irodriguezdedios.bsky.social cuando tienes tiempo

Sonja Utz@sonja-utz.de · last yr.

Next week - if you happen to be in/around Salamanca!

New Paper out! Ever wondered whether AI generated news can reduce perceptions of bias? We find news developed by AI may reduce media consumers hostile media perceptions. www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...

Frontiers | Can AI-generated news reduce hostile media perceptions? Findings from two experiments

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#Wahl_FG_KommPol @fgkommpol.bsky.social @cvs2023.bsky.social 𝗪𝗼𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗺𝗼̈𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻❓ 𝟮/𝟰: 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗚 𝘀𝘁𝗮̈𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗵𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻. - Work-in-Progress ⬆️ - Aktualität ⬆️ - Feedback 🔜 Präregistrierung ✔️

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Liebe Mitglieder der @fgkommpol.bsky.social, wir — das sind @cvs2023.bsky.social und ich — bewerben uns für das Sprecher:innen Amt der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Kommunikation und Politik. In den nächsten Tagen erzählen wir euch von uns & von unserer 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲.

Liebe @fgkommpol.bsky.social: @vioreladan.bsky.social  und ich kandidieren für das SprecherInnenamt. Im Newsletter stellen wir uns vor. Ein schönes Jahresende allen und dann im Januar fleißig wählen

Viorela Dan @vioreladan.bsky.social · 3y ago

Liebe @fgkommpol.bsky.social, wie der Newsletter euch das soeben verraten hat, kandidieren Christian von Sikorski @cvs2023.bsky.social und ich für das Sprecher:innen Amt der Fachgruppe. 🗳️ Schaut euch gerne unsere Vision an, wurde als PDF angehängt. ❤️ Die Wahlen finden online statt -- im Januar.