Check out our Call for Papers on "Digital #Journalism in the Age of #Technogarchy", guest edited by @curdknupfer.bsky.social, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, & @gehrke.bsky.social. The deadline for abstract submission is fast coming up, on 15 Sep!

Interested in discussing how big techs and their powerful owners shape journalism and its processes? Take a look at this Special Issue call for papers! I particularly encourage my colleagues in Latin America to read the call and think of a proposal. Abstract submissions by September 15.

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Working on tech, journalism and politics. Making sense of the implications of tectonic changes? Submit to our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social special issue Info: drive.google.com/file/d/182p3... 🗓️ Abstracts: September 15 @curdknupfer.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social @gehrke.bsky.social

Still time to submit for a PhD position, working in a team with @gehrke.bsky.social @seldridge.com and myself! Submit in the link below!

Marília Gehrke, Ph.D.@gehrke.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Fully-funded PhD position on the project "Visual Gendered Disinformation" Come work with me and this fantastic supervisory team @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social and @seldridge.com at the University of Groningen! Info: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... Deadline: April 30, 2025

📣 Fully-funded PhD position on the project "Visual Gendered Disinformation" Come work with me and this fantastic supervisory team @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social and @seldridge.com at the University of Groningen! Info: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... Deadline: April 30, 2025

Time to strike! The University of Groningen (RUG) staff is joining the national relay today (March 18) and we are already by the Harmony Building to fight against the budget cuts in the higher education.

Thanks to all who have joined and supported “Counting What Should Count: a Data Feminism Workshop” last Friday, particularly the amazing keynote speaker @kanarinka.bsky.social, the panelists Aranka Ballering, Lisa Gaufman & Loes Aaldering and all the participants.

@gehrke.bsky.social & @olpasi.bsky.social explore group dynamics in disinformation, focusing on Identity propaganda, logics of exclusion, and gendered disinformation. Their piece highlights how groups shape info flows. politicalcommunication.org/article/gehr...

Just in time (be)for a holiday break: our contribution with brilliant @gehrke.bsky.social Marília Gehrke is out in polcomm report: politicalcommunication.org/issue/fall-2...! Proud to be a part of this vibrant community💪🏽 and thanks a lot to @curdknupfer.bsky.social for bringing us together!

#GBD gender-based disinformation exploits societal norms to harm #women 🚺 In countries like Pakistan, #deepfakes suggesting improper interactions with men can ruin women’s reputations and pose real safety threats ⚠️ Understanding context is crucial to fight #disinformation 🗺️

Deepfakes weaponised to target Pakistan's women leaders

Pakistani politician Azma Bukhari is haunted by a counterfeit image of herself -- a sexualised deepfake video published to discredit her role as one of the nation's few female leaders.

france24.com

The conservative women’s magazine Evie has released their new cover featuring Ballerina Farm. Evie has peddled health conspiracy theories & disinfo, patriarchal relationships, and anti-LGBTQ views under an aesthetic guise. It’s time to stop saying that tradwives aren’t political.

After the massive demonstration in Utrecht was suddenly canceled, we did our part in Groningen this afternoon. We say a solid and loud NO to the budget cuts in higher education in the Netherlands.

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2y ago

🛑 the cutbacks on research and higher education. Powerful full page ad in national papers and online, signed by 511 members 🙋 of the (young) Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences. “Government, don’t ruin what makes our country successful”

Just gonna keep sharing this. Some of the smartest and kindest humans I know. And if you’re in this space please ask to be added. I may need to make a Part II pack at this rate because I’m running out of slots. 😅

Curious about people’s use of GenAI for news and the implications for news literacy? We’re looking for a PhD candidate on Assessing the reliability of news and online information (supervised by Marcel Broersma, Bart Verheij & yours truly). More info here: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

🔥JOBS JOBS JOBS🔥 Super exciting #postdoc opportunities at the Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social Deadline is November 1 Flexible start date 2025 PhD candidates (ABD) across disciplines are encouraged to apply. SHARE💓 #commsky fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I was the first postdoc at DDC and highly recommend applying for the positions. Check it out:

Digital Democracy Centre@ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢JOB ALERT: PostDoc opportunities at the DDC! A broad open call with research opportunities in one of our four core research themes: lnkd.in/eQyjaztN 🗓Application date: Nov. 1 🗓Starting date: flexible Read more and apply here: lnkd.in/ehPVDQBw

Check our open access publication on what makes news authentic in the eyes of young adults in Denmark 🇩🇰 this is an outcome of my work as a postdoc at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social in 2022-2023, which was done in partnership with my amazing colleagues at the Trust and News Authenticity project 🎉

Digital Democracy Centre@ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢New publication by our Trust and News Authenticity Project featuring @gehrke.bsky.social, Johanna Eggers, @claesdevreese.bsky.social & David Nicolas Hopmann 🔎📰This qualitative study explores the key factors young people consider when assessing the authenticity of online news content☑️

I have completed my University Teaching Trajectory (UTQ/BKO) 🥳 A wonderful way to celebrate my first year as an assistant professor at the University of Groningen.

Updated syllabi for my @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Political Misinformation and Conspiracy Theory course sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/... and my Experiments in Politics course sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/...

📢 We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to study misinformation effects and policies You will be working with @claesdevreese.bsky.social Michael Hameleers and myself at @UvA_ASCoR Deadline: 15 April vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...

I couldn't be more proud of – now MA candidate – Lila Dimas, who won the best BA thesis award of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen. It was my honor to supervise this bright and talented student, who investigated the Tate-Thunberg clash using Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis.

False allegations about electoral fraud have been widespread in the past years. In this study with US and Brazilian populations, we investigated the effectiveness of credible sources and pre-bunking in the so-called ‘voter fraud’ context. Check the primary findings:

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2y ago

New study - Prebunking and Credible Source Corrections Increase Election Credibility: Evidence from the U.S. and Brazil sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/files/... (joint with @johncarey.bsky.social, Brian Fogarty, Marília Gehrke, and @jasonreifler.bsky.social)

Looking very much forward to read the entire book. Among the findings: “Women tend to consume less news in part due to their heavy caretaking responsibilities and persistent divisions of labor in the home that often afford men more time to keep up with news (at least in heterosexual relationships)”

Philip Leventhal@philipleventhal.bsky.social · 3y ago

In an excerpt from their new book, AVOIDING THE NEWS, @benjamintoff.bsky.social, Ruth Palmer, & Rasmus Kleis Nielsen describe news avoidance as a product of individuals’ identities and how it contributes to inequalities on a macrolevel. bit.ly/3T5exwn @niemanlab.org @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

“Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI?” Fair question to reflect on the present and future of generative AI. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard

Amid the coverage of Sam Altman returning to the helm of OpenAI, women are being written out of the future of AI

theguardian.com

Our Department is advertising a new Tenure Track Assistant Professorship on Media Literacy! Click here to apply: academicjobs.univie.ac.at/datenabfrage...

Heading to Amsterdam to join the 5th Misdoom! This morning, I will present the first results of the pilot study “A decolonial feminist approach to gendered disinformation”. In the afternoon, my colleague Ansgard Heinrich and I will share directions to answer “Who checks the fact-checkers?”

We are hiring a postdoc for 2 years as part of the ERC-StG project INEQNEWS aiming to examine social inequalities in digital news consumption! Apply by December 15! smit.vub.ac.be/vacancy/post...

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on political trust and skepticism in my ERC-funded research project CRITICALTRUST. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post... Please contact me if you have any questions!

🚨Super exciting opening at U of Amsterdam/ Amsterdam School of Communication Research Full professor (one or more) in political communication and journalism. I cannot recommend the group, school and university enough. 🗓️ DL: December 5 PLS SHARE 👇 commsky polisky vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Full...

Come work @dovilerimkute.bsky.social, Caelesta Braun and me! PhD Position at the Institute of Public Admin, Leiden University on interest representation and political attitudes. Inspiring + friendly working environment, opportunity + resources to develop research. Deadline 10/11 tinyurl.com/mrbeps77

One more week to apply and become a PhD candidate in our group! We look forward to receiving your applications!

Linda Bos 🟥@lindabos.bsky.social · 3y ago

📣We are hiring! 📣 Our PC&J group is looking for two PhD candidates working on Morality in Political Communication. Do you want to become an expert in the up-and-coming field of moral rhetoric? Apply to one (or both) of our positions: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...