🚨 Excited to see our chapter ‘Harmful Visual Humour on Far-Right Social Media: Generative AI and Reactionary Memes’ is now out now out in the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics ✍️ Written with Imogen Richards, Callum Jones and Jordan McSwiney www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

🚨 I recorded a podcast for @theconversation.com’s The Making of One Nation’ series. My episode focuses the role of the media in the rise of Pauline Hanson There are some other cracking episodes, including @benmoffitt.bsky.social and @joshsunman.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

5 | The Making of One Nation: master the media

Podcast Episode · The Making of One Nation · 29 April · 25min

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🚨Pauline Hanson was apparently a hot commodity at the “Science Meets Parliament” dinner this year How should the scientific community engage with anti-science parties like One Nation? I contributed a few thoughts to this interesting piece in The Monthly ✍️ www.themonthly.com.au/may-2026/nat...

She blinded me with pretence

At what point do selfies with Pauline Hanson at the annual “Science Meets Parliament” dinner legitimise One Nation’s misinformation campaigns?

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🚨 I have a new article in @theconversation.com with Jordan McSwiney on One Nation’s policy positions theconversation.com/what-does-on...

What does One Nation actually believe in?

The party has long been big on grievances, but its policies tend to be short on detail.

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I spoke to Jenna Price for this cracking piece in the Canberra Times on Pauline Hanson’s latest Islamophobic tirade Jenna takes Hanson to task, and doesn’t miss ⬇️ www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917875...

This is a desperate attempt to remain in the public eye. Australia shouldn't buy into it

Canavan can tell the kind of pomposity Australians loathe.

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🚨 I spoke to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) with some colleagues about One Nation’s meteoric rise Some really good data visualisation in this Story Lab piece www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

'I am shocked': Unpacking One Nation's spectacular rise in the polls

Pauline Hanson's One Nation has seen the fastest polling rise in modern Australian politics. What is going on?

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How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/EJKn2bX @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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🚨 New article by me and Jordan McSwiney in The Conversation about One Nation’s long history of dysfunction, infighting and scandal, and why this is will be one of the biggest barriers to the party translating its polling surge into electoral success theconversation.com/can-one-nati...

Can One Nation turn its polling hype into seats in parliament? History shows it will struggle

Pauline Hanson’s party has been dysfunctional and scandal-ridden for its entire existence. Capitalising on strong polling will mean changing decades-old patterns.

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Could Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point really gain traction in Australia? I spoke to Tory Shepherd from @theguardian.com for this piece ✍️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

From cute dogs to Turning Point: the journey of an influencer aiming to breathe rightwing Christian values into Australian politics

Emboldened by major successes in the US and UK, the conservative Christian organisation Turning Point has its sights set on Australia’s political ecosystem

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🚨 Chuffed to see my new chapter with Jordan McSwiney published Racism, Amplification and Mainstreaming: News Media and the Australian Far Right The chapter features in a vital new book ‘The Far Right and the Media’, brilliantly edited by Imogen Richards 🥳 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Racism, Amplification, and Mainstreaming | 4 | News media and the Aust

This chapter critically explores the relationship between news media and the far right. The role of news media in the amplification, mainstreaming and

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I've finally got around to writing a very brief summary of my paper with @kurtsengul.bsky.social on the anti-gender politics of the Australian far-right. 🌈🎓

Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far-right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia

Sengul, K., & Shannon, B. (2025). Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: The far-right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science. Abstract This paper critically …

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Now published: Our analytical paper on strategic, far-right/illiberal reversal of meanings of key social & political concepts: “We put family at the centre of social life”: On Conceptual flipsiding of the “family” in discursive-political strategies of PL populist far-right" doi.org/10.1080/1035...

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵

🌈 Very excited to share my new article with @barrieshannon.com in the Australian Journal of Political Science ‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’ url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q4GHCROND2...

It’s not often that I find myself recommending Oprah, but this is a powerful insight into how far-right movements benefit from being given mainstream media platforms, despite the best intentions of the journalist to “hold them to account”

This was a nice surprise!

Feeling incredibly lucky and privileged to be part of a successful ARC Discovery Project application ❤️ ‘Foreign conflicts, domestic divides: Advancing a deliberative response’

How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NAkMOVU @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RIP41sg @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨 I spoke to The ABC for this story on the future of the far right in Australia… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Far-right figures want to see shift away from Australia's 'legacy' politicians

Australia's far-right movement has been buoyed by a wave of recent protests against mass immigration, with some saying the rallies were the "biggest thing that's happened in conservative and nationali...

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@kurtsengul.bsky.social analyses how spaces are used by far-right online communities. 🔷Drawing on #CriticalDiscoursAnalysis & #netography, the analysis the prominent role of spaces in electoral campaigns. 🔷It also shows the need of adapted methods. ⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/kurt...

Kurt Sengul@kurtsengul.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Happy to share my latest open-access research which examines the use of Twitter’s live-audio conversational feature, Spaces, with far-right communities I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I wrote this. Every journalist, social media producer and news influencer in Aus should read it & memorise @whiterosesociety.bsky.social principles of reporting. Huge thank you to @kurtsengul.bsky.social for invaluable expertise, I was very tempted to publish all your answers verbatim. #auspol

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The golden rule of reporting on neo-Nazis? Don’t interview them.

🚨I spoke to Crikey for this story on the need for better media reporting on the far right! Long story short: stop giving neo-Nazis propaganda wins www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/05/h...

How to report on neo-Nazis without giving them what they want

Media coverage of the anti-immigration marches was a 'propaganda triumph' for Australian neo-Nazis, who use media-baiting tactics to spread their message.

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🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself. We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson theconversation.com/how-australi...

How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right

Prominent figures such as Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson are increasingly using social media to unite far-right groups and causes around the world.

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🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself. We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson theconversation.com/how-australi...

How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right

Prominent figures such as Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson are increasingly using social media to unite far-right groups and causes around the world.

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I spoke to the ABC about the white nationalist March for Australia rallies taking place this weekend But one unfortunate downside of researching the far right is being referred to as “a far-right researcher” in the media www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 We’ve added a pre-print of our forthcoming chapter ‘Harmful Visual Humour on Far-Right Social Media: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Reactionary Memes’ ✍️ The chapter is forthcoming in the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics (2026) www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Harmful Visual Humour on Far-Right Social Media: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Reactionary Memes

PDF | On Jul 22, 2025, Kurt Sengul and others published Harmful Visual Humour on Far-Right Social Media: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Reactionary Memes | Find, read and cite all the res...

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I spoke to @euronews.com this week about the Trump administration’s use of Generative AI www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

AI & memes: How the Trump administration engages in 'memetic warfare'

Euronews Culture explores how the Trump administration has taken inspiration from online far-right communities and is using AI-generated memes to communicate on its achievements. And mock its enemies.

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