DDC TrygFonden fellow @zeaszebeni.bsky.social introducing her work on how youth media and how this provides a lens through which authoritarian politics are viewed.
Zea Szebeni
@zeaszebeni.bsky.social
Socpsy postdoc @helsinkiuni.bsky.social | disinformation, visual populism, hungary, social media, @decaproject.bsky.social scrolling for science
Launching our new "Words matter" series on our Peripheral Politics substack! 🐀 This first piece examines how language shapes discourse around Russia's war in Ukraine. peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/words-matt...
Words matter: How language shapes reality in Russia’s war in Ukraine
This is the first instalment in our "Words matter" series, exploring how language shapes reality in profound ways.
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📢 My book on Hungarian politics and populist polarisation is out. The online (hybrid) launch is on Monday 8 December at noon GMT, 2-4pm EST in Helsinki. The whole monograph is available open access online from @helsinkiupress.bsky.social - and in paper copies, if anyone is interested 🎉
🎈 Starting a new #postdoc project funded by the The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation, exploring how young Hungarians define "news" when facing both global platform chaos AND a state-aligned media system. What counts as news anymore? What should journalism actually do?
How the the far-right uses TikTok in Europe to spread conspiracy theories vsquare.org/far-right-ti...
How the far-right used TikTok to spread lies and conspiracies - VSquare.org
TikTok feeds in CEE countries have been filled with conspiracy theories and fear-mongering — to the benefit of the far-right.
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Just featured with Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti on Yle's All Points North podcast discussing our research on collective psychological ownership in Finland! (1/3) yle.fi/a/74-20181351 @decaproject.bsky.social @strateginen.bsky.social
APN Podcast: Is Finland making integration more difficult?
APN hears how the government's plans to slash integration funding threatens to worsen Finland's already dire unemployment situation and lead to even more newcomers falling through the system's cracks.
yle.fi
This looks fascinating. @paologerbaudo.bsky.social is constantly a few years ahead of the curve in thinking creatively about the intersection of politics, media and culture - so he is one of those authors I always take seriously and drop everything to read!
Paolo Gerbaudo@paologerbaudo.bsky.social · 2y ago🎉 My new journal article “TikTok and the Algorithmic Transformation of Social Media Publics” has just been published on New Media and Society! t.co/HNRw8BKlKL
On our substack, Peripheral Politics, @lanihart.bsky.social wrote about the critical skill of visual analysis in political communication. peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/an-introdu... Subscribe for more!
An Introduction to Visual Analysis, Pt. 1
If you're not already mentally breaking down every political image you run into, it's time to start!
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DECA-hankkeen tutkijat Zea Szebeni ja Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti avaavat HS:n vieraskynässä, miten enemmistösuomalaiset ja toisen polven maahanmuuttajat kokevat omistajuutta Suomeen, mutta perustelevat omistajuuttaan eri tavoin: www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk... @zeaszebeni.bsky.social @strateginen.bsky.social
Vieraskynä | Kuka saa sanoa: Maa on meidän?
Enemmistösuomalaiset ja toisen polven maahanmuuttajat kokevat molemmat omistajuutta suomalaisuuteen, mutta perustelevat sen eri tavoilla.
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Julkaisimme Inga Jasinskaja-Lahtin kanssa Helsingin Sanomien Vieraskynässä kirjoituksen, jossa tarkastelemme suomalaisten ja toisen polven maahanmuuttajien suhdetta Suomeen. www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk... @decaproject.bsky.social @strateginen.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
Vieraskynä | Kuka saa sanoa: Maa on meidän?
Enemmistösuomalaiset ja toisen polven maahanmuuttajat kokevat molemmat omistajuutta suomalaisuuteen, mutta perustelevat sen eri tavoilla.
hs.fi
For our last session of the day, we're with Shawn Rosenberg debating the causes and consequences of the rise of right-wing populism. Thanks to our fellows for all the thought-provoking and engaging questions! @polpsyispp.bsky.social
Last month, we presented our paper at the Migration and Societal Change Conference in Utrecht 🤩 It was an incredibly gratifying experience to share our findings and engage in such stimulating discussions with fellow researchers. Read our published paper here: advances.in/psychology/1...
And just like that, the 2025 #ISPPAcademy has wrapped! 🎉 Huge thanks to our incredible fellows for their engagement, enthusiasm, and vibrant energy throughout. My sincere gratitude also goes out to our dedicated instructors, and to my amazing assistant Sofia Jesus and the event team. 🙂 #ISPP2025
Uusi artikkelimme "(The story of) This country is ours!" The territorial and epistemic dimensions of collective psychological ownership among the national majority and immigrants” on julkaistu! 🎉 (1/6) advances.in/psychology/1...
“(The story of) This country is ours!” The territorial and epistemic dimensions of collective psychological ownership among the national majority and immigrants
Study reveals how territorial and epistemic ownership shape national belonging among majority and second-gen minority members.
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🎉 My new journal article “TikTok and the Algorithmic Transformation of Social Media Publics” has just been published on New Media and Society! t.co/HNRw8BKlKL
So honored that our blog post with @lanihart.bsky.social made the longlist! 🎉 Really exciting that our piece translating the academic work on tribalism resonated read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The Loop@ecprtheloop.bsky.social · last yr.🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series. ➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN
New Peripheral Politics newsletter post from @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, in which she explains why she just can't stop thinking about those inane AI action figure images that took over everyone's feeds a little while ago
Just another doll in the feed
I can't stop thinking about those AI action figure starter packs
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How do you sum up an entire political movement on a baseball cap? Trump figured it out with #MAGA. #Democrats... haven't. @lanihart.bsky.social uses political theory to explain why this matters way more than you'd think peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/searching-... Also, subscribe!
Searching for the Democratic hat
How do you sum up the movement, but on a hat?
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Last month I flew to Budapest with Ashifa Kassam to talk to Hungarian academics, activists, and journalists about the Orbánisation of the US. my piece for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
He is the strongman who inspired Trump – but is Viktor Orbán losing his grip on power?
Opposition activists and journalists explain why the Orbánisation of the US may fail and how a former ally could end the Hungarian PM’s 15-year reign
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🐀 Just launched Peripheral Politics with @lanihart.bsky.social Our new Substack explores the political stories that don't make headlines - from semi-peripheral countries to the absurd moments that reveal deeper truths. Subscribe! peripheralpolitics.substack.com
Peripheral Politics | Substack
Two researchers at the University of Helsinki, social psychology and political science, making their way through a world getting increasingly more insane. Click to read Peripheral Politics, a Substack...
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Late reflection on the #HEPP5 conference at @helsinki.fi - I presented on "Contested Classrooms" examining Hungary's educational system as a battleground for competing knowledge claims. Chaired fascinating panels on political charisma & humor in populism. (1/2)
Not that I can read this, but maybe you can! It’s building on our article about pseudohistory in nation building, looking at Slovak narratives of the medieval king Svätopluk. Will also be posting the English version soon!
Zea Szebeni@zeaszebeni.bsky.social · last yr.Új cikkünk @lanihart.bsky.social kollégámmal: hogyan építik a nemzetek identitásukat áltörténelmi hősökre? A szlovák Szvatopluk-szobor története azt mutatja: az érzelmi kötődés gyakran fontosabb a történelmi hitelességnél. tenyleg.com/2025/02/18/a...
Új cikkünk @lanihart.bsky.social kollégámmal: hogyan építik a nemzetek identitásukat áltörténelmi hősökre? A szlovák Szvatopluk-szobor története azt mutatja: az érzelmi kötődés gyakran fontosabb a történelmi hitelességnél. tenyleg.com/2025/02/18/a...
A múlt királyai, a jelen hősei: Hogyan formálja az áltörténelem a modern nemzeteket
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A few facts and thoughts on fact-checking 🧵 • Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse. • Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]
Thrilled to share our new article "Banana Populism" published in Social Meedia + Society with @lanihart.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social and Mike Cole! We explore how populist leaders use mundane objects & whimsical imagery in political communication (1/7) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
First report by the Observatory on Information and Democracy showcases the current state of academic research on information ecosystems and their impact on democracies worldwide. Check out the full report here: observatory.informationdemocracy.org/report/infor...
Information ecosystem and troubled democracy - OID
This inaugural report of the Observatory is a critical review of state-of-the-art research in three areas, with a cross-cutting theme of mis- and disinformation: media, politics and trust; artificial ...
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From Thursday's Strategic Research Council SHIELD consortium meeting - shared thoughts on the relationship between trust and epistemic rights in online environments @decaproject.bsky.social
🚨New publication alert!🚨 TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
SAV - Časopisy
Slovenská akadémia vied vykonáva špičkový základný výskum, dlhodobý strategický a aplikovaný výskum a vývoj a poskytuje prístup k vedeckej infraštruktúre.
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Check out our newest article with @lanihart.bsky.social and Jonáš Syrovátka below. Pseudohistory, slow joy and a medieval king.. need I say more?!
Lani Hartikainen@lanihart.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨New publication alert!🚨 TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!