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 discussed in the episode, and see you in 2024!
Platform Reports:
Meta
Instagram
TikTok
Reddit
Pinterest
Snap
Twitch
Google
YouTube
Pornhub Insights
Here we go! A deep dive into the year’s latest trends in social media and politics, as well as predictions for the future. We cover various platforms’ year in review recaps, Telegram and Belarus, Facebook’s change to Meta and the Silicon Valley “Founder”, artificial intelligence and the virtual politician, Web 3 and Parler, and the enduring role of newsletters.
Here’s the platform year in review stats and bonus links for the episode:
Article with chart on social media’s impact on democracy
The greatest newsletter of all-time
See you in January for new episodes! <3
Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Senior Lecturer in European Studies at Lund University, joins host Michael Bossetta for the 3rd Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review! Each presents three “gifts”: nuggets of knowledge that look back to the key trends in social media and politics in 2018 or what to expect in 2019. We discuss politicians as influencers, most shared items on social media, artificial intelligence, clickbait, and much more!
Dr. Jakob Svensson, Associate Professor in Media and Communication at Malmö University, guests to share his research on the logics that drive how digital media operate. We discuss how algorithms and datafication are shaped by developers, and the types of biases that can occur as a result. We also talk about the political implications of artificial intelligence.
The two studies referenced in the episode are:
Study 1 (2015): The Emergence of Network Media Logic in Political Communication: A Theoretical Approach
Study 2 (2018): The End of Media Logics? On Algorithms and Agency