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#72: Digital Political Campaigning in Britain, with Dr. Rachel Gibson
Dr. Rachel Gibson, Professor of Politics at the University of Manchester, discusses British political parties’ digital campaigning from websites to social media. We take a longitudinal dive into the development of digital campaigning in the UK, and compare it to campaigning practices in the US. Then, we examine how citizens’ political participation is evolving through...
#71: Russian Disinformation and Social Media in Ukraine, with Kateryna Kruk
Kateryna Kruk, Analyst at StopFake and Special Fellow at the European Values Think-Tank, discusses the development and strategies of Russian disinformation in Ukraine. Kateryna shares her experiences using Twitter to promote awareness about the Euromaidan protests, and we dig deeper into the role social media played in the 2014 Ukranian Revolution. We then discuss how...
#70: News Finds Me Perception and Social Media, with Dr. Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Dr. Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Professor at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna, guests to discuss the “News Finds Me Perception” and the role of social media in it. Citizens who believe that the news will simply find them are heavy users of social media, and Dr. Gil de Zúñiga’s research...
Featured Guests
Daniel Kreiss
Leading academic on technology-intensive campaigning. Author of “Prototype Politics.”
Karolina Wozniak
Social Media Coordinator for the European Parliament.
Matt Oczkowski
Digital Strategist for the Trump campaign. Former Head of Product at Cambridge Analytica.
Thomas Peters
Founder and CEO of uCampaign, creating mobile apps for digital campaigns and advocacy.
I am a Political and Data Scientist at the University of Copenhagen, where I specialize in social media use by politicians and citizens during elections.
I launched the Social Media and Politics Podcast to better communicate research to the public, as well as keep abreast of the rapid developments in the social media space.
To find out more about my work, visit my website.
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