Politics

#155: 2022 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

December 23, 2022 Academics

The 7th Annual Social Media and Politics Podcast Year in Review! A Mega Episode with lots of knowledge bombs – you’ll simply have to listen to hear them all!

 

Here is a gift of all the platform year in review reports:

 

Facebook: Protecting People from Online Threats in 2022

Instagram: 2023 Instagram Trend Report

Google: Year in Search

TikTok: 1)  Year on TikTok: 2022, truly #ForYou
TikTok: 2) What’s Next 2023 Trend Report

Pinterest: Pinterest Predicts 2022

Reddit: Reddit Recap 2022

Snapchat: Year End 2022

Pornhub: 2022 Year in Review

 

And the two clips played in the episode: 

 

SNL BeReal Skit

Zelensky Deepfake

See you in January for new episodes! 

 

Share your thoughts or questions @SMandPPodcast

 

Keep downloading,  listening, and learning! <3

 

#137: 2021 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

December 22, 2021 Academics

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:


Facebook Threat Report

Google Year in Search

Tiktok Cultural Phenomenons

Pinterest Predicts

Reddit Recap

Snap Lens on the Year

Twitter #OnlyOnTwitter

Article with chart on social media’s impact on democracy

The greatest newsletter of all-time


See you in January for new episodes! <3

#97: 2019 Year In Review, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

December 29, 2019 Academics

The 2019 Year in Review! Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten and Dr. Michael Bossetta break down the top trends and developments of this year and look forward to the decade ahead. We talk about the posts that garnered the most engagement on platforms like Twitter, Reddit, and Pornhub (no Facebook this year), look into the growing importance of TikTok, and chat about digital taxation, Epstein, and so much more.

Watch the video recording, including visual examples here!

#86: The Platform Society, Public Values, and Politics, with Dr. José van Dijck

July 13, 2019 Academics


Dr. José van Dijck, Distinguished Professor in Media and Society at Utrecht University, guests to discuss her latest book, The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World (Oxford University Press).

We break down key concepts from the book, including Platform Societies and Platform Power. We discuss the importance of public values in the Platform Society, and how these values might differ across the United States, the European Union, and China.

Dr. van Dijck also shares her thoughts on how platforms can be reverse engineered in ways that promote the public good.

#67: Social Media and Politics 2018 Year in Review, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

December 22, 2018 Academics

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!