Following the reactions to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, here is our article that tracks online reactions to Trump’s assassination attempt:
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Happy to share my article in 360info this week, looking at the Australian political influencer scene and how it may (or may not) shape the upcoming federal election.
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HURRY! The deadline for abstracts is tomorrow. Come to Melbourne for the annual political science conference
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#auspol25. We have an exceptional keynote speaker who straddles the worlds of both academia and politics. You won't be disappointed!!
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Call for Abstracts – APSA 2025 Conference Now Open! We invite colleagues from Australia, New Zealand, as well as the Indian Ocean and Asia-Pacific regions, to submit abstracts and panel proposals that...
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Abstract
This article examines online responses to the 14 July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Using large
language model embeddings and machine learning algorithms, we analyze 26 thousand...
Political influencers on platforms like YouTube and TikTok are already a force likely to shape how elections are covered even if they don’t swing votes. Online influencers might not change the way you...
Just a nod to this PhD talent @Finley Watson who I’m luck to be co- supervising. Examining USA influencers….and use of digital affordances
@latrobeuni.bsky.social
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nice to be part of this multidisciplinary and international team led by Justin Phillips (nz), @timgravelle.bsky.social (ca), @acarson.bsky.social & me investigating whether facebook's 3rd party fact-checking increases #conspiracybelief
TLDR; it doesn't really.
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This new book Women’s Pathway to Power arrived today - edited by my great friend @acarson.bsky.social
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Excited to share my first ever peer-reviewed journal article, now published open access in Television & New Media.
It looks at how political influencers are using YouTube to engage young audiences and the potential implications for participatory politics.
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In recognition of the contributions made to all areas of political science, APSA will award the below prizes in 2025. These prizes cover a wide spectrum of achievement, from the PhD Thesis Prize award...
📢 Happening today at the #IPSA2025 World Congress of #PoliticalScience⏰
Don’t miss the opening plenary address by Ban Ki-moon, starting at 13:45.
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