Social Media and Politics

By Michael Bossetta

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Social Media and Politics is a podcast bringing you innovative, first-hand insights into how social media is changing the political game. Subscribe for interviews and analysis with politicians, academics, and leading digital strategists to get their take on how social media influences the ways we engage with politics and democracy. Social Media and Politics is hosted by Michael Bossetta, political scientist at Lund University. Check out the podcast's official website: https://socialmediaandpolitics.org.

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Micro-Influencer Marketing for Political Campaigns, with Ryan Davis
Apr 21, 2024
Far Right Women Influencers on YouTube and Instagram, with Dr. Eviane Leidig
Apr 07, 2024
Wikipedia Public Relations for Politics, Brands, and Crisis Communication, with Rhiannon Ruff
Mar 24, 2024
Race, Racism, and Resistance on Social Media, with Dr. Rob Eschmann
Feb 25, 2024
Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology, with Prof. Kate Dommett and Dr. Simon Kruschinski
Feb 11, 2024
China's Digital Strategy for Information Control, with Dr. Andrew MacDonald
Jan 28, 2024
2023 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 23, 2023
Democracy, Architecture, and Social Media, with Dr. Jennifer Forestal
Oct 22, 2023
Covid Vaccine Hesitancy in Sweden, with Dr. Mia-Marie Hammarlin
Oct 08, 2023
Political Persuasion and the Effects of Targeted Social Media Ads, with Dr. Alexander Coppock
Sep 24, 2023
Cross-Cutting Expression on Social Media: Brexit on Facebook, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Sep 03, 2023
Negative Campaigning on Facebook in EU Elections, Cross-Platform Extremism, and Dissonant Public Spheres, with Prof. Ulrike Klinger
Jul 02, 2023
Connecting Social Media Influencers with Political Campaigns, with Zach Fang
Jun 18, 2023
Digital Media Trends in American Political Campaigns, with Russell Mindich
May 21, 2023
Social Media, Democracy, and National Security, with Jenny Reich
Mar 19, 2023
Progressive Big Tech Regulation and Advocacy, with Adam Kovacevich
Feb 05, 2023
Political Targeting, Strategic Communication, and Democracy, with Prof. Sanne Kruikemeier
Jan 22, 2023
Digital Political Advertising Beyond Social Media, with Megan Clasen
Jan 08, 2023
2022 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 23, 2022
Social Media, Citizen Journalism, and Activism in Africa, with Prof. Bruce Mutsvairo
Dec 11, 2022
Data-driven Campaigning with Polling and Focus Groups in American Elections, with Zac McCrary
Oct 30, 2022
Cross-Platform Visual Campaigning on Social Media: Emotions in Political Candidates' Facebook and Instagram Images
Oct 16, 2022
Data Journalism to Report Social Media and Politics, with Aleszu Bajak
Oct 01, 2022
Swedish Elections 2022, Political Communication, and Social Media, with Dr. Nils Gustafsson
Sep 11, 2022
Social Media, Information Markets, and the Attention Economy, with Prof. Vincent Hendricks
Sep 04, 2022
Machine Learning the Facebook URLs Dataset to Study News Credibility, with Dr. Tom Paskhalis
Aug 21, 2022
Anti-Immigration YouTube Videos: Tactics and Narratives, with Shauna Siggelkow
Aug 07, 2022
Social Media Influencers and Politics, Environmental Behavior, and Covid Misinformation, with Dr. Desirée Schmuck
Jun 19, 2022
Political Tech Incubators in American Digital Campaigning, with Eric Wilson
May 29, 2022
Technology Disruption, Democracy, and Principled Platform Regulation, with Prof. Lance Bennett
May 15, 2022
Challenging Covid Vaccine Misinformation on Private Social Media, with Prof. Andrew Chadwick
May 01, 2022
Comparing Digital Political Communication across Countries and Time, with Prof. Anders Olof Larsson
Apr 24, 2022
Rating News Credibility with Algorithms, with Arjun Moorthy
Apr 17, 2022
Social Media and the War in Ukraine, with Prof. Joshua Tucker
Mar 27, 2022
Political Leader Evaluations on Instagram and Emotions in Covid Crisis Communication, with Dr. Jenny Lindholm
Feb 27, 2022
Mobile News Consumption: How Smartphone News Exposure Affects Political Knowledge, with Dr. Jakob Ohme
Feb 13, 2022
2021 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 22, 2021
Right-Wing Alternative Media and Republican Party Social Media Engagement, with Dr. Curd Knüpfer and Mike Cowburn
Nov 28, 2021
Digital Political Communication and Social Media Campaigning in Germany, with Juri Schnöller
Nov 14, 2021
ISIS Radicalization, Counter-Extremism, and Visual Propaganda on Social Media, with Dr. Tamar Mitts
Oct 24, 2021
Covid Mask Wearing in Politicians' Social Media Images and Emotions in German Politics, with Dr. Mirya Holman
Oct 10, 2021
Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, with Prof. Chris Bail
Sep 26, 2021
Digital Ads for Registering and Mobilizing Black and Hispanic Voters, with Tatenda Musapatike
Aug 15, 2021
Tech Advocacy for Children's Digital Rights and the Twisted Toys Campaign, with Baroness Beeban Kidron
Jul 04, 2021
Political Marketing, Digital Strategy, and Social Media for the Andrew Yang 2020 Campaign, with Andrew Frawley
Jun 27, 2021
Modern Political Campaigns and Social Media in the United States, with Dr. Michael D. Cohen
Jun 13, 2021
Social Media Communication in the EU, with Tom Moylan
Jun 04, 2021
The Cultural Sociology of Political Performance, Icons, and Social Media, with Prof. Jeffrey Alexander
May 16, 2021
Digital Media Infrastructures and Tech Platforms, with Dr. Jean-Christophe Plantin
May 02, 2021
Deliberation in Practice and Pandemics, with Ieva Česnulaitytė
Apr 18, 2021
Social Media Influencers and Political Campaigns, with Madeline V. Twomey
Mar 28, 2021
Digital Politics in Canada: Parties, Memes, and the Courts, with Dr. Tamara Small
Feb 21, 2021
Information Theory, Algorithms, and Political Polarization, with Prof. Martin Hilbert
Feb 07, 2021
Digital Ads for Political Mobilization and Persuasion, with Nick Ahamed
Jan 24, 2021
2020 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 20, 2020
Audience Development, Online Political Journalism, and Social Media, with Sofia Diogo Mateus
Nov 29, 2020
Incivility, Intolerance, and Misinformation Sharing on Social Media and News Websites, with Dr. Patricía Rossini
Nov 15, 2020
Instagram for Political Campaigning, Agenda Setting, and the 2020 US Election
Oct 25, 2020
Bad News, Social Media, and Digital Campaigning in Britain, with Dr. Mark Pack
Oct 04, 2020
The Hype Machine: Political Implications of the Social Media Industrial Complex, with Prof. Sinan Aral
Sep 20, 2020
Data-Driven Political Campaigning in Germany, with Dr. André Haller and Simon Kruschinski
Sep 06, 2020
China's Influence Operations, Propaganda, and Disinformation, with Vanessa Molter
Aug 23, 2020
Data Science across Academia, Industry, and Progressive Campaigns, with Dr. Solomon Messing
Aug 09, 2020
Digital Media, Democracy, and the Retooling of Politics, with Dr. Andreas Jungherr
Jul 19, 2020
Digital Organizing for Progressive Campaigns and Advocacy, with Ned Howey
Jul 05, 2020
Black Lives Matter Social Media Narratives outside the US, with James MacGregor
Jun 22, 2020
Persuasion Effects of Psychometric Targeting and Chatbots, with Dr. Brahim Zarouali
May 31, 2020
Political Voiceovers for Democratic Campaigns, with Maria Pendolino and Ian Fishman
May 10, 2020
Health Misinformation Correction on Social Media, with Dr. Leticia Bode
Apr 26, 2020
Online Engagement and Digital Campaigning for Pete Buttigieg, with Stefan Smith
Apr 12, 2020
What American History Teaches us about Political Communication, with Dr. Ben Epstein
Mar 29, 2020
House of Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee, with Lord David Puttnam and Dr. Kate Dommett
Mar 15, 2020
Video Search Engines and Petey Vid as an Alternative to Google Video Search, with Craig Stadler
Mar 01, 2020
Content Moderation and the Politics of Social Media Platforms, with Dr. Tarleton Gillespie
Feb 16, 2020
Information Gerrymandering on Social Networks, with Dr. Alexander Stewart
Jan 26, 2020
Political Mobilization in the 2019 EU Election Campaign, with Stephen Clark
Jan 12, 2020
2019 Year in Review, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 23, 2019
Pro-Trump Social Networks: The Donald on Reddit and TheDonald.win
Dec 03, 2019
Political Advertising on Facebook and Television, with Prof. Travis Ridout
Nov 24, 2019
Warren's Meme Team, with Misha Leybovich
Nov 17, 2019
Political Self-Expression on Social Media, with Dr. Dan Lane
Oct 27, 2019
Protest, Participation, and Cross-Cutting Exposure on Social Media, with Dr. Sebastian Valenzuela
Oct 06, 2019
Data Science Tools for the 2020 Census, with Chris Dick
Sep 22, 2019
Tracking Attention on Social Media for the 2020 Democratic Primaries, with Neal Rothschild
Sep 08, 2019
Fake News, Disinformation, and Social Media Campaigning in Norway, with Dr. Bente Kalsnes
Aug 25, 2019
Making Memes to Support Donald Trump, with Carpe Donktum
Aug 11, 2019
Natural Language Processing with Social Media Data, with Dr. Leon Derczynski
Jul 28, 2019
The Platform Society, Public Values, and Politics, with Prof. José van Dijck
Jul 14, 2019
Strategic Communication at the Council of the European Union, with Alexandra Ekkelenkamp
Jun 30, 2019
Authentic Campaigns, Social Media, and Politics, with Loren Merchan and Jonathan Barnes
Jun 16, 2019
Mapping Migration Narratives in the EU with Social Media Data, with Kata Füge
Jun 09, 2019
Italian Politics, Digital Campaigning, and Social Media, with Dino Amenduni
Jun 02, 2019
European Parliament Elections 2019: Results and Breakdown of the EU Elections with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
May 27, 2019
Strategic Narratives in International Relations and Digital Diplomacy, with Dr. Ben O'Loughlin
May 19, 2019
Presidential Campaigning, Digital Media, and US Elections, with Prof. Jennifer Stromer-Galley
May 12, 2019
Advertising and Fundraising for Political Campaigns, with Brian Lyle
Apr 28, 2019
Volodymyr Zelensky's Social Media Strategy in the 2019 Ukraine Elections, with Mikhail Fedorov
Apr 14, 2019
Crypto Social Networks, with Bill Ottman
Apr 07, 2019
Human Rights, Social Media, and Myanmar, with Ray Serrato
Mar 24, 2019
Political Campaigning with Chatbots, Streaming Devices, and Social Media, with Adam Meldrum
Mar 10, 2019
Far-Right Extremism, Media Manipulation, and Disinformation Online, with Dr. Alice Marwick
Feb 24, 2019
Digital Political Campaigning in Britain, with Dr. Rachel Gibson
Feb 10, 2019
Russian Disinformation and Social Media in Ukraine, with Kateryna Kruk
Jan 31, 2019
News Finds Me Perception and Social Media, with Dr. Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Jan 20, 2019
Protests and Demonstrations in Northern Ireland, with Dr. Paul Reilly
Jan 13, 2019
Private and Public Sector Digital Campaigning in the EU, with Marta Albertini
Jan 06, 2019
Social Media and Politics 2018 Year in Review, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 21, 2018
Crisis Communication, Social Media, and European Political Campaigning, with Marco Ricorda
Dec 16, 2018
The Logics of Datafication, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence, with Dr. Jakob Svensson
Nov 25, 2018
Platform API Lockouts, Occupy Wall Street, and Transnational Activism, with Dr. Dan Mercea and Dr. Shawn Walker
Nov 18, 2018
Brexit Botnets and Hyperpartisan News Sharing on Twitter, with Dr. Marco Bastos
Nov 04, 2018
P2P Texting for Democrats in the 2018 Midterm Elections, with Naseem Makiya
Oct 28, 2018
Inoculating Fake News and Disinformation on Social Media, with Ruurd Oosterwoud
Oct 21, 2018
Political Polarization, Social Media, and News Use in the United States, with Dr. Galen Stocking
Oct 14, 2018
Cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, and Social Media, with Bruce Schneier
Sep 30, 2018
Facebook's Political Ad Archive and Web Scraping to Improve It, with Søren Pedersen
Sep 16, 2018
The 2018 Swedish Elections and Social Media, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Sep 10, 2018
Facebook Ad Targeting in the 2017 British General Election, with Dr. Nick Anstead
Sep 02, 2018
Anti-Social Media: Does Facebook Undermine Democracy?, with Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan
Aug 26, 2018
P2P Texting for Political Campaigns in the Midterm Elections, with Thomas Peters
Aug 19, 2018
Computational Social Science and Digital Methods in the Post-API Age, with Dr. Deen Freelon
Aug 12, 2018
Paid Media and Political Advertisements for Campaigns, with Anson Kaye
Jul 29, 2018
Email Programs and Digital Campaigning for the Democratic Party, with Matt Compton
Jul 15, 2018
Platforms and News Publishers: Digital Journalism in the Facebook-Google Duopoly, with Rameez Tase
Jul 01, 2018
Advocacy for the Tech Industry, with Matt Schruers
Jun 17, 2018
Cyberattacks on Social Media: Spear Phishing, Trolling, and Disinformation, with Dr. Arun Vishwanath
Jun 03, 2018
GDPR and Political Campaigning, with Brendan Tobin
May 18, 2018
Mobilizing the Pack for Political Campaigns and Advocacy, with Tom Lillywhite
May 06, 2018
Facebook Ads Transparency in the Irish Abortion Referendum, with Craig Dwyer
Apr 22, 2018
Chatbots for Civic Engagement, with Simon Day
Apr 08, 2018
Mobile Apps for Political Campaigns and Advocacy, with Thomas Peters
Mar 25, 2018
WhatsApp-ening in the Netherlands? Social Media, GroenLinks, and the 2018 Dutch Local Elections, with Hanneke Bruinsma
Mar 11, 2018
Political Campaigning Games: Corbyn Run and the 2017 British Elections, with James Moulding
Jan 01, 2018
2017 Year in Review: Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 17, 2017
Data, Democracy, and the Role of Technology in Politics, with Dr. Daniel Kreiss
Nov 26, 2017
Algorithms, Social Media, and Society, with Dr. Thore Husfeldt
Nov 12, 2017
The Dark Web: Social Networks on Tor, with Ciphas
Oct 29, 2017
Cloaked Facebook Pages, Hate Profiles, and Propaganda, with Johan Farkas
Oct 15, 2017
Character Assassination, Reputation Politics, and Social Media in Russia, with Sergei Samoilenko
Sep 18, 2017
Participation, Social Media, and the Cyprus conflict, with Dr. Nico Carpentier
Aug 20, 2017
Policing through Facebook: Social Media and Law Enforcement, with Kenneth Hampton
Aug 13, 2017
Radicalization and Foreign Fighters: The Story of Lukas, with Karolina Dam
Aug 06, 2017
Political Talk on Social Media: Helping or Hurting Democracy?, with Dr. Scott Wright
Jul 30, 2017
Gab: The Free Speech Social Network, with Utsav Sanduja
Jul 16, 2017
Citizen Marketers and the Bernie Sanders Campaign on Social Media, with Dr. Joel Penney
Jul 09, 2017
The UK's New Digital Left: Paid Social, Civic Tech, and Mobilizing the Youth Vote, with Samir Patel
Jul 02, 2017
Who's Targeting You? Facebook Dark Ads in the British Election Campaign, with Sam Jeffers
Jun 25, 2017
How Social Media Affects Engagement with Civic and Political Life, with Dr. Shelley Boulianne
Jun 18, 2017
The 2017 British Elections on Social Media, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Jun 10, 2017
Donald Trump and Scott Walker's Digital Strategy on Social Media, with Matthew Oczkowski
May 29, 2017
Snapchat and the Marco Rubio Campaign, with Eric Wilson
May 22, 2017
American Politics and Social Media, with Dr. Alan Rosenblatt
May 15, 2017
The French Elections and Social Media Part 2: Le Pen versus Macron and Predicting Election Outcomes, with Dr. Antoine Bevort
May 04, 2017
The French Elections and Social Media Part 1: What News are Citizens Sharing on Social Media?, with Daniel Fazekas
May 01, 2017
World Leaders on Instagram: Governing through Photography, Selfies, and Live Stories, with Matthias Luefkens
Apr 23, 2017
Dark Social Media like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat: What do they mean for Politics and Marketing?, with Paul Hurley
Apr 17, 2017
Social Media and Politics in Nigeria, with Yomi Kazeem
Apr 10, 2017
Challenging Nancy Pelosi for Congress: Social Media's Role in Grassroots Campaigning, with Preston Picus
Apr 02, 2017
Social Media and Anti-Corruption Protests in Romania, with the Facebook Page 'Corruption Kills'
Mar 26, 2017
The 2017 Dutch Elections and Political Campaigning on Social Media in the Netherlands, with Dr. Kristof Jacobs
Mar 13, 2017
"Last Night in Sweden": Responding to Donald Trump while Branding a Nation on Social Media, with Emma Randecker
Mar 05, 2017
The YouTube Algorithm and its Implication for Politics, with Matt Gielen
Feb 13, 2017
Social Media and Nonprofit Organizations Serving Immigrants in the United States, with Dr. Heath Brown
Feb 02, 2017
Bots and Computational Propaganda on Social Media, with Samuel Woolley
Jan 18, 2017
Twitter, ISIS, and Sentiment Analysis: Using Big Data to Measure Public Opinion about Terrorism, with Dr. Luigi Curini
Jan 03, 2017
2016 Year in Review: Bots, Fake News, and Campaigning on Snapchat, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
Dec 20, 2016
Social Media and Political Youth Organizations in Denmark, with Emilie Demant
Dec 12, 2016
Digital Marketing on Social Media for Political Campaigns, with Chasen Campbell
Nov 28, 2016
Hillary for Prison and Instagram: Grassroots Campaigning through Memes, with Emily Longworth
Oct 27, 2016
E-Voting and Elections: How does it work in Estonia?, with Jason Kitcat
Oct 27, 2016
Öresundsrevolutionen and Facebook: Protesting Sweden's Border Controls on Social Media, with Niels Paarup-Petersen
Oct 27, 2016
Twitter and Political Debates: What Dual Screening means for Democracy and Political Participation, with Dr. Cristian Vaccari
Oct 27, 2016
European Parliament on Snapchat: Engaging EU Youth in Politics through Social Media, with Karolina Wozniak
Oct 27, 2016