Pol Comm Scholars
Scholars of Political Communication. Give them a follow.
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@stecula.bsky.social
@dbetakova.bsky.social
She/her | First-gen 🎓🇸🇰🏳️🌈 | Pre-doc at @compcommlab.bsky.social & @polcomvienna.bsky.social | Political communication, news use & avoidance 🚫📰 experiments & computational social science 👾
@philjones.bsky.social
Political scientist at @udelaware.bsky.social | Editor at @poqjournal.bsky.social | Research Director at Center for Political Communication | 🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 pejones.org
@deanarohlinger.bsky.social
Sociologist studying digital technologies, political participation, & politics. Editor in Chief of Social Science Computer Review. Getting by in Florida.
@joannaszostek.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in Political Communication at the University of Glasgow. Researching media, politics, Ukraine, Russia.
@benguinaudeau.bsky.social
Postdoc @CSMaP_NYU. Politics, data science, and hacking stuff in #rstats. 🇫🇷 in 🇩🇪/🇨🇦 he/him Prev: PoliSci PhD @UniKonstanz and @Meta CDS Website: http://benguinaudeau.com
@mikecowburn.bsky.social
Research Fellow, DEMOLAW ERC project @ Zeppelin Universität Intra-Party Politics | Candidate Selection | Legislative Politics | PolComm | Primaries Author: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries https://tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx www.mikecowburn.com
@sebstier.bsky.social
Professor of Computational Social Science @University of Mannheim & Scientific Director Department Computational Social Science @GESIS https://sebastianstier.com
@wiebkedrews.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Researcher at UniBw M 📚 PhD from EUI 👩💻 Research on digital campaigning, party competition and political communication at project SPARTA 🗳️ https://www.wiebkedrews.com/ https://dtecbw.de/sparta?lang=en
@ulrikeklinger.bsky.social
Professor of Political Communication and Journalism at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR, Associated Researcher at Weizenbaum Institute Berlin. Technology & Democracy. Foodie. Traveller. Views are my own.
@joshagoldstein.bsky.social
Research Fellow @Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Studying emerging tech, national security, and online manipulation. Trying to bridge the academia/policy divide. https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/josh-a-goldstein/
@emlapan.bsky.social
🎓 PhD student at The University at Buffalo | Political communication & Extremism |
@msaeltzer.bsky.social
Assistant Prof Digital Social Science Uni Oldenburg - Political scientist interested in parties, models and money (in politics)
@fresejoris.bsky.social
PhD candidate in political science at the EUI. Interested in political behavior, political communication, quantitative methods, metascience. https://www.jorisfrese.com/
@corinnaoschatz.bsky.social
PhD, Assistant Professor at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, #Political Communication, Negative Campaigning (https://ltw-befragung.netlify.app/), Digital Journalism, Public Opinion, Narrative Persuasion
@bertous.bsky.social
Ramón Areces Fellow 2024-25, CES Harvard University. Assistant Professor, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Previously, Uni Zurich. (Il)liberal values, LGBTQ+ politics, political psychology. He/they. 🏳️🌈 The means justify the end. https://aloport.github.io/
@rupertkiddle.com
PhD candidate in computational communication science @newsflows.eu, VU Amsterdam, Assistant Editor @CCR. Interested in politics of big tech & journalism, social media cultures, recommender systems, flows and influence online.
@trillingual.bsky.social
Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
@kasperwelbers.bsky.social
Associate professor in computational communication science at the VU University Amsterdam. Hobbies include music, programming, sharing food and drinks, and migrating away from increasingly toxic billionaire owned social cesspools.
@vanatteveldt.com
Professor of Computational Communication Science @VU University, tidyverse evangelist, good weather sailor
@ericmerkley.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto | Director of the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) | Political behaviour, political and science communication, Canadian/American politics www.ericmerkley.com www.pearluoft.com
@shuyuanshen.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Poli Sci at Illinois. Chinese Politics, Authoritarian Politics, and Political Communication. First Gen. shuyuanshen.com
@jacob-long.com
Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of South Carolina | PhD from Ohio State | political communication, public opinion, some other stuff You might know me from my jtools, interactions, and panelr #rstats packages https://jacob-long.com
@marcjungblut.bsky.social
Postdoc @ LMU Munich Research interests: political communication, strategic communication and conflict communication
@damiantrilling.net
Professor of Journalism Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. About me: https://damiantrilling.net . Our group is here: @journstudiesvu.bsky.social and here: https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/faculties/faculty-of-humanities/more-about/journalism
@kgraneng.bsky.social
Postdoc at Center for European integration, Freie Uni. Berlin | Political communication and public debates about European integration | Knitter and bookworm |
@tevoelker.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @WZB Berlin Social Science Center | PhD @Freie Universität Berlin | Democracy, Far Right, Protest, Political Communication
@stenhansson.bsky.social
Associate Professor @UniTartu interested in #government #communication #blameavoidance #disasters #disinformation #discoursestudies https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=AmIeTJYAAAAJ
@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher Researching the use of data, analysis and technology in campaigning & its effects on voters (#advertising #targeting #canvassing) 📍 Political Communication Lab, Department of Comm, U of Mainz 📱 https://linktr.ee/simonkruschinski
@joerghassler.bsky.social
Consortium Leader of the project „CLIMATE-MEMES“ & consortium partner of „DataDonations4SustainableChange“ @ifkw.bsky.social @LMU_Muenchen | Political Communication | Digital Communication | https://digidemo.ifkw.lmu.de | https://klimamemes.ifkw.lmu.de
@dnvglr.bsky.social
Research Director fög UZH www.foeg.uzh.ch / Researcher IKMZ UZH / Media & Communication / PR / Journalism / Crisis Communication / CCS / Loud Guitars and Sports
@norocel.bsky.social
🇫🇮🇸🇪 #Firstgen AssocProf at #Lunduniversity former #MSCA IF #ULBruxelles I use #intersectionality in 💻 #extremism & #radicalright #populism #welfarechauvinism #criticalbigdata #criticalAI
@kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Political Science at Aarhus University studying immigrant integration, nationalism, and moralization. From Jan-May 2025 guest prof at ETH Zurich. https://sites.google.com/view/kristinabsimonsen/
@m-b-petersen.bsky.social
Auditing the challenges of democracy in the 21st century for the Danish parliament with a particular focus on social media, mistrust and political alienation. Political science professor at Aarhus University, Denmark.
@fprochazka.bsky.social
👨🎓 Junior Professor in Communication @unierfurt.bsky.social, @ipb.bsky.social 💻 Researching journalism and audiences online, trust in news & media effects
@sarahledoux.bsky.social
PhD candidate @official-uom.bsky.social | interested in legislator & voter behaviour, technology & politics | social media & TaDa | Comms Officer @techpolicy.bsky.social
@pettertornberg.com
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics. Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
@gelovanishota.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher working on (de)polarization, digital media, quantitative methods. University of Mannheim.
@mplacek.bsky.social
Political scientist at USC Upstate. Studies democratization, mass media, and public support for democracy: South Alabama and Ole Miss grad. Chicago sports fan. Mostly here to goof off and see what cool stuff y’all are working on.
@ernesto-deleon.com
Political communication researcher at @ascor.bsky.social | @algosoc.org affiliated | PhD @unibern | Media effects, social media, and computational stuff https://ernesto-deleon.com/
@favstats.eu
Computational Communication Scientist #rstats | Postdoc Researcher @UvA_ASCoR | Blog: favstats.eu | Running on plant-based fuel 🌱 | he/him
@lalamur.bsky.social
social scientist at Uni of Southampton; USSR-born. www.lalamuradova.com Empathy in Politics • Democracy • Public Opinion • Democratic Innovations • Climate Change • Deliberation • Emotions Authoritarianism 🏋♀️📚⛰️🕺
@joshmccrain.bsky.social
Political scientist at the University of Utah. Public policy, political institutions, media and politics
@jdavidwolfgang.bsky.social
Associate professor, journalism and media communication, Colorado State University. Journalism. Media law. Political communication.
@aasiegel.bsky.social
Associate Prof. University of Colorado Boulder MENA Politics & Computational Social Science alexandra-siegel.com
@media-politics.bsky.social
Teach/research media and democracy. Professor/Associate Dean at Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. I can't even with X anymore.
@daniellekbrown.bsky.social
Prof of news x racism. Complains about institutions & bad peloton rides. Writes abt power & media & changing the things I cannot accept.
@sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social
Professor of Communication @AnnenbergSchool, UPenn | Director, Center for Information Networks and Democracy, cind.asc.upenn.edu | sandragonzalezbailon.net
@profvaccari.bsky.social
Chair in Future Governance, Public Policy and Technology, University of Edinburgh. Director, MSc Future Governance, Edinburgh Futures Institute. Researching digital media and political communication. Views my own.
@jesperstromback.bsky.social
Professor in journalism and political communication at the U of Gothenburg. Believer in liberal democracy, universal human rights, and evidence-based decision making. Other interests: fishing, music, craft beer and single malts. www.jesperstromback.org
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
digital // political // mobile comm scholar, head of ‘Digital News Dynamics’ research group at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
@ajungherr.bsky.social
Making sense of digital technology - the changes it brings, the opportunities it provides, and the challenges it presents. Professor, University of Bamberg.
@sjjphd.bsky.social
I study race, media, activism, feminism, tech and politics but not always in that order. Co-Director @miccenter.bsky.social Opinions definitely my own
@cbaden.bsky.social
Political Communication Researcher & Methodologist at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
@leneaaroe.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science @AarhusUni interested in political psychology, political communication and AI
@jbgruber.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @gesis.org // Data Editor @polcommjournal.bsky.social 🔎 political communication (#polsky + #commsky) with text analysis and #rstats (#opendata + #openscience) 🌏 JohannesBGruber.eu 👨💻 research software github.com/JBGruber
@emilythorson.bsky.social
Political science, Syracuse University Information effects, misperceptions, egg sandwiches My book is "The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public"
@drchip97.bsky.social
Professor of Communication and Political Science at Ohio State University and Fellow of the International Communication Association.
@salthaus.bsky.social
Cline Center Director, professor of political science and communication at Illinois, current data scientist, former Tower Rat, swore an oath that doesn’t expire. www.clinecenter.illinois.edu
@laurenfeldman.bsky.social
Professor of Journalism & Media Studies @ Rutgers. I study climate change communication, partisan media and misinformation, and comedy and social change. https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/feldman-lauren
@jinwookim.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Kookmin University | Political Communication, Public Opinion jinwookimqss.com
@benjamintoff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center. I study trust in news, news avoidance, public opinion, and changing media.
@mashakr.bsky.social
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be" - Kurt Vonnegut
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
@rebekahtromble.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, GWU | Union of Concerned Scientists’ 2024 Defender of Science | Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/ https://expertvoicestogether.org/ https://independenttechresearch.org/
@anneliserussell.bsky.social
Congress, digital comms, & policy. Associate Professor @UKYMartinSchool. Former: LOC Fellow, DC journo. Sports nerd. @womenalsoknow. New Book: Tweeting is Leading
@omgbearss.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @UW_LSC | PhD from @UM_CommStudies | Science Comm | also bears http://sedonachinn.com
@dhrice.bsky.social
Political communication, social identity, computational social science. Assistant professor at MSU ADPR via University of Michigan Communication and Media PhD. The AE is silent.
@danlane.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @CommUcsb | Dir. UCSB Digital Political Inequality Lab https://www.dpilab.com | Political Comm, Intergroup Comm & Comm Tech | Ph.D. @UM_CommStudies
@dfreelon.bsky.social
Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. & Presidential Prof. of Communication @AnnenbergPenn. If you can't tell the difference between what's true and what you wish were true, take your business elsewhere.
@billard.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication & Sociology at Northwestern University. Executive Director of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies. Author of Voices for Transgender Equality: Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere (Oxford UP, 2024).
@drkath.bsky.social
Asst Prof at Northeastern. Digital media & politics. Board, @brooklineforeveryone.com. TMM Pct 17. Proud NJ native. Fan of #UCONN, abundant housing, meatballs, field experiments.
@andrewchadwick.com
Prof Political Communication, Loughborough University. Ed. Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Been referred to as “that hybrid media guy.” Here after a four-year break from social media. Occasional posts on music. First-gen undergrad. andrewchadwick.com
@jasonreifler.bsky.social
Political Science Prof at University of Southampton. I study misperceptions, fact-checking, and foreign policy attitudes. American in the UK. he/his (y'all whenever possible). Spurs #COYS.
@sumitra.bsky.social
assistant professor @AmericanU. working on countering misinformation in developing countries. @penn PhD in polisci & philly sports fan https://sumitrabadrinathan.github.io/
@leticiabode.bsky.social
Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening.
@jessfeez.bsky.social
Professor and Citizen Farmer at UNM Political Comm - Digital Media - Democracy
@cboussalis.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin. Research on climate change contrarianism, political communication, political extremism.
@matthewhitt.bsky.social
Political scientist at Colorado State University. American politics, judicial politics, political communication. My books and other stuff: www.Matthewphitt.com.
@curdknupfer.bsky.social
Associate professor of political communication @ddc-sdu.bsky.social, University of Southern Denmark. Focus on digital & right-wing media + parties. Associate Editor @ International Journal of Press/Politics
@sebavalenz.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Communications at U Catolica de Chile | Researcher with IMFD and NUDOS | Chief Science Officer http://IPIE.info | Political communication, technology, journalism
@tnridout.bsky.social
Thomas S. Foley Professor, Washington State University; co-director of Wesleyan Media Project; political advertising, news media, political communication
@jongreen.bsky.social
Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University jgreen4919.github.io
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
Technology + democracy. Visit https://techpolicy.press Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
@journalqd.bsky.social
diamond-access (no-fee, open-access) journal journalqd.org
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Fascism is for losers. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
@meredithconroy.bsky.social
Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
@gavinploger.bsky.social
Postdoc in Communication and Media at University of Michigan. I study political communication, perceived polarization, and partisan identity. I also play a lot of video games. UMich Comm alum. He/him.
@kylesaunders.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science working at the nexus of a lot of things (but currently fascinated by the dreaded bitcoin/crypto politics) & NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative at Colorado State University; #firstgen; R(whatever)≠E
@esserfrank.bsky.social
Communication scholar at U of Zurich, Chair of ICA’s PolComm Division, Comparative Research, loses in chess against his 10 year old
@shugars.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Communication @ Rutgers University. Computational social science, political communication, civic studies. First gen. They/them
@sgadarian.bsky.social
Professor, Political Science | Syracuse University, Maxwell School | American politics, political psychology | Co-author of Anxious Politics and Pandemic Politics
@michaelheseltine.bsky.social
Post-Doc at University of Amsterdam ASCoR. Congress, elections, and political communications.
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org