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André Rodarte

@andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the Digital Democracy Center (SDU) | PhD from Uni of Texas at Austin | My research explores political representation, propaganda, and populism in the digital age He/him | Bot-ish andrerodarte.com

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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
✨ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! My paper, “From constituencies to audiences,” has just been published It discusses how politicians use social media analytics to make sense of the public. What I found was quite problematic, here’s a summary:
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From constituencies to audiences: lessons from Brazil about audience analytics in representative politics
The pursuit of audiences is a key driver of the mediatization of politics, yet it remains unclear how parliamentarians carry out this task. Drawing on interviews with members of Brazil’s Congress, ...
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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today, @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social and I are in beautiful Vienna to present our study about supporting digital democratic resilience at the Austrian Defense Ministry. You can read the report as well as all other contributions to the larger project here: verteidigungspolitik.at/publikatione...
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Publikationen / Grundlagen - Verteidigungspolitik - inside.bundesheer.at
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Excited with this project, Curd and I have been studying what kind of media incentives are behind politicians’ attacks against democratic institutions 🗯️
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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
ONLINE FIRST! This article by André K. Rodarte et al. examines how Brazilian politicians used social media during the #COVID-19 crisis to shape competing #narratives and challenge trust in traditional media. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🚩 Politicians have come to challenge the role of media producers, but how do they make their narratives credible on social media? In a new open-access article published in Digital Journalism, we answer this question: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Who Controls the Narrative? How Brazilian Parliamentarians Pursue Epistemic Authority in Times of Crisis
As politicians have come to challenge the role of media producers, there is a pressing need to understand how they participate in narrative contests. We address this need by analyzing social media ...
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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Our Centre's co-director @lenafrescamente.bsky.social and postdoc @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social presenting the results of of the PRORESIL project, which investigated how information spaces can be governed towards resilience.
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Excited to connect with SDU scholars across departments to help set up this initiative, more to come, soon!
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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We've been analyzing survey responses and politicians' social media accounts in the context of the Danish elections. This allows us to place platforms on an ideological scale. TikTok tilts to the right on the supply side (Bluesky = left). The demand (public) side sees X as a far-right outlier.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Just out: the new @vdeminstitute.bsky.social is clear: "The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history" V-dem uses a global dataset on democracy with over 32 million data points for 202 countries, from 1789 to 2025. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...
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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In the second panel of today, first @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social and I presented first insights from a recent project studying (1) the susceptibility to misinformation across the complex system through which misinformation flows (www.nature.com/articles/s44...)
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The complexity of misinformation extends beyond virus and warfare analogies - npj Complexity
npj Complexity - The complexity of misinformation extends beyond virus and warfare analogies
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thrilled to collaborate with @curdknupfer.bsky.social on a new project about propaganda and democratic backsliding, and even more so to be surrounded by DDC colleagues who can make academic life more interesting ✨
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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
First DDC Brown Bag Lunch talk of 2026: This Thursday (Feb 19th), @curdknupfer.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social present ideas and ongoing research on "Connective Factions". If you are at SDU, grab some lunch and join us in Dynamo, at 12!
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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
@lenafrescamente.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social presenting research on multi level misinfo and the state of the art of research on it!
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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Absolutely fascinating talk by Maryam Khaleghipour - including with rich insights into how to study communication in Iran - and her very cool research on the targets of online attacks
The speaker, a young women, stands in front of the screen, with pictures from Teheran, Vienna, and Denmark 🇩🇰
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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
✨NEW DDC TEAM MEMBER✨ Last week, André Rodarte began his new position as postdoctoral researcher here with us at the Digital Democracy Centre. We are thrilled to have him with us. 😊 Velkommen til Odense og SDU, @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social!
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Kilian Buehling @buehling.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I had a great time presenting our project about Ephemerality and strategic message deletion of extremist messages on Telegram channels at #dgpuk2025, together with @gongbaobao.bsky.social. It was the first time & we got great feedback.
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kayo mimizuka @kmzkk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
[New pub from New Media & Society] Excited to share my recent paper here as I just joined this platform! "On the Fly: How Japanese Social Media 'Watchers' Improvise to Counter Misinformation," co-authored w/ Ahmer Arif & @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information - Kayo Mimizuka, André K Rodarte, Ahmer Arif, 2024
Recent studies have explored how the purveyors of problematic information can mobilize online crowds by tapping into positive feelings like amusement, belonging...
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Instagram suggested that I started a chat with “TruthAI”, an AI by “MAGA fan page”. It ended up being an insightful chat for sure
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Strange times to be a media researcher in the US. The list of "prohibited technologies on state-owned equipment" just keeps getting longer...
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Exciting news!
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David Nemer @davidnemer.com · 21/02/2025
The impact of academic research is not always immediate or easy to measure, especially beyond its theoretical contributions, as it can take years to materialize. After 12 years of research & partnerships in the Territory of Good, I received yet another piece of news that filled my heart with joy:
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
A German election fought between Kremlin bots, AI, and Musk/ X. In understanding #disinformation campaigns it is important to not only focus on voting decisions. It is as much about delegitimizing the election and fueling polarization. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
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Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation
In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.
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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
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Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · 23/12/2024
⏰Xmas came early this year!🎄 My final dissertation paper officially out in @polcommjournal.bsky.social! We test the role of algorithms in shaping the cost of reaching voters. We find: who sees political ads & at what price depends NOT just on targeting choices.🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🚨 Thrilled to share that the paper I co-authored with @jolukito.bsky.social, "Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities?", has been published in @polcommjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election
If representation furnishes the stage where political struggles play out, this stage can be alarmingly small. In this study, we examine whether social media campaigns in the 2022 Brazil elections a...
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André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
During Bolsonaro’s last months in power, reports emerged of alleged plots for a coup d'etat, including plans to assassinate political rivals. To understand how propaganda paved the way for the rise of the far-right in Brazil, Sam Woolley and I wrote: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Bringing conflict back in | 15 | Computational propaganda and totalita
This chapter explores how peace communication was subverted in the ascension of a far-right totalitarian project in Brazil, creating the conditions for the
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Fábio Vasconcellos @fvas.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
Para onde vai o Brasil? 1/6. Há quase uma década, o Brasil passa por um realinhamento das forças políticas. Nesse período, tivemos as manifestações de 2013, o impeachment de Dilma, a eleição de Bolsonaro e o retorno de Lula. A energia política desses eventos se disseminou e chegou aos municípios. +
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