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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 4h

📢 New timeslot available for the webinar for newcomers! The Political Communication Division is hosting two online sessions to introduce the division and answer your questions about submitting to the upcoming ICA conference. 🔗 Register here: tally.so/r/7R6KNR

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 Are you new in our division? And are you thinking about submitting to #ICA? Join the Polcomm Division's info session to learn more and ask your questions! 🗓️ Mon, 19 Oct 🔗 Registration link: tally.so/r/7R6KNR

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣 The ICA 2026 elections are now underway! If you are a member of our division, please take a few minutes to review the candidates and vote for the person you believe will best represent our community. 🗳️ Voting closes 20 October 2026 at 12:00 noon. www.icahdq.org/page/Electio...

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Hanna Sistek @sistek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The gold rain keeps falling! So very honored and excited for this Honorable Mention for my dissertation from @polcomm.bsky.social #APSA2026. Super grateful for all the support along the way, it really does take a village!

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Roundtable invitation! This is a community conversation, and attendees are welcome (and encouraged!) to participate with questions. #APSA2026

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

APSA is starting very soon! To help you prepare, we´ve got you a short survival kit. Check the full program here to make your notes on all the sections you will be attending: tinyurl.com/262uqk4r #APSA #PolComm

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Qin Li @qinli0.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Calling all PolComm scholars and educators in my network! 📢 I will be teaching undergraduate Political Communication this fall and am finalizing the syllabus. I'm looking for a solid introductory textbook. I would love to hear your recommendations! @polcomm.bsky.social #polcom #comm

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

14 days to go to #APSA2026! 🎉 The PolComm Division is once again well represented, with dozens of panels between September 3–6, 2026. Are you travelling to APSA this year? Check the Full program! tinyurl.com/262uqk4r

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Dan Lane @danlane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our new book (Element) "Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality" is out! Free for a time: tinyurl.com/mgdpi26 Handy video trailer: vimeo.com/1203556992 + summary thread 👇 So fun to collab w/ Emilija Gagrčin & @yqpan.bsky.social - Big thxs to @snsoroka.bsky.social & team! @polcomm.bsky.social

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Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

⭐ Tenure-Track Position in Communication and Journalism The Noah Mozes Department of Communication and Journalism at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites outstanding candidates in communication to apply for an open-rank tenure-track position starting July, 2027.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

‼️ Competition for a Postdoc for the ERC research project (Computer Science, Computational Social Science) 📅 Application deadline: 15 August 2026 cess.idub.uw.edu.pl/en/2026/07/n...

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📢 New issue of the Political Communication Report! We're happy to announce the latest issue of the PCR, focused on Political Communication Research under Data Constraints. This issue brings together six excellent contributions and an Awardee Interview! politicalcommunication.org/issue/summer...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This great tradition starts today ⬇️ @polcomm.bsky.social #polcom #commsky

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The ICA PolComm Summer School started today! To start with, Stephen Coleman held the keynote on "Political Communication and Democratic Ideals: The Precarious Role of the Citizen." Later on, Regina Lawrence held a masterclass on "What Has Political Communication Got to Do with Democracy?"

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This updated and expanded second edition brings together cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of political uses of social media. doi.org/10.4324/9781...

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🌍 This is genuinely international cohort . Participants join from institutions Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, UAE, United Kingdom, United States

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🎓 7 days to go until the ICA PolComm Summer School! Get to know this year's cohort: tinyurl.com/icaschool 21 participants are coming to Leeds, with research spanning misinformation, populism, online political campaigns, AI in journalism, diaspora media spheres, and political trust.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🌍 This is genuinely international cohort . Participants join from institutions in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Norway, South Africa, Nigeria, Chile, and UAE.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This Special Issue seeks to bring together international and interdisciplinary research examining how migration, migrants, refugees, and human mobility are represented, mediated, negotiated, and contested across contemporary communication environments.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📢 Call for Papers: Special issue on Mediating Migration, journal Media and Communication 🗓️ Key dates: Abstract submission: 1–15 February 2027 Full paper submission: 15–31 August 2027 Publication: January–June 2028 www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📢 Opportunity Alert! Political Communication is hiring a Data Editor to work with the editors-in-chief on ensuring reproducibility and advancing Open Science standards at the journal. 🗓️ Start date: January 1, 2027 Full details at: tinyurl.com/call-dataedi...

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New editors of Political Communication: Johanna Dunaway and Travis Ridout Johanna Dunaway and Travis Ridout will assume their role as editors in chief of Political Communication on 1 July 2026. Access the link to read the full announcement: tinyurl.com/polcommeditors

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🖼️ Top Poster Paper Award 🏅 Marthe Walgrave & Peter Van Aelst — Between Urgency and Skepticism: A Comparative Analysis of Political Parties' Climate Change Communication Across the EU

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🧑‍🎓Top Student Paper Award (4/4) Daniel Wiesner — Who Refers to Science? Understanding the Salience of Scientific Evidence in Parliamentary Debates

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🧑‍🎓Top Student Paper Award (3/4) Mingyuan Wan & Meiyi Wu — From Communication Divide to Systemic Social Risk: Tracing the Consequences of Hong Kong's 5th COVID-19 Wave

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🧑‍🎓Top Student Paper Award (2/4) Emilie Truelsen — (In)civility in a Transnational Context: Reconceptualization and Detection at Scale

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🧑‍🎓Top Student Paper Award (1/4) Hafiz Zain Itrat — Relationship Between Donald Trump and Elon Musk: The Perception of the U.S. Audience

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🥇 Top Paper Award ✨ (5/5) Jiyoung Yeon, Yilang Peng, Yingdan Lu, Salman Khawar & Cuihua Shen — From "Just Jokes" To "Biased Truth": How Politician-featured Memes Shape Perceptions Of Political (Mis)information

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🥇 Top Paper Award ✨ (4/5) Joel Sandoval Valdez, Zhengyi Liang, Muhammad Rasul, Seungsu Lee & Jaeho Cho — Is My Life Linked to the Fate of My Racial Group? Modeling Communication Effects on Citizen Participation through Perceptions of Linked Fate

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🥇 Top Paper Award ✨ (3/5) Hugo Snijders, Anita Eerland, Gabi Schaap, Mike Rinck & Hanneke Hendriks — Prior Beliefs and Source Credibility in News Evaluation: A Drift Diffusion Modeling Approach to Understanding Misinformation Susceptibility

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🥇 Top Paper Award ✨ (2/5) Jana Bernhard-Harrer, Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam & Hajo Boomgaarden — The Uneven News Landscape: Selective News Bias in Actor–Topic Interactions

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🥇 Top Paper Award ✨ (1/5) Christian Pipal, Morgan Wack, Eva-Maria Vogel & Frank Esser Learning to Go Political: Audience Reinforcement and the Disproportionate Political Role of Smaller Social Media Influencers

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📚 IJPP Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award 🏆 Ayala Panievsky The New Censorship: How the War on the Media is Taking Us Down (Simon & Schuster, 2026)

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🎉 Two weeks after #ICA2026 in Cape Town, and we're already missing the conference vibes and the colleagues. Let's celebrate all this year's PolComm award winners! 🧵👇 #PoliticalCommunication #PolComm

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Jana Bernhard-Harrer @janabernhard.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thank you for the shoutout! I am really happy about this. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to Cape Town, but this recognition by @polcomm.bsky.social means a lot. Big congratulations also to my co-authors @ahrabhikat.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social! #ica26

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The PolComm Business Meeting is starting now. The meeting is happening at CTICC Balroom East (CITCC1, Lev 1).

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

After the coffee break, the final panels of the day in our division are: - Theory and Method at 1.44 (CTICC1, Level 1) - Democratic Implications of the Global Rise of Political Influencers (CTICC1, Lev 2) at 2.41–2.43 - Gender and Politics at 8:15 (CTICC2, Level 2).

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Right now, you can still run to one of the following three panels: - Political Perception and Attitudes at 1.64 (CTICC1, Lev 1) - Platform Politics at 2.41-2.43 (CTICC1, Lev 2) - Propaganda and Authoritarian Influences at 8.1 (CTICC2, Lev 2)

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Earlier this morning, our division heard many interesting insights from scholars. #ICA26 #PolComm

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

At 9, there is also a session on "Misinformation, Disinformation, and Politics 1" at Daisy - CTICC2, Lvl 2. At 10:30, there will be a panel on "Crisis, Conflict, and War" at 2:41–2:43 (CTICC1, Level 2) and a session on "Misinformation, Disinformation, and Politics 2" at 8:2 -CTICC2, Lvl 2

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Yesterday's graduate reception was a success! ICA 2026 continues today with many great panels. The morning sessions include: - 9:00 - Roundtable on "Rethinking Academic Publishing: Challenges and Innovations in the Age of AI, Equity, and Open Access" at 2:44–2:46 (CTICC1, Level 2)

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Finally, if you are a graduate student, consider attending our Political Communication Division Graduate Student Reception, which starts at 6:30 p.m. at Victoria & Alfred (Westin, Harbour Edge Level).

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

15:00: Elections I at 1.61 (CTICC1, Level 1) At 16:30, there will be a session on Technological Impact and Governance at 1.44 (CTICC1, Level 1) and a session on Partisanship at 1.63 (CTICC1, Level 1).

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The first day of the ICA has begun! The program is filled with great panels. Right now, the PolComm Poster Session is happening in Hall 2 of the CTICC1 (ground level). After this session, there are others that you might want to check out. #PolComm #ICA26

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The ICA conference starts tomorrow! Being at a large conference like ICA can be overwhelming. In this regard, we have organized a few tips for you! Be sure to check out our ICA Polcomm overview as well: polcomm.github.io/ica-schedule/.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🎓 Join us at the PolComm Graduate Student Reception! Are you a graduate student attending ICA? Come connect with fellow graduate students and meet experienced scholars from the Political Communication Division in a welcoming and informal setting. We look forward to seeing you there! ✨

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Do you feel lost or overwhelmed by the number of panels? We’ve got you covered! The traditional ICA PolComm overview is now available in an interactive format. You can browse the entire program and search by keywords. polcomm.github.io/ica-schedule/

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