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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media

@prisma-hungary.bsky.social
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This research group (PI: Márton Bene), funded by the Momentum Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and hosted by the HUN-REN CSS, seeks to explore the meaning of political representation in the context of social media. prisma-rg.hu

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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New publication by @martonbene.bsky.social and Vanessza Juhász in American Behavioral Scientist on how Megafon’s astroturf influencers supported Fidesz’s 2022 campaign by handling negative messaging! 📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat... 📄 Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@martonbene.bsky.social presented two papers at #ICA25 in Denver — both the result of exciting international collaborations: 🗳 Calls to Action – Engaging Voters Across 8 Countries (DigiWorld) 📊 United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms (EuroAlgos) Grateful to work across borders & disciplines!
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Krisztina Burai and Vanessza Juhász took part in the CEECOM Conference in Zadar. 🔹 @krisztinaburai.bsky.social talked about the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local publics 🔹 Vanessza presented on the argumentative patterns embedded in politicians’ representative claims
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Krisztina Burai @krisztinaburai.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Today at #ceecom2025 in #Zadar, I presented on the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local public spheres. Beyond grateful for the feedback! @prisma-hungary.bsky.social
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
New pub! Marton Bene's contribution in a volume honoring the legacy of Jay Blumler. A Blumler-inspired structural interpretation of viralization and its normative consequences. 🔗 Blog summary: tinyurl.com/4r5p94bd 📖 Read the chapter and the full volume tinyurl.com/4jymdf25
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Celebrating the end of the academic year — just before conference season kicks off: #CEECOM starts tomorrow, and #ICA25 is coming up next week!
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We were represented with several presentations at the annual conference of the Hungarian Political Science Association. prisma-rg.hu/prisma-resea...
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📢 New pub in Journalism by @martonbene.bsky.social & Xénia Farkas! How do journalists frame campaign messages? 👉 Self-promotion is more likely framed negatively. 👉 Attacks on opponents reported neutrally. 📘 Blog summary: tinyurl.com/574eppu5 🔗 Article: tinyurl.com/2r726zhf
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New publication – “Go negative to be on the safe side! A 10-country investigation of the link between journalists’ negative framing and political actors’ strategic communication” – PRiSMa
Bene, M., & Farkas, X. (2025). Go negative to be on the safe side! A 10-country investigation of the link between journalists’ negative framing and political actors’ strategic communication. Journalism,https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849251344751
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
@krisztinaburai.bsky.social and Virág Bagi presented their study on Hungary’s 2024 EU campaign at our workshop in Wrocław, as part of the International Visegrad Fund project "EU Campaign Race in V4 – Political Communication in Social Media before the 2024 EP Elections."
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
New PRiSMa-related article on social media trust by Balázs Bodó, @martonbene.bsky.social, and Zsolt Boda, published in Information, Communication & Society. 📘 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Check out this great poster from @favstats.eu on a research collaboration we are involved!
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🚨 3-Year Postdoc Fellowship Opportunity! Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. momentummsca.mta.hu
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Argumentative fallacies outsourced to astroturf influencers? New PRiSMa publication by Vanessza Juhász on the rhetorical strategies of pro-government influencers and political actors. The article is in Hungarian, but a brief overview is available here: 🔗 prisma-rg.hu/new-prisma-p...
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New PRiSMA Publication – “Influential Politicians and Political Influencers: The Argument Analysis of Megafon’s Negative Campaign”  – PRiSMa
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PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We are proud that our members have been awarded both the Young Researcher of the Year (Krisztina Burai) and the Researcher of the Year (Márton Bene) at the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science! prisma-rg.hu/award-winnin...
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