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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🚨We are so incredibly thrilled to announce that our Multi-Platform Research Special Issue in Political Communication is out now at www.tandfonline.com/toc/upcp20/4...! Special Issue Team: @meredithpruden.bsky.social @yunkangyang.bsky.social @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social Wei Zhong and me!!! 🎉

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Political Communication

SI-Multi-Platform Research. Volume 43, Issue 2 of Political Communication

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Finally, Jennifer Forestal's macro-level systemic theoretical piece is a call to action for pol comm scholars to conduct more empirically precise and explicitly normative multi-platform studies. She identifies two key methodological challenges and provide critical suggestions for overcoming them.

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How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory

Despite agreement that political communication research should move beyond single-platform studies, there is no existing consensus on precisely how to do so. What does it mean to study social media...

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

mill's dedication: this is a jointly authored work a century & a half of male editors: mill exaggerated out of a sentimental fondness for his wife mill's letters: no, really, most of "my" work was partly by her, i really could not be clearer on this

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...

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Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus

The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.

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Association for Political Theory @associationpt.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Reminders for #APT2025!: ➡️ Initial registration deadline is Sept. 10! To remain on the program, please register by then; registration fees increase by $50 after 9/10 ➡️ Rooms in the APT block at the conference hotel are going fast! Info on the conference homepage ➡️ New prelim program version is out

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/06/2025

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Bluesky won’t recreate peak Twitter. Twitter won’t recreate peak Twitter. Instagram isn’t going to go back to good Instagram. All this handwringing seems to yearning for a moment in social media history that isn’t ever coming back. Get used to it, figure out new things, build real community.

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

this was my exact first thought (in only the best way)

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Da Pope: Chicago loses its mind over homegrown pontiff. Within minutes of the announcement, Chicagoans had Photoshopped the new pope holding an Italian beef sandwich and made at least 50 Malört jokes. buff.ly/hxnbaII

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

CPT just published a symposium on my book! huge thanks to Susan Bickford, @pollysigh.bsky.social, @nicolecurato.bsky.social, @jgastil.bsky.social, Victor Bruzzone, @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for contributions that critique, stretch, & apply the book's argument in such generous & productive ways

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Thinking democracy in a digital age - Contemporary Political Theory

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

more good thoughts on this violation. i have to wonder if researchers' willingness to treat reddit as simply data (& not people) is exacerbated by either/both the site's anonymity and, maybe more importantly, its reputation.

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

this is so deeply messed up & i hope the research team is appropriately censured for it (if not, as it seems, by their IRB then by the rest of the academic communities they try to engage)

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

very much looking forward to this (virtual!) event with @hertieschool.bsky.social and Columbia World Projects, where i'll be talking how to design & govern digital platforms to promote democratic practice, incl. new thoughts on things like decentralized platforms/protocols & crowdsourced moderation!

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

(upper) midwest once again showing us all how to organize, mobilize, and protect democracy even when institutions are stacked against us

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

today my grad course on platform governance suggested that "we should change the name of this class to 'the redditization of the internet'" because of how often the conversation comes back to reddit as a good model. i've never felt called out so hard (😂)

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

the 2025 APT (@associationpt.bsky.social) conference is at LOYOLA CHICAGO this year, from November 6-8! deadline to submit an abstract* is tonight at 11:59p. join us in the city/on the lake! we'd love to have you! *you have to become a member to submit; membership is free

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

re-upping this for a new crowd (will do so again, sorry for the spam!) deadline is March 28. lmk if you want to talk!

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

loyola is hiring! an assistant professor of italian american studies, though the tenure home department will be determined by the candidate's background. please circulate widely! (and: if there are any POLITICAL THEORISTS who may fit the call, APPLY) lmk if you have questions! #poltheory #polisky

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College of Arts & Sciences, Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Professorship (Assistant Professor of Italian American Studies), Tenure Track

Salary Range: $80,000-$87,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago seeks qualified candidates, discipline open, for a te...

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

boy oh boy does arendt hit differently this semester:

"What we are confronted with is a constitutional crisis of the first order, and this crisis has been effected by two very different factors whose unfortunate coincidence has resulted in the particular poignancy as well as general confusion of the situation. There are the frequent challenges to the Constitution by the administration, with the consequential loss of confidence in constitutional processes by the people, that is, the withdrawal of consent; and there has come into the open, at about the same time, the more radical unwillingness of certain sections of the population to recognize the consensus universalis."

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

happy to be in such great company!

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

not too long ago i had a convo with a cousin, currently in HS, during which it became clear they did not know the difference between a cassette tape and a CD. ...my soul promptly left my body. i have not recovered.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 07/01/2025

Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

on one hand, this news comes as i'm finishing a new piece on crowdsourced content moderation as dem innovation-yay, relevance! OTOH, it's increasingly hard to take these initiatives seriously as democratic anything when it's so glaringly obvious that rhetoric is cover for bad (billionaire) actors.

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

i think this is generally right, though the algorithmic selection that Henry highlights is only one part of the issue. the ways these platforms structure relationships & interactions between users is just as (and maybe even more) significant.

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

thanks all for sharing. we found someone! but for those who fit this description -- please be in touch with me! we often need adjuncts to teach theory classes (not this last-minute!). more broadly, i want to keep tabs on who is around as we continue building the chicago-area theory community!

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

anyone (know anyone) in Chicago available & interested to teach intro to theory for Loyola next semester? we had a part-time instructor leave unexpectedly and kinda leave us hanging!

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

the grandpa in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory is an absolutely horrible person who lays around watching as Charlie's mom does all the hard work then decides he's well enough to go have fun (taking the opportunity from her without a second thought, natch)

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

so i won't offer much by way of post-election analysis, except to say that i reread Dewey's "Creative Democracy" last week, as one does when they're despairing for democracy. & i think his analysis in 1939 is just as accurate for today, especially to explain the utter failure of democrats. 1/x

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

like everyone else, i seem to have gained a bunch of new followers. hi! this 👇 is a good succinct plug for what i do, though i (ironically?) tend to post, uh, inconsistently

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

this is the second time in about a week that i've been in a women's bathroom stall--in two VERY different parts of the country!--and seen a note like this, reminding women that they can secretly vote for harris.

post-it note in a women's bathroom stall that reads: "REMINDER your vote is private. no one sees your vote at the polls. vote for your rights, your freedom, and our future generations. vote Harris/walk for a new way forward!"

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

or watched TV, I guess, since superstore covered this exact scenario perfectly: youtu.be/1hrmOper6OA?...

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Amy Goes Off on Glenn - Superstore (Episode Highlight)

YouTube video by Superstore

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

it's finally here! ENGAGING CITIZENSHIP is a labor of love, a textbook that introduces students to politics (and political science) by centering practices of democratic citizenship. we hope people find it useful! #polisky

newly arrived box full of copies of ENGAGING CITIZENSHIP, a new introduction to political science textbook by Balasco, Forestal, and Abernathy

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

very very excited to share that Abe Singer and I are hosting this workshop, "Democracy & Justice Above & Below the State," at Loyola Chicago this April! Please join us and share with anyone who may be interested! Register at forms.gle/wnbZ47mvyXuF... happy to answer questions!

"Democracy and Justice Above and Below the State" workshop flyer, with presenters Emilee Booth Chapman, Jennifer C. Rubenstein, Ben Laurence, Victor Muniz-Fraticelli, Matthew Caulfield, Tobey K. Scharding, Maha Rafi Atal, and Stacy Douglas. At Loyola Chicago Damen Student Center, April 12 8:30a-5p.

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jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

very late to RT this, but thanks to @meritaina.bsky.social and @hansasenbaum.bsky.social for inviting me to take some space to articulate my (preliminary!) thoughts on incels, platform governance practices, and the creation of democratic norms/identities. poltheory polisky

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