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Sten Hansson

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Associate Professor @UniTartu interested in #government #communication #blameavoidance #disasters #disinformation #discoursestudies scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=e…

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🉑 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 〽️ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 @howlettm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now Out and OA in Journal of Public Policy - "The persistence and predictability of policy tool use: Policy styles and the tools of government" by Michael Howlett @howlettm and Jale Tosun @jale_tosun doi.org/10.1017/S014...
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The persistence and predictability of policy tool use: Policy styles and the tools of government | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core
The persistence and predictability of policy tool use: Policy styles and the tools of government
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reducing communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A framework for capacity development www.preventionweb.net/publication/...
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Reducing communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A framework for capacity development
This paper presents a framework for disaster communication capacity development that combines audience research, engagement and scenario-based vulnerability analysis to address barriers to accessing, ...
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Conspiracy Theories in the European Digital Sphere (2026) #openaccess @mlmadisson.bsky.social www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Conspiracy Theories in the European Digital Sphere
Edited By Clare Birchall, Nebojša Blanuša, Michael Butter, Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, Peter Knight, Mari-Liis Madisson
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Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The book, Democracy, Participation and Public Administration: A Systems Approach, is available open access at bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/democracy-pa...
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Democracy, Participation and Public Administration
Democracy, Participation and Public Administration - A Systems Approach; A novel democratic systems theory that puts public administration at the heart of democracy. The new approach is applied to the...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
European Communication Conference (ECREA) has kicked off at Masaryk University Website ecrea2026brno.eu Programme & abstracts c-in.floq.live/event/ecc26/... Hashtag #ECC2026 @ecreaeu.bsky.social
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ECC 2026 | 11th European Communication Conference | ECC 2026 - Paths Connections and Future
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good review of the book Morality in Discourse (incl. my chapter on the discursive construction of morality in political blame games) brill.com/view/journal...
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Morality in Discourse, edited by Michael Haugh and Rosina Márquez Reiter
"Morality in Discourse, edited by Michael Haugh and Rosina Márquez Reiter" published on 01 Sep 2026 by Brill.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lit review on critical discourse studies of power and #governance www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Discursive strategies of power and governance
PDF | In this chapter, I map the field of linguistically informed critical studies of power and governance, identify key trends, and point to future... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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Zeljko Poljak @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What makes citizens engage with politicians on social media? Our new study shows that negativity, particularly personal attacks and incivility, gets attention, but not necessarily approval. Citizens comment and share more on such posts, but they don’t necessarily like them. ➡️ doi.org/10.1057/s412...
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Engaging citizens? The role of negativity and incivility on politicians’ social media - Acta Politica
Studies show that negative social media posts by politicians generate higher levels of citizen engagement, yet not all forms of negativity have the same effects, nor do they operate uniformly across c...
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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#NewArticle #OpenAccess #Philsky #Philosophy Performative Blame Avoidance | Nicolas Nicola Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Performative Blame Avoidance
Sometimes we avoid or minimize criticism for our failings by performing a merely symbolic act aimed at addressing a real or perceived blame allegation. Consider individuals or institutions performing...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This article by @pmnapoli.bsky.social documents the US government's ongoing assault on #disinformation research www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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From Patron to Persecutor: The Evolution of the US Government’s Role in Disinformation Research
Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including legal filings and decisions, executive orders, congressional hearings and testimony, news releases, agency decisions, and government reports, t...
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Corpus Linguistics 2027 @cl2027.info · 19/08/2026
We are pleased to finally announce… 📢 Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2027 Venice, Italy | 12th-16th July 2027 CfP details: www.cl2027.info/call-for-pap... Deadline: 8th January 2027 🔗 All links in bio 🔁 please share widely! #CL2027
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#CL2027 - Call for Papers
Adaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
'How Place-Based Policy Could Counter Populist Discontent' Our latest essay on place and discontent is out today in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Free to read ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1467...
How Place-Based Policy Could Counter Populist Discontent

Gerry Stoker, Daisy Blackburn, Nick Clarke, Will Jennings

Resentment felt by people in areas that have suffered from social and economic decline is a significant driver of populist backlash—‘the revenge of the places that don't matter’. An effective place-based strategy could provide something of an antidote to populist discontent. In power, populist leaders are arch-centralisers, organising government to dance to their tune. By focusing on place, UK government can respond to people's feelings of being neglected by Westminster and give them the power and tools to tackle issues that matter to their community. Drawing on a survey conducted in England in 2025, we show that, although place-based grievance is widespread, people still express pride in place and see unfulfilled potential, while negative perceptions reflect the material condition of local areas. There is demand for state intervention, but little faith in the ability of central government to deliver. In response, a place-based strategy requires a new style of multilevel governance followed by a slower, more place-sensitive push towards devolved government.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Social vulnerability to #disasters is in part driven by communication-related factors, including barriers to accessing, understanding, and acting upon information about hazards. To save lives, disaster risk managers need to develop systemic capacity to reduce these barriers.
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm really happy that there is now a job opening for a Lecturer in Discourse Studies at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social. Closing date 4 September, interviews 21 September. This is a great opportunity for an early-career researcher, so get your application ready! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Discourse Studies
Linguistics and English Language, School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Full-time, indefinite post) Linguistics and English Language within the School of Social Sciences at Lancaster Univer...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How to improve risk and emergency communication, increase disaster #preparedness, and save lives www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reducing communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A framework for capacity development
Social vulnerability to disasters is in part driven by communication-related factors, including barriers to accessing, understanding, and acting upon …
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In this article, we offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms of legitimation and delegitimation in strategic narratives projected by perpetrators of wars of aggression www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #teamrhetoric #stratcom
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Discourses of legitimation in strategic narratives: the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New paper with @adrauc.bsky.social and @ajungherr.bsky.social, published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: How does the use of AI in government affect citizens’ sense of democratic control? Experimental evidence: greater efficiency can come with hidden legitimacy costs.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Teaching critical thinking: What evidence do you have to support your claim? How do you know that evidence is true? Have you considered the opposing evidence? How do you know that evidence is false?
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Policy Bubbles: Collected Essays by @msmaor.bsky.social books.google.co.uk/books?id=gsH...
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Policy Bubbles
This authoritative book explains the phenomenon of sustained policy overinvestment or overreaction over extended periods. These long-term patterns of policy overproduction, known as policy bubbles, ar...
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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What exactly is India's strategic narrative? New publication by @monikabd.bsky.social in a special issue @profmiskimmon.bsky.social and I edited. Congratulations Monika!: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Narrating order as resistance: India, the EU, and the ‘Russia-Ukraine conflict’
This article investigates how India resisted pressure from the European Union to condemn Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and align its overall response towards Russia with that of the EU. It argu...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In this article, we offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms of legitimation and delegitimation in strategic narratives projected by perpetrators of wars of aggression www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #teamrhetoric #stratcom
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Discourses of legitimation in strategic narratives: the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New article out now on how to improve risk and emergency communication, increase disaster #preparedness, and save lives www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #disaster #risk #communication
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Reducing communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A framework for capacity development
Social vulnerability to disasters is in part driven by communication-related factors, including barriers to accessing, understanding, and acting upon …
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Normalizing the "New Normal" as "Common Sense" of "the People": An Interdisciplinary Discourse-Historical Analysis -- by Ruth Wodak link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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»Normalizing the ›New Normal‹ as ›Common Sense‹ of ›the People‹« - Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik
Numerous instances of appeals to common sense and normality can currently be observed, especially among far-right and nationalist-conservative politicians in Europe and beyond. In Austria, Germany, Fr...
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Great presentation on the many overlapping & contradictory meanings and dynamic of ‘crisis communication’ by the one and only @stenhansson.bsky.social at #cadaad2026 - great points about fluidity of crisis meanings underpinning ned for critical & context sensitive work!
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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Are you attending the #CADAAD2026 conference? Our general editors Carmen Lee & Jan Chovanec will also be there! Get in touch with them to discuss ideas on publishing an article or editing a special issue! #MediatedDiscourse #DiscourseAnalysis @cadaad2026.bsky.social
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will begin tomorrow at the University of Valladolid, Spain Programme www.cadaad2026.com/138021/secti... Hashtag #CADAAD2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social @cadaad.bsky.social
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CADAAD 2026
Welcome to CADAAD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be hosted by the University of Va...
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🗣️ How do MPs talk about political trust? @eefjesteenvoorden.bsky.social, Atle Haugsgjerd, Erika van Elsas, and Tom van der Meer hand-code 20 years of parliamentary debates in four countries. Where trust talk is most common, MPs mostly use it to discredit rivals. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Abstract and title page of "Politicians on political trust: substantive and strategic use in four West European parliaments (1998–2018)" by Eefje Steenvoorden, Atle Haugsgjerd, Erika van Elsas, and Tom van der Meer, published online first in West European Politics.
Table 2: Four types of diagnoses in the coding scheme, distinguishing political (dis)trust and related attitudes for citizens versus politicians as trust subjects, crossed with political trust, related concepts, or non-political trust as the focus.
Figure 5: Pie charts showing purposive frames by coalition/opposition status and by mainstream/challenger party type, across the four countries. Coalition parties lean toward positive framing while opposition parties lean toward blaming and criticising; the mainstream-challenger split shows a similar but weaker pattern, most visible in Portugal, where mainstream parties also frequently use the discrediting frame.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📢 Discourses of legitimation in strategic narratives: the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Discourses of legitimation in strategic narratives: the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How a lack of truthfulness can undermine democratic representation: The case of post-referendum #Brexit discourses journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#Brexit and blame avoidance: Officeholders' discursive strategies of self-preservation www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In this chapter, I identify the discursive strategies by which the top officeholders who led Brexit tried to avoid blame for their divisive policy. I analyse their public statements to show how they used language to minimise the perceived agency of the government, downplay the contentiousness and harmfulness of their policy, present the UK in a positive and the EU in a negative light, and deal with charges of inconsistency.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Government Communication on Social Media: Research Foci, Domains, and Future Directions www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm... #polcomm #polsky
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Government Communication on Social Media: Research Foci, Domains, and Future Directions | Review | Media and Communication
Sten Hansson, Nic DePaula
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 Discursive strategies of power and governance In: Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies (2026) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies
Edited by Bernhard Forchtner and Franco Zappettini
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 Discursive strategies of power and governance In: Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies (2026) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies
Edited by Bernhard Forchtner and Franco Zappettini
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
How does Russia adapt its strategic narratives to audiences in the Global South? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Selling Russia to the Global South(s): how Russia adapts strategic narratives to audiences in Latin America and Africa
Although Russia’s pivot to the Global South is widely acknowledged, little is known about how it tailors messaging to different audiences covered by this geographical label. More generally, despite...
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🚨 Happy that this piece is finally out in @polstudies.bsky.social ! Across 9 (!) studies and multiple data sources, we ask a simple question: is the “directional” definition of Negative Campaigning still valid and reliable? TLDR: yups! Paper: tinyurl.com/3yvs5a38 Open data: osf.io/un4f8
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Normalizing the "New Normal" as "Common Sense" of "the People": An Interdisciplinary Discourse-Historical Analysis -- by Ruth Wodak link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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»Normalizing the ›New Normal‹ as ›Common Sense‹ of ›the People‹« - Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik
Numerous instances of appeals to common sense and normality can currently be observed, especially among far-right and nationalist-conservative politicians in Europe and beyond. In Austria, Germany, Fr...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
How a lack of truthfulness can undermine democratic representation: The case of post-referendum #Brexit discourses www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This article draws attention to how the ethics of democratic representation operates as a discreet factor in a crisis of representation afflicting Western democracies by identifying the ways a disregard for truthfulness can harm democratic representation. We argue that such a disregard undermines democratic representation by (1) reducing freedom and equality, (2) weakening accountability, (3) undermining citizens’ trust in democratic institutions, and (4) jeopardising the ability to compromise. We illustrate the processes that produce these effects by analysing examples of untruthful communication about Brexit by senior British politicians in the post-referendum debates. We show how all four of these effects were triggered by the ways they misled the public by (1) making claims about overwhelming popular support for their policy, (2) misrepresenting the power relations between the European Union and the national government, and (3) seriously downplaying the complexity of negotiations involved in leaving the European Union and reaching trade deals thereafter.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Legitimation in government social media communication: The case of the #Brexit department www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When governments introduce controversial policies or face a risk of policy failure, officeholders try to avoid blame and justify their decisions by using various legitimation strategies. This paper focuses on the ways in which legitimations are expressed in government social media communication, using the Twitter posts of the British government’s Brexit department as an example. We show how governments may seek legitimacy by appealing to (1) the personal authority of individual policymakers, (2) the collective authority of (political) organisations, (3) the impersonal authority of rules or documents, (4) the goals or effects of government policy, (5) ‘the will of the people’, and (6) time pressure. The results suggest that official legitimations in social media posts tend to rely more on references to authority and shared values rather than presentation of evidence and sound arguments.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Government Communication on Social Media: Research Foci, Domains, and Future Directions www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm... #polcomm #polsky
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Government Communication on Social Media: Research Foci, Domains, and Future Directions | Review | Media and Communication
Sten Hansson, Nic DePaula
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Tamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
10 years since the EU referendum. Here is a list of works I’ve written on Brexit. 1. Constructing Brexit Britain A CADS book-length study on how the pro-Brexit press, Conservative government and citizens constructed national identity in times of Brexit. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/construct...
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Constructing Brexit Britain
Combining corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, and a discourse analysis of narratives, this book considers one aspect of the Brexit process: the lan…
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In this new article, we break down the ways in which russia has tried to justify its illegal and unprovoked war of aggression against #Ukraine -- with @andreasventsel.bsky.social @mlmadisson.bsky.social
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Chapters by @stenhansson.bsky.social @susannekopf.bsky.social @miglmarl.bsky.social @ursulalutzky.bsky.social S. Bennett, @francozappettini.bsky.social @michelezappavigna.bsky.social N. Wenzl, M. Demata @catherinebouko.bsky.social D. Garcia, A. Musolff, G. Lalic-Krstin, N. Silaski, G. Mautner & me
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ruth Wodak's new article: Normalizing the 'New Normal' as 'Common Sense' of 'the People': An Interdisciplinary Discourse-Historical Analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com
»Normalizing the ›New Normal‹ as ›Common Sense‹ of ›the People‹« - Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik
Numerous instances of appeals to common sense and normality can currently be observed, especially among far-right and nationalist-conservative politicians in Europe and beyond. In Austria, Germany, Fr...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Legitimation in government social media communication: The case of the #Brexit department www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When governments introduce controversial policies or face a risk of policy failure, officeholders try to avoid blame and justify their decisions by using various legitimation strategies. This paper focuses on the ways in which legitimations are expressed in government social media communication, using the Twitter posts of the British government’s Brexit department as an example. We show how governments may seek legitimacy by appealing to (1) the personal authority of individual policymakers, (2) the collective authority of (political) organisations, (3) the impersonal authority of rules or documents, (4) the goals or effects of government policy, (5) ‘the will of the people’, and (6) time pressure. The results suggest that official legitimations in social media posts tend to rely more on references to authority and shared values rather than presentation of evidence and sound arguments.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
How a lack of truthfulness can undermine democratic representation: The case of post-referendum #Brexit discourses www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This article draws attention to how the ethics of democratic representation operates as a discreet factor in a crisis of representation afflicting Western democracies by identifying the ways a disregard for truthfulness can harm democratic representation. We argue that such a disregard undermines democratic representation by (1) reducing freedom and equality, (2) weakening accountability, (3) undermining citizens’ trust in democratic institutions, and (4) jeopardising the ability to compromise. We illustrate the processes that produce these effects by analysing examples of untruthful communication about Brexit by senior British politicians in the post-referendum debates. We show how all four of these effects were triggered by the ways they misled the public by (1) making claims about overwhelming popular support for their policy, (2) misrepresenting the power relations between the European Union and the national government, and (3) seriously downplaying the complexity of negotiations involved in leaving the European Union and reaching trade deals thereafter.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#Brexit and blame avoidance: Officeholders' discursive strategies of self-preservation www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In this chapter, I identify the discursive strategies by which the top officeholders who led Brexit tried to avoid blame for their divisive policy. I analyse their public statements to show how they used language to minimise the perceived agency of the government, downplay the contentiousness and harmfulness of their policy, present the UK in a positive and the EU in a negative light, and deal with charges of inconsistency.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How a lack of truthfulness can undermine democratic representation: The case of post-referendum #Brexit discourses journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Ruth Wodak's new article: Normalizing the 'New Normal' as 'Common Sense' of 'the People': An Interdisciplinary Discourse-Historical Analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com
»Normalizing the ›New Normal‹ as ›Common Sense‹ of ›the People‹« - Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik
Numerous instances of appeals to common sense and normality can currently be observed, especially among far-right and nationalist-conservative politicians in Europe and beyond. In Austria, Germany, Fr...
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📢 Discourses of legitimation in strategic narratives: the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Discourses of legitimation in strategic narratives: the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...
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