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Franziska Marquart
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Assistant Professor for Digital Methods - Department of Communication, Copenhagen University, researching (visual) political communication online
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Out today. Our new report looks at how people define news, how that's changing and the factors shaping these changes. Some key findings in thread. It's based on:
1. media diaries and in-depth interviews in 🇦🇷 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
2. online surveys in 🇦🇷 🇯🇵 🇳🇴 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/changing-def...
September 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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With elections on the horizon across Europe, political communication is more visual than ever. To support a wider understanding of visual politics, JVPC is releasing selected articles as free-to-read.

https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jvpc_00047_1
July 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Less than 1 week left to apply for this exciting postdoc opportunity ⬇️ @kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I look forward to receiving applications 😀
🚨New PolCom Postdoc Vacancy🚨@kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I are hiring on project "Media, Inequality, and Democratic Support" as part of the Horizon Europe project EDGE ⬇️ Start: 1 Oct 2026, length: 30 months, location: @ascor.bsky.social 🤩, DL: 7 June 2026! More info & apply: tinyurl.com/23zdmjhe
Vacancy — Postdoc Position "Media, Inequality, and Democratic Support"
<p><span>Are you looking for a postdoctoral position in political communication research? Are you interested in media, inequality, and democratic attitudes, and would like to become an expert on the t...
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June 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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JVPC features Xénia Farkas’ open access article: “Visual political communication research: A literature review from 2012 to 2022.”

This review analyzes 499 studies on how visuals shape politics on social media & TV.

Read the full article: doi.org/10.1386/jvpc...
Visual political communication research: A literature review from 2012 to 2022 | Intellect
More than ten years ago, Schill’s (2012) review article was published on the visual aspects of political communication aiming to increase research in this field. It seems that scholars have reacted to...
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May 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Join us & the Department of Communication at Copenhagen University next Tuesday (May 12) for an event on the digital aspects of the Danish elections!

Huge thanks to @manuelmenke.bsky.social for the Organizations & collaboration on this!

Event in English. See you there.

comm.ku.dk/calendar/202...
THE DIGITAL FOLKETINGSVALG 26: A Look into the Machine Room of Danish Digital Election Campaigning
A panel discussion about parties’ use of social media and AI in the Danish election, based on insights from campaign strategists (Liberal Alliance &amp; Enhedslisten) and the new DDC 2026 Election Rep...
comm.ku.dk
May 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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The Journal of Visual Political Communication is pleased to share its latest issue (Volume 12, Issue 1), bringing together four original research articles and one book review that examine how visuals shape political meaning, participation, and power.

intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Volume 12, Issue 1 | Intellect
Intellect Discover is the platform where Intellect's content lives: Browse publications for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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We've published an Open Letter urging EU policymakers to reject the Digital Omnibus' proposed Amendment to Article 12(5) GDPR, which would undermine citizens' data access rights & the researchers who depend on them for #DataDonation research.
Read & sign: shorturl.at/e1mr4 - your signature matters.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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September 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Xénia and I have been looking forward to this all summer:

The deadline for submissions for our Special Issue in Nordicom Review is approaching! Visual Political Communication in the Nordic Region

🗓️ Sep 15
💡 Extended abstract - 750 words
⁉️ Get in touch!

www.nordicom.gu.se/en/latest/ne...
Call for papers: Visual Political Communication in the Nordic Region: Strategies, Narratives, and Challenges in a Digital Age | Nordicom
www.nordicom.gu.se
August 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Cascades 🌊 or Salmons🐟? Fresh results on non-electoral participation trajectories with 3-wave panel analysis. New paper out #oa @actapolitica.bsky.social w wonderful team Rachid Azrout @ascor.bsky.social @franzimarquart.bsky.social
@judithmoeller.bsky.social - doi.org/10.1057/s412...
Cascades or salmons? Longitudinal upstream and downstream effects of political participation - Acta Politica
Digitally networked and new, unconventional activities allow citizens to participate politically in activities that are low in the effort and risks they bear. At the same time, low-effort types of par...
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February 14, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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⏳1 month left to apply for the 2024 Milan #PolComm Summer School!
Deadline February 29! 🇮🇹🌞🏫

polcomm.unimi.it
International Summer School of Political Communication
Milan, 6-11 July. The School addresses the main theoretical and empirical questions at the intersection of political communication, political science...
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January 29, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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Okay, Bluesky, here we go: We published a policy paper on #DSA40 today, with 20 points for successful researcher access to platform data #DigitalServicesAct: It must be fair, free, and accessible. commsky
DE: doi.org/10.34669/wi....
EN: doi.org/10.34669/wi....
Support it: forms.gle/BbrpeFb4BTFy...
October 9, 2023 at 11:42 AM