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curdknupfer.bsky.social
Digital innovation by the @icahdq.bsky.social's #PolComm Division:
An interactive overview of all PolComm Panels at #ICA26
🤩😍
polcomm.bsky.social APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · May 20
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/
May 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
curdknupfer.bsky.social
It's time to say goodbye! 👋😊

Hi #PolComm friends: After three incredibly fun years, I am officially passing the baton to our wonderful colleague
@igoncalves.com, who is taking over from me as Webmaster and Social Media Manager for the APSA and ICA PolComm Divisions.
...
polcomm.bsky.social APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Mar 5
Exciting update! @igoncalves.com is stepping in as our new Social Media Manager and Webmaster—welcome aboard! 🎉

A huge thank you to @curdknupfer.bsky.social for all your brilliant work. Your contribution has been very important to the PolComm divisions! 👏👏
March 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
claesdevreese.bsky.social
🚨

This is a very timely and important special issue call from @polcommjournal.bsky.social

🚨

#polcomm #commsky
@polcomm.bsky.social
polcommjournal.bsky.social Political Communication Journal @polcommjournal.bsky.social · Jul 31
📢 NEW: Political Communication special issue on "Communicating Democratic Decline & Resilience"

Manuscript Proposal Deadline: Dec 15, 2025

Full details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
August 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
alessandronai.bsky.social
Hey ICA/APSA Polcomm community @polcomm.bsky.social, any thoughts about this?
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Mar 19
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
curdknupfer.bsky.social
Hooray! The 31st Issue of the #PolComm Report is out!
What a fantastic lineup @igoncalves.com was able to assemble for the topic of "Teaching PolComm" 🤩

Khadijah Costley White, @kcoe.bsky.social & Diana Zulli, Regina Cazzamatta, Matthew Powers, & @sangjung-kim.bsky.social (& her students).
polcomm.bsky.social APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jul 23
We are happy to share the newest issue of the Political Communication Report! 🎉

This issue brings together six contributions on teaching political communication and also features interviews with recent award winners. 🧵

Read the full issue here: politicalcommunication.org/issue/summer...
Summer 2025 – Issue 31 “Teaching Political Communication” – PolComm
politicalcommunication.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
claesdevreese.bsky.social
This Teaching Database is an excellent initiative from our @polcomm.bsky.social divisions #ica25 #apsa25 #polcomm #commsky 🚀
polcomm.bsky.social APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 23
🚨 Big news from our last business meeting in #ICA25!

We’re launching the Political Communication Teaching Database, a shared space where educators can upload and download course materials on #polcomm.

👉 Submit your materials here: tally.so/r/mDMGb5
#TeachingResources #ICA #APSA
June 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
igoncalves.com
It was a great honor to present the plans for the social media channels, PCR, and the Polcomm Teaching Database at yesterday's business meeting. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve @polcomm.bsky.social! #ICA25 #Polcomm
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
polcomm.bsky.social
Hi everyone!
This is the official Bluesky Account of APSA and ICA's Political Communication Divisions!
Follow us for:
Conference infos, CfPs, PolComm Publication Friday, research resources, networking opportunities, etc.
Tag us for boosts.
#polcomm poli_com polcom
October 4, 2023 at 8:02 AM
shannimcg.bsky.social
Hey #polisky & fellow #polcomm nerds — what’s on your debate card bingo card tonight?
September 10, 2024 at 7:26 PM
curdknupfer.bsky.social
Some pretty solid sign-work at the protest happening in Denver today.

Note all the correct uses of the German Umlauts... 🇩🇪👍

#PolComm in action, just outside of #ICA25
June 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
polcomm.bsky.social
The #ICA2025 is already starting for the Polcomm Division! The Political Communication PhD Preconference started this morning with a talk by Kate Kenski about the ICA. #PolcommPreconference25
June 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
jlori.bsky.social
Algunas etiquetas útiles en Bluesky 🦋:

Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Ciencia #OpenScience #SciComm
Cine #FilmSky #MovieSky
Comunicación #Communication #CommSky
Comunicación política #ComPol #PolComm
Cultura digital #DigitalCulture #DigitalHumanities #DigitalLiteracy
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
claesdevreese.bsky.social
Not a fan of posting X stuff here but those who care about disinformation and electoral integrity might care about this X ‘policy update’.

Polisky commsky polcomm
September 28, 2023 at 5:40 AM
markrubin.bsky.social
"Twitter users are disproportionately younger, more Democratic, and more male compared to the general population."

osf.io/preprints/so...

#SocialPsyc #Psychology PolPsy #PoliSky #PolComm #Twitter
February 10, 2024 at 11:20 PM
amengel.bsky.social
fyi for polisky / polcomm folks
aaronsojourner.org Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 16
New measures of digital usage just dropped from @raffasadun.bsky.social
& coauthors.
www.nber.org/papers/w32932
September 16, 2024 at 11:05 AM
esserfrank.bsky.social
Excellent opportunity for PolComm scholars. Join us in Zurich.
mss7676.bsky.social Mike S. Schäfer @mss7676.bsky.social · Jan 8
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)

If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!

More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Pls distribute widely!
January 9, 2024 at 10:34 AM
polcomm.bsky.social
🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!

The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.

Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
polcomm.bsky.social
🛫ICA POLCOMM TRAVEL FUND🛬
Apply to the @icahdq.bsky.social PolComm Division's Travel Fund for the upcoming #ICA25 conference in Denver, Colorado. ⛰🇺🇸
Deadline: Feb 21, 2025.
More info: politicalcommunication.org/upcoming-ica...
Questions? @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
polcomm.bsky.social
✨Introducing the POLCOMM WHO-TO-FOLLOW List✨
(Bluesky Edition)

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!
November 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM
jolukito.bsky.social
🚨 List of journalism, #polcomm and #css (computational social science/NLP) conferences in 2025 (last updated 2024-12-09).

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!
Conferences, 2025
docs.google.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
elskevdhoogen.bsky.social
Excitement, tension, bingo and great insights from my fellow PolComm colleagues - think that describes our election event in CREA quite well. Great way to count down to the exitpolls! @markboukes.bsky.social @favstats.eu @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabomm.bsky.social @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
alicetiara.bsky.social
Also thanks to @meredithpruden.bsky.social @jolukito.bsky.social & the other editors of the polcomm special issue for being so patient with our revisions, as students graduated, some of us took other jobs, etc etc. also thanks @citap.bsky.social for paying the OA fees so everyone can read!
April 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
hendrikmeyer.bsky.social
Inspiring study showing how LLMs can be leveraged to combine large-scale #NLP research with deeper (qualitative) perspectives on social media, #CommSky, and #polcomm!
jmendelsohn2.bsky.social Julia Mendelsohn @jmendelsohn2.bsky.social · Feb 20
New preprint!
Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.

We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3

#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
🐦🐦
Screenshot of top half of first page of paper. The paper is titled: "When People are Floods: Analyzing Dehumanizing Metaphors in Immigration Discourse with Large Language Models". The authors are Julia Mendelsohn (University of Chicago) and Ceren Budak (University of Michigan). The top right corner contains a visual showing the sentence "They want immigrants to pour into and infest this country". The caption says: Figure 1: Dehumanizing sentence likening immigrants to the source domain concepts of Water and Vermin via the words "pour" and "infest". The abstract text on the left reads: Metaphor, discussing one concept in terms of another, is abundant in politics and can shape how people understand important issues. We develop a computational approach to measure metaphorical language, focusing on immigration discourse on social media. Grounded in qualitative social science research, we identify seven concepts evoked in immigration discourse (e.g. "water" or "vermin"). We propose and evaluate a novel technique that leverages both word-level and document-level signals to measure metaphor with respect to these concepts. We then study the relationship between metaphor, political ideology, and user engagement in 400K US tweets about immigration. While conservatives tend to use dehumanizing metaphors more than liberals, this effect varies widely across concepts. Moreover, creature-related metaphor is associated with more retweets, especially for liberal authors. Our work highlights the potential for computational methods to complement qualitative approaches in understanding subtle and implicit language in political discourse.
February 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
curdknupfer.bsky.social
Hey #PolComm folks!
The #ICA26 @icahdq.bsky.social election for the PolComm Division @polcomm.bsky.social is now open.
There are fantastic candidates running for Vice Chair, Early Career Rep, & International Liaison.
Go read their statements & cast your votes! 🗳️
www.icahdq.org/surveys/?id=...
September 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
curdknupfer.bsky.social
Hey #PolComm folks going to #ICA25 next week:
Give a huge round of applause to @igoncalves.com for all the fantastic work she's been doing for us! 👏🤩⤵️
polcomm.bsky.social APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 6
Only one week left until the ICA! 🤩 We are pleased to present an overview of the Polcomm programme. Make a note of the sessions you cannot miss!
June 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM