La nouvelle Assemblée nationale n’est pas plus ingouvernable que la plupart des Parlements européens, affirme le politiste ⁦Loïc Blondiaux⁩ dans ⁦Le Monde⁩. C’est une « occasion historique de rompre avec la centralisation du pouvoir ». lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

Cheapfakes > Deepfakes Misinformation thrives when it resonates with people and meets the demand. Content quality is secondary. Last year we argued that gen-AI would not cause the 'misinformation nightmare' that many feared, and so far so good 👀 doi.org/10.37016/mr-20…

Was happy to work with Zoha Waseem and Drew Stommes on this article forthcoming in World Development about party extortion in Karachi (Pakistan) and West Bengal (India).

You know that list of 100 best books of the 21st Century that you didn't think was so great? Well, here's one on Scroll.in, put together by The The Bookshop Inc, that really goes round the world. scroll.in/article/107085…

In 2020 I led a study on gendered abuse and disinfo against women political candidates. We found 336k pieces of abuse & disinfo targeting 13 candidates; 78% of that targeted Kamala Harris. After Biden’s endorsement, here are some narratives and tropes we should look out for: (1/)

"Why Parties Can Benefit From Promoting Occupational Diversity in Legislatures" (w/ Mia Costa) now forthcoming at AJPS. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/… 1/4

Young scholars from the Department and the Institute launching an extremely promising new initiative. We wish them all the best UC3M

Niloufer Siddiqui Receives the 2024 Robert A. Dahl Award for "Under the Gun: Political Parties and Violence in Pakistan" #APSA2024 politicalsciencenow.com/niloufer-siddi…

Very happy to share that our book Migrants and Machine Politics was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, Qualitative & Mixed-Methods Section APSA. 📗📘 Many thanks to the award committee for this exciting recognition. Tariq Thachil Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Johns Hopkins SAIS

#FirstView from American Political Science Review - Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan - cup.org/3WRsyj4 - Sumitra Badrinathan, Simon Chauchard & Niloufer Siddiqui

Cannot recommend enough applying to this great interdisciplinary project if you're interested in social media!

Just published on APSR First View: "Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan" by Sumitra Badrinathan, Simon Chauchard, and Niloufer Siddiqui. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨 pub day! we have a new paper out at American Political Science Review on misinformation and vigilantism we show that debunking misinfo not only changes misinformed beliefs, but also reduces support for extra-judicial violence in both india & pakistan w @nilosiddiqui & @simonchauchard

While much misinformation research is focused on the United States, there's scholarship on misinfo being done around globe. A 🧵on articles in a new special issue on Global Mis/Disinformation edited by Jo(sephine) Lukito in International Journal of Public Opinion Research (EIC Porismita borah) doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/…

Enhorabuena a la investigadora UC3M Natalia Fabra, que ha obtenido una European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant para el proyecto "Socio-Economic Challenges and Opportunities of the Energy Transition". Más info 👇 uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/U…

Video data is widely available but has been difficult to analyze automatically Particularly, TV data is a rich and important source of information for millions. We have a paper at #KDD2024 making such data accessible. Paper: gvrkiran.github.io/content/TV_Deb…

This article nicely summarizes our recent American Political Science Review article on misinformation and vigilantism in India & Pakistan. Simon Chauchard Sumitra Badrinathan

“Energised and inspired to kick off another academic semester!”

SIS Professor Sumitra Badrinathan is featured in this summer roundup for her role in launching the Bihar Information and Media Literacy Initiative in India, the world’s largest media literacy randomized controlled trial to combat misinformation. Research at American University

I am pleased to announce that Niloufer Siddiqui has been awarded the prestigious 'Robert A. Dahl Award' from APSA for her outstanding work in the book "UNDER THE GUN". Congratulations! 📚 cup.org/4gfxmq7