Government & Organizations

Social Media and Politics

Michael Bossetta

Social Media and Politics is a podcast bringing you innovative, first-hand insights into how social media is changing the political game. Subscribe for interviews and analysis with politicia...

Episodes

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Digital Campaigning without Social Media Ads in Europe: Political Visibility under the TTPA, with Jochen König

Jochen König, Co-Founder and CEO of Cosmonauts & Kings, discusses the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulation....

00:54:55Mar 15, 2026

When AI Systems Meet Democratic Governance, with Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders

Bruce Schneier and Dr. Nathan Sanders discuss Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship (MIT Press...

00:40:33Feb 1, 2026

Independent Journalism in a Fragmented Media System, with Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward , accomplished journalist and host of The Rip Current, joins the podcast to discuss independent journalism in today’s fragmented...

00:41:04Jan 18, 2026

Publicity Politicians, Public Opinion, and the Birth of Media Politics, with Dr. Betto van Waarden

Dr. Betto van Waarden, Assistant Professor of History at Maastricht University, discusses his new book Politicians and Mass Media in the Age...

01:09:45Jan 4, 2026

2025 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

The 10th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review! This year, we cover the platforms’ year in review reports, the EU's regulation on...

01:46:29Dec 21, 2025

Digitally Organizing People Power: Inside Solidarity Tech, with Ivan Pardo

Ivan Pardo, Founder of Solidarity Tech , shares how tech can solve organizing bottlenecks for political campaigns. We discuss how Solidarity...

00:33:26Dec 7, 2025

Temporal Validity, Knowledge Decay, and the Meta 2020 Election Research Partnership, with Dr. Kevin Munger

Dr. Kevin Munger, Assistant Professor and Chair of Computational Social Science in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Eu...

00:51:11Nov 30, 2025

Crafting Political Storytelling with Qualitative Methods and AI, with Frank A. Spring

Frank A. Spring, founding partner at Altum Insight and managing partner of Undaunted Ventures , shares how qualitative methods can understan...

00:49:53Nov 16, 2025

Teaching Political Communication: A Database, Game, and Assignment

In this episode, I share some initiatives to help in improving the teaching and learning of political communication. Political Communication...

00:42:26Nov 2, 2025

Election Forecasting, Prediction Markets, and Gamification, with Prof. Matthew Wall and Dr. Louis Bromfield

Professor Matthew Wall and Dr. Louis Bromfield, both at the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and International Relations at Swansea Unive...

01:06:58Oct 19, 2025

Content Moderation with Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement Bodies, with Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre Europe , explains out-of-court dispute settlement bodies (ODS bodies) and the role they play in the Dig...

00:43:19Oct 5, 2025

How the EU is Shielding Elections from Disinformation, Manipulation, and AI, with Jakub Szymik

Jakub Szymik, Founder of CEE Digital Democracy Watch , discusses the EU's ongoing initiatives to fight disinformation, regulate political ad...

00:36:46Jun 22, 2025

Detecting Disinformation, Fake Accounts, and Inauthentic Behavior on Social Media, with Dan Brahmy

Dan Brahmy, Co-Founder and CEO at Cyabra , discusses the cutting-edge in disinformation monitoring. Dan shares some of Cyabra's work around...

00:38:23May 25, 2025

Youth Political Expression on Social Media, with Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Dr. Ioana Literat

Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Dr. Ioana Literat share research from their new book Not Your Parent's Politics: Understanding Young People's...

00:48:44Apr 20, 2025

Journalism, Digital Fragmentation, and Fact-checking, with Neil Brown

Neil Brown , President of the Poytner Institute for Media Studies, discusses the challenges facing journalism. We discuss the concept of med...

00:49:25Apr 6, 2025

AI and Political Campaigns, with Dr. Michael D. Cohen

Dr. Michael D. Cohen , CEO of Cohen Research Group and author of Modern Political Campaigns , shares how artificial intelligence is impactin...

00:42:00Mar 23, 2025

Political Polling in a Partisan United States, with Doug Kaplan

Doug Kaplan, President of Kaplan Strategies , discusses the utility of political polling for local, state, and national races. We discuss th...

00:29:12Mar 2, 2025

Digital Media Metaphors and Social Media Buzzwords, with Dr. Johan Farkas and Dr. Marcus Maloney

Dr. Johan Farkas and Dr. Marcus Maloney discuss how the language used to describe digital media frames our understanding and the actions of...

00:44:16Jan 5, 2025

2024 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

The 9th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review! This year, we cover the platforms’ year in review reports, election interference in...

01:49:17Dec 20, 2024

Political Influencers in the 2024 US Election and Beyond, with Ryan Davis

Ryan Davis, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at People First , guests for a debrief on content creators in the 2024 US election. We di...

00:43:37Dec 14, 2024