Evan H. Potter @evanhpotter.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Communication
University of Ottawa
Art & science of persuasion: Strategic Coms, PR, Information Warfare, Government Coms, Political Coms, Place Branding, Public Diplomacy, Cultural Statecraft.
Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social After practicing law for 20+ years, I now write about elections and political extremism. You can find my most recent work at the Bucks County Beacon.
Donate: Ko-fi https://share.google/x92w1Me217PImRaIl
Mark Millar @mpmillar.bsky.social PhD researcher at SOAS | Former FCDO, UN & NATO practitioner | Exploring how institutions understand and judge conflict | Author of The Peacekeeping Failure in South Sudan
Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social Historian interested in #Worldcommunism esp. in Germany and Denmark.
Danish Refugee Council 1986-2000. Nordic Council 2000-2017.
(Re-)posting about history-in-the-making and #history. Now and then photos. Posting in (not perfect) English / German / Danish
Phoebe Petrovic @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social now: researcher chronicling threats to democracy @ Documented. then: investigative reporter @ Wisconsin Watch & ProPublica fellow. send me tips about the anti-LGBTQ movement or authoritarianism on signal: phoebe.411
Mark Pöpsel @mark3000.bsky.social Associate professor of journalism and mass communication.
Emil Stjernholm @emilstjernholm.bsky.social Media scholar | Associate Professor @ Lund University | Propaganda | Visual Communication | Media History | Digital Methods | Preparedness and Civil Defence
James L'Nu 🇨🇦🇳🇿 @relivantinitial.bsky.social From Twitter. Here to learn. I don’t post much. I follow interesting people. PhD student, veteran, strategic studies, info war, Cold War, aviation, connoisseur of oddities.
The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social Journalism from the heart of crises
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
@svanhildur.bsky.social @svanhildur.bsky.social Assoc Prof of political science and public admin at Uni of Iceland. Live in Reykjavik. Study international organizations, bureaucracies, quant methods.
Dr Michelle Walker (/Moffat) @moffski.bsky.social Historian of war & society in WWII UK, veteran disability.
Proud NZer 🇳🇿
Researcher @Manchester Met Uni
FRHistS
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2025.2573607
Helen Lindberg @cloudbuster01.bsky.social Independent scholar of political science, global politics, and Human Rights. Columnist. Freelance writer. Lover of all things dog. Twitter is my abusive x. Yes, still working on that book. Following the green light.
Steven Youngblood @peacejournalism.bsky.social East-West Center project coordinator; Center for Global Peace Journalism founder; Peace Journalist magazine editor; 27 year professor; media development professional
Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social Postdoc research associate in the Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota | PhD from the University of Washington. I study news consumption and production, especially in E Africa. More at meagandoll.com.
Cesare Figari Barberis @cesarebarberis.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at ISGA, Leiden University. My research focuses on Emotions, Stigma and Ideology in the Caucasus and in the European Union
Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Peace Researcher: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
History Scientist @historyscientist.bsky.social Professional scientist. I like reading books about history. Editor of the Bluesky edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
http://historybooksreview.co.uk/
https://beautyscientist.github.io/GSDIANOZAS/
Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
Joe Simons @joesimons.bsky.social Using computers to better understand people. Social psychologist. Bristol to Singapore via Oxford and UNC.
Alistair Kidd @alistairkidd.com Doctoral Researcher @ Loughborough University. Investigating disinformation surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war.
Gabe Lenz @gabelenz.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley
@sangjung-kim.bsky.social @sangjung-kim.bsky.social
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social The human, budgetary, environmental, and social costs of U.S. wars and military operations, at home and abroad. Housed at Brown University's Watson School of International and Public Affairs at costsofwar.org.
E-Learning Team @ Royal Holloway, University of London @elearningrhul.bsky.social The E-Learning Team works with stakeholders to develop, deliver, critque & support the appropriate & innovative use of our broad portfolio of learning technologies.
Moodle. Panopto/RePlay. Turnitin. Ally. Vevox. MS Teams. CoPilot.
Gabriela Mirescu @gabrielamirescu.bsky.social Political scientist & mobilizing strategist @Amnesty International. Steadfast in defending human rights with diplomacy or strategic mobilization, but always with a strong voice for truth. Hopeless optimist, believing in the good in people. Views are my own
@williammerrin.bsky.social @williammerrin.bsky.social
Making Peace Visible @makingpeacevisible.bsky.social Peace efforts are invisible in the news media. We want to change that. makingpeacevisible.org
Jeta Abazi Gashi @jetaabazi.bsky.social Current: IPDGC at GW, PhD @UniLeipzig, with time spent at @UniVienna and @ENS. Working @UniPrishtina
Nina Gilden Seavey @documom.bsky.social Documentary filmmaker, podcaster, author, film professor, mom, Nana - not necessarily in that order. seaveymedia.com
Thomas Müller-Färber @tmuefae.bsky.social Lead Intl. Affairs Protestant Academy LOCCUM Dialogues on security/peace issues (#ArmsControl #MENA #EastEurope) Ex: @diplo.de @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social @swp-berlin.org
https://www.loccum.de/profil/thomas-mueller-faerber
Laura Roselle @lauraroselle.bsky.social reader, writer
former prof
curious about storytelling and how we shape our world - always
Barbara Benitez @barbarazway.bsky.social Writer, documentary filmmaker, former FT journalist with Al Jazeera. All posts my opinion alone. I do NOT DM with strangers.
Motto: Seek Truth
Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication @ipdgc.bsky.social The IPDGC aims to foster collaboration in shaping political communication across borders through scholarly research, academic programs, and networking events. 🌎
Project on Ethics in Political Communication @policommethics.bsky.social The Project on Ethics in Political Communication in the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University promotes the study, teaching and practice of political communication ethics. The Project is led by Peter Loge, @ploge
@smpagwu.bsky.social @smpagwu.bsky.social
Meghan Sobel Cohen @msobelcohen.bsky.social Associate Prof, global media researcher, lover of cupcakes. #tarheels
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
Visit https://techpolicy.press
Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter
Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
PSA Media and Politics Group @psampg.bsky.social Media and Politics Specialist Group of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/media-and-politics
Co-convenors: @katyjparry, @jameswilldennis, @abirhodes, @ellenfelicity, and Jen Birks
Political Violence New Publications and Working Papers @polviolencepapers.bsky.social Sharing new publications and working papers on political violence: armed conflict, civil war, insurgency, terrorism, extremism, post-conflict state/society.
Tag @polviolencepapers.bsky.social to get reposted.
Currently managed by @ilaydaonder.bsky.social
Mike L. Miller, PhD @justdoeat.bsky.social Managing Director @ The Moynihan Center, CCNY moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu
Prev: Director @ SSRC, just-tech.ssrc.org | mediawell.ssrc.org
#media #technology #politics #propaganda #disinformation #censorship #surveillance #publicservice
Yousra Semmache يسرى @yousrasem.bsky.social Policy expert & systems architect. Founder of Mawjud.org: a movement to exist.
Formerly: shaped aid system reform agendas @ NEAR (Global South network), led advocacy in conflicts, advisor to UN/INGOs.
Algerian-born 🇩🇿 lifelong learner of community power.
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social AI + emerging tech + epistemic resilience; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes, https://www.samgregory.info, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster. Former Executive Director WITNESS.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Humanitarian Action Initiative - GWU @gwu-hai.bsky.social The Humanitarian Action Initiative (HAI) is an academic and research hub housed in the Elliott School of International Affairs that convenes the school’s curriculum, scholarly research, and policy expertise on topics related to humanitarian assistance.
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding @jisb.bsky.social Critical analysis of international interventions, focus on interactions & practices that shape, influence and transform states & societies | Editors María Martín de Almagro, Pol Bargués & Katrin Travouillon | ktravouillon.bsky.social drmmartind.bsky.social
James Cox @mrcoxy.bsky.social Director of @peacifica.
I tweet peacebuilding, development, the Pacific, social justice & geekery
Wangal/Gadigal land
Australia
https://peacifica.org
Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social Visual Politics Research Program at the University of Queensland. We promote creative work and interdisciplinary collaborations. https://www.rolandbleiker.com/visualpolitics
Maryam Deloffre @mzdeloffre.bsky.social Associate Professor International Affairs and
Director Humanitarian Action Initiative, GWU. Research - NGO and humanitarian accountability, NGOs, standard-setting, humanitarian financing, localization. Rock climbing, baking, playing tennis badly🐶🇺🇸🇫🇷
Jarrod Hayes @jarrodhayes.bsky.social IR prof, international security, climate change @UML by way of OU and GaTech. “known in the future as the Kris Kristofferson of IR.” Queens of Scotland dad. “undertones that promote extreme feminism” Fulbright/NSF scholar 2024/2025
Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social Distinguished Prof. of #Anthropology at Rutgers & UNESCO Chair in #Genocide #Prevention / mass violence, Cambodia, #law & society, #extremism, (de)polarization,
https://alexhinton.com / https://sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton
Twitter @AlexLHinton
Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social Writes about the politics of images & emotions. Prof of International Relations UQ. Runs @visualpolitics.bsky.social / https://www.rolandbleiker.com
Peace News Network @peacenewsnet.bsky.social News from conflict zones about #peacebuilding and #peacebuilders
Roger Mac Ginty @rogermacginty.bsky.social Peace
Professor, Durham University
Dogs and old stuff.
I block anonymous no-name accounts
Charles Martin-Shields @charlesmartinshields.com Senior researcher, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). Working on forced displacement, digitalization, and conflict. Opinions here are my own.
My book: https://bit.ly/4gjNQ09
Open access: https://bit.ly/3AXzbI2
Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social Feminist political geographer, peace studies prof (views my own), solidarity activist. #Colombia.- S Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social COYG
*Not really active on here anymore.*
Ozan Kuru @ozankuru.bsky.social Asst Prof, National University of Singapore
Bio: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/18898-ozan-kuru
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T6KRMogAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ozan-Kuru
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs @nupinytt.bsky.social The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs does research on international relations and Norwegian foreign policy. Newsletter: https://www.nupi.no/en/about-nupi/signup
Web: www.nupi.no/en
Zander Willoughby @zanderw.bsky.social Rotary Peace Fellow at Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research | Deciding if this will be a peacebuilding/mediation account or a Red Wings & coffee account... | He/Him | Posts are mine, but you may have them
Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social 🎓 School of Media and Communication | We cannot fully understand modern societies without understanding media and communication | https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media | linkedin.com/company/school-of-media-and-communication🎓
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social Professor @au-spa.bsky.social
Pol Violence | Pol Psychology
New Book: “NO OPTION BUT SABOTAGE”
Substack: https://zeitzoff.substack.com
1st Book: "Nasty Politics"
Website: www.zeitzoff.com
Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ University of Amsterdam | Conflict reporting, journalists' emotions & well-being | Mountain enthusiast & hiking curator
Dark Data Project @darkdataproject.bsky.social Helping people surmount data barriers #darkdata darkdataproject.org @timothyquinn.bsky.social
Prof Katy Parry @katyjparry.bsky.social war and media; conflict photography; veterans and the media; political communication; visual comm (she/her). Co-Editor @MWC_Journal ; co-convenor PSA Media and Politics group
Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social Professor of Global Digital Media and Director, GloTechLab.net at UMass Amherst. #CarnegieFellows #OracleOng 🔮
Emily Sydnor @esydnor.bsky.social Associate prof of communication @Syracuse Newhouse School and IDJC researcher. Studying American political behavior, polcomm, incivility, state identity. RVA native, women’s soccer enthusiast.
Linette Lim @linettelim.bsky.social PhD, University College Dublin. Interested in authoritarianism, media control, & nationalism. Former journalist with a stint as a 互联网打工人
https://linettelim.com/
Akil N Awan @akilnawan.bsky.social Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social Political Science, Information Warfare, Political Communication
Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social Prof. of IR. Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway | Co-Editor: Media, War and Conflict journal | Co-author: Strategic Narratives | Book series editor: AI Politics
Silvio Waisbord @swaisbord.bsky.social Professor @SMPA/GWU, past president @ICA, editor @International Journal of Communication, journalism, politics, social change, communication studies. Guitarist, charangoist
Andrew Hoskins @andrewhoskins.bsky.social PROF. of AI, MEMORY & WAR
University of Edinburgh
AI & MEMORY
https://doi.org/10.1017/mem.2024.16
https://www.andrewhoskins.net/about
ERC/UKRI Digital Participation in War
5 year project
https://tinyurl.com/yjem9a4w
Timothy Quinn @timothyquinn.bsky.social Author, technologist and data scientist. Founder @darkdataproject.bsky.social. Biblio by.timothyquinn.com. Better looking in Kelvin timeline.
Ben Epstein @benepstein55.bsky.social Dad, Husband, Minnesotan, Poli sci prof at DePaul. I study political behavior, political communication, civic education, media, APD & REP. Fan of MN sports, nice people, podcasts & Twizzlers. He/Him
Gëzim Visoka @gezimvisoka.bsky.social Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. Latest book: ‘The Derecognition of States’ https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11703277.
Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social
Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality
Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social
http://www.alessandro-nai.com
Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social Senior lecturer (assoc. prof) in Communication, Media & Democracy, University of Glasgow. Studies digital threats to democracy 🇧🇷🏴
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3📚+1 on the way: How WE Make American Democracy. Wide Awake. Views mine, ~90% right. Dad w/ jokes. 🧗🏼*🧙🏻*🥏⛳🏆 nathankalmoe.com
Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater.
Matt Hindman @matthindman.bsky.social Professor at SMPA GWU
Author of *The Internet Trap* and *The Myth of Digital Democracy*
political communication | digital platforms | politics of AI
Washington, DC
TJ Billard @billard.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication & Sociology at Northwestern University. Executive Director of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies. Author of Voices for Transgender Equality: Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere (Oxford UP, 2024).
ariel hasell @arielhasell.bsky.social Assoc Prof, Communication and Media, University of Michigan
Noun, noun, always verbing, noun
Peter Loge @ploge.bsky.social Director School of Media and Public Affairs at GW, director Project on Ethics in Political Communication, former political condotierre.
Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social Research Fellow, @demolaw.bsky.social, Zeppelin Universität
Intra-Party Politics | Candidate Selection | Legislative Politics | PolComm | Primaries
Author: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries https://tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx
www.mikecowburn.com
APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social Official account of the @APSAtweets & @icahdq #PolComm Divisions | posts by @igoncalves.com | https://www.facebook.com/groups/politicalcommunication.org | @polcomm@mastodon.social | https://politicalcommunication.org/
Dr. Zhao Alexandre Huang @zhaoalexhuang.bsky.social Maître de Conférences en #SIC (#AssocProf of Com’) @univeiffel.bsky.social: Com' #politique #PR #digital #PublicDiplomacy Co-Editor in chief-Journal of Public Diplomacy; Assoc. ed. - Communication and the Public
Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social Head of the School of Law, Politics, & Society, University of Lincoln. Research on propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy & soft power. Lover of all things literary. Living with Crohn’s Disease. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Kevin Coe @kcoe.bsky.social Professor of Communication | Political communication, media, identity, democracy | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Product of public schools
Katia Balabanova @katiabalabanova.bsky.social University of Liverpool, Department of Communication and Media. Human rights, migration, media, conflict, East-West
Sebastian Zollner @sebizollner.bsky.social Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter @UniGreifswald | #Linguistik 💬| #CounterSpeech 🛡️ | #HateSpeech #Shitstorm 🤬 | #Diskurs #Digital 🕸️丨 #PolitischeBildung 📚 | #Würzburg🍇 #Greifswald⚓️
#BLinguistik Feed: https://t.ly/wyCP8
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF, Library of Congress NRPB; Director, New Terrain at Sundance; Assoc Prof, University of Colorado
Tanner Mirrlees @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Comm, Media & Tech Studies + empire, capital, state, power, politics, energy, environment, work, war, play, ed, left-right activism https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/research/researcher-profiles/dr.-tanner-mirrlees.php
Steven Livingston @stevenlivingston.bsky.social Son of a union organizer and a professor of political science/communication at GWU - in that order.
Saif Shahin @saifshahin.bsky.social 👨🏼🎓 Asst Prof of Digital Culture at Tilburg University
🌍 Director of Digital South Research Lab shorturl.at/jb5fD
✂️ Associate Editor at Journal of Information Technology & Politics
🪶 #StopAsianHate as Hashtag Activism shorturl.at/Yiiil
Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social Associate professor of political communication @ddc-sdu.bsky.social, University of Southern Denmark.
Focus on digital & right-wing media + parties.
Associate Editor @ International Journal of Press/Politics