? Event: Rachel Gibson speaking at Fake News Event
On June 16, from 1 until 2 pm, our own Rachel Gibson will be speaking at a lunchtime event hosted by The Guardian. This is the first in a series of lunchtime events organised collaboratively by the University of Manchester and The Guardian. Tickets can be bought to...
Project update ?: Papers accepted for APSA and ECPR
DiCED will be presenting several papers at APSA (American Political Science Association, 2021 Annual Meeting and Exhibition) and ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research, General Conference 2021) this year. APSA [learn_more caption=" Demobilizing,...
? Event: Conference on Johnson’s Constitutional Reform Agenda
There is a free conference taking place on June 16 and 17, 2021, where DiCED project partners Rachel Gibson and Kate Dommett will give a talk about elections and referendums and the need to update campaign regulation for the digital era. The conference will be taking...
The 2020 US Presidential Campaign: Partisanship on Twitter
This US...
Partner Publication Alert ?: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere
DiCED research affiliate Philipp Darius has recently co-authored a policy brief about freedom of expression online: "Freedom of expression in the digital public sphere: Strategies for bridging information and accountability gaps in algorithmic content moderation" The...
Habilitation Success for Fabienne Greffet!
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification that can be achieved in certain countries. The habilitation requires a candidate to write a postdoctoral thesis based on independent scholarly accomplishments. This thesis is reviewed by and defended before an...
Political Campaigning at the Crossroads
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Completion of Pre- and Post-Campaign Data Collection (USA)
DiCED has now finished collecting pre- and post-election data about the 2020 US presidential campaign. We will be using this data to investigate the extent to which data-driven campaigning matters: the extent to which it influences turnout, vote choice and/or...
Partner publication alert ?: Elections, Facebook, and citizen engagement
How do political parties use Facebook at election time to extend or accelerate their reach within the electorate? How successful are these efforts? These questions are addressed in the recently published article “Facebook affordances and citizen engagement during...
When the Nerds Go Marching In
Project lead Rachel Gibson’s most recent book 'When the Nerds Go Marching in: How Digital Technology Moved from the Margins to the Mainstream of Political Campaigns', is now available as hardback, paperback and Kindle eBook. This book is about the effects of...
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (Grant agreement no. 833177)
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