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Publications on Political Communication

  • Marco Bastos
Bastos, M. (2024). “Brexit, Tweeted: Polarization and Social Media Manipulation.” Policy Press. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://books.google.ie/books?id=Mh_oEAAAQBAJ
Bastos, M., & Tuters, M. (2023). “Meaningful disinformation: narrative rituals and affective folktales.” Big Data & Society, 10(2). DOI: (opens in a new window)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517231215361
Bastos, M., & Recuero, R. (2023). “The Insurrectionist Playbook: Jair Bolsonaro and the National Congress of Brazil.” Social Media+ Society, 9(4). DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231211881
Vinhas, O., & Bastos, M. (2023). When Fact-Checking Is Not WEIRD: Negotiating Consensus Outside Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic Countries. The International Journal of Press/Politics. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612231221801
Vinhas, O., & Bastos, M. (2023). The WEIRD governance of fact-checking and the politics of content moderation. New Media & Society. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231213942
  • Samuel Johnston
Johnston, S. A. T., & Harrington, S. C. M., (2024). “Campaigning in the Dark: Theorising Campaign Strategies from the 2022 Seanad By-Election.” Irish Political Studies, 39:1, 1-23. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2023.2244886
  • Stefan Müller
Müller, S., & Fujimura, N. 2024. “Campaign Communication and Legislative Leadership.” Political Science Research and Methods online first. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2024.11
Müller, S., Kennedy, G., & Maher, T. (2023). “Reactions to Experts in Deliberative Democracy: The 2016–2018 Irish Citizens’ Assembly.” Irish Political Studies 38(4): 467–488. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2023.2211014
Müller, S., Brazys, S., & Dukalskis, A. (2024). “Discourse Wars and ‘Mask Diplomacy’: China’s Global Image Management in Times of Crisis.” Political Research Exchange 6(1): 2337632. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2024.2337632

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