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The Journal of Visual Political Communication is devoted to the exploration of political forms of persuasive visual communication. Website: https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-visual-political-communication.
📢 New Book Review in JVPC, Volume 12, Issue 1!

Darren Lilleker reviews Visual Citizenship: Communicating Political Opinions and Emotions on Social Media by Catherine Bouko (2024).

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Visual Citizenship: Communicating Political Opinions and Emotions on Social Media, Catherine Bouko (2024) | Intellect
Review of: Visual Citizenship: Communicating Political Opinions and Emotions on Social Media, Catherine Bouko (2024) London: Routledge, 384 pp., ISBN 978-1-03250-506-0, p/bk, £39.99 ISBN 978-1-03250-5...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 12, Issue 1!
“Demolishing democracy: A comparative visual framing analysis” by Marina Petric compares visual news framing of the US Capitol insurrection and Brazil’s 8 January attack.
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Demolishing democracy: A comparative visual framing analysis | Intellect
This study employs a visual analysis to investigate in which ways the American insurrection’s highly reproduced images compare to the Brazilian 8 January attack through the lens of visual framing. The...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 12, Issue 1!

“Visual attention to mobilizing political social media posts” by Anna Gaul et al. uses eye-tracking to study how Instagram posts capture attention and mobilize political participation.

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Visual attention to mobilizing political social media posts: An eye-tracking study | Intellect
This study employs an eye-tracking experiment with Instagram posts to explore how (political) actors can capture users’ attention with mobilizing messages and encourage political participation. Ground...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 12, Issue 1!
“Transindustrialization: Art, regeneration and cultural inequalities” by Darren Lilleker & Maike Dinger examines how art shapes regeneration, memory and inequality in post-industrial cities.
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Transindustrialization: Art, regeneration and cultural inequalities | Intellect
Art of all forms is inherently political, even if it does not pursue an explicitly political agenda. Who is and who is not depicted and what is commemorated and what is not can reflect power and repre...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 12, Issue 1!
“Shifting shadows: A visual analysis of the representation of older individuals in German media amidst the pandemic” by Janica Ezzeldien examines how older people were visually portrayed during COVID-19.
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Shifting shadows: A visual analysis of the representation of older individuals in German media amidst the pandemic | Intellect
The COVID-19 pandemic raised profound questions about the place of older individuals within political contexts. The visual landscape of the pandemic shapes our collective understanding of the crisis a...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The ICA review deadline is now Dec 12.

If you’re able to submit your #PolComm reviews ahead of the new deadline, it would greatly help us keep the process running smoothly.

Thanks so much for your time and commitment! 💙
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 11, Issue 2!

“Parties against stickers?: On the reluctance of political parties to use stickers” by Orla Vigsø explores why mainstream Scandinavian parties avoid stickers despite their widespread popularity.

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Parties against stickers?: On the reluctance of political parties to use stickers | Intellect
The immense popularity of the sticker is due to its flexibility, both in relation to its mediacy and its rhetorical possibilities. But while stickers are used by a variety of senders, they are shunned...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 11, Issue 2!
“Analysing political activism from below” by Kellie Gonçalves, Federico Erba & Forugh Semadeni examines how stickers act as grassroots tools of political activism in Switzerland.
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Analysing political activism from below: A study of stickers in the Swiss semiotic landscape | Intellect
As ephemeral and mobile signs, stickers have extremely diverse functions. While they have been used since the 1970s for primarily political reasons, stickers are a common sign to be found in a range o...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📢 New Article in JVPC, Volume 11, Issue 2!
“Sticker culture and its typographic articulation: Politics, football and identity of place in the Ruhr Area” by Irmi Wachendorff analyses 5,156 geo-referenced stickers to show how typography shapes meaning in urban space.
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Sticker culture and its typographic articulation: Politics, football and identity of place in the Ruhr Area | Intellect
This article explores the typographic articulation of stickers in urban spaces of the Ruhr Area, Germany. Drawing on a data set of 5156 geo-referenced self-authorized stickers, it investigates their o...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
📢 New Article in JVPC Volume 11, Issue 2!
“The stickerscape of environmental activism in Lützerath” by Laura Imhoff explores how stickers became key semiotic tools in the environmental activism surrounding the village of Lützerath.
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The stickerscape of environmental activism in Lützerath | Intellect
Anthropogenic climate change is disrupting ecological balance more than ever. Germany, being the second of 23 developed countries that are responsible for half of all historical CO2 emissions, has a s...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📢 New Article in JVPC’s Special Issue “Self-Authorized Discourses: The Case of Stickers”!

“Taking a stance with laptop stickers” by Cornelia F. Bock & Florian Busch examines how laptop stickers visually express social, cultural and political stances.

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Taking a stance with laptop stickers | Intellect
The article explores the semiotic practice of using laptop stickers as a means of social, cultural and political stance-taking. To shed light on this communicative practice, it discusses the mobility ...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📢 New Special Issue Released!
Self-Authorized Discourses: The Case of Stickers is now out in JVPC.

Includes 1 editorial + 5 articles on stickers as communicative artefacts.

Opening editorial: “Small is beautiful!?” by Gertrud Reershemius & Evelyn Ziegler.

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Small is beautiful!?: Investigating stickers and stickerscapes | Intellect
This editorial introduces a Special Issue dedicated to the study of stickers as communicative artefacts within semiotic landscapes. Once limited mainly to commercial use, stickers have evolved into ve...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Call for papers:

IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience.

1000 word initial abstract submission

🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026

@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky

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Call for Papers: AI, Public Opinion, and Democratic Resilience
Special Issue of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research Guest Editors: Homero Gil de Zuñiga and Hugo Marcos-Marne Editor-In-Chief: Porismita Bora
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November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Our paper with @xueyancao.bsky.social, "Creative Digital Resistance on China’s Virtual Wailing Wall," now in China Information! We explore how the platform evolved from pandemic critique to personal narratives that challenge dominant political narratives. Detail: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Creative digital resistance on China’s Virtual Wailing Wall - Xueyan Cao, Dechun Zhang, 2025
This study examines how China’s Virtual Wailing Wall evolved from a site of public expression into a form of alternative political participation, shaping broade...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Honored to be elected as the Student & Early Career Representative for @icahdq.bsky.social Mass Communication Division! 🎉
Looking forward to supporting initiatives, fostering collaboration, and contributing to our community’s continued growth and success!
The results of the ICA Elections are in! 🎉 Congratulations to all newly elected individuals! A huge thank-you to all candidates and voters who participated—your engagement and support strengthen our community. 🔗 buff.ly/EVrbDcR
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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🚨 Big news from our last business meeting in #ICA25!

We’re launching the Political Communication Teaching Database, a shared space where educators can upload and download course materials on #polcomm.

👉 Submit your materials here: tally.so/r/mDMGb5
#TeachingResources #ICA #APSA
June 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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📢 Acceptance notifications are out & registration is OPEN for the 2025 APSA Political Communication Preconference!

🗓️ Sep 10 | 📍 Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia

Free but limited spots. Register now!

#APSA #Polcomm

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July 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Calling #polisci faculty! 📢 Submit your proposals to co-lead 2025 APSA Dissertation Workshops! Candidates will present a #dissertation chapter, w/ faculty facilitators who will lead the workshop, provide feedback to the students, and moderate discussion.
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Call for Co-Facilitators for 2025 APSA Dissertation Workshops | Deadline: March 23, 2025 -
The American Political Science Association invites faculty proposals to lead dissertation workshops in 2025. Please feel free to share the call for proposals below.   Each Dissertation Workshop will…
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March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Call for Panel Proposals! 📝International Conference Panels Travel Grant 📝 Submit your panel proposals to be presented at international conferences of select National political science associations. Travel grants of up to $4,000 per panel. Deadline: 3/23
International Conference Panels Travel Grant - American Political Science Association (APSA)
International Conference Panels Travel Grant Call for Panel Proposals: International Conference Panels Travel Grant | Deadline: March 23, 2025 APSA is
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March 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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💸 Need funding to attend?

4️⃣ Travel Grants Available! ✈️💰

We’ve opened a second round of travel grants, and you’re welcome to apply by the same deadline: March 31, 2025.
Graduate students submitting to the Preconference are especially encouraged to apply!

#ICA25 #PhD #TravelGrants
March 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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3️⃣ Who should submit?
We welcome PhD students at all stages working on political communication.

🔹 Deadline: March 31, 2025

Full Call for Papers with Abstract Submission Details: politicalcommunication.org/upcoming-ica...

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March 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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📢 Call for Papers! #PoliticalCommunication PhD Preconference!

Join us for the ICA Political Communication PhD Student Preconference on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Denver, CO.

This is your chance to get feedback, build your academic career, and network with fellow scholars. 🧵👇 #ICA25 #PolComm
March 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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✨Introducing the POLCOMM WHO-TO-FOLLOW List✨
(Bluesky Edition)

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Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!
November 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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🚀 New Mentorship Program at #ICA25!

We’re excited to launch a new mentorship program to support students & early-career scholars in ICA 2025! 🎓✨

Our goal?

✅ Provide informal feedback
✅ Strengthen networks & community
✅ Connect scholars from the Global North & South

🗓️ Deadline: April 15, 2025

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March 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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In 2023 I wrote this OA article for the relaunch of the fab @jvpcjournal.bsky.social, where I outlined ways to move beyond research on disinformation and effects to foreground the cultural and historical underpinnings of political visual meaning-making. 1/ intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Visual communication has always been political | Intellect
This article is an invitation to engage with the small ‘p’ politics of visual political communication by highlighting the importance of both culture and history, in order to gain greater understanding...
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March 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM