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Alena Pospíšil Macková
@macicak.bsky.social
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Assistant professor | Masaryk University |political communication | digital media | political attitudes | participation | campaigning

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Krisztina Burai @krisztinaburai.bsky.social · 19d
🎉 New publication on Anti‐EU Rhetoric and User Engagement in the Visegrád Countries with @macicak.bsky.social, @luccej.bsky.social, @novotnamarti.bsky.social, Paweł Baranowski & Michal Garaj.

Read the blog summary of the main findings 👇 @prisma-hungary.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.17645/mac...
New publication – “When Populism Targets Europe: Anti‐EU Rhetoric and User Engagement in the Visegrád Countries” – PRiSMa
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ECREA @ecreaeu.bsky.social · Sep 8
ECC 2026 call is out! Save the dates: Brno, Czech Republic, September 8–11, 2026.

And don’t forget the deadline — January 8, 2026 😉.
ECREA - ECREA European Communication Conference 2026: Call for Papers and Pre-Conferences
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Feb 7
APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January,…
APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the termination of federal support for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This was followed by a memorandum to temporarily pause a wide range of federal grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance, to allow for a review of federal grants and awards and to enforce compliance with the executive order.
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Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social · Nov 23
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.

Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.

It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.

A thread:
The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries
Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Mar 13
Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡

Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
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herrison2000.bsky.social @herrison2000.bsky.social · Mar 13
About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot
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Department of Media Studies and Journalism, MUNI, Brno 🇨🇿 @medjourmuni.bsky.social · Mar 11
We're on Bluesky! 🦋This is the official profile of the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, where we’ll share research insights, new publications, and updates from our participation in international conferences and events. Stay tuned and follow along!
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iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · Mar 10
„Celosvětově se nacházíme v období, kdy se veřejné mínění obrací proti vládám, ať jsou jakékoliv. Mobilizovaní jsou proto hlavně voliči, kteří jsou k vládě kritičtí,“ upozorňuje politoložka Petra Guasti. irozhl.as/usL
Politoložka Guasti: Liberálové možná nepřijdou k volbám, strany pro ně nemají program ani osobnosti
Mezi klíčová témata voleb podle ní bude patřit hlavně takzvaná politika kuchyňského stolu, která zahrnuje veškerá každodenní témata jako ceny v obchodech, inflace, ekonomické výhledy do budoucna.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · Feb 28
Reuters and the Associated Press were barred from entering the Oval Office while Russia's Tass walks in

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Live updates: Trump cancels news conference with Zelensky after contentious Oval Office meeting
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Michal Škop @michalskop.bsky.social · Feb 28
Svět je často jednoduchý 🌍

Kouknete na proputinovské propaganda-kanály na Telegramu a hned víte, kdo je padouch a kdo je hrdina - prostě jenom dáte opak toho, co říkají.

Na 99 % to prostě funguje takhle jednoduše, no brainer.
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Lucie Cejkova @luccej.bsky.social · Feb 17
🎉 My first publication ever is out!

In this study on conspiracy thinking in the Czech population, @macicak.bsky.social and I focused on how media and political attitudes—especially trust—relate to the inclination to see secret plots behind events.

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doi.org/10.1080/1933...
The role of the media in conspiracy thinking: trust in journalists is key for the politically distrustful
This study explores the associations between the media, media-related political variables, and conspiracy thinking, utilizing representative data from 2,340 Czech adults. Trust in journalists is a ...
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Feb 16
As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Feb 12
Our article 'A Crisis of Political Trust?' led by @viktorv.bsky.social is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We use >3,000 surveys in 143 countries between 1958 and 2019, finding that trust in representative institutions has generally been declining in recent decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · Feb 12
irozhl.as/u67 🇺🇸 Vláda Trumpa obrátila naruby americkou vědu a výzkum. Vyhlásila zásadní škrty, které zdůvodňuje snahou osekat zbytečné výdaje či bojovat s ideologií. Mezi vědci zavládla atmosféru strachu a hrozí likvidace projektů i výzkumných ústavů.
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iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · Feb 11
„Novináři neumírají, ale jsou zabíjení. Novináři se nedostávají do vězení, režimy je tam zavírají. Novináři nemizí, jsou unášeni.”

🎧 Zhoršuje se bezpečnostní situace novinářů ve světě? Odpovídá šéf organizace Reportéři bez hranic Thibaut Bruttin, host podcastu #Vinohradska12: irozhl.as/u5o
Novináři se stávají pěšáky v diplomatických hrách, znepokojuje šéfa Reportérů bez hranic
Se šéfem organizace Reportéři bez hranic Thibautem Bruttinem o Gaze, Bělorusku nebo Sýrii, a hlavně o bezpečnostní situaci novinářů ve světě.
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Ján Simkanič @simindr.bsky.social · Feb 6
Tak schválně, jaký tady bude mít text Timothyho Snydera dosah v češtině, když se Muskovi na Twitteru nelíbil anglicky.

Jistěže je to puč:

denikn.cz/1647061/hist...
Historik Snyder: Jistěže je to puč
Komentář Timothy Snydera: Když si nevšimnete toho, co bije do očí, přijdete o stát.
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Albína Mrázová @albimraz.bsky.social · Jan 24
Nalezeno na FB a sedí
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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Jan 24
“We need to keep the talent at home. We need to keep the savings at home. Maybe it is also time to import a few of the talents that would be disenchanted, for one reason or the other, from another side of the sea”
Europe can import disillusioned talent from Trump’s US, says Lagarde
ECB president defends EU strengths and insists it is ‘not a basket case’
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Verena K. Brändle @verenakbrandle.bsky.social · Jan 17
Oh hi! My rant about Meta's recent fact-checking announcement is now live. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/th...
The state we’re in: Meta and the entanglement of discourse, greed and political self-interest. - University of Birmingham
Dr Verena K Brändle, explains what the changes to Meta's fact-checking and free speech rules mean for public discourse and political influence.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
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Lucie Cejkova @luccej.bsky.social · Jan 8
Na výzkumu, který přidává uživatelský úhel k aktuální situaci kolem fact-checkingu na sociálních sítích, zrovna pracují @karolinabielik.bsky.social, @macicak.bsky.social a @novotnamarti.bsky.social.

➡️ www.syri.cz/tiskove-zpra...
Když platformy ustupují: Uživatelé v první linii boje proti dezinformacím
Společnost Meta Platforms provozující sociální sítě Facebook a Instagram se rozhodla zrušit spolupráci s externími fact-checkery. Místo toho přenese odpovědnost
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Dec 13
Headlines are often a bit exaggerated. But this one is sadly spot on 🔥

The reduced budget cuts are indeed still *DISASTROUS* for Dutch universities. (And for Dutch economy and society and young researchers) 🤯

#highered @woinactie.bsky.social

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/reduced...
Reduced budget cuts still ‘disastrous’ for Dutch universities
Agreement between coalition and opposition parties to reduce budget cuts does little to assuage sector leaders’ fears
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iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · Dec 10
Exprezident Václav Klaus na víkendovém kongresu strany Motoristé sobě prohlásil, že za pravicovost se dnes čeští politici stydí. „Přesně nevím, co je to pravicovost,“ reaguje sociolog Tomáš Kostelecký ze Sociologického ústavu Akademie věd: irozhl.as/tii
Motoristé se považují za ochránce pravice. Ve vládě s ANO by ale byli tím slabším, hodnotí sociolog
Po víkendovém kongresu hnutí Motoristů sobě se sociolog Tomáš Kostelecký zamýšlí nad podobou české pravice nebo směřování hnutí ANO po parlamentních volbách 2025.
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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · Dec 9
🚨 List of journalism, #polcomm and #css (computational social science/NLP) conferences in 2025 (last updated 2024-12-09).

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!
Conferences, 2025
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Dec 6
📌We are looking for our next lead author of the Digital News Report, the most comprehensive study of news consumption worldwide.

CLOSING SOON: Expressions of interest needed by 10 December.

Everything about the role and how to apply ⬇️
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
The Reuters Institute is seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply.
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Michal Berg @michalberg.cz · Dec 6
Jakub Jetmar @jetmar.bsky.social velmi poctivě o veřejnoprávnosti, podcastech a hybridstvu.

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Žádný podcast neexistuje
Zákaz Spotify či YouTube by Český rozhlas připravil o dvě třetiny online přehrání. V bojůvce o rozhlas toho ale zapadlo mnohem víc.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Dec 6
🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.
Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears
Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Dec 5
The European Commission is accepting feedback on a draft delegated act under the DSA to govern researcher access to platform data. The draft introduces many commendable ideas, but suffers from a limited conception of empirical research, write Lukas Seiling, Ulrike Klinger, and Jakob Ohme.
Non-Public Data Access for Researchers: Challenges in the Draft Delegated Act of the Digital Services Act | TechPolicy.Press
The draft delegated act introduces many commendable clarifications and structures, but suffers from a limited conception of empirical research.
www.techpolicy.press
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Filip Horký @filiphorky.bsky.social · Dec 3
V mimořádném nočním projevu jihokorejský prezident vyhlásil stanné právo. Jihokorejské ministerstvo obrany svolává klíčové velitele na mimořádné setkání.

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 29
According to our new report, based on fresh survey data from 8 countries, people who use platforms for news about politics are much more likely to also use online news from legacy brands as well

Read our report in full
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Alena Pospíšil Macková @macicak.bsky.social · Nov 29

Exciting news! 🎉 We’ve received funding for our research on media peripheries, starting in 2026. This support allows us to continue our work within the SYRI institute and expand our activities in this field.
MU uspěla se čtyřmi strategickými projekty za 600 milionů korun
Ve výzvě Operačního programu Jan Amos Komenský zaměřené na společenské a humanitní vědy jsou doporučeny k financování čtyři projekty z Masarykovy univerzity.
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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Nov 29
I was invited to speak about the upcoming Trump era and share some lessons and optimism. I declined politely. After more than 25 years of researching the far right, I have no more (new) lessons and optimism to share.
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