Not yet! Will check it out, thanks

Thank you! Sounds very interesting.

Thanks a lot, @benmoffitt.bsky.social -- that means a lot coming from you!

Thank you! ☺️

6/ I am also grateful to the two anonymous referees, and to my wonderful colleagues (aka supervisors) at @griffith.edu.au, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma, and @duncanmcdonnell.com, for their thoughtful advice throughout the review process.

5/ This article is part of a Special Issue on the transformations in the public sphere. Immense thanks to the editors – @nicolecurato.bsky.social, @kathaesa.bsky.social sa.bsky.social, and Adele Webb – for their invaluable support 🙏

4/ This means PRR digital publics are not only national audiences: they’re increasingly part of a shared transnational discourse.

They contribute to a transnational public sphere for the PRR by discussing common issues, using similar language, and supporting PRR leaders across borders.

3/ I found that PRR publics increasingly talk about similar things in similar ways across countries.
Three clusters drive this convergence:

1) PRR ideological pillars
2) Global crises or cosmopolitan moments (e.g. Covid-19, Ukraine war)
3) Cross-border support for PRR leaders (esp. Trump)

2/ I analysed 2.7 million YouTube comments published on the official channels of Brothers of Italy, Vox, and the U.S. Republicans between 2018 and 2024.

Using a multilingual BERT model, I tracked semantic similarity and topic salience over time.

1/ PRR leaders like Meloni and Trump build a transnational discourse, often around a Western “us”. But are PRR publics becoming transnational too, talking about the same issues, the same way, across countries? I tested this by drawing on discourse convergence & transnational public sphere theories

💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…)
1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2) researchersupport.org

#ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social

... And an update: the guy went out for a walk in the sun.