Kurt Sengul
@kurtsengul.bsky.social
Political communication and media scholar. Macquarie University postdoctoral research fellow. Researching: the far right, media, populism, fascism, and democracy 🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WfjJQqYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WfjJQqYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
It’s not often that I find myself recommending Oprah, but this is a powerful insight into how far-right movements benefit from being given mainstream media platforms, despite the best intentions of the journalist to “hold them to account”
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It’s not often that I find myself recommending Oprah, but this is a powerful insight into how far-right movements benefit from being given mainstream media platforms, despite the best intentions of the journalist to “hold them to account”
This was a nice surprise!
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This was a nice surprise!
Feeling incredibly lucky and privileged to be part of a successful ARC Discovery Project application ❤️
‘Foreign conflicts, domestic divides: Advancing a deliberative response’
‘Foreign conflicts, domestic divides: Advancing a deliberative response’
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Feeling incredibly lucky and privileged to be part of a successful ARC Discovery Project application ❤️
‘Foreign conflicts, domestic divides: Advancing a deliberative response’
‘Foreign conflicts, domestic divides: Advancing a deliberative response’
I spoke to the ABC about the white nationalist March for Australia rallies taking place this weekend
But one unfortunate downside of researching the far right is being referred to as “a far-right researcher” in the media
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
But one unfortunate downside of researching the far right is being referred to as “a far-right researcher” in the media
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
August 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I spoke to the ABC about the white nationalist March for Australia rallies taking place this weekend
But one unfortunate downside of researching the far right is being referred to as “a far-right researcher” in the media
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
But one unfortunate downside of researching the far right is being referred to as “a far-right researcher” in the media
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies
Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really
Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really
Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies
Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really
Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really
Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
List some examples of research impact
Me: Uhh, I’m one of the citations on Laura Loomer’s Wikipedia page?
Me: Uhh, I’m one of the citations on Laura Loomer’s Wikipedia page?
August 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
List some examples of research impact
Me: Uhh, I’m one of the citations on Laura Loomer’s Wikipedia page?
Me: Uhh, I’m one of the citations on Laura Loomer’s Wikipedia page?
Really excited to be getting my first PhD student next month. So I’m actually *happy* to be doing modules today
May 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Really excited to be getting my first PhD student next month. So I’m actually *happy* to be doing modules today
Proofing on a Saturday. Could be worse
May 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Proofing on a Saturday. Could be worse
🚨 Neo-Nazis were allowed to set the media and political agenda for a week during the Australian election
We wrote about the abhorrent Welcome to Country stunt and the critical failure of the media in the ABC’s Religion & Ethics
www.abc.net.au/religion/eth...
We wrote about the abhorrent Welcome to Country stunt and the critical failure of the media in the ABC’s Religion & Ethics
www.abc.net.au/religion/eth...
May 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🚨 Neo-Nazis were allowed to set the media and political agenda for a week during the Australian election
We wrote about the abhorrent Welcome to Country stunt and the critical failure of the media in the ABC’s Religion & Ethics
www.abc.net.au/religion/eth...
We wrote about the abhorrent Welcome to Country stunt and the critical failure of the media in the ABC’s Religion & Ethics
www.abc.net.au/religion/eth...
The biggest media loser from #AusVotes2025 is Sharri Markson:
Claimed the polls were wrong, called a Labor majority “a fantasy”, parroted “high level” Liberal sources suggesting they’d win 65 seats and even insinuated that her own organisation’s Newspoll was rigging their polls in favour of Labor
Claimed the polls were wrong, called a Labor majority “a fantasy”, parroted “high level” Liberal sources suggesting they’d win 65 seats and even insinuated that her own organisation’s Newspoll was rigging their polls in favour of Labor
May 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The biggest media loser from #AusVotes2025 is Sharri Markson:
Claimed the polls were wrong, called a Labor majority “a fantasy”, parroted “high level” Liberal sources suggesting they’d win 65 seats and even insinuated that her own organisation’s Newspoll was rigging their polls in favour of Labor
Claimed the polls were wrong, called a Labor majority “a fantasy”, parroted “high level” Liberal sources suggesting they’d win 65 seats and even insinuated that her own organisation’s Newspoll was rigging their polls in favour of Labor
A textbook case of neo-Nazi agenda setting in three parts:
1. Neo-Nazi disrupts a Welcome to Country on ANZAC day
2. Conservative media: Well I don’t agree with their methods, but they’re right on the issue
3. Opposition leader: Welcome to Country ceremonies are “overdone”
1. Neo-Nazi disrupts a Welcome to Country on ANZAC day
2. Conservative media: Well I don’t agree with their methods, but they’re right on the issue
3. Opposition leader: Welcome to Country ceremonies are “overdone”
April 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A textbook case of neo-Nazi agenda setting in three parts:
1. Neo-Nazi disrupts a Welcome to Country on ANZAC day
2. Conservative media: Well I don’t agree with their methods, but they’re right on the issue
3. Opposition leader: Welcome to Country ceremonies are “overdone”
1. Neo-Nazi disrupts a Welcome to Country on ANZAC day
2. Conservative media: Well I don’t agree with their methods, but they’re right on the issue
3. Opposition leader: Welcome to Country ceremonies are “overdone”
🚨 Thrilled to share my latest publication with Jay Daniel Thompson
I’m really excited to see this (finally) published. We hope it adds another voice to critical conversations surrounding the problematic relationship between news media and the far right
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I’m really excited to see this (finally) published. We hope it adds another voice to critical conversations surrounding the problematic relationship between news media and the far right
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 Thrilled to share my latest publication with Jay Daniel Thompson
I’m really excited to see this (finally) published. We hope it adds another voice to critical conversations surrounding the problematic relationship between news media and the far right
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I’m really excited to see this (finally) published. We hope it adds another voice to critical conversations surrounding the problematic relationship between news media and the far right
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Another day, another far-right influencer complaining about the polarized dating market
I wrote about this with the emergence of the right-wing dating app, The Right Stuff
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I wrote about this with the emergence of the right-wing dating app, The Right Stuff
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Another day, another far-right influencer complaining about the polarized dating market
I wrote about this with the emergence of the right-wing dating app, The Right Stuff
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I wrote about this with the emergence of the right-wing dating app, The Right Stuff
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Since its trending over on the bad site, if anyone wants to read my new article on the far-right’s use of X/Twitter Spaces, it’s open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Since its trending over on the bad site, if anyone wants to read my new article on the far-right’s use of X/Twitter Spaces, it’s open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🚨 Happy to share my latest open-access research which examines the use of Twitter’s live-audio conversational feature, Spaces, with far-right communities
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🚨 Happy to share my latest open-access research which examines the use of Twitter’s live-audio conversational feature, Spaces, with far-right communities
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The one job I don’t mind doing on the weekend? Proofs
April 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The one job I don’t mind doing on the weekend? Proofs
A nice lil treat in the inbox. I’m excited for this paper to see the light of day
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A nice lil treat in the inbox. I’m excited for this paper to see the light of day
🚨 Very thrilled to see my latest article out in the world (open access)
It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🚨 Very thrilled to see my latest article out in the world (open access)
It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Starting off the paper with a bang
March 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Starting off the paper with a bang
Academia has been a bit of a slow grind lately, so I was really pleased to get some unexpected good news today:
- My paper on right-wing dating apps was accepted for publication in Discourse, Context & Media
- Our ARC Discovery Project was shortlisted
Honestly, thank fuck 🥺
- My paper on right-wing dating apps was accepted for publication in Discourse, Context & Media
- Our ARC Discovery Project was shortlisted
Honestly, thank fuck 🥺
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Academia has been a bit of a slow grind lately, so I was really pleased to get some unexpected good news today:
- My paper on right-wing dating apps was accepted for publication in Discourse, Context & Media
- Our ARC Discovery Project was shortlisted
Honestly, thank fuck 🥺
- My paper on right-wing dating apps was accepted for publication in Discourse, Context & Media
- Our ARC Discovery Project was shortlisted
Honestly, thank fuck 🥺
What a disgusting and chilling attack on academic freedom by the Australian Research Council
Dr Abdel-Fattah is completely undeserving of this appalling political interference
As a Macquarie academic, I hope my university fights this tooth and nail
Dr Abdel-Fattah is completely undeserving of this appalling political interference
As a Macquarie academic, I hope my university fights this tooth and nail
February 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
What a disgusting and chilling attack on academic freedom by the Australian Research Council
Dr Abdel-Fattah is completely undeserving of this appalling political interference
As a Macquarie academic, I hope my university fights this tooth and nail
Dr Abdel-Fattah is completely undeserving of this appalling political interference
As a Macquarie academic, I hope my university fights this tooth and nail
Late to this, but sending solidarity to my Macquarie colleague Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. An extraordinary attack on the academic freedom of one of this continent’s leading anti-racist scholars
February 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Late to this, but sending solidarity to my Macquarie colleague Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. An extraordinary attack on the academic freedom of one of this continent’s leading anti-racist scholars
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December 15, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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