Dr Caroline Leicht
@carolineleicht.bsky.social
Researches gender, media and politics, comedy, US politics & elections
Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Manchester • Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton
Co-convenor @psawomenpol.bsky.social
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https://carolinevleicht.weebly.com
Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Manchester • Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton
Co-convenor @psawomenpol.bsky.social
she/her
https://carolinevleicht.weebly.com
1/3 Last week, I attended #APSA2025 in Vancouver 🇨🇦 and presented my work on feminist humor and media sexism in political comedy 'news' coverage (arguably couldn't be more timely right now).
It was fantastic to get to catch up with brilliant friends and colleagues and meet so many new people.
It was fantastic to get to catch up with brilliant friends and colleagues and meet so many new people.
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
1/3 Last week, I attended #APSA2025 in Vancouver 🇨🇦 and presented my work on feminist humor and media sexism in political comedy 'news' coverage (arguably couldn't be more timely right now).
It was fantastic to get to catch up with brilliant friends and colleagues and meet so many new people.
It was fantastic to get to catch up with brilliant friends and colleagues and meet so many new people.
✨Some personal news✨
This week, I joined @manchester.ac.uk as Lecturer in Digital Media. I look forward to continuing my research and teaching in gender, political comedy, and media here and getting to work with my fab new colleagues.
A massive thanks to everyone who supported me along the way 🫶
This week, I joined @manchester.ac.uk as Lecturer in Digital Media. I look forward to continuing my research and teaching in gender, political comedy, and media here and getting to work with my fab new colleagues.
A massive thanks to everyone who supported me along the way 🫶
September 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
✨Some personal news✨
This week, I joined @manchester.ac.uk as Lecturer in Digital Media. I look forward to continuing my research and teaching in gender, political comedy, and media here and getting to work with my fab new colleagues.
A massive thanks to everyone who supported me along the way 🫶
This week, I joined @manchester.ac.uk as Lecturer in Digital Media. I look forward to continuing my research and teaching in gender, political comedy, and media here and getting to work with my fab new colleagues.
A massive thanks to everyone who supported me along the way 🫶
It was fantastic to return to Southampton this week for the @psawomenpol.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social conference. Always such a joy to be with this group of brilliant & supportive friends & colleagues ☀️ Thank you to the organizing team for a great conference & for bringing us all together!
June 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It was fantastic to return to Southampton this week for the @psawomenpol.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social conference. Always such a joy to be with this group of brilliant & supportive friends & colleagues ☀️ Thank you to the organizing team for a great conference & for bringing us all together!
Last week, I accompanied our Glasgow media and journalism students on a field trip to Mainz where I used to work as a journalist. We had fantastic conversations about current media issues, including with journalists at SWR. A massive thank you to everyone who was involved in this brilliant trip!
June 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Last week, I accompanied our Glasgow media and journalism students on a field trip to Mainz where I used to work as a journalist. We had fantastic conversations about current media issues, including with journalists at SWR. A massive thank you to everyone who was involved in this brilliant trip!
A fantastic few days in Jena for the 2025 GAAS PoliSci Conference where I presented my latest work on gender and political comedy framing of elections and got to catch up with brilliant colleagues ☀️ A massive thank you to the local organizers, the GAAS, and the @atlantakademie.bsky.social!
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A fantastic few days in Jena for the 2025 GAAS PoliSci Conference where I presented my latest work on gender and political comedy framing of elections and got to catch up with brilliant colleagues ☀️ A massive thank you to the local organizers, the GAAS, and the @atlantakademie.bsky.social!
Had a fantastic time presenting my work on feminist humor in SNL election coverage and my paper with @rosalynd.bsky.social on feminist memes at #PSA25 this week. Brilliant to present and chair on @psawomenpol.bsky.social and @psampg.bsky.social panels & catch up with friends, colleagues & new faces!
April 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Had a fantastic time presenting my work on feminist humor in SNL election coverage and my paper with @rosalynd.bsky.social on feminist memes at #PSA25 this week. Brilliant to present and chair on @psawomenpol.bsky.social and @psampg.bsky.social panels & catch up with friends, colleagues & new faces!
The other week, I got to give my latest work on media sexism and feminist approaches to media productions its first outing at the @psampg.bsky.social conference.
A massive thank you to the organizers and colleagues for great comments!
More about my initial findings in the thread below 👇🏻
A massive thank you to the organizers and colleagues for great comments!
More about my initial findings in the thread below 👇🏻
January 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The other week, I got to give my latest work on media sexism and feminist approaches to media productions its first outing at the @psampg.bsky.social conference.
A massive thank you to the organizers and colleagues for great comments!
More about my initial findings in the thread below 👇🏻
A massive thank you to the organizers and colleagues for great comments!
More about my initial findings in the thread below 👇🏻
Thrilled to be featured in the US Election Analysis 2024 which brings together leading media and politics scholars for early analysis of the election and campaign.
I contributed three pieces to the report, covering media sexism, AI, and non-traditional news - more below 🧵👇🏻
I contributed three pieces to the report, covering media sexism, AI, and non-traditional news - more below 🧵👇🏻
November 18, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Thrilled to be featured in the US Election Analysis 2024 which brings together leading media and politics scholars for early analysis of the election and campaign.
I contributed three pieces to the report, covering media sexism, AI, and non-traditional news - more below 🧵👇🏻
I contributed three pieces to the report, covering media sexism, AI, and non-traditional news - more below 🧵👇🏻
This week, I spoke on a roundtable about digital aspects of the US election at the Oxford Internet Institute.
It was fantastic to discuss issues related to digital politics with my fellow panelists Prathm Juneja and Dr Keegan McBride and moderator Licinia Güttel.
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It was fantastic to discuss issues related to digital politics with my fellow panelists Prathm Juneja and Dr Keegan McBride and moderator Licinia Güttel.
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November 1, 2024 at 5:56 PM
This week, I spoke on a roundtable about digital aspects of the US election at the Oxford Internet Institute.
It was fantastic to discuss issues related to digital politics with my fellow panelists Prathm Juneja and Dr Keegan McBride and moderator Licinia Güttel.
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It was fantastic to discuss issues related to digital politics with my fellow panelists Prathm Juneja and Dr Keegan McBride and moderator Licinia Güttel.
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Delighted to be a speaker at the 2023 NCRM Research Methods e-Festival this week, leading a session on content analysis and inter-coder reliability and a session on working with TikTok data. And very exciting to see both were 'highly attended' sessions at the festival today!
November 7, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Delighted to be a speaker at the 2023 NCRM Research Methods e-Festival this week, leading a session on content analysis and inter-coder reliability and a session on working with TikTok data. And very exciting to see both were 'highly attended' sessions at the festival today!
This week, I got to share results from my final thesis chapter, an analysis of audience responses to gendered candidate representations in political comedy, for the first time. A fantastic conference and great to see many brilliant PSA Media and Politics Group colleagues again! polisky gendersky
October 27, 2023 at 2:42 PM
This week, I got to share results from my final thesis chapter, an analysis of audience responses to gendered candidate representations in political comedy, for the first time. A fantastic conference and great to see many brilliant PSA Media and Politics Group colleagues again! polisky gendersky
Wie wäre es mit einem US-Politik/Popkultur Crossover 😉
October 6, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Wie wäre es mit einem US-Politik/Popkultur Crossover 😉