Ehsan Dehghan
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Ehsan Dehghan
@essideh.com
Academic @QUT; Researching various things, all related to antagonism/agonism/discourse online

🌐: https://www.essideh.com
And Majid KhosraviNik @mkhosravinik.bsky.social says it provides "an integrative understanding of meaning-making in online spaces".
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Nico Carpentier @nicocarpentier.bsky.social calls it "a much needed contribution to strengthening democracy".
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Johan Farkas @jfarkas.bsky.social sees it as "a much needed counterpoint to deterministic narratives around digital media".
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
David Howarth views it as "an urgent, compelling, and original intervention".
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Natalie Fenton calls it "though-provoking and challenging", and "written with an urgent elegance".
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
In the Discursive-Digital Link, I develop a social ontology that engages with the entanglement of discourse, digital media, and structure. I also present a methodology to critically study these discursive-digital entanglements. Here's a sneak peak of the metaphoric representation of the framework:
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Very excited to share that my book, The Discursive-Digital Link, is now available for pre-order on Routledge: tinyurl.com/the-ddl. The e-book is already available to order with a 30% discount!
You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/

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August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
February 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
So happy to be taking home the Top Paper award in Intergroup Communication, #ICA24. Many thanks to the best collaborators: @KKasianenko , @dom_carlon , and @ashwinnag, and generous funding from @qutdmrc. We analysed 16 years worth of submissions across 11 political subreddits.
November 28, 2024 at 11:14 PM
And (almost) finishing #ica23 is @kathaesa presenting very timely and important work on definitions of polarisation, particularly introducing the concept of destructive polarisation.
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Kicking off #ICA23 with a brilliant paper by @qutdmrc superstars, @KKasianenko and @ZGuangnan_rio on conspiratorial narratives during times of crisis, particularly in the context of philanthropic measures and individuals
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Glad to have our latest paper with @ashwinnag published in @SocialMedia_Soc. In this study, we look at how a non-Political (capital P) topic becomes politicised, radicalised, and Politicised. We argue that when dealing with polarising and antagonistic topics, (1/4
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Jumping on the #midjourney wagon (by @midjourney ). Here is"tormented philosopher thinking about what could have been"...
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM
.@KLewisKnowledge presenting her work on digitally mediated martyrdom and ethics of visual social media research. Engaging and thought-provoking topic and arguments. #AoIR2018
November 28, 2024 at 11:12 PM
And there goes the highlight of my day: "Ontologically, there is no Internet." A very interesting provocation by @guillaumelatzko at #aoir2018
November 28, 2024 at 11:12 PM
.@TarletonG presenting his latest research and book, "the custodians of the internet".
November 28, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Enjoying listening to @ellamguest presenting her amazing work on (anti-) echo chambers on Reddit at #SMSociety
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
More good news from #SMSociety: Our panel proposal with @McEwanInComm, @lizdubois, and @dhirajmurthy got accepted. We’ll discuss echo chambers, filter bubbles, and realities of information diffusion online.
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Big crowd of enthusiastic scholars for @pwikstrom's introduction to Instagrab. #dmrcss18
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Another exciting part of the week is our event at the Brisbane Powerhouse, hosted by @RadioNational, as part of the #dmrcss18. The event will be online tomorrow.
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
The fun continues at the #dmrcss18 with @jeanburgess presenting the App Walkthrough Method.
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
And almost wrapping up issue mapping workshop with some cool netviz stuff at #dmrcss18 using #netvizz and #gephi
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
The second day of #dmrcss18 kicks off with @andairamf teaching us about multiplatform issue mapping
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
And very good insights on digital ethnography by @dezuanni at the #dmrcss18
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 PM