Lindsey Meeks
@lmeeks.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Dept. of Communication Studies at TCU. I examine how gender, race, and partisanship intersect and affect candidate communication, especially social media strategies, as well as electoral news coverage.
Rod Hart (paraphrase): “Trump owns the souls of the public.” Working on wrapping my head another the use of the word “souls” here and that level of intimacy. #NCA2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Rod Hart (paraphrase): “Trump owns the souls of the public.” Working on wrapping my head another the use of the word “souls” here and that level of intimacy. #NCA2025
Attention over ethics as currency is an apt description for pretty much all our contemporary media environment.
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Attention over ethics as currency is an apt description for pretty much all our contemporary media environment.
“Defend the Brand” in TX high school football suggests the masculinity of the sport is somehow in jeopardy. Author notes we often hear of sports as “turnings boys into men” but that is rarely, if ever, applied to girls/women. #NCA2025
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Defend the Brand” in TX high school football suggests the masculinity of the sport is somehow in jeopardy. Author notes we often hear of sports as “turnings boys into men” but that is rarely, if ever, applied to girls/women. #NCA2025
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
Paper examining news coverage of Olympic boxer Khelif. They find right-leaning news emphasized the idea that strong women “don’t fit” in women’s sports. Umm, pretty sure all women athletes are, ya know, strong. 🤷🏻♀️
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Paper examining news coverage of Olympic boxer Khelif. They find right-leaning news emphasized the idea that strong women “don’t fit” in women’s sports. Umm, pretty sure all women athletes are, ya know, strong. 🤷🏻♀️
Paper examining Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field, the NFL, and necrocapitalism (profiting off of death). NFL’s “everything is normal” framing in the aftermath normalizes Black males’ near-death experiences as part of play. #NCA2025
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Paper examining Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field, the NFL, and necrocapitalism (profiting off of death). NFL’s “everything is normal” framing in the aftermath normalizes Black males’ near-death experiences as part of play. #NCA2025
Analysis of governors’ press releases during COVID and interaction effects of gender and party on using a public health frame. #NCA2025 Work by Hyerin Kwon et al.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Analysis of governors’ press releases during COVID and interaction effects of gender and party on using a public health frame. #NCA2025 Work by Hyerin Kwon et al.
If you are at #NCA2025, come see my presentation on news coverage of school board elections across local and national news. Proud to present this on behalf of my team of my awesome former OU grad students.
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you are at #NCA2025, come see my presentation on news coverage of school board elections across local and national news. Proud to present this on behalf of my team of my awesome former OU grad students.
Presenting work with Ant Woodall examining the presence of race and gender in undergrad Political Communication syllabi. If you have an applicable syllabi, send it my way as this is a work in progress. #NCA2025
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Presenting work with Ant Woodall examining the presence of race and gender in undergrad Political Communication syllabi. If you have an applicable syllabi, send it my way as this is a work in progress. #NCA2025
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
If you are curious what PG-13 is these days, the MPA released an updated and more detailed account of their ratings: www.filmratings.com/ratings-guide/
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
Instagram Will Limit Content for Teenagers Based on PG-13 Ratings
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you are curious what PG-13 is these days, the MPA released an updated and more detailed account of their ratings: www.filmratings.com/ratings-guide/
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
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Blaming it all on bullying may give them some temporary political cover. But the buck on this still stops in Europe, and we are the ones who will have to live with the consequences. 4/4
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Blaming it all on bullying may give them some temporary political cover. But the buck on this still stops in Europe, and we are the ones who will have to live with the consequences. 4/4
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"Europe is preparing to roll back parts of its landmark digital rules, long seen as global benchmarks for privacy and AI" @ramshajahangir.bsky.social writes, as EU Commission prepares to unveil the “Digital Omnibus” which could reshape GDPR, AI Act, and more. 1/4 www.techpolicy.press/eu-set-the-g...
EU Set the Global Standard on Privacy and AI. Now It’s Pulling Back | TechPolicy.Press
The draft Digital Omnibus could weaken core data protections and give tech companies more leeway in using European data, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
www.techpolicy.press
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Europe is preparing to roll back parts of its landmark digital rules, long seen as global benchmarks for privacy and AI" @ramshajahangir.bsky.social writes, as EU Commission prepares to unveil the “Digital Omnibus” which could reshape GDPR, AI Act, and more. 1/4 www.techpolicy.press/eu-set-the-g...
Even when SNAP gets fully funded again, many will be left out due to Trump's new policy, which took effect Nov. 1. "Homeless people, veterans and people under 24 who had aged out of foster care also used to be exempt [from work requirements]. Now they are not."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
42 Million People Are Enrolled in SNAP. Who Are They?
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even when SNAP gets fully funded again, many will be left out due to Trump's new policy, which took effect Nov. 1. "Homeless people, veterans and people under 24 who had aged out of foster care also used to be exempt [from work requirements]. Now they are not."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Attacks on press freedom are devastating newsrooms and leaving communities without reliable local news.
Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
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Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
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A Critical Crossroads for Free Speech and Local News
Local news and freedom of speech across the country are under threat. Due to federal funding cuts, NPR and PBS affiliates of all sizes have announced that they will need to lay off staff, reduce progr...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Attacks on press freedom are devastating newsrooms and leaving communities without reliable local news.
Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
buff.ly/3njhEfG
Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
buff.ly/3njhEfG
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Kaohly Her will be the first woman and first AAPI woman mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Kaohly Her will be the first woman and first AAPI woman mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss are headed to a runoff in the special election for the North Texas Senate seat vacated by Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock.
Rehmet, Wambsganss head to runoff in Senate special election
With the GOP vote fractured between Wambsganss and another Republican, Rehmet led the three-person contest for the red-leaning district.
www.texastribune.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss are headed to a runoff in the special election for the North Texas Senate seat vacated by Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock.
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Voters across Texas shot down bids by school districts and cities to increase funds to hire teachers and police officers, pave roads and keep schools humming.
More than half of those measures failed in Tuesday’s elections, according to a Tribune analysis.
More than half of those measures failed in Tuesday’s elections, according to a Tribune analysis.
Texas voters shot down property tax increases this week
Even voters in Austin, one of the state’s most liberal cities, shot down a measure to raise property taxes.
www.texastribune.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Voters across Texas shot down bids by school districts and cities to increase funds to hire teachers and police officers, pave roads and keep schools humming.
More than half of those measures failed in Tuesday’s elections, according to a Tribune analysis.
More than half of those measures failed in Tuesday’s elections, according to a Tribune analysis.
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“There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from watching an institution abandon its principles in real time…What’s the political cost of supporting our own people versus the cost of quietly surrendering?” Powerful words from a TCU colleague. www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don't Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
www.texasobserver.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from watching an institution abandon its principles in real time…What’s the political cost of supporting our own people versus the cost of quietly surrendering?” Powerful words from a TCU colleague. www.texasobserver.org/tcu-eliminat...
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These are all so good. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Pivots, Trolls, and Blog Rolls
Reflections on 25 years of digital media.
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
These are all so good. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Featuring a quote from @ashleyhinck.bsky.social!
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Featuring a quote from @ashleyhinck.bsky.social!
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And here's the paper, led by the incredible Silvia Mari, in which we find that stronger beliefs in traditional gender roles is associated with less voting intention across 18 countries.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And here's the paper, led by the incredible Silvia Mari, in which we find that stronger beliefs in traditional gender roles is associated with less voting intention across 18 countries.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
The national story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
The local impact: www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-c...
The local impact: www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-c...
Meet the Billionaire Trying to Save College Football From Itself
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The national story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
The local impact: www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-c...
The local impact: www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-c...