PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media
@prisma-hungary.bsky.social
This research group (PI: Márton Bene), funded by the Momentum Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and hosted by the HUN-REN CSS, seeks to explore the meaning of political representation in the context of social media.
https://prisma-rg.hu/
https://prisma-rg.hu/
New publication by @martonbene.bsky.social and Vanessza Juhász in American Behavioral Scientist on how Megafon’s astroturf influencers supported Fidesz’s 2022 campaign by handling negative messaging!
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
📄 Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
📄 Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New publication by @martonbene.bsky.social and Vanessza Juhász in American Behavioral Scientist on how Megafon’s astroturf influencers supported Fidesz’s 2022 campaign by handling negative messaging!
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
📄 Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
📄 Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@martonbene.bsky.social presented two papers at #ICA25 in Denver — both the result of exciting international collaborations:
🗳 Calls to Action – Engaging Voters Across 8 Countries (DigiWorld)
📊 United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms (EuroAlgos)
Grateful to work across borders & disciplines!
🗳 Calls to Action – Engaging Voters Across 8 Countries (DigiWorld)
📊 United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms (EuroAlgos)
Grateful to work across borders & disciplines!
June 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@martonbene.bsky.social presented two papers at #ICA25 in Denver — both the result of exciting international collaborations:
🗳 Calls to Action – Engaging Voters Across 8 Countries (DigiWorld)
📊 United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms (EuroAlgos)
Grateful to work across borders & disciplines!
🗳 Calls to Action – Engaging Voters Across 8 Countries (DigiWorld)
📊 United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms (EuroAlgos)
Grateful to work across borders & disciplines!
Krisztina Burai and Vanessza Juhász took part in the CEECOM Conference in Zadar.
🔹 @krisztinaburai.bsky.social talked about the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local publics
🔹 Vanessza presented on the argumentative patterns embedded in politicians’ representative claims
🔹 @krisztinaburai.bsky.social talked about the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local publics
🔹 Vanessza presented on the argumentative patterns embedded in politicians’ representative claims
June 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Krisztina Burai and Vanessza Juhász took part in the CEECOM Conference in Zadar.
🔹 @krisztinaburai.bsky.social talked about the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local publics
🔹 Vanessza presented on the argumentative patterns embedded in politicians’ representative claims
🔹 @krisztinaburai.bsky.social talked about the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local publics
🔹 Vanessza presented on the argumentative patterns embedded in politicians’ representative claims
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Today at #ceecom2025 in #Zadar, I presented on the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local public spheres. Beyond grateful for the feedback! @prisma-hungary.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today at #ceecom2025 in #Zadar, I presented on the affective and disruptive dynamics of social media-based local public spheres. Beyond grateful for the feedback! @prisma-hungary.bsky.social
New pub!
Marton Bene's contribution in a volume honoring the legacy of Jay Blumler.
A Blumler-inspired structural interpretation of viralization and its normative consequences.
🔗 Blog summary:
tinyurl.com/4r5p94bd
📖 Read the chapter and the full volume
tinyurl.com/4jymdf25
Marton Bene's contribution in a volume honoring the legacy of Jay Blumler.
A Blumler-inspired structural interpretation of viralization and its normative consequences.
🔗 Blog summary:
tinyurl.com/4r5p94bd
📖 Read the chapter and the full volume
tinyurl.com/4jymdf25
June 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New pub!
Marton Bene's contribution in a volume honoring the legacy of Jay Blumler.
A Blumler-inspired structural interpretation of viralization and its normative consequences.
🔗 Blog summary:
tinyurl.com/4r5p94bd
📖 Read the chapter and the full volume
tinyurl.com/4jymdf25
Marton Bene's contribution in a volume honoring the legacy of Jay Blumler.
A Blumler-inspired structural interpretation of viralization and its normative consequences.
🔗 Blog summary:
tinyurl.com/4r5p94bd
📖 Read the chapter and the full volume
tinyurl.com/4jymdf25
We were represented with several presentations at the annual conference of the Hungarian Political Science Association.
prisma-rg.hu/prisma-resea...
prisma-rg.hu/prisma-resea...
June 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We were represented with several presentations at the annual conference of the Hungarian Political Science Association.
prisma-rg.hu/prisma-resea...
prisma-rg.hu/prisma-resea...
📢 New pub in Journalism by @martonbene.bsky.social & Xénia Farkas!
How do journalists frame campaign messages?
👉 Self-promotion is more likely framed negatively.
👉 Attacks on opponents reported neutrally.
📘 Blog summary: tinyurl.com/574eppu5
🔗 Article: tinyurl.com/2r726zhf
How do journalists frame campaign messages?
👉 Self-promotion is more likely framed negatively.
👉 Attacks on opponents reported neutrally.
📘 Blog summary: tinyurl.com/574eppu5
🔗 Article: tinyurl.com/2r726zhf
New publication – “Go negative to be on the safe side! A 10-country investigation of the link between journalists’ negative framing and political actors’ strategic communication” – PRiSMa
Bene, M., & Farkas, X. (2025). Go negative to be on the safe side! A 10-country investigation of the link between journalists’ negative framing and political actors’ strategic communication. Journalism,https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849251344751
tinyurl.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📢 New pub in Journalism by @martonbene.bsky.social & Xénia Farkas!
How do journalists frame campaign messages?
👉 Self-promotion is more likely framed negatively.
👉 Attacks on opponents reported neutrally.
📘 Blog summary: tinyurl.com/574eppu5
🔗 Article: tinyurl.com/2r726zhf
How do journalists frame campaign messages?
👉 Self-promotion is more likely framed negatively.
👉 Attacks on opponents reported neutrally.
📘 Blog summary: tinyurl.com/574eppu5
🔗 Article: tinyurl.com/2r726zhf
@krisztinaburai.bsky.social and Virág Bagi presented their study on Hungary’s 2024 EU campaign at our workshop in Wrocław, as part of the International Visegrad Fund project "EU Campaign Race in V4 – Political Communication in Social Media before the 2024 EP Elections."
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@krisztinaburai.bsky.social and Virág Bagi presented their study on Hungary’s 2024 EU campaign at our workshop in Wrocław, as part of the International Visegrad Fund project "EU Campaign Race in V4 – Political Communication in Social Media before the 2024 EP Elections."
New PRiSMa-related article on social media trust by Balázs Bodó, @martonbene.bsky.social, and Zsolt Boda, published in Information, Communication & Society.
📘 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
📘 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
April 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New PRiSMa-related article on social media trust by Balázs Bodó, @martonbene.bsky.social, and Zsolt Boda, published in Information, Communication & Society.
📘 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
📘 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📝 Blog summary: prisma-rg.hu/new-publicat...
Check out this great poster from @favstats.eu on a research collaboration we are involved!
Excited to present our large-scale algorithm audit study where our team collaborated with 30 political parties to investigate bias in political ad delivery at the #AlgoSoc2025 conference!
Come to the poster session at 17:30 today if you want to know more :)
favstats.github.io/EuroAlgos/po...
Come to the poster session at 17:30 today if you want to know more :)
favstats.github.io/EuroAlgos/po...
April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Check out this great poster from @favstats.eu on a research collaboration we are involved!
🚨 3-Year Postdoc Fellowship Opportunity!
Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
momentummsca.mta.hu
Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
momentummsca.mta.hu
April 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨 3-Year Postdoc Fellowship Opportunity!
Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
momentummsca.mta.hu
Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
momentummsca.mta.hu
Argumentative fallacies outsourced to astroturf influencers?
New PRiSMa publication by Vanessza Juhász on the rhetorical strategies of pro-government influencers and political actors. The article is in Hungarian, but a brief overview is available here:
🔗 prisma-rg.hu/new-prisma-p...
New PRiSMa publication by Vanessza Juhász on the rhetorical strategies of pro-government influencers and political actors. The article is in Hungarian, but a brief overview is available here:
🔗 prisma-rg.hu/new-prisma-p...
New PRiSMA Publication – “Influential Politicians and Political Influencers: The Argument Analysis of Megafon’s Negative Campaign” – PRiSMa
prisma-rg.hu
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Argumentative fallacies outsourced to astroturf influencers?
New PRiSMa publication by Vanessza Juhász on the rhetorical strategies of pro-government influencers and political actors. The article is in Hungarian, but a brief overview is available here:
🔗 prisma-rg.hu/new-prisma-p...
New PRiSMa publication by Vanessza Juhász on the rhetorical strategies of pro-government influencers and political actors. The article is in Hungarian, but a brief overview is available here:
🔗 prisma-rg.hu/new-prisma-p...
We are proud that our members have been awarded both the Young Researcher of the Year (Krisztina Burai) and the Researcher of the Year (Márton Bene) at the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science!
prisma-rg.hu/award-winnin...
prisma-rg.hu/award-winnin...
March 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We are proud that our members have been awarded both the Young Researcher of the Year (Krisztina Burai) and the Researcher of the Year (Márton Bene) at the HUN-REN CSS Institute for Political Science!
prisma-rg.hu/award-winnin...
prisma-rg.hu/award-winnin...