Will Daniel
@wdaniel127.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. @nottspolitics.bsky.social
I research gender ⚧️ and representation 🏳️🌈, the EU 🇪🇺, careers in legislative and party politics 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪, and social media 📱
Bio ⏩️ https://shorturl.at/XrwdF
Views own and not those of my employer.
I research gender ⚧️ and representation 🏳️🌈, the EU 🇪🇺, careers in legislative and party politics 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪, and social media 📱
Bio ⏩️ https://shorturl.at/XrwdF
Views own and not those of my employer.
May 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You can read the whole article Open Access here ➡️ shorturl.at/6FWmT
Social media campaigning across multiple platforms: evidence from the 2024 European elections
Politicians have a rational incentive to keep up with voters’ growing use of social media platforms. How they do so is important for democratic political communication. The article examines how the...
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May 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You can read the whole article Open Access here ➡️ shorturl.at/6FWmT
This has tremendously important consequences for who is controlling the narrative of online campaigning (probably also in many other contexts!), and how this goes on to affect voting behaviour.
May 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This has tremendously important consequences for who is controlling the narrative of online campaigning (probably also in many other contexts!), and how this goes on to affect voting behaviour.
In particular, we compile unique evidence from Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok find that while centrist voices generally engage with more voters across more platforms, it was the extremist Eurosceptic politicians who dominated the online campaigning in the 2024 elections.
May 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In particular, we compile unique evidence from Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok find that while centrist voices generally engage with more voters across more platforms, it was the extremist Eurosceptic politicians who dominated the online campaigning in the 2024 elections.
In newly published research just out at @wepsocial.bsky.social, we show that legislators are not only diversifying their social media platforms to reach constituents across a number of apps and websites, but they are not all doing so in the same way.
May 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In newly published research just out at @wepsocial.bsky.social, we show that legislators are not only diversifying their social media platforms to reach constituents across a number of apps and websites, but they are not all doing so in the same way.
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May 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fancy a cheeky discount to add it to your summer reading list? Find a friends and family code below. You can also recommend it to your library. It's been out in Oxford Online since February, if that's your preferred medium!
In fact, Le Pen's party gets a special mention for this tactic, in the conclusion.
You can read the full paper, here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0703...
You can read the full paper, here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0703...
First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections
This article examines an alternative logic for candidate renomination to the European Parliament (EP), based upon the size and ideological nature of a Member of the European Parliament’s (MEP’s) ho...
dx.doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In fact, Le Pen's party gets a special mention for this tactic, in the conclusion.
You can read the full paper, here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0703...
You can read the full paper, here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0703...
This was seen as an important way of professionalising their parties and benefitting from the benefits of holding public office.
March 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This was seen as an important way of professionalising their parties and benefitting from the benefits of holding public office.
One of the key findings of the article was that parties that were 'second order' in their national electoral importance focussed disproportionately on keeping their top leaders in European office.
March 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One of the key findings of the article was that parties that were 'second order' in their national electoral importance focussed disproportionately on keeping their top leaders in European office.
The article looked at how fringe parties use the European Parliament to build an institutional foothold to promote their national political work.
March 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The article looked at how fringe parties use the European Parliament to build an institutional foothold to promote their national political work.
More details and the role profile are available at:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Deadline for applications: 21 April 2025.
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Deadline for applications: 21 April 2025.
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Teaching Associate in Political Science (fixed term)
About the role The holder of this role will primarily undertake the teaching, assessment and supporting administrative duties across a range of established modules with a focus on quantitative methods...
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March 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
More details and the role profile are available at:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Deadline for applications: 21 April 2025.
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Deadline for applications: 21 April 2025.
An ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students quantitative methods using R is an essential criteria for the role.
March 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
An ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students quantitative methods using R is an essential criteria for the role.