💥Call for Mentors and Mentees

Building on last year’s success, the ICA Political Communication Division Mentorship Program will continue in 2026.

Applications are now open for the ICA PolComm Summer School!

This is an excellent opportunity for PhD students and early career scholars to receive top-notch mentorship and connect with international scholars.

The application deadline is 30 March 2026.

The APSA Political Communication section is accepting nominations for its annual awards. Please send nominations directly to the chair of each committee.

🔎 More details on awards, committee, and eligibility criteria:
politicalcommunication.org/awards/

Travel Grants available for those with accepted paper in the ICA Polcomm Division!

My entry in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication about Dehumanizing Language is available in open access. Check out!

Hey #Polcomm community. Did you have the chance to look at our new Teaching Dashboard?

Consider submitting your own materials! There is space for everyone. Our database covers Active Learning Activities, Assignments, Exams or Quizzes, Lectures, Methods Training, Reading List and Seminar.

Did you miss the Webinar? Don't worry. We've summarized the key information for you!

Divisive Issues, Polarization, and Users’ Reactions on Facebook: Comparing Campaigning in Latin America | Article | Politics and Governance Vicente Fenoll, Isabella Gonçalves, Márton Bene

Divisive Issues, Polarization, and Users’ Reactions on Facebook: Comparing Campaigning in Latin America doi.org/10.17645/pag...
Vicente Fenoll · @igoncalves.com · @martonbene.bsky.social
@cogitatiopag.bsky.social

A very good opportunity! Consider applying and reshare among your network!

The flagship journal in our field is looking for a new editor(s)!

🌍 Durante el mes de septiembre nos visita @igoncalves.com, de @unimainz.bsky.social, quien dirige el equipo de Brasil en el grupo de investigación DigiWorld (digidemo.ifkw.lmu.de/digiworld/#T...), con el que hemos colaborado desde #MediaFlows en varias investigaciones sobre comunicación política.
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✨ APSA 2025 has just wrapped up, and we’re already missing the exchanges of the conference! To keep the momentum alive, we’re thrilled to celebrate the awardees of the APSA Polcomm Section 2025 with pictures from the last business meeting 🎉

A thread! 🧵

#Polcomm #APSA25 #APSA2025

🌀 Already excited for #APSA25?

Let’s kick off the countdown by celebrating this year’s APSA #PolComm Section Awardees! 🏆👇

A thread 🧵

👏 Congratulations to all the winners!

Congrats!!! Very happy for you and looking forward to following your work :)

Hooray! The 31st Issue of the #PolComm Report is out!
What a fantastic lineup @igoncalves.com was able to assemble for the topic of "Teaching PolComm" 🤩

Khadijah Costley White, @kcoe.bsky.social & Diana Zulli, Regina Cazzamatta, Matthew Powers, & @sangjung-kim.bsky.social (& her students).

🗳️ This fall, ICA's PolComm Division is electing 3 new leaders!
Open roles:

• Vice Chair (2027 Glasgow & 2028 Bangkok program lead → becomes Chair in 2029)
• Student & Early-Career Rep (for PhD students & recent grads)
• International Liaison (supports global engagement)

Reducing Misinformation Credibility: How Explanations Impact the Effectiveness of Social Media Warning Labels and Fact-Checking Source Recall - Paul Mena, 2025 Social media platforms have been using warning labels to alert users of misinformation. Although research has shown that flagging can be effective in reducing t...

📚 Publication Friday
This week we highlight:
"Reducing Misinformation Credibility: How Explanations Impact the Effectiveness of Social Media Warning Labels and Fact-Checking Source Recall"
by Paul Mena
Published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1077...

🚨 Big news from our last business meeting in #ICA25!

We’re launching the Political Communication Teaching Database, a shared space where educators can upload and download course materials on #polcomm.

👉 Submit your materials here: tally.so/r/mDMGb5
#TeachingResources #ICA #APSA

Check out the thread with all the @polcomm.bsky.social division awardees! Congratulations to you all! Well deserved!

If your international flight is canceled because of closed airspace, both Hyatt hotels will honor the #ICA25 rate. Visit the front desk to extend your stay. If you are local and can provide a room at home to a colleague, please post on the Link.

The dog is my favorite!

It was a great honor to present the plans for the social media channels, PCR, and the Polcomm Teaching Database at yesterday's business meeting. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve @polcomm.bsky.social! #ICA25 #Polcomm

Good morning, Polcomm Scholars! ☀️ It’s Day 2 of #ICA25 and we have another packed program of exciting #Polcomm sessions. 📚 Here’s what’s coming up today in the first part of the day 👇

#ICA25 is officially starting, and I will be sharing with you every single session of the program! Follow @polcomm.bsky.social to keep posted of everything that is happening in our division! #Polcomm

These are the participants of the #PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day, #ICA25 is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! ❤️

The #ICA2025 is already starting for the Polcomm Division! The Political Communication PhD Preconference started this morning with a talk by Kate Kenski about the ICA. #PolcommPreconference25

Thank you very much for your kind support, Curd!

Only one week left until the ICA! 🤩 We are pleased to present an overview of the Polcomm programme. Make a note of the sessions you cannot miss!

Very nice special issue!

... and, we're live! As of today, we are ready to receive your manuscripts in our peer review system, online at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋

New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social

We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698