After 2 panels, 3 roundtables and 1 workshop, thats a wrap on #ISA2024 . See you all in Chicago!

Great #DigitalDiplomacy panel at #ISA2024 looking at #RussiaUkraineWar , #NAFO and populist leaders' use of #digital tools.

Humor gone crazy on #Digital channels. #Digital Diplomacy

'AI is just today’s buzzword for “outsourcing,” and it comes with the same problems that have plagued outsourced companies and workforces for decades.'
Fantastic piece from Janet Vertesi in Tech Policy Press!

techpolicy.press/dont-be-fooled…

Two hours until our roundtable on ChatGPT and AI in publishing! 💻

Come join us for an interactive session with Krisztina Csortea, Dr. Ilan Manor, Øyvind Svendsen, Matthew Brummer and others!

Great honour yesterday to receive the Young Scholar Award from ISA DiplomacySection at #ISA2024 . I am indebted to my mentors RS Zaharna Jan Melissen Corneliu Bjola. and Nicholas J. Cull and to all my colleagues that inspire my work.

I'm excited to be joining the editorial team of Politics as a Deputy Editor in August!

Looking forward to working with the editorial team at UofG Soc & Pol Sci and publishing cutting edge research in politics and international relations...

New article out now:

Coercive impoliteness and blame avoidance in government communication sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#impoliteness #blamegame #blameavoidance #polcomm #polsci

New experimental study on blaming in political protest discourse w/ Matteo Fuoli Ruth Page out now in Communication Research journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

🚨BREAKING: OpenAI has recently launched Voice Engine,' its AI-based voice generator. Besides the commonly cited risks of voice deepfakes, there are additional problematic issues we must talk about:

➡️OpenAI states it's building Voice Engine safely and mentions that:

- partners…

Today marks a pivotal moment not just for #Istanbul , but for #democracy itself. As we celebrate our victory, we send a resounding message to the world: the decline of democracy ends now. Istanbul stands as a beacon of hope, a testament to the resilience of democratic values in…

Kharkiv mayor: ‘Almost all of the critical energy infrastructure has already been destroyed, and the private one has also been destroyed. Russia wants to intimidate us, but this is impossible’

A despatch from Ukraine’s second city 👇🏼 bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Interesting #DigitalDiplomacy message: #UK argues #Russia wont deploy new tank to #Ukraine️ from fear of damage to Russian Prestige.

How systematic comparative research can unlock the potential of social media scholarship.

To Know Is to Compare: Studying Social Media across Nations, Media, and Platforms by Mora Matassi and Pablo J. Boczkowski is available now 👉 bit.ly/3KG4dp2

#Digital signalling from #NATO to #Russia : The largest NATO exercise in decades

Keep an eye out for our roundtables, meet the editor panels, exhibit booth and lots of merch at #ISA2024 ! 👀

🚨BREAKING: Meta loses court appeal, and the US Federal Trade Commission can reopen its privacy investigation against Facebook. Quote & comment:

'Meta’s failure to show a likelihood of success on this appeal or irreparable injury tips the balance of equities and the public…

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🚨BREAKING: Tennessee enacts the ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act), protecting artists from AI deepfakes. Comments & quote:

➡️Tennessee is the first state to implement this type of protection, which is a win for artists. Hopefully, it will be replicated…

Ukraine stands for values we all share: democracy, self-determination, freedom. We are #UnitedwithUkraine .