@prisma-hungary
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/
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/...
@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!
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
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
Celebrating the end of the academic year — just before conference season kicks off: #CEECOM starts tomorrow, and #ICA25 is coming up next week!
We were represented with several presentations at the annual conference of the Hungarian Political Science Association.
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
@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...
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
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...
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...