Political Communication
Political Communication is a research cluster that studies the dynamic interplay between political information, media, and public opinion, in particular, how political messages are disseminated, received, and interpreted by individuals and society at large. Research in this area analyses the influence on political knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of various communication channels such as traditional media and social media. At UCD, there are particular strengths in using large language models to explore huge datasets of political content.
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CDR members working on Political Communication
Dr Marco Bastos
Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow), School of Information and Communication Studies
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Samuel Johnston
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Politics and International Relations
Dr Stefan Müller
Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow), School of Politics and International Relations
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Dr Susan Leavy
Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Information and Communication Studies
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Conor Twomey
PhD Student
Dr Nikita Khokhlov
Assistant Professor, Ad Astra Fellow School of Politics and International Relations
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Sofia Quaglia
PhD Candidate, Quantitative & Computational Social Sciences
Research Interests: Quantitative Social Sciences, Computational Ethics, Machine Learning, International Conflict, Muslim Resistance Movements, Conflict Analysis
Thesis title: Developing Tools for Cognitive Mapping Analysis of Arabic Interviews with Actors in Muslim Resistance Movements
Supervisor: Dr Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink