I am honoured to join the @europeannewschool.bsky.social as Professor of Digital Political Communication, and look forward to further expanding on my research programme on communicative challenges to #democracy in #CEE; given it's location and mission, #Viadrina might be just the right place for it!
12.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
📻 What is the future of public service media in an age of deepening polarization, disinformation, and eroding trust? In the latest IWMpost issue, @vstetka.bsky.social argues that its survival depends on its capacity to adapt to the digital era while resisting its harmful impacts.
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Happy to have contributed to this issue, featuring several essays around the theme of Digital Transformations, including mine on the future of public service media in the digital age.
12.12.2025 14:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Incoming #Czech gov't triggers alarm over public media plans with thx to @vstetka.bsky.social @marinaurbanikova.bsky.social
www.dw.com/en/incoming-...
That's an interesting choice of the headline by @pewresearch.org , seeing the glass half-full rather than half-empty. It would be equally true to say that young Americans's trust in mainstream media has dropped so low that it almost matches their trust in social media.
29.10.2025 19:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our new report provides a typology of news creators, based on analysis of 24 countries
The report, by Nic Newman, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, makes a distinction between those who focus on hard news and those touching news-adjacent topics
As democracy crumbles and authoritarianism gains ground around the world, digital media are increasingly being blamed for driving these developments. However, as I and @vstetka.bsky.social argue in a recent piece for Le Monde, the role of digital media in these developments is often exaggerated.
23.07.2025 07:59 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Thanks for your kind words, Katharina! 🙏
16.07.2025 14:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very much enjoyed the panel on the rise of the illiberal public sphere at #IPSA2025, organised by the Political Communication section, as well as the panel on "destructive polarization" covened by @kathaesa.bsky.social - thanks for the opportunity to promote our work with @sabinamihelj.bsky.social!
14.07.2025 02:13 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
Thank you, Line!
05.06.2025 15:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Truly honoured by this award for our book with @sabinamihelj.bsky.social🙏 Many thanks to APSA @apsaitp.bsky.social, as well as to almost 20k people who have accessed the book online so far! #illiberalism
05.06.2025 08:49 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
credit: Mate Filler / Telex
Hungary’s new ‘transparency’ bill targets independent media & civil society. This is authoritarianism, not accountability.
We stand with all journalists, NGOs & citizens defending democracy. The EU must act.
nezavisla.economia.cz/en/committee...
#PressFreedom #Hungary #EUvalues
RSF this year for the first time called the global environment for press freedom ‘difficult.’ What does the future hold for press freedom in Taiwan and Asia?
🎙️ Aleksandra Bielakowska (@ketalaolan.bsky.social), Irene Jay Liu & Václav Štětka (@vstetka.bsky.social)
Watch here:
It was a real pleasure to talk about our book with @sabinamihelj.bsky.social to such an engaged audience. Many thanks to Marlene Laruelle and @jchrobie.bsky.social for having us!
04.04.2025 09:42 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
It's only spring, but I am already looking forward to autumn - which I will spend in #Vienna on a visiting fellowship, as a Guest of the Institute for Human Sciences @iwm.at. Grateful for this opportunity! 🙏
26.03.2025 16:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us for an online presentation of a new book by @vstetka.bsky.social and @sabinamihelj.bsky.social: The Illiberal Public Sphere Media in Polarized Societies!
Hear about increasing #illiberalism, #polarization, and declining trust in mass media in CEE
Register here: tinyurl.com/5n6f82rd
text from https://web.archive.org/web/20250313041133/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis/ which reads: Artemis With the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.
A giant step back for womankind?
On February 28th the main Artemis page at nasa. gov read as follows
web.archive.org/web/20250313...
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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🎉 Delighted to learn I have been awarded funding for comparative, mixed-methods research on Russian #disinformation in Poland, Romania & Serbia, with Fanni Toth @durhamuniversity.bsky.social as Co-I, & in collaboration with @m-deceit.bsky.social @sabinamihelj.bsky.social @stevehutchings.bsky.social
06.03.2025 16:55 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Excellent analysis of the latest developments in the long & tortuous struggle to secure financial sustainability and political independence of the #Czech public service media.
26.02.2025 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Deadline approaching soon for this unique PhD studentship, supervised by @sabinamihelj.bsky.social and myself, in collaboration with @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social - if you are interested in researching disinformation in the #Baltics, #Afghanistan or #Libya, do apply by 24 February!
21.02.2025 10:30 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
„Myslím si, že to je (v českém kontextu) pořád nejlepší způsob, jakkoliv sám o sobě nedokonalý, jak garantovat politickou nezávislost veřejnoprávních médií, což je pro jejich fungování zcela klíčové,“ říká v @zaminutusest.bsky.social o koncesionářských poplatcích sociolog médií @vstetka.bsky.social
14.02.2025 07:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Wonderfully structured and accessible, it appeals not only to
scholars but also to the broader democratic public grappling with the question: 'What on earth is happening to democracy?'”
Delighted to read such a nice review of our book! @sabinamihelj.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Still 3 week to apply for this unique PhD studentship at our Communication & Media Department @lborocrcc.bsky.social, in collaboration with #BBC @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social - if you are interested in researching disinformation in the #Baltics, #Afghanistan or #Libya, we would love to hear from you!
03.02.2025 14:45 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Thanks a lot for sharing!
03.02.2025 14:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Three stages of a liberal public sphere being replaced by an #illiberal one. Very useful framework from @vstetka.bsky.social & @sabinamihelj.bsky.social - all we see happening in the US fits. Q = how to win the struggle against it? Needs creativity and will: www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstr...
03.02.2025 11:32 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Research finds TikTok’s algorithm apparently favors one political side more than the other. Republican accounts got 11.8% more content supporting their views, Democrats saw 7.5% more content opposing theirs. The bias comes from negative partisanship, prioritizing criticism. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17831
02.02.2025 07:12 — 👍 46 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 2
More than half Gen Z think authoritarian leader better for UK than democracy, poll suggests – UK politics live
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Honoured and excited to be joining the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Press/Politics, and looking forward to working with the new editorial team under the leadership of Taberez A. Neyazi @taberez.bsky.social !
#IJPP #PoliticalCommunication journals.sagepub.com/editorial-bo...
