Scott Downham (@Scott__Downham) profile picture

PhD in politics from Royal Holloway, University of London, researching political communication, age, tech policy, and deliberative democracy.

United Kingdom
Joined February 2014
No worries otherwise but would anyone mind confirming my identity for a new passport? I'd owe you one. The online form’s supposed to take about 10 mins. gov.uk/confirm-identity-onli…
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The Left and Digital Politics, Marco Guglielmo Tuesday 11 March, 17.00-19.00 Moore Annex Lecture Theatre - come along! newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-bl…
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Come and join us at the @PolStudiesAssoc annual conference in Birmingham, April 14-16, 2025! Please see the attached images for the CFP for the Media and Politics Group section. Abstracts of 300 words are to be uploaded to Ex Ordo (psa25.exordo.com) by Friday, 18 October.
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Panel 6: Impacts of History Panel 7: Intersectionality and Identity Panel 8: Law and Social Justice Panel 9: Security 2/3
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📢 CFP for one-day hybrid workshop (19 June) on researching social media after the APIcalypse! Details below 👇 Deadline for 300 word abstracts 24 May 2024. Please share! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Papers for the PSA Early Career Network Annual Conference is officially open 🥳 We are accepting abstracts until 22 April 2024. Find out more and submit your proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1veD…
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🚨Breaking🚨 We are absolutely ecstatic to announce that we won the @PolStudiesAssoc Specialist Group of the Year Award at this year's #PSA24 🏆 🎉!
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Yesterday, we were delighted to host @Stephen_Cushion to discuss his new book "Beyond the Mainstream Media: Alternative Media and the Future of Journalism". youtube.com/watch?v=5YPKHxNO…
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Congratulations to our PhD student @Scott__Downham for passing your viva, with the thesis: How Few Citizens are Socialised into Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers, and the Implications for Democracy. Great work! 🎉🎊@rhulpirp newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-bl…
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Another difficult choice between our last panels of day 1! We've got papers on how young people experience political communication, and on visual methodologies #psampg2023
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Thinking of submitting a media-related paper to #PSA24, the @PolStudiesAssoc Conference, or putting a panel together? We are now accepting submissions for Media and Politics Group Panels :-) Submit via email to [email protected] by Monday 4th September
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We are pleased to announce that our #CallforPapers on Young People's Politics for the #PSA24 is now open. Submit your abstract NOW and join us in Glasgow next March. ✍️ Submit your paper title and 200 word abstract 🗓️ By 2 September 📩 tinyurl.com/PSA24-CfP
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It's day 1 of the @psa_ecn's #ECNWorlds23 conference It's great to see once again #ECRs punching well above their weight with some seriously impressive research. Make sure to check out the panel I'm chairing on Social Media, Political Communication, and New Digital Frontiers!
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📅 A reminder that the deadline for 250-word abstracts for the @PSAMPG conference at @portsmouthuni is in one week (26 June). Panel proposals are also welcome. Please reach out to @jameswilldennis if you have any questions.
📢 Call for Papers Our fantastic @psampg Specialist Group is inviting abstracts for their annual conference taking place in October at @portsmouthuni. The deadline to submit a proposal is 26 June. More information: jameswilldennis.com/research…
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Join the symposium Political Agency within and of Platform Societies, 16/17 May, Senate House, London. Register at eventbrite.co.uk/e/political… to join in person or or MS Teams. The full (and fantastic❤️) prorgamme is now online at newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/events-…
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📢LAST DAYS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS Symposium Political Agency within and of Platform Societies, 16/17 May. Info and form for submissions athttp://www.newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/events-appearances-upcoming We can now announce the preliminary programme with stellar keynotes and speakers 👇
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