by Curd KnüpferMatthias Hoffmanna John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germanyb Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCurd Knüpfer is an assistant professor of political science at the John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on political communication, with a particular emphasis right-wing media, transnational information flows, and the digitalization of democratic media systems.Matthias Hoffmann is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences at Babeş-Bolyai University. He was awarded a PhD in Sociology and Social Research by the University of Trento and has since held positions at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin, the University of Copenhagen, and City, University of London. His research is focused on social movements, protest, social networks, and digital communication.

by Oren SametLeonardo R. ArriolaAila M. MatanockDepartment of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USAOren Samet is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on domestic and international opposition to authoritarianism, particularly in Southeast Asia.Leonardo R. Arriola is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies the challenges associated with representation and governance in multiethnic societies.Aila M. Matanock is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines the ways in which international actors engage in weak and conflicted states.

by Adrien PetitpasDepartment of Political Science and IR, University of Geneva, Geneve, SwitzerlandAdrien Petitpas is a post-doc at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Geneva since September 2021. His research interests include voting behavior, campaign effects, opinion change, the role of issues, direct democracy, political psychology, and quantitative and experimental methods.

by Ernesto de LeónMykola MakhortykhSilke Adama Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlandsb Institute of Communication and Media Studies, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandErnesto de León is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Science and member of the Algorithmic Society consortium. He is interested in questions related to political information consumption and its effect on political identities and behavior, as well as the role that social network sites and algorithms play in an electorate’s engagement with news.Mykola Makhortykh is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Bern. In his research, Mykola examines politics- and history- centered information behavior in online environments and how it is affected by the algorithmic systems, such as search engines and recommender systems.Silke Adam is professor of political communication at the University of Bern (CH). Her research focuses on how digitalization and transnationalization change political communication processes.

by Kevin MungerAngel Villegas-CruzJorge GallegoMateo Vásquez-Cortésa Department of Political Science, Pond Laboratory, State College, Penn State University, PA, USAb Department of Economics, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombiac Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, USAKevin Munger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics at Penn State University. He studies the internet and politics.Angel Villegas-Cruz is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests focus on the relationship between digital technologies and international politics, with an area specialization in China and Latin America.Jorge Gallego is a senior economist at the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Inter-American Development Bank and an associate professor of Economics at Universidad del Rosario.Mateo Vásquez-Cortés (Ph.D., New York University) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. His research explores questions related to conflict processes, identity, and migration in the Global South.

by Michael ChanJingjing YiSchool of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong kongMichael Chan (PhD, CUHK) is an Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on individuals’ uses of digital technologies and subsequent political, social, and psychological outcomes.Jingjing Yi (MA, Syracuse University) is a PhD student at the School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research areas include social media, media psychology, and game studies.

by Senja PostNils BienzeislerDepartment for Science Communication, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, GermanySenja Post holds a PhD in Communication Research from the University of Mainz, Germany, and is currently a Professor of Science Communication at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. In her research and teaching, she focuses on dynamics in public policy disputes over science, technology, and sustainability.Nils Bienzeisler is a PhD student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he explores the intersection between science, politics, and media. His research focuses on post-normal science communication, science-policy interactions, and policy advocacy in science.

by Judith Spiriga Department of Political Science, University College London, London, UKb Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerlandc Faculty Affiliate, Immigration Policy Lab, ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandJudith Spirig (PhD, University of Zurich) is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Political Science at the University College London; an Associated Researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich; and a Faculty Affiliate of the Immigration Policy Lab at ETH Zurich and Stanford University. Her research explores questions related to exclusionary attitudes and behavior.

by Teresa VölkerDaniel Saldivia GonzattiCenter for Civil Society Research, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, GermanyTeresa Völker is a Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and a PhD candidate at the Freie Universität Berlin. She researches political communication, political parties and protest in contemporary democracies, with a special focus on far-right politics.Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti is a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. His research is at the intersection of comparative politics and political sociology, with a special focus on protest.

by Yingdan LuYilang Penga Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, USAb Department of Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, USAYingdan Lu (PhD, Stanford University) is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on digital technology, political communication, and information manipulation in authoritarian and democratic contexts. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Political Communication, New Media & Society, Human-Computer Interaction, Computational Communication Research, and among other peer-reviewed journals. For more information, see her website: https://yingdanlu.com/Yilang Peng (PhD, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania) is an assistant professor in the Department of Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics at the University of Georgia. His scholarship is at the intersection of computational social science, visual communication, science communication, and social media. His research uses computer vision methods to investigate the production and effects of visual messages across different communication contexts.