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The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenshipwith the support of the Chaire de recherche sur la d\u00e9mocratie, le vivre-ensemble et les valeurs communes<\/a> presents :<\/span><\/p>\n

Studying Political Actors on Social Media \u2013 Current Challenges and Opportunities<\/strong>
Anders Olaf Larsson<\/a> (Kristiania University College, Department of Communications, Oslo, Norway)<\/p>\n

When : April 17, 2026, 3 – 4:30 pm<\/span>
Where : Thomson House, Boardroom 404, 3650 McTavish, Montreal, QC H3A 1X1<\/span><\/p>\n

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram have become essential parts\u00a0of political communication efforts in a series of countries and contexts. Studying the\u00a0uses of platforms such as these at the hands of political actors \u2013 parties and politicians \u2013 seeking office is an established genre of communication and political science\u00a0research. As this field of research into online practices continues to mature, we can\u00a0discern a series of challenges facing the scholarly community focused on assessing\u00a0online political communication. For my presentation in Montreal, I would like to discuss\u00a0what I perceive as three of the major challenges facing this specified area of research, showing how the identified challenges as emerging from the literature can be\u00a0reinterpreted as opportunities for empirically-driven research into the online activities\u00a0of political actors. Specifically, the three challenges pointed to are the dearth of reliable\u00a0alternatives for data collection; the need for more longitudinal approaches; and the\u00a0neeed for comparative approches \u2013 be it across countries, platforms or some other\u00a0variable of interest. Having identified these issues, I will then illustrate how I have tried\u00a0to approach them through recent research projects such as Take Action Now! A\u00a0Longitudinal Study of Political Party Calls to Action Across Social Media Platforms\u00a0(Larsson, 2025) and Going Negative Across Platforms and Time \u2013 Assessing the Supply\u00a0and Demand of Negative Campaigning (Larsson, Forthcoming).<\/p>\n

Larsson, A. O. (2025). Take Action Now! A Longitudinal Study of Political Party Calls to\u00a0Action Across Social Media Platforms. Social Science Computer Review, 0(0),\u00a008944393251390890. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/08944393251390890<\/a><\/p>\n

Larsson, A.O. (Forthcoming). Going Negative Across Platforms and Time \u2013 Assessing the\u00a0Supply and Demand of Negative Campaigning. Forthcoming in New Media &\u00a0Society.<\/p>\n

The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship is funded by the\u00a0<\/span>Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec \u2013 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et culture (FRQSC)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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