📢 New article w @andrea_carson @tim_gravelle @SimonJackman & J Philips studies election #disinformation during Australia’s 2023 Voice referendum: Trust in the AEC remains high, but disinformation has a small, measurable impact. DM me for access. https://t.co/CiAV2OYf3X 1/5

Very happy to have contributed to this excellent strategy guidance note by Raj Chari for the #UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration #Lobbying registers and #transparency can be now treated as instruments to address SDGs https://t.co/2V6aUFRbFV

🔥 Our latest on disinformation: Alert, but not alarmed: Electoral disinformation and trust during the 2023 Australian voice to parliament referendum - Carson - Policy & Internet - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/27cCvkJ8oZ @MaxGroemping @SimonJackman @BonestPhD @tim_gravelle

@UlliEcker @ajungherr @Sacha_Altay @lorenz_spreen @AusElectoralCom 🌏 Bottom line: Australian democracy is resilient, but even high trust can be undermined by disinfo. This calls for balanced, evidence-based responses—fighting disinformation while safeguarding free political expression. See also our discussion paper: https://t.co/lkXcWOCTeP 5/5

@UlliEcker @ajungherr @Sacha_Altay @lorenz_spreen @AusElectoralCom 🔍 Findings: Disinformation slightly reduces trust in the AEC, but refutations help mitigate the damage. However, preemptive AEC communications didn’t boost trust further, suggesting high baseline trust acts as a ceiling. #ElectoralIntegrity #Disinformation 4/5

@UlliEcker @ajungherr @Sacha_Altay @lorenz_spreen Our evidence suggests that concern, but not alarm, is warranted. In a survey experiment shortly after #Voice referendum, we exposed ~4k Australians to real-life disinformation (#voteoften), real-life rebuttals from @AusElectoralCom, or both. We then measured trust in the AEC. 3/5

🧐 In ongoing debate, scholars exchange good arguments about the dangers of #disinformation. Some warn of existential threat to liberal democracy, some caution against overreaction. @UlliEcker @ajungherr @Sacha_Altay @lorenz_spreen 2/5

📢 Please share widely. PhD Scholarships ($37k/yr) on Mapping & Harnessing Public (Mis)Trust! 🎓 @Griffith_Uni and @Sydney_Uni. Join an ARC-funded team exploring public trust in Australia. Start 2025. Deadline 6 December. DM for questions. https://t.co/oz4stJRQTM #polisci

Check out the discussion paper by @andrea_carson and myself on causes, consequences, and countermeasures of misinformation.

Thank you, @ECPR_Int_Groups, what an unexpected honour!

@MaxGroemping leading a great round table with researchers Andrea Carson, Michelle Reidlinger and Timothy Graham. DISINFO PACIFIC UN conference on disinformation at @GRIFFITH

Congratulations, @NadiaFarabi, what an achievement! It's been excellent working with such a professional and considerate educator like you. You'll be off to do great things.

PUBLISHED! My chapter on "The Lost Works of Nondemocratic Rule" has been published in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics, edited by @AnneMWolf 🤓 Updated abstract and free access below - https://t.co/XKdH40heLo

Great initiative by @SeraphineMaerz and @IrmaMooi!

What started as the culminating chapter of my PhD is now out as single author paper @PolBehavior . We've all heard of a disconnect between stereotypes for women and for politcal leaders? But how and when Some answers (and more questions) here: https://t.co/mp1BN3tUWI

Heute ist ein aufregender Tag für alle Regionalforscher in 🇩🇪, denn gerade wurde der allererste „Gleichwertigkeitsbericht“ vorgestellt. Ein Kompendium mit 102 Landkarten (!), darunter Material, das man so noch nie gesehen hat. Hier meine persönlichen TOP 3 Highlights 🧵

Very pleased to report that @_aureliaananda has joined @Griffith_SGIR at Griffith University as a Lecturer in Comparative Politics. Aurelia did her PhD at Kings College London and researches public opinion on democracy, emph SE Asia. Welcome Aurelia!

Our @Griffith_SGIR PhD candidate @arnottchris breaks down prebunking/inoculation as a counter to electoral #disinformation. https://t.co/KnFZoCnw2X via @ConversationEDU

What do we need to know before we boldly venture forth and solve the problem of disinformation? In a new article, I pose questions those asking for greater control of digital communication spaces by corporations, experts, and governments should answer. https://t.co/yLTKcPtFEt

This is tomorrow 2 July, 11am Canberra time! A 'big question' conversation not to be missed. Register through link 👇to get zoom link. See you there.