80th Annual MPSA Conference: Lightning Talk: Comparative Political Communication, Social Media and Rhetoric

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Fri, April 14, 1:15 to 2:45pm CDT (1:15 to 2:45pm CDT), TBA

Session Submission Type: Lightning Talk

1:20pm |
Blaming Globalization? A Comparative Study of the Performance in Singapore and Bahrain’s COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention - Hsuan Ning Wang, National Chung Hsing University; Wayne Tan, NCHU, Taiwan
1:28pm |
Framings of reality and disputed truths: denialism and motivated reasoning during the Covid-19 pandemic - Nayla Lopes, University of California-Irvine
1:36pm |
Identifying the Political Influencers and Opinion Leadership during Political Crisis in Pakistan at Twitter - Taufiq Ahamd, Ohio University; Rizvan saeed, Ohio University
1:44pm |
Media Framing of the Authoritarian Rulers and Individual Attitudes toward Transitional Justice: Evidence from Taiwan - Yueh-Lun Tsai, National Chengchi University; Wei-Ting Tsai, National Cheng Kung University
1:52pm |
State-Supported Moderation of Weibo Trending Topics: Case Studies on Tangshan and Fengxian Incidents - Zijian Ye, University of Oxford
2:00pm |
Soft Power along the Digital Silk Road? China’s Belt and Road Initiative through the Looking Glass of Twitter - Huiyi Lyu, Tsinghua University
2:08pm |
Structure and identity in an online conspiracy theory community reacting in real-time to a major political assassination - Robert Andrew Fahey, Waseda University
2:16pm |
The Impact of Consipracy Theories Support on Mandatory Vaccination: Russian Policy Evidence - Diana Ekzarova, New York University

2:24pm |
Audience participation will last for the remainder of the session.