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Media Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Contested Ideas
Sat, August 8, 2:00 to 3:30pm, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)
Description
Political beliefs, conspiracy theories, and ideological narratives circulate through contemporary media ecosystems with platform architectures, media infrastructures, and movement-media relationships that shape what gains traction and why. Drawing on survey, interview, ethnographic, and digital trace methods across both digital and legacy media, the papers in this session shift attention from ideological production within bounded communities to the infrastructures, relationships, and platform logics through which political content travels and becomes normalized. The session draws from papers submitted to the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology (CITAMS) section open call.
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Belief Without Belonging: The Diffusion of Manosphere Ideology Beyond Influencers - Jen Schradie, Sciences Po - Paris; Isabelle Langrock, Middlebury College; Lauren Clingan, Sciences Po; Alexia Vallenas Wiesse; Briana Charia Edwards, UNC Chapel Hill; Shannon McGregor, UNC Chapel Hill; Jasmine Criqui, Georgetown University
How Do “Truths” Become The Truth? The Diffusion of Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory Visuals on TruthSocial - Duhui Lee, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Thomas Davidson, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Racialized Schemas Within Movement Media Relations - Braxton Brewington, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Ubiquitous Duplicity: Engagement Monetization in Bot-Run Telegram Misinformation Farms - Skyler Kelley Duval, University of Minnesota
Understanding Conservative Media Ecosystems: Civic Functions of Rural Talk Radio in the US - Rebekah Larsen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology