Grateful for the inspiring conversations, meaningful reunions, and the amazing new connections made in Denver.
Another unforgettable ICA experience in the books!
First presentation was the paper “Hybrid Populism in the Global East: Evidence From the Visual Campaigning in Facebook in the Era of COVID-19” that I wrote together with Lindita Camaj.
Then, collabs from the DigiWorld network:
-“Call to Action: Engaging Voters Across Eight Countries” – a collab with Marton Bene, Alena Macková, Simon Kruchinski, Anders Olof Larsson, Sara Mechado, Vicente Fenoll, Dan Jackson and Matthew Wall.
-“Visual Communication in 24 Countries: The Influence of Symbols and Visual Gestures on User Engagement” – a collab with Uta Russman; Dr. Isabella Gonçalves, Percy Peña Vicuña; Adriana Rodriguez Sanchez; Martina Novotná; Jakob L. Jensen; Simon Kruschinski; Márton Bene; Yossi David; Andrea Ceron; Tamara Grechanaya; Carlos Muniz; Eduard C. Gross; Melanie Magin; Darren Lilleker; Vicente Fenoll; Paweł Baranowski, Sara Machado and Mona Krewel.
– “Patterns of Negative Campaigning? Going Negative in National Election Campaigns Across the Globe” – a collab with Franz Reiter; Isabella Gonçalves; Jakob L. Jensen; Márton Bene; David Yossi; Andrea Ceron; Carlos Muniz; Hedvig Tønnesen; Pawel Baranowski; and Delia C. Balaban,
And the fifth was the paper on deepfakes: “Combatting Health Disinformation: Effects of Expectation Violation and Priming on Audience Responses to Celebrity Deepfakes” – a collab with Yan Huang, Ruoxu Wang and Fuyuan Shen.
The 75th Annual ICA Conference was held in Denver, Colorado, USA, on June 2025.