Social Media? Meet Politics. A podcast by the Social Media Research Centre.

The Netherlands' 2021 general election is just around the corner. With spending on Facebook advertising very low the campaign is largely going to fall upon the feet of the parties organic Facebook campaigns. Here is how they are all doing. See the article here -https://tristanhotham.com/2021/03/08/2021-dutch-elections-how-are-the-party-pages-competing-on-facebook/

First thoughts on the Trump and Biden digital US 2020 Election campaigns. What differences are there to the UK 2019 general election? Who did better? Who messed up?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://tristanhotham.com/2020/11/09/a-few-early-thoughts-on-the-2020-us-election-vs-the-2019-uk-general-election/

I talk through how I survived my PhD viva and offer tips on how to prepare for yours, including how to prepare for modern day online-only pandemic vivas.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://tristanhotham.com/2020/12/21/how-to-prepare-for-a-social-science-phd-viva-in-pandemic-times/