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SUMMARY:How social media changed politics globally
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS
 E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 11 November 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerProfessor Ekater
 ina ZhuravskayaChairProfessor Sarah AshwinSocial media has fundamentally t
 ransformed how people connect with others\, find entertainment\, learn abo
 ut the world\, and consume political news. Why has social media proved so 
 politically disruptive? What distinguishes it from earlier forms of mass c
 ommunication? And how have algorithms changed which political messages peo
 ple encounter and amplify? Drawing on more than a decade of research\, Eka
 terina Zhuravskaya will discuss how the spread of mobile broadband\, the e
 xpansion of social media it catalysed\, and the growing role of algorithmi
 c feed curation have altered politics across the world.This lecture will e
 xamine the relationship between social media and the decline of traditiona
 l incumbent parties\, the broader erosion of incumbency advantage\, fallin
 g trust in political elites\, the growth of anti-establishment movements 
 – particularly on the extreme right – and the emergence of new forms o
 f protest and collective action. Combining evidence from Europe\, the Unit
 ed States\, and around the world\, Professor Zhuravskaya will explore how 
 and why digital technologies have changed political equilibria.Meet our sp
 eaker and chairEkaterina Zhuravskaya is a centennial professor at LSE in 2
 026-27. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 1999. She has publ
 ished extensively on how political institutions\, traditional and social m
 edia\, and economic policies shape societies\, as well as on the historica
 l origins of ethnic conflict and hatred. Her honours include the Birgit Gr
 odal Award\, the CNRS Silver Medal\, fellowship of the Econometric Society
 \, and foreign honorary membership of the American Economic Association.Sa
 rah Ashwin is Head of the LSE Department of Management and Professor of Co
 mparative Employment Relations. Her research examines gender\, work and em
 ployment\, and has made influential contributions to the development of ge
 nder theory. Professor Ashwin’s more recent research explores labour sta
 ndards\, workers’ rights and the governance of global garment supply cha
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