Tag: civil society
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Follow the money: the organisations that spent the most on social media during the election
Mark Riboldi, University of Technology Sydney Social media advertising is an increasingly important frontier in election campaigns. Political parties, candidates and third-party groups – such as trade unions, industry bodies and interest groups – all spend big to push their message high into the algorithms of potential voters. In the 2025 Australian federal election, this…
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Who does what? Civil society organisations and federal election campaigns
What civil society organisations (CSOs) do during election campaigns depends on a lot of different factors. CSOs are typically not-for-profit, for-purpose, non-government organisations – basically we’re talking about non-market and non-state organisations (though of course those lines can get blurry, as can any theoretical categorisation). In this article, I’m going to explore some of the…
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The Truth is Out There – Civil Society Supporter Emails in the Federal Election
When Ariadne Vromen and I started talking about researching civil society organisation activity in the 2025 federal election, one of the methods of analysis that I wanted to add (from what she and Serin Loane had done in 2022) was the supporter emails these organisations send. In my mind, CSOs use emails as a key…
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Advance’s Week 1 YouTube Assault – Civil society campaigning in the 2025 Federal Election
As mentioned last week, I’m following various civil society / third sector campaigns during the 2025 Australian Federal election campaign, part of some research with Ariadne Vromen. One of the places we’re tracking activity is one YouTube. In 2024, YouTube claimed over 20 million users in Australia, was the second highest social media app used…
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Civil society campaigning in the 2025 Federal Election – Day 1
So, this election, I’m following civil society / third party campaigns, for some research with colleagues Ariadne Vromen and Anne Nielsen. We’ll be observing various of their activities – their media appearances, social media activity (Facebook, Insta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn) and also the emails they send to their supporter lists. The aim is to understand…
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New Publication: Loci of Power and Connection framework
This post contains the content of a X/Twitter thread that I posted to spruik the publication of my first solo-authored journal publication. ‘The Loci of Power and Connection (LOPAC): a framework for exploring the democratic relationships of civil society organisations’ (CSOs) The article is available free online here The twitter thread is here. Or keep…