Wonks and War Rooms
Where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat about whether or not it makes sense at all out in the world of politics and communications. She chats with political staffers, journalists, comms experts, lobbyists, activists and other political actors. Elizabeth quizzes them on pol comm theory and they tell her how ridiculous (or super helpful) that theory actually is.
Episodes
70 episodes
Season 7 Episode 6 - Canadian Election Laws with Mike Pal
In this episode, Elizabeth talks to Mike Pal, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, about election laws in ...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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40:40
Newsletters in a High-Choice Media Environment with Nick Taylor-Vaisey
In this episode, Elizabeth talks to Nick Taylor-Vaisey, a journalist for Politico who works on the
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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32:20
Foreign Interference at the Nomination Level with Conner Coles
In this episode, Elizabeth is joined by Conner Coles, a former lobbyist with experience working in and around politics, including during the political party candidate n...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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31:54
Astroturfing with Patrícia Campos Mello
In this episode, Elizabeth interviews Brazilian journalist and columnist Patrícia Campos Mello, who first exposed the illegal use of WhatsApp mass messaging in Brazil's 2018 presidential elections. T...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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29:01
Theory of Planned Behaviour with Melanie Paradis
In this episode, Elizabeth Dubois chats with Melanie Paradis, President of Texture Communications, to dissect the theory of planned be...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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33:29
Elections and Our Digital Media Ecosystem
Wonks and War Rooms is kicking off season 7 with all things elections! With 73 elections worldwide, 2024 is being called a “global elections supercycle”. Elizabeth introduces the headlining topics listeners can get excited to learn about ...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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5:04
Season 6 Episode 10: AI and Democracy with Seher Shafiq
This week Elizabeth talks with Seher Shafiq, a program manager at the Mozilla Foundation and expert in civic engagement, particularly in the context of ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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33:54
Counter-speech as Content Moderation with Kesa White
In this episode Elizabeth discusses the idea of counter-speech as content moderation with far right extremist researcher, Kesa White. Kesa describes her work on “dog-whistling,” talks ab...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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34:34
Collective vs Connective Action with Michael Redhead Champagne
This week Elizabeth talks with Michael Redhead Champagne, a community organizer in Winnipeg working to dismantle harmful systems and build better ones through Indigenous practices and knowl...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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39:38
Parasocial Relationships with T.X. Watson
In this episode Elizabeth chats with TikTok creator and researcher T.X. Watson about parasocial relationships and how this term created in the 1950s applies, or not, to digital content creators. T....
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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34:51
One-Step Flow with Hamish Marshall
In this episode Elizabeth delves into the fascinating world of data and personalization with Hamish Marshall, former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada and season...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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33:02
Political Influencers with Nate Lubin
In this episode, Elizabeth chats with digital communication strategist and experienced political campaigner, Nate Lubin about social media content creators in politics. Nate draws on his experience with ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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33:10
News influencers with Rachel Gilmore
In this episode Elizabeth chats with journalist Rachel Gilmore about what counts as journalistic content and how to navigate the intersection of journalism and the social media influencer industry....
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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39:08
Social Media in Politics with Dave Sommer
This week Elizabeth chats with Dave Sommer, Vice President of Strategic Communication at Enterprise Canada, former Head of Politics and Government...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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32:04
Influencers with Taylor Lorenz
This week Elizabeth chats with tech culture reporter and Washington Post columnist, Taylor Lorenz about influencers and the influencer industry. Taylor takes us from Ce-web-reties to influencers to co...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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34:44
Personal Influence in Politics
Prepare for an intriguing journey in Season 6 of Wonks & War Rooms! Join Elizabeth Dubois as she unravels the dynamics of personal influence in politics, especially as it evol...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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19:19
Season Six! Personal Influence in Politics
Get ready for Season 6 of Wonks & War Rooms! This season, we're looking at personal influence in politics and how it evolves as new technologies are integrated into campaign strategies.Host
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Season 6
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1:42
Season 5 Wrap Up
In this final episode, our host Elizabeth reflects on the six episodes of Season 5, which dug into tech, politics, and policy with guests from the Berkman Klein Centre at Harvard and
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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10:20
Antitrust and Big Tech with Matt Perault
Matt Perault is the director of the Center on Technology Policy at UNC Chapel Hill, and previously worked at Facebook, as the head of the global policy development team. This episode he and Elizabeth ge...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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32:13
The Uses of AI in Canadian Politics
In this special episode Elizabeth is joined by our panel of experts — Samantha Bradshaw, Wendy Chun,
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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53:13
Trailer: April 3 Live event on the use of AI in Canadian politics
Get ready for a special live edition of Wonks and War Rooms! From deep fakes to detecting disinformation or harassment to voting predictions and sentiment analysis, AI-enabled technologies are playing an increasing role in democratic election p...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:05
Big Tech and Political Campaigns with Becca Rinkevich
Becca Rinkevic is the Director of the Institute for Rebooting Social Media and formerly the Deputy Director of Digital Strategy at the White House under President Joe Biden. This week she and Eliz...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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37:19
Meta Oversight Board with Julie Owono
Julie Owono is the executive director of Internet Sans Frontières (Internet Without Borders) and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center a...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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40:09