This piece by Maxi Heitmayer is fascinating and smartly argued: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... "We should be worried. But not about our kids or the content they produce and consume. We should be worried about the infrastructure of social media that has made sustained, focused attention..."

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Our takeaway: Positive affect and political communication are neither uncommon nor unimportant. Political communication research should not only look at the negative side, especially happiness matters for attention and interest in political campaigns. 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️

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Anger was strongly linked to narrow attention. Fear, however, seemed more related to avoidance. Positive emotions also mattered: happiness was associated with greater willingness to seek additional information. 😠😱😆😐

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🚨New publication Do emotions matter for attentional processes when dealing with political information? Yes, but it's complicated. In an experience sampling study during an election campaign, we examined how people reacted to campaign communication. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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I feel the #ica26 vibe building… Expect #RunningWithPresidents announcement today from @dscheykopp.bsky.social 🏃🏼 #capetown #commsky

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