2025 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

The 10th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review!
This year, we cover the platforms’ year in review reports, the EU's regulation on transparency of targeted ads, meta approaches to platforms, and implications of the synthetic public sphere.
Here are links to reports discussed in the episode, and see you in 2026!

Google (trends.withgoogle.com/year-in-search/2025)
YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=Vv_sjpclsZ8&list=PL590…)
TikTok (newsroom.tiktok.com/tiktok-reveals-the-top-art…)
Snap (newsroom.snap.com/snapchat-recap-2025)
Pinterest (business.pinterest.com/en-gb/pinterest-predicts)
Pornhub (pornhub.com/insights/2025-year-in-review)
Zoom (youtube.com/shorts/wc2qNsBo_F0)