@apnews.com spoke to Prof. Jessa Lingel and Annenberg alum @ophiryotam.bsky.social about wplace. The digital space allows people to express themselves over a map of the world, one pixel at a time. "In a way, every person is zooming in on what reflects them and who they are,” Ophir said. Read more:

🚨 New Episode Drop! 🎙️ Can You Really Trust Yourself Online? The Hidden Science of Misinformation This week on The Disinfo Detox, Nolan Higdon sits down with Yotam Ophir, author of Misinformation and Society (Full episode link in comments) @nolanhigdon.bsky.social @ophiryotam.bsky.social

I haven't read it yet, but for those of us concerned about disinformation (which is all of us, maybe?) this new book looks of interest: www.wiley.com/en-us/Misinf...

🚨 new paper out in PNAS Nexus 🚨 Good news? AI science is not politicized (yet). Bad news? It's because everybody hates it and fears its unintended consequences. Stability over time suggests it's not just novelty/moral panic. Open access here: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Our new paper, my 50th 😬, is out now. Led heroically by @wangrui.bsky.social it combines two novel methods for thematic analysis and engagement capacity to identify content that encourages deliberation. We validate the method on political discourse. paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1...

I spoke with Huffington Post about the Joy Reid firing from MSNBC. We need strong independent and diverse media to hold power to account, but the failure of the commercialized advertising-based model in the last 15 years put us at a disadvantage: www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel...

🚨New paper out today🚨 in these trying times, we must protect and support the vulnerable, and remember and practice who we are, what we believe in. Our new work identifies educational and protective gaps in healthcare solutions around STIs for lesbians. #LoveIsLove 🏳️‍🌈

New AVMA guidance highlights the dangers of feeding cats raw food. Unfortunately, we find that public H5N1 concern is low, which may impede our public health response. @stecula.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @klunztrujillo.bsky.social @ophiryotam.bsky.social @drorwalter.bsky.social

🚨New publication out today🚨 led by my former advisee, Emily Andrews, this meta-analysis highlights the importance of trust and conspiracy theories in vaccine hesitancy, and the nuanced role each plays. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When I find myself in times of trouble, I sit down and write. My new book, Misinformation and Society, is now available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon and all other retailers!! www.amazon.com/Misinformati...

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.

My American Airlines pilot just said "Welcome to Buffalo, where the Chiefs gonna defeat the Bills tomorrow afternoon" and it went as well as you'd expect

In what could be described as both a perfect and horrifying timing, I will give a talk today at Penn Medicine on the politicization of science, the role of media, and the implications for vaccines and other health behaviors. Zoom link below if you're interested

I talked to the AP about why celebrating The Onion's purchase of Infowars misses the point; the trolling and the court cases against Alex Jones will just make some of his most dedicated fans even more sure of his righteousness, seeing him as a martyr for free speech apnews.com/article/onio...

"The difference between X and a known hateful site such as Gab are people like myself... We are the human shield of respectability that keeps Musk’s disastrous $44 billion investment from being little more than an algorithmically powered Stormfront." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Academic book covers used to look really ugly back in the day, but man do I love spending some time with Innis!

🚨 New and timely publication🚨 led by Matt Levandusky and with colleagues at Penn, we show the long term and lasting effects of election fraud misinformation on political grievances and distrust in the electoral system. Misinformation matters. Read here: academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

It's difficult to write one's first post. I'm really glad to be here, and I still have faith in the fundamental goodness in humanity. So I'll just leave it here: ♥️

Looking to follow smart people studying the internet? I created a starter pack to get you going. Let me know if you want to be added or removed! go.bsky.app/LVrPemK

**POLCOMM PUBLICATION FRIDAY** In the first highlighted reading of 2024, Dror Walter & Yotam Ophir take stock of 30 years of #PolComm research on one of the foundational concepts of our discipline: Framing 🖼 academic.oup.com/joc/advance-... 🧵⤵️

Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy ‘I believe people when they say that they want to hurt us or kill us. I don’t think they’re idle threats,’ a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice said www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Our new paper is out now in Journal of Communication-- A true passion project, Dror Walter and I have been thinking about this one since in grad school. This large-scale metatheoretical analysis will hopefully help restore trust in (emphasis) framing theory. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

Thank you Jaguars. And Go Bills ❤️🦬💙

Hello world. How does one find a community of academics here? Especially social scientists and communication scholars?