For part of what appears in Amplifying Extremism (below), check out Nik Usher's piece for Nieman Lab: www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...

So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social for achieving this milestone! She will be starting her postdoctoral position at UCLA working with the incredible @snsoroka.bsky.social

Now in @ispp-pops.bsky.social: what type of personality do citizens want their leaders to have? In a series of studies conducted in Belgium, Canada, and Israel, we present citizens with profiles of potential leaders with different personality configurations drawn using the Big Five traits /1

Check out this new Element by Nik Usher & Jessica Hagman, which "...provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news." The free download period is extended to June 13th! #politics #commsky #polcom

Trump’s complete control over policy may be leading to actions the public – and his supporters – don’t want write @jackmaedgen.bsky.social, @snsoroka.bsky.social and @cbwlezien.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

my first solo-authored paper (and the second chapter of my dissertation!) is out now in PLS 🥳 in this paper, using a psychophysiological experiment in a free-choice environment, I investigate whether increased activation leads to attention or avoidance 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/pls....

I'm getting rejected so much, I redid a very old MHAWS on how I deal with rejection! miryaholman.substack.com/p/on-getting...

Check out the most recent Element in Politics and Communication!: Political Representation as Communicative Practice, by Fabio Wolkenstein and @chriswratil.bsky.social Free to download for the next two weeks (see Christopher's post below). #polcomm

Job Alert 🚨 GW’s School of Media & Public Affairs is hiring an asst prof of political communication, focused on digital platforms and tech. The new hire will get to work closely with amazing colleagues in the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics. #commsky #polisky www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...

Many thanks to @siennanordquist.bsky.social for this nice summary of my recent article in the APSR with @zachdickson.bsky.social - on how Trump's social media messages can influence the behavior of his supporters. You can read about it here: politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...

Hi Bluesky! I have been only on Twitter for way too long.

🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been awarded an SNSF Starting Grant for my project "Sustainable News Use" 🎉! Starting in fall 2025, this five-year project will explore how we can stay informed through largely negative news without harming our mental health. More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024... 1/3

🧵 As we head into the various holiday seasons, no doubt we'll be getting into that mix of public and interpersonal online interaction with family members and maybe hometown friends from school days. 1/?

You are a PhD/postdoc & have a paper on how citizens view or understand representation, or what they expect from representatives? If yes, please send us your paper proposal for a fully-funded place in a workshop on "Citizens' Views on Representation" 👇. t.co/aJ0SOwyCge

📊📰 How does sentiment in cable news coverage reflect the dynamics of the 2024 election? @gavinploger.bsky.social & @snsoroka.bsky.social analyze the tone of media reporting on Harris and Trump, revealing intriguing insights about coverage on CNN and Fox News. https://bit.ly/4g0RP10

🚨 New Book Alert (NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD) 🚨 Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔 'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed. Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781... 🧵👇

Excited to share a new & timely @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element in Politics & Comm: Social Media Democracy Mirage: How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy. Zúñiga, Marné, Goyanes & Scheffauer. Free download til Dec 18! #commsky #polisky doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Consider submitting research on misinformation to this special issue of Behavioral Science and Policy: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...

🚨 Job alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science, especially text analysis in the MULTIREP @ERC_Research project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government . If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4) wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...

🚨 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the latest wave of the European Elections Voter Study! 📊🇪🇺 Check it out here: search.gesis.org/research_dat... Join the #EES24challenge: reply with a plot created using EES24 data—we can’t wait to see your insights!

Working on Affective Polarization? Send a paper proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & I will be thrilled to read your brilliant proposals! Info & link to submit 👉https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1542 Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!

Our new book, Storefront Campaigning, is out *today* and FREE to download until 12/12! doi.org/10.1017/9781... Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)

I got to spend this week speaking with @leneaaroe.bsky.social and colleagues at Aarhus, and it was just terrific. So many smart people. And great Danish November weather too! #PoliSky #polcom

Rise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX #css #commsky #polisky

So, based on my feed … is BlueSky primarily about dunking on cable pundits and national opinion columnists? If you’re interested in opinion journalism, allow me to recommend our book! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Looking for people to follow? Here’s a directory of 4,500 starter packs which you can search by keyword! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

The election was the very last straw. No more X for me! Hoping to build an academic community here at bluesky 🦋

Here are my final updates on trends in media sentiment for Harris and Trump: www.snsoroka.com/2024

Here are updated trends in media sentiment for Harris and Trump, July 1st to October 15th. More information at snsoroka.com/2024

I've updated data on media sentiment of Harris and Trump today, available at www.snsoroka.com/2024. Trends over time, and also some data on differences in coverage across networks.

My new Cambridge Element is FREE for the next few weeks. It takes on an important question: does the media's obsession with covering misinformation have the unintentional effect of eroding trust? I'll give some answers in this thread... www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Political communication #polcomm scholars: I hope you’ll join me in being very excited about TWO new CUP Elements in Politics and Communication, relevant to the current election campaign - one by @emilythorson.bsky.social l and the other by Brian Weeks. (1/4)

Here are updated data on the sentiment of news coverage of Harris and Trump, discussed in @goodauth.bsky.social .

Here are results from a sentiment analysis of television news coverage of Harris and Trump, up to today. Methodology is described in more detail on the website, and I'm hoping to update this page semi-regularly during the campaign. snsoroka.com/2024

Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle. Deadline Oct. 31. www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant

Check out Kevin Munger's 'The YouTube Apparatus', just out as Open Access with @CUP_PoliSci Elements in Politics and Communication! #polisciresearch www.cambridge.org/core/element...

What was the best article in political communication last year? We look forward to your (self)nominations until March 1st. The jury with snsoroka.bsky.social, D. Dimitrova, C. Baden and S. Majó-Vázquez is waiting! Hello @polcomm.bsky.social, details here: politicalcommunication.org/ica-division...

It is with great trepidation that I have entered the vibecession debate. Big thanks to @cbwlezien.bsky.social and @snsoroka.bsky.social for a helpful conversation. goodauthority.org/news/the-puz...

Polarization All the Way Down! Here's a terrific paper, from a terrific dissertation by @gavinploger.bsky.social : "... participants given information about (non)polarization for only one group nonetheless update their perceptions of all three groups in parallel"

Here's a blog post from Chris Wlezien and I, on understanding the gap between current public economic perceptions and current economic conditions (which may matter for the 2024 election)! blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

public economic perceptions lead the economic tone of media coverage more than they follow it, though both influence each other; the same is true of the presidential horse-race & spending preferences: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

We are hiring a postdoc for 2 years as part of the ERC-StG project INEQNEWS aiming to examine social inequalities in digital news consumption! Apply by December 15! smit.vub.ac.be/vacancy/post...

🚨 Reminder 👉 #PhD position available! You have a week to apply for this position. 📅 The deadline is November 12. Visit the website for more information ➡️ vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-...

🚨 #JobAlert! Are you an expert in political communication and journalism? Do you have a passion for research and education? Join ASCoR and become our new full professor in this field. 📆 The deadline is December 5. Visit the website for more information ➡️ vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Full...

Media coverage of spending domains reflects policy & public opinion more than it causes them; the public responds against the direction of policy, sometimes transmitted through media coverage, not to media coverage independent of policy www.cambridge.org/core/service...

📣We are hiring! 📣 Our PC&J group is looking for two PhD candidates working on Morality in Political Communication. Do you want to become an expert in the up-and-coming field of moral rhetoric? Apply to one (or both) of our positions: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...

Hi everyone! This is the official Bluesky Account of APSA and ICA's Political Communication Divisions! Follow us for: Conference infos, CfPs, PolComm Publication Friday, research resources, networking opportunities, etc. Tag us for boosts. #polcomm poli_com polcom

PRL is looking for up to 5 postdocs for 2024-2025! 🎓 We welcome applicants with strong stats and data skills from across the social sciences. Postings will be at either Stanford or UPenn. Accepting apps through 1/15/24. Application information 👇 polarizationresearchlab.org/hiring/ polisky

Call for new editors at Advances in Political Psychology: ispp.org/news/Advances/ polisky polpsysky polcom