Political attacks on the press are ↗️ globally & so is partisan polarization. In a new 📝 @aasiegel.bsky.social & I explore the polarizing effects of attacks on the press using an event study of targeted radio journalists and a series of experiments in Israel! www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...

Currently in FirstView: In “Measuring Media Criticism with ALC Word Embeddings,” @cbarrie.bsky.social, Neil Ketchley, @aasiegel.bsky.social, and Mossaab Bagdouri introduce a method for estimating media criticism using à la carte word embeddings which requires only minimal computational resources.

Can’t wait for our panel with @lisablaydes.bsky.social, @sharangrewal.bsky.social, @shalaby12.bsky.social, @aasiegel.bsky.social, Neil Ketchley, and me. We’ll discuss data scarcity in MENA and how to overcome it. 📅 Today, 2:00–3:30pm PDT 📍 VCC, West Level 1, Room 113 (or Zoom) tinyurl.com/ymnyafts

Excited to share our new paper in Political Analysis co-authored with Neil Ketchley, @aasiegel.bsky.social and Mossaab Bagdouri! 📢 We introduce an open-source, computationally light method for measuring media criticism—a key marker of media freedom and democratization.

"The majority of the suspended accounts were 'university-associated activist accounts, basically sharing protest information, locations for students to go,' Yusuf Can, coordinator and analyst at the Wilson Center's Middle East Program, told POLITICO."

The hallmark of an effective repressive system is not that everybody is being repressed, but that a few people are targeted and everybody else learns to keep their mouth shut. Meet repression with solidarity and mobilization, not self-censorship. More here: tinyurl.com/37fdanve

How can researchers identify covert state propaganda campaigns in China? My co-authors Yin Yuan, Molly Roberts, Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social and myself are excited to share our new article in PNAS (@PNAS): doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Thread below.

"Outgroup Avoidance" w/ @aasiegel.bsky.social & Alex Scacco is conditionally accepted at @thejop.bsky.social! I am rly proud of this paper & I think it has important implications for folks studying prejudice reduction and depolarization! Check it out! www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...

Thrilled to share this @goodauth.bsky.social analysis, and sneak peak of forthcoming research, with @aasiegel.bsky.social at such an incredible time for Syria. Activists, inside and outside the country, have been working for their cause and communities throughout a brutal war. 1/2

Thanks to my @cuboulder.bsky.social Text as Data students for a great semester! Check out their final projects/research proposals! Anna Kowalski used CEDAW treaties, dictionaries, and topic models to explore variation in how states comply with international treaties

New paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social with @andreasbeerli.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner, and Dalston Ward about #immigration and voting for the #FarRight in #Switzerland

congratulations to the amazing @kkaur.bsky.social on her fantastic dissertation defense! 🎉🎉🎉 #PhDone!

📢 CSMaP is hiring a Researcher! The role will focus on two main areas: 1️⃣ Writing compelling grant proposals for research projects 2️⃣ Working as a research data scientist supporting quantitive research projects More info + apply 👇 apply.interfolio.com/140966

⚠️ Update: Live metrics show the internet blackout in the #Gaza Strip has now passed 96 hours; the disruption is the longest sustained telecoms disruption on record since the onset of the conflict, with most residents unable to contact the outside world since 12 January 📉

Can searching for false news increase belief in misinformation? Yes, by approximately 20 percent, according to our new paper, out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. In addition, this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower quality information. 👇🧵1/

Are you researching TikTok? Or do you want to? Major update to #rstats `traktok`: search and download videos with just a regular account or use the full Research API: www.johannesbgruber.eu/post/2023-12...

I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my team at the Chair of Digital Governance, Technical University of Munich. - 3 years - Focus: online toxicity, experiments, causal inference - Deadline: January 7 - Starting: April 2024 polisky Commsky csssky More portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...

My book “Repression in the Digital Age” is out tomorrow with OUP! ✨✨✨ You can order it here (and there is a lil' savings code in the picture they sent me 😊): global.oup.com/academic/pro...

NEW: We analyzed hundreds of posts with misinformation about the Israel-Gaza conflict carrying Community Notes. We found that X has transformed from a flawed but policy-driven system to a free-for-all where falsehoods are prominently served up to users. tinyurl.com/yc5vaj7s

I couldn't find a tutorial I liked to get students who know R up and running with Python, so I wrote my own! Part 1 is here: andrewhalterman.com/post/python_... (And if you have a tutorial you like, please let me know!)

Great coverage of the ongoing challenge of researcher data access on Twitter! Thanks @sheiladang.bsky.social for the great piece! www.reuters.com/technology/e...

"According to a "survey of 167 academic and civil society researchers conducted at Reuters' request in Sept, more than 100 studies about X have been canceled, suspended, or switched to focus on another platform since Elon Musk began limiting researchers' access to X data last February." 1/

Just finished my first skim of this paper showing the effects of "copaganda." The paper is incredibly creative and rigorous--and more than that, it's just important. ungated: t.co/5bzHCTdmR2

✨Do you study online safety in non-Western countries? Apply for up to $15,000 for your research. cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/call...

During a 34-hour internet blackout, Palestinians, journalists, and aid workers in Gaza tried various means to connect to the outside world. Blackouts impede access to life-saving services and interrupt the necessary documentation of the ongoing conflict. @laylam.bsky.social's latest:

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that the #Gaza Strip in the midst of a new internet blackout with high impact to the last remaining major operator, Paltel; the incident will be experienced as a total loss of telecommunications by most residents 📉

As members of the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate prepared to vote against Tarek el-Nabarawy, @dfrlab.bsky.social ID'ed possible inauthentic amplification of two hashtags attacking el-Nabarawy. Pro-government accounts promoted the hashtags, demonstrating similarities to a previously identified network.

Now out @APSR with Stephanie Zonszein. Using RD design, we show that victories of minority candidates in UK parliamentary elections increased mobilization of majority group members in the next elections, though not enough to affect minorities' MP incumbency advantage. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Hugely excited about our workshop on Content Moderation & Free Speech on Social Media starting tomorrow at the TUM @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and I cant wait to welcome an incredible lineup of researchers and people from the policy and tech arena for 2 days of intense discussions! polisky commsky

This is a really super post from Dean Jackson--part of @knightcolumbia.org's ongoing series about jawboning and the First Amendment. knightcolumbia.org/blog/curtail...

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

Update from the Mapping Militants Project! New updates to Oath Keepers & Proud Boys profiles include: 🔹Jan 6 trials & seditious conspiracy 🔹ties to other groups 🔹activities of local chapters & splinters ➡️Oath Keepers - bit.ly/mmp-oath-kee... ➡️Proud Boys - bit.ly/mmp-proud-boys polisky conflictsky

🍾New paper with Roberto Cerina, Neil Ketchley, and Aaron Zelin now accepted at Political Analysis journal! polisky cssky sociology drive.google.com/file/d/1Xv3m...

Scholars in MENA region encouraged to apply for 2024 ICPSR Summer Program scholarship umich.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?... #Econsky menasky polisky

{blueskyr} now :)

My book on data management is available #OpenAccess at www.cambridge.org/core/books/d... ! Also, check out the companion webpage at dmbook.org. I hope that the book will be useful for your research and teaching.

Menasky Polisky The APSA MENA organized section is migrating its social media presence to Bluesky. Scholars working on the region, please join, forward, and tell your networks.

Congrats @chagaiweiss.bsky.social!! 🥳🎉

welcome to "the other place" to my awesome CU Boulder colleagues @andyphilips.bsky.social and @janetdonavan.bsky.social!!! 🎉

Read our latest in the MERIP “Transnational Repression Against Exiled Women Activists” merip.org/2023/09/exil...

A new article by me and coauthors. Based on our experience as computational social scientists in academia, private, and public sectors, we explained how to train social science PhD as computational social scientists in three steps. twitter.com/CUP_PoliSci/... (open access)

New @citizenlab.ca report on targeting of Egyptian presidential candidate with spyware citizenlab.ca/2023/09/pred...

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, #Iran; the incident follows a pattern of weekly regional internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests during Friday prayers 📉

I’ve always found it a pain in the neck combining Arabic and Latin scripts, so check out this resource I’ve made on how to typeset Arabic with LaTeX: erikskare.no/resources/ara_latex

Call for Proposals: 2024 Travel Research Engagement Grants! Awards of up to $3,000 will be offered to support research travel to the broader Middle East in support of an ongoing academic research project. The deadline to apply is Sept 30. For more info: pomeps.org/call-for-pro...

New article of mine now out in Perspectives on Politics! You can read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... polisky cssky

⛰️CU Boulder ⛰️is hiring an Assistant Professor in Race & Ethnic Politics jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer questions! Polisky

feeling like a late adopter but excited to be here! 🎉🤓