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Jacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are a lot of eyes on Cornell right now. It’s moments like this where having an independent student press is most important, but doing that work has never been more difficult. Please support The Cornell Daily Sun in its mission for truth and accountability.
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Support the Sun! - The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interesting new research on the effects and content of Instagram Reels and podcasts ceciliaysui.com/files/Influe... preprints.apsanet.org/engage/api-g... link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 03/09/2026
Did podcasts really swing young men to Trump in 2024? We assembled the data to find out, and we are presenting it at APSA this Saturday, Sept 5, 2 to 3:30pm. Long awaited working paper link also attached below! If you have seen this before, we have new data, come check it out.
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 25/08/2026
Glad to finally be able to post about this long-in-the-works paper, led by the amazing @crobertson500.bsky.social and @small-schulz.bsky.social! "Everyone knows" that social media gives a distorted view of public opinion (...right?). 1/8
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨New Science Advances🚨 Untrustworthy sources on Facebook and Instagram in 2020: Concentrated exposure but no attitudinal effects www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -Exposure very low but highly concentrated -Reducing exposure by ~70% for months had no measurable effects *even among frequent consumers*
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Melina Much @melinamuch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New paper out in Computational Communication Research We analyze 8.4 million English-language #MeToo tweets from 2017–2019 to study how consciousness-raising cultivates activated senses of identity online. www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
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Activating Identity and Political Action in the #MeToo Era | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Abstract Twitter (now X) represented an invaluable space for sparking and mobilizing political movements. An example of this is the #MeToo movement beginning in 2017, which was one of the largest soci...
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Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media @journalqd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Read @pettertornberg.com's fascinating paper on changes in social media use patterns in JQD:DM! Link and thread below:
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 09/04/2026
The answer is that students now correctly anticipate that the federal government will punish the entire campus --- cancelling federal grants, opening investigations, and deporting international students --- if even a handful of students dare to speak out on any political issue.
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alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨NEW DISINFO PAPER🚨 TLDR; disinformation circulates as narratives, not false facts. This paper took five years (!!!) and a rotating cast of collaborators and GRAs. Our case studies include the pee tape, and we have an entire appendix justifying that. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Disinformation as Cultural Narrative: Conceptualizing Disinformation as Cross-Platform, Identity-Affirming, Cathartic Stories
Rather than framing disinformation as false facts which can be countered by true facts, we propose a model of disinformation as narrative by tracing three case studies of successful disinformation ...
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Thrilled to publish my latest article BAN COOKIE BANNERS: A CASE STUDY IN TECH REGULATION with the Harv. J. of Law & Tech! A cri de cœur to end this worse-than-useless regulatory compliance regime and let something that actually protects users take its place. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/
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Ban Cookie Banners: A Case Study in Tech Regulation
Few experiences on the modern internet are as universally reviled as the cookie banner. They clutter websites with pop-ups, interrupt user flow, make informatio
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The real story is that foreign govts try to "interfere" all the time. In 2020 and 2024 we had mechanisms to catch them, call them out, & mitigate damage. Now, those mechanims are gone & the Trump admin would prefer to exploit "foreign interference" to justify a federal take-over of elections.
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Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Essential research, a great place to work, extremely cool colleagues - if I had any relevant technical skills (and did not already work next door) I'd apply.
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 09/12/2025
The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with an interdisciplinary team (me, @bstewart.bsky.social, and @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social). Link: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app... Please apply by THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 14!
We are seeking a Fellow to lead cutting-edge research on short-form video content and its societal implications.

Bridging the gap between computer vision, causal inference, and computational social science, the Fellow will focus on the large-scale analysis of TikTok data (using an existing, massive dataset).

The position involves developing novel multimodal methods to understand how short-form algorithmic content shapes public opinion, political polarization, and online culture.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of the field, combining rigorous social science research designs with state-of-the-art computational techniques.
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Johan Ugander @jugander.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
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New Directions in Social Algorithms Research on October 16-17, 2025 at Yale University
As social media algorithms increasingly mediate social experiences, there has been a rapid increase in research on the effects of how these algorithms are configured, alternatives to engagement-centri...
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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Today, @catiebailard.bsky.social and I take the reins at GW's Institute for Data, Democracy + Politics! We'll work to make IDDP a one-stop shop for research on misinfo, platform manipulation, and threats to democratic ideals. To follow our work + learn about opportunities, visit: bit.ly/45GLggi
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Very cool looking Ass Prof job posting from the great group at Copenhagen Business School www.cbs.dk/cbs/jobs-paa...
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Business and Government at CBS | CBS - Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant tenure track assistant professorship in Business and Government at the Department of International Economics, Government and Business. Expected starting date is during 2026 (negotiable). EGB is a multidisciplinary department that conducts
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 31/07/2025
FTC and Musk are working to sue Media Matters out of existence. A real canary in the coalmine moment for civil society. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
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Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Deeply reported story by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social, on the impact of grant terminations — even for those who have managed to get their awards reinstated “I do not trust 100 percent,” one researcher said, “that there won’t be another termination.”
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/07/2025
Anyway, I know it's not news that Trump is hypocritical, but here's my story reminding people that MAGA world insisted that the Biden admin sending impolite notes to Facebook was the greatest threat to free speech, but are completely silent on Trump calling up Murdoch and demanding he kill a story
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 04/07/2025
Will Meet The Press ask random other white politicians to condemn Trump's antisemitic language this weekend? Or does that only apply to Mamdani?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It’s weird how the white conservative guys at the NYT get to say whatever they want but anyone else has to watch what they say because it’s “too political”
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A nice complement to this paper by @aecoppock.bsky.social and @andyguess.com alexandercoppock.com/guess_coppoc..., which found no evidence of backlash from one-sided counter-attitudinal information
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Not surprising that an administration that rose to power on the spread of bullshit and propaganda is terminating the funding of researchers studying these phenomena. We are just receiving word about funding cancellations re: existing grants to members of our team and our colleagues.
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Andreas Wiedemann @awiedemann.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Out now! "GERDA: The German Election Database." GERDA provides comprehensive municipal, state, and federal election results at the municipality level between 1990 and 2021. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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GERDA: The German Election Database - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GERDA: The German Election Database
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We hang together or we hang separately. Could not be clearer what is happening and how universities must respond.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 02/04/2025
If we were conquered and under hostile occupation, what would the government do differently? Would an occupation government that wanted to crush the United States as a vibrant, prosperous country with influence around the world do anything differently?
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Former Columbia president Lee Bollinger, interviewed by the Chronicle earlier this month, said universities should think in centuries and consider what they might look back on in shame; apparently Columbia’s current leadership considered the question and decided they’re content submitting to a king.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Reminder that 'savvy' political fact checkers spent the entire campaign telling voters that Trump was not going to do the things he obviously was going to do.
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I'm sure this is the last time they'll ever threaten Columbia's funding. So rest easy. It's not like Donald Trump to keep on threatening the same person or entity over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I don't think the sets any precedent. 🙄
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 19/02/2025
me for the next 4 years
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I really wish Americans would stop treating the continued existence of Canada as the sort of thing they can do amusing thought experiments about.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18/02/2025
ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY: Researchers from New York universities are holding a rally to protest the funding cuts at Washington Square Park at 4 pm. This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country. RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ACADEMIC WORKERS UNITE!
DEFEND PUBLIC
RESEARCH FUNDING
JOIN THE NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FEBRUARY 19, 4:00PM
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It is vitally important that journalists speak to comparativists who study authoritarian takeovers, like @kimlanelaw.bsky.social, and not just to people whose expertise is in US domestic law and politics.
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Will Schulz @small-schulz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Excited to share my new #JEPS paper with @xiaoxiaoshen.bsky.social introducing ReChat, a research tool for live-text interaction studies! Makes it easy to embed live chats in surveys, opening new possibilities for research on social interaction. Check it out! 🧵👇 #AcademicSky #PoliSciSky #PoliSky
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/11/2024
At long last, my stupidly long post on how Brendan Carr is aiming to be America's top censor. www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/b...
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Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He’s Eager To Be America’s Top Censor
When Donald Trump announced that he was appointing current FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next chair of the FCC, it was no surprise. Nor was it a surprise that Trump tried to play up that …
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 30/10/2024
ICYMI yesterday: Sen. Markey called on Meta to recommit itself to transparency, data sharing, and ongoing research to study its platforms' effects on elections and democracy. www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
FIRE is currently going to bat for Wax because, according to them, there’s no evidence that she ever engaged in actual discriminatory conduct. meanwhile i took one semester of civil procedure with her and remember like 5-6 specific racist incidents directed at students.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
We should attack transphobia head-on simply because it is a disgusting ideology, but if that's not enough for you, it's a system of control that stems from a patriarchal assumption about what a woman "should" be whose natural end is rigid gender roles upheld by state violence. Which seems bad!
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
the attacks on Ella Emhoff (as well as Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khalif) are part of what trans people have correctly warned about for a long time: the rise in transphobia will target cis women too.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
A foghorn not a dog whistle. Could not be more explicit.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
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Opponents of Academic Freedom Get History Wrong
The classical education that conservatives claim to be protecting actually necessitates academic freedom.
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Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media @journalqd.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
We're pleased to announce the publication of our first special issue in collaboration with ICWSM! This special issue aims to build bridges between scholarly communities engaging in the study of digital media. See here for more on the 8 fantastic papers in this series: journalqd.org/announcement...
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Special Issue of JQD:DM in Collaboration with ICWSM | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
I spent the past week hanging around the student protests in New York City, trying to square the madness on social media with what I was seeing with my own eyes. Here's what I found. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/o...
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Opinion | The Student-Led Protests Aren’t Perfect. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Right.
There might be problems in the student protest movement for Gaza, but they are not misguided in their goals.
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 13/02/2024
📢 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
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 20/12/2023
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/
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Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity - Nature
Searching online to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles increases the probability of believing the false news articles.
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 20/11/2023
ICYMI: Apply to be a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton (due Dec. 1)! Most postdocs are matched to a specific faculty advisor (including, possibly, me). See below for more details. citp.princeton.edu/programs/fel...
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 16/11/2023
I was happy to sign this. Important to set this norm!
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