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Center for Communication & Civic Renewal

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CCCR is an interdisciplinary research center at UW-Madison that aims to understand public opinion & the broad political communication ecology of WI & beyond through social science methods. Engaged scholarship, rooted in democracy. cccr.wisc.edu

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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨New research alert! Led by @jianingli.bsky.social, we published in Communication Research “Partisanship in Context: The (A)symmetric Influence of Local Newspaper Availability and Selective Exposure on Political Misperceptions in the U.S.” 1/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00936502261463581
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨New research! Joe Rogan’s audience is not exactly what conventional wisdom says it is. 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Joe Rogan Experience: Epistemic Style Over Ideological Extremity in the Manosphere
Despite increasing prominence in the contemporary media ecosystem, podcasts have attracted limited scholarly attention. This study examines audience characteristics of the most popular podcast in t...
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Center for Communication & Civic Renewal @cccr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
CCCR has a new survey report out today: "How Americans’ Views Have Changed Under Trump" Our nat'l panel survey (Oct '24, Apr '25, May '26) investigates public mood & views on Trump policies, AI, voting restrictions, political violence, institutional trust, & more. 1/ cccr.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
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UW–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication @uwsjmc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A timely and important piece from prof @prowag.bsky.social and @cccr.bsky.social about rare bipartisan opposition to the government pressuring TV networks and universities.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Colbert, courage and capitulation: New data show bipartisan opposition to government leaning on TV networks and universities. (@prowag.bsky.social @cccr.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260524
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
As a major case winds its way back through the courts, we at @cccr.bsky.social are here with new data showing that the public is far more supportive of people purchasing mifepristone through the mail than it is against the idea. isthmus.com/opinion/opin...
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Abortion by mail
While the nation's courts continue to litigate the idea of abortion access through the mail, a UW-Madison research center finds that most Americans are fine with it.
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UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @wisccore.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New research by Mike Wagner (@prowag.bsky.social) and @cccr.bsky.social shows strong public support for people obtaining abortion pills by mail. He shares those findings and CORE evidence on harms of restricting mifepristone access in @isthmusmadison.bsky.social. ⤵️ 🔍️ For background: buff.ly/vH3ZbUA
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Closing in on the airing of the last @colbertlateshow.bsky.social - here’s something I published today using new @cccr.bsky.social data, showing bipartisan opposition to government pressure on TV networks to cancel shows. Same goes for firing professors. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/colbert-co...
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Colbert, courage and capitulation
New data show bipartisan opposition to government leaning on TV networks and universities
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
In 2025 the United States ranked 57 world wide on press freedom. That is a pretty bad score. It was based on 2024 data, before Trump took office. One can hardly imagine what the 2026 score and ranking will be like. #pressfreedom
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Center for Communication & Civic Renewal @cccr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
CCCRers @nathankalmoe.bsky.social & @prowag.bsky.social have a post on party convention delegates in Tusk today! Thanks to @smotus.bsky.social for the guest post & @bcburden.bsky.social for organizing the survey! Below is a 🧵 w/ more details from the report. 1/ smotus.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republican and Democratic convention delegates agree on strategy and not much else
A look at a new survey on party convention delegates
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Thanks for letting us crash the party, Seth! cc: @nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 17/12/2025
Full survey report here: cccr.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 17/12/2025
Nice guest post up at Tusk from @nathankalmoe.bsky.social and @prowag.bsky.social on the results of a @bcburden.bsky.social survey of 2024 national convention delegates from both parties. smotus.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republican and Democratic convention delegates agree on strategy and not much else
A look at a new survey on party convention delegates
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
Here is a list I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

Defense of democracy seen as basic to the job.

Symmetrical accounts of asymmetrical realities seen as malpractice.

“Politics as strategic game” frame seen as low quality, downmarket, amateurish— and overmatched.

Bad actors with a history of misinforming the public seen as unsuitable sources and unwelcome guests.

Internalizing of the “liberal bias” critique seen as self-crippling, a historic mistake in need of correction.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The full write up is here: Was It Something The Democrats Said? A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
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Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
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With Cuts to Federal Funding, How Will Public Media in the U.S. Survive? - Nieman Reports
With cuts to federal funding, how will public media in the U.S. survive? Gabe Bullard writes, "The closure of the CPB will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the ...
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 30/07/2025
We just learned we are the most visited nonprofit news site in the U.S.
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rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
How effective are user corrections on social media, and does adding a link to a fact check improve effectiveness? In piece led by @sachaltay.bsky.social we find corrections have small effects, adding a fact-check unlikely to make them more effective misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-... 1/6
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
[deep sigh] I legitimately wonder where the senior managers pushing LLM tools get the notion that they will save time. Personal experience says it's the equivalent of double checking the work of a particularly incompetent work-study student. Such is management disconnect from the work being done.
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lauragarbes.bsky.social @lauragarbes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Copy of my book just arrived in the mail today! Feels unreal. You can preorder it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
A book cover with title “Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry”
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 10/07/2025
Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey just sent threatening letters to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming their AI chatbots violated Missouri's consumer protection laws. The crime? When asked…
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Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really)
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey just sent threatening letters to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming their AI chatbots violated Missouri's consumer protection laws. The crime? When asked to rank presidents on antisemitism, some of the AIs had the temerity to suggest Donald Trump might not be great on that front. Yes, you read that right. A sitting state attorney general is using the power of his office to threaten tech companies because their AIs expressed opinions about Trump that he disagrees with.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
When NPR left Twitter, traffic dropped by only a single percentage point. niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
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Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/07/2025
Although “people in China are acutely conscious of the limits of permissible speech,” Lavender Au writes, Chinese students living in the United States never expected to be contending with similar worries:
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For Chinese Students, America Feels Just Like Home
But not in a good way.
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Musk's DOGE efforts to undermine foreign aid will lead to the deaths of tens of millions unless reversed. wapo.st/4684PQL
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USAID cuts may cause 14 million more deaths in next five years, study says
The analysis, published in the Lancet, estimates the agency’s programs saved 91 million lives worldwide over two decades, playing a vital role in global health.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Note that Trump's cuts to university research are his least supported policy, @mayasen.bsky.social. Suggests a potentially broad coalition in support of university research, if universities can effectively make this argument.
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Enjoy our report from wave 2 of our three wave election panel study. This report highlights the importance of information diets and the country’s preferences in this current moment. Stay tuned for wave 3 at the end of summer!
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Center for Communication & Civic Renewal @cccr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 CCCR has a new survey report out today! 🚨 "100 Days Under Trump: Public Reactions to Attacks on American Governance & Institutions" The report draws on our Apr/May YouGov panel survey of US adults, following our Oct 2024 survey w/ recontacts + a sample refresh. 1/ cccr.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
CCCR logo, 100 Days Under Trump: Public Reactions to Attacks on American Governance & Institutions
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The US government is pumping right-wing conspiracy theories into other countries. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Embattled Voice of America to use newsfeed from hard-right network
One America News will now provide news and video to government-funded organization
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Destroying the agency that brought us the internet, the SuperCollider and modern telescopes. Heading into the dark ages here
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Two seriously news organizations, probably more that I haven’t seen, referring to Afrikaners as refugees feels like confirmation we are living in the worst doublespeak simulation
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
There's a bill in Florida that would ban public colleges and universities from doing polling: www.insightsassociation.org/Portals/INSI... Some of the only non-partisan public polling in FL these days comes from FAU and UNF, etc. If you're in FL, please contact your state rep / senator to oppose
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Aireale J. Rodgers, PhD @airealejoi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
So grateful to have been part of this conversation at UW-Madison yesterday. Folks, we gotta talk about the ways this administration’s policies and practices are impacting us. We gotta make plans to proactively care for each other. And we gotta hold our leaders accountable to doing the same!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🧵 summarizing last night's panel. As @prowag.bsky.social said, "Proud of this terrific conversation between experts and students about how we understand and navigate this moment together."
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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Proud of this terrific conversation between experts and students about how we understand and navigate this moment together.
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Center for Communication & Civic Renewal @cccr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Our teach-in was the lead story on the Madison local evening news last night. Our segment is previewed at the start, then begins at 1:00. www.channel3000.com/video/news-3...
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News 3 Now at Ten: April 16, 2025
Get your Wednesday, April 16, 2025 late news update from WISC-TV News 3 Now and Channel3000.com in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Center for Communication & Civic Renewal @cccr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Last night, CCCR hosted a well-attended teach-in panel for UW-Madison students about how the new presidential administration's attacks on university funding, independence, and people are impacting students. 1/
The Wisconsin Idea Panel
Moderator: Michael Wagner, Journ & Mass Comm
Miriam Shelef, Medicine
Mark Copelevitch, PoliSci
Aireale Rodgers, Education
Michael Collins, Consumer Science
Panelists will share knowledge & answer questions
How is the new pres admin affecting your life at UW? How can we make sense of what's happening? How can we organize ourselves and advocate for students, staff, faculty?
Free pizza & cookies.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
There's a lot of work to do. We're hiring another Legal Fellow to start ASAP. Please send the best people our way. @knightcolumbia.org knightcolumbia.org/page/legal-f...
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| Knight First Amendment Institute
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 13/03/2025
Academic research centers that study the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation are still under attack, paulthedogman.bsky.social warns. He explains why and how their rights should be defended. www.justsecurity.org/109030/acade...
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Academic Misinformation Researchers Are Still Under Attack
Researchers analyzing misinformation deserve to be defended — and the campaign to end their work threatens the right to free speech.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"elite rhetoric about Trump’s prosecution has strikingly limited effects on public opinion, as pretreatment favorability toward Trump powerfully shapes whether or not citizens are receptive to rhetoric about legal accountability" osf.io/preprints/os...
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