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Joshua Tucker

@jatucker.bsky.social
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Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him

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Gwyneth McClendon @gmcclendon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s young (white) men. New study in @nature.com by @jatucker.bsky.social et al looks at the predictors of white nationalist attitudes across an array of survey data. 🔑 Findings: —5% of white adults hold such views —13.5% of white men age 18-29 —Political ideology matters but it’s not just that
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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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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We have re-opened our search for a 3-year AI-research postdoc at NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics!! The position starts this **September 1st** (or as soon as possible thereafter) and is in person at NYU. If necessary, we will also consider a 1/1/27 start. 1/3
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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Institutional influence": how governments shape AI chatbots through the training data they ingest — with measurable effects on what the models actually say. A new Nature study by CDS-affiliated Prof. @jatucker.bsky.social and CSMAP's @solmg.bsky.social. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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State media control influences large language models - Nature
Government-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ...
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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“State Media Control Influences Large Language Models.” by @hwaight.bsky.social @eddieyang.bsky.social @reasonyy.bsky.social Solomon Messing, Margaret E. Roberts, @bstewart.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social in @nature.com (2026) #SummerReading
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State media control influences large language models - Nature
Government-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ...
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This paper benefitted enormously from the very involved and insightful editorial team @nature.com, led by @meharpist.bsky.social.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
1/ Excited to report we have a new paper out @nature.com today! The bottom line: training data for LLMs does not just fall from the sky - it is created in the context of existing social political institutions - and that has consequences for LLM output. nature.com/articles/s41...
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State media control influences large language models - Nature
Government-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ...
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Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New in Nature: LLMs give "the party line" in the languages of authoritarian regimes. This works when they control the media, which feeds pretraining data. We show more state control over the media means less critical LLMs. 6 studies spanning 38 languages & 13 models. Details ↓
Scatter plot of 38 countries plus China showing the proportion of LLM responses favorable to the regime in the local language vs. World Press Freedom Index score. Lower press freedom predicts more regime-favorable responses; all production models pooled.
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Hannah Waight @hwaight.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I’m excited to share a new paper in Nature that shows how large language models launder the strategic rhetoric of authoritarian states. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A thread.
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State media control influences large language models - Nature
Government-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ...
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Jen Pan @jenpans.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New study out in Nature Human Behaviour: 37 million US users were exposed to deceptive networks on Facebook & 3 million on Instagram during the 2020 elections—roughly 15% and 2% of active users. 🧵
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban concedes in Hungary. Good reminder that incumbents can lose even in competitive authoritarian regimes if there is enough a wave of popular support for the opposition. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...
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Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat
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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚨New paper alert🚨 What happens when a polarized democracy bans a social media platform? New work with @cbarrie.bsky.social, Molly Roberts, Chris Schwarz, and @jatucker.bsky.social. We study Brazil's 2024 ban on X and find it created what we define as a "partisan sorting ratchet ." 1/
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Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I thought this was an interesting and balanced contribution to the AI discussion here. As an old dog trying to learn the new tricks, let me make a few observations from my own experience using Claude (not Claude code, just the chatbot). 🧵
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Are you a social scientist who has been hearing about Claude Code but hasn't checked it out yet? Or are you a social scientist who has been playing with Claude Code and has been wondering what it means for the future of social science research? www.brookings.edu/articles/the... 1/
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The train has left the station: Agentic AI and the future of social science research | Brookings
A new era of agentic AI agents has begun. What does it mean for social scientists? Solomon Messing and Joshua Tucker discuss.
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Matt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · 03/03/2026
Thoughtful piece from @jatucker.bsky.social and @solmg.bsky.social about agentic AI and social science.
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The train has left the station: Agentic AI and the future of social science research | Brookings
A new era of agentic AI agents has begun. What does it mean for social scientists? Solomon Messing and Joshua Tucker discuss.
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Christian Peukert @cpeukert.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Brookings article: www.brookings.edu/articles/6-p... Website and full list of signatories: www.ascona-principles.org
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6 principles for independent research in a digital world | Brookings
Lancieri, Peukert, and Tucker offer six principles to guide research on digital markets, fostering data transparency and rigorous research
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Christian Peukert @cpeukert.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Digital platforms shape markets and public debate at a scale that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago. At the same time, independent researchers face obstacles when trying to study them. As a result, much of the digital economy remains difficult to examine from the outside.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Was excited to get a chance to talk about the TikTokification of social media in recent years this morning on @cnbc.com's Squawk Box. Full clip available here: www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 15/02/2026
It doesn’t say it as directly, but at its core all of this stuff is Calhounism and Dred Scott: An assertion that the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were conceived in purely racial terms and to include exclusively the white race.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Honored to be invited to contribute to the NYU Law @democracyproject.bsky.social "100 ideas" series. democracyproject.org/posts/embrac...
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Embracing Platform Transparency in a Digital World to Strengthen Democracy
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🌐 📲 With international collaborators, the Observatory’s director @andreucasas.bsky.social revisited recent “TikTok censorship” claims after the TikTok USDS takeover ➡️ Detailed information about the analysis available: goodauthority.org/news/was-the... 🧵[1/5]
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Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?
A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Was TikTok blocking certain political posts last week? We investigated & found no systematic evidence of political censorship on TT post-restructuring at this point. A server outage better explains the data. But the story isn't over, and platforms need to provide the public more transparency.
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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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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
⬇️ Please repost in your networks, thank you! @csmapnyu.org @jatucker.bsky.social @solmg.bsky.social @henryhenryhenry.com @benansell.bsky.social @nachristakis.bsky.social @dingdingpeng.the100.ci @claesdevreese.bsky.social @dgrand.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @fil.bsky.social
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 28/01/2026
CSMaP is now the Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics (CSMAP). Our research has expanded beyond social media to include digital media more broadly—especially generative AI and large language models and their role in politics and public life. Learn more at csmapnyu.org
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NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics
Strengthening democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/12/2025
We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: - It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’ - It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’ - It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’ - It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’ - It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’ No worries if not!!!
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Is there anyone out there who actually likes the newest version of Overleaf with the comments to the left of the text? And the panel where you now have to toggle between comments and the file tree?
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Melina Much @melinamuch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Is Joe Rogan really just a voice of the right? Our new @csmapnyu.org piece for @goodauth.bsky.social shows he’s just as much a space for the left and the center, too. A look inside today’s surprisingly complicated podcast information ecosystem. 🎙️ goodauthority.org/news/podcast...
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Check out our newest piece on @goodauth.bsky.social! Especially if you are someone who thinks the left needs a "Joe Rogan of the left". Exciting analysis from our new podcast dataset👇. Huge kudos to project leads @melinamuch.bsky.social & Kylan Rutherford!
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Michael Bernstein @mbernst.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
@jennyallen.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social add a fantastic Perspective piece on the importance of platform-independent experiments on social media's impact on us: science.org/doi/10.1126/... Strongly agree!
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Platform-independent experiments on social media
Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity
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Martin Saveski @msaveski.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Joint work with @tiziano.bsky.social, @jiachenyan.bsky.social, Jeff Hancock, Jeanne Tsai, @mbernst.bsky.social Link: doi.org/10.1126/scie... And a very thoughtful perspective by @jennyallen.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1126/scie... /1
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New in Science: Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Key from @jennyallen.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social: (1) important new paradigm (2) but not clear why results differ www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 01/12/2025
As generative AI becomes more accessible, synthetic political images are reshaping how people see and interpret events. One question remains: Do AI labels help the public navigate this environment? Our new preprint, It Works When It Works, tests exactly that. 🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...
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Emil Kamalov @emilkamalov.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Two happy updates: 🎓 Defended my PhD at @eui-sps.bsky.social. Grateful to committee @eliasdinas.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner, @jatucker.bsky.social, and to my supervisor @mgoldenprof.bsky.social! 🇺🇸 Now in Palo Alto, starting my postdoc at Stanford CDDRL @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
So incredibly proud of my immensely talented daughter, who got a short story published! whatiwanted.org/tucker.html
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WANTED - SASHA TUCKER — Study: The Mole Man
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
1/ 🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper? We built one: ✅ $1/chapter ✅ Modular & flexible ✅ Written by top scholars ✅ Full (free!) instructor resources 🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
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Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 26/08/2025
#OpenAccess from @jepsjournal.bsky.social - How Language Shapes Belief in Misinformation: A Study Among Multilinguals in #Ukraine - cup.org/4myrgDM - @aaronerlich.bsky.social, @kevinaslett.bsky.social, Sarah Graham & @jatucker.bsky.social #FirstView
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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/08/2025
AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns. @uauoregon.bsky.social 🧵
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AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon
The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.
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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Fascinating work from @jatucker.bsky.social and @csmapnyu.org looking at the effect of labeling images as AI on people’s beliefs about the provenance + veracity of that image. They also explore the implications of AI images not being labeled after seeing labeled images #PaCSS2025 #polnet2025
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
📣Out on #FirstView 📣 In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility. polisky gendersky buff.ly/vkcPI2Y
Research article "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences" by Maarja Lühiste, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, Yannis Theocharis, Pablo Barberá, Zoltán Fazekas and Joshua A. Tucker,
Abstract begins: Past research alerts to the increasingly unpleasant climate surrounding public debate on social media. Female politicians, in particular, are reporting serious attacks targeted at them. Yet, research offers inconclusive insights regarding the gender gap in online incivility. This paper aims to address this gap by comparing politicians with varying levels of prominence and public status in different institutional contexts. Using a machine learning approach for analyzing over 23 million tweets addressed to politicians in Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we find little consistent evidence of a gender gap in the proportion of incivility.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
1/ Tired of overpriced political science textbooks? We were too. So we built A Political Science Experiment—a low-cost, high-quality, modular text for intro and comparative courses - edited by me and @rudalev.bsky.social 💻 All digital 📘 Just $1 per chapter 🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com #HigherEd
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
1/ Tired of overpriced political science textbooks? We were too. So we built A Political Science Experiment—a low-cost, high-quality, modular text for intro and comparative courses - edited by me and @rudalev.bsky.social 💻 All digital 📘 Just $1 per chapter 🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com #HigherEd
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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
‪@tiagoventura.bsky.social‬ + CDS-affiliated Jonathan Nagler & @jatucker.bsky.social tested a WhatsApp deactivation during Brazil’s 2022 election—blocking auto-downloads of images & videos reduced misinformation recall by ~0.4σ, but didn't change beliefs or polarization. www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
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Does Reducing Exposure to Image and Video Content on Messaging Apps Reduce the Impact of Misinformation? Yes and No
Experiments with WhatsApp users during Brazil’s 2022 presidential election shows mixed impact of political disinformation
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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
It was an honor and privilege to be part of this project. If you are teaching introductory courses in political science or any undergraduate courses, this is the textbook for you!
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Congratulations to Dr. David McGrath!!
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Shamus Khan @shamuskhan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
My textbook with Gwen Sharp and Patrick Sharkey is on its third edition. This fall our team is launching a Political Science book, edited by Josh Tucker and @rudalev.bsky.social Thrilled to have this out in the world! Check it out (sociologists might find some of the chapters useful for teaching)
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
1/ 🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper? We built one: ✅ $1/chapter ✅ Modular & flexible ✅ Written by top scholars ✅ Full (free!) instructor resources 🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 17/07/2025
Congrats to the authors @tiagoventura.bsky.social, @rmajumdar.bsky.social, Jonathan Nagler, and @jatucker.bsky.social. The paper, which is accepted for publication at @The_JOP, can be found here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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