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Dan Lane @danlane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our new book (Element) "Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality" is out! Free for a time: tinyurl.com/mgdpi26 Handy video trailer: vimeo.com/1203556992 + summary thread 👇 So fun to collab w/ Emilija Gagrčin & @yqpan.bsky.social - Big thxs to @snsoroka.bsky.social & team! @polcomm.bsky.social

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Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality

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David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Very pleased to announce Who Follows Whom, a bargain, free to download for the next 2 weeks, looking at patterns of following on Twitter. www.cambridge.org/core/element... The dominant driver of patterns of online attention, with no spatial constraints on who you can connect to, is...

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Who Follows Whom?

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I am excited about this new paper, Negativity & Misinformation, just out with @cbwlezien.bsky.social in @polcommjournal.bsky.social: "durable biases in information processing, by media organizations and humans more generally, can produce misinformation and misperceptions..." doi.org/10.1080/1058...

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Negativity and Misinformation

There are large and growing bodies of research highlighting inaccuracies in news coverage. In this paper, we suggest that negativity biases account for a substantial portion of longstanding inaccur...

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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

ANES Announcement: Call for Proposals for the ANES 2026 Pilot Study. You can read more information:https://electionstudies.org/anes-announcement-call-for-proposals-for-the-anes-2026-pilot-study/ Deadline is 5pm Eastern, Friday, April 17, 2026.

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Alon Zoizner @alonzoizner.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

New publication alert! 📘🚨 Our new book on news use, political knowledge, and misperceptions is out! (currently open access – link below🔓) We examine across 18 countries (N = 26K) what we call the "twin challenge of increased media choice."

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Too much time on social media? Check out the @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Element in Politics & Communication!: "consuming news from newer media sources such as social media & messaging apps is typically associated across countries with less knowledge & more misperceptions about political matters"

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🚨 Just a handful of days left, DL March 1!🚨 🔥 Walter Lippmann Award for Best Published Article in the field of political communication (2025)🔥 SELF NOMINATIONS WELCOME & EASY: Just send me email with article @apsa.bsky.social @polcomm.bsky.social @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social 👇

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

“Hostile commenters are more likely to cross boundaries by targeting opposing news stories and exhibit weaker echo chamber structures.” Check out this new paper on the cross-cutting nature of hostile news commentary, lead-authored by @shnoh.bsky.social (who's on the market!). doi.org/10.1177/1940...

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Engaging to Oppose: Cross-Cutting Patterns in Hostile News Commentary - Seonhye Noh, Stuart Soroka, 2026

Prior work shows that passive news engagement, such as selection and consumption, exhibits strong news selectivity. Far less attention has been given to more ac...

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

⏰ Reminder: Only two weeks left to submit nominations for an APSA Political Communication Section Award! #APSA #PolComm

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 29/01/2026

New Cambridge Element, Catching Fire in the News, by Amber E. Boydstun, Jill R. Laufer, Dallas Card and Noah A. Smith, out now! Read Open Access at cup.org/3Z6zCZs

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I'm very excited about the most recent @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Element in Politics & Communication, "Catching Fire in the News The Necessary Conditions for Media Storms" by Amber Boydstun, @jilllaufer.bsky.social, @dallascard.bsky.social & Noah Smith. Check it out: doi.org/10.1017/9781....

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Jill Laufer @jilllaufer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Our book, Catching Fire in the News, is out!! 😅 By Amber Boydstun, me, @dallascard.bsky.social & Noah Smith! Will do a longer thread soon, but so over-the-moon excited!! Thank you to @snsoroka.bsky.social! Online appendix: www.amber-boydstun.com/catching-fir... www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Christian Breunig @breunig.eurosky.social · 23/01/2026

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨 We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making. 4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026 Please share widely 🙏 The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

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Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Top conditions, environment & colleagues. Candidates welcome across places and disciplines. 🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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DIAS Professorship in Digital Society and Democracy

Application deadline: March 15, 2026, 11.59 PM/23.59 CET/CEST.

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.

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Post-doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year)

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨 I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions. Link and more information in second post. Position Start: Fall 2026 Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️

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Fabian Guy Neuner @fabianneuner.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Our paper on how cross-cutting group memberships predict warmer out-party affect and analyses suggesting this is why Latinos in the US have warmer feelings toward the out-party is now fully published in the most recent @polbehavior.bsky.social issue. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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How Cross-Cutting Ties Reduce Affective Polarization: Evidence from Latino Americans - Political Behavior

Affective polarization—that is, personal dislike and distrust between Democrats and Republicans—is argued to arise, at least in part, from fewer cross-cutting ties that bridge Democrats and Republican...

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Sydney L. Carr-Glenn, PhD @slcarr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Excited to share my latest work with/ @snsoroka.bsky.social! How are Black Americans depicted in U.S. television news? We examine three decades of television content to answer this question and find for the most part, coverage has remained relatively unchanged. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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Lior Sheffer @liorsheffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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

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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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...

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Mia Carbone @miacarbone.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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....

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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

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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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...

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Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs

The School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin as early as August 2025. We seek scholars with a st...

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Prof. Stephen Farnsworth @drsfarnsworth.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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

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Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

🎉 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

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SNSF Starting Grant for Anne Schulz

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Andrew Chadwick @andrewchadwick.com · 26/11/2024

🧵 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/?

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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

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Election Analysis @electionanalysis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

📊📰 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. bit.ly/4g0RP10

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Rebecca @rscheffauer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🚨 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... 🧵👇

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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...

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🚨 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...

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EES @eesresearch.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

🚨 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!

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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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!

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Joshua P. Darr @joshuadarr.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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)

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Storefront Campaigning

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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

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7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project

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Joshua P. Darr @joshuadarr.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

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...