Chris Carpenter
@chriscarpenter.bsky.social
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Communication Professor studying opinion leaders, motivated reasoning, watching others online, meta-analysis, etc. Co-author of “Critical Questions in Persuasion Research” as well as “The Science of Gaining Compliance” both from Cognella he/him
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chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Have you petitioned them to change the name from “oldies” to “music the kids are still totally into that really isn’t that old if you think about it”?
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
It was great for academics. I learned about a lot of cool studies and ideas over there. I haven’t looked back though.
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
I wish I was in n Milwaukee tonight.
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Our article titled, "Validation of an efficacy of lying scale" is now in an issue. If you want a self-report scale that measures people's belief that lying is effective, we've got you. There's a bonus finding about superdiffusers.
Click here for a free copy:

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EGJWP...
Validation of an efficacy of lying scale
Efficacy of lying is the belief that lying is an effective and efficient communication strategy. A new measure of efficacy of lying is presented to assess the belief that lying is an effective way ...
www.tandfonline.com
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melaniemitchell.bsky.social
Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!"

Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Yes, there are some classics in that series.
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Thanks, I will check it out!
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sjjphd.bsky.social
I know there is a lot going on but this went online last night and I am very proud it’s real. If you might be excited to find out how at every turn this nation could have prevented our current political moment by listening to Black people you can even preorder it before we get to designing the cover
A Second Sight
Since the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience—a “second sight”—that reveals the truth about the nation t...
www.harpercollins.com
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
“The right boundary for thinking about a problem rarely coincides with the boundary of an academic discipline, or with a political boundary.”
-Donella H. Meadows, “Thinking in Systems”
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
“I’m not an alien.”
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
I’ll hope not with one hand and do what I can with the other.
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emilythorson.bsky.social
Guys today is a red-letter day for bad survey questions. Look at this lovely double negative that just rolled in!
I never buy luxury brands inconsistent with the characteristics with which I describe myself (seven point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree)
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Probably just because they thought it looked badass.
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Ouch, what the hell, Ohio?
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
This conference site is a disaster.
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detenber.bsky.social
"No president has the legitimate authority to impose such a review. Established by Congress in 1846 as a unique and independent agency, the Smithsonian Institution is not, and has never been, under the authority of the Executive Branch."
oah.org
📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ
National Museum of American History
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naru96.bsky.social
My brain when abbreviations overload:
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carlbergstrom.com
1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
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nbedera.bsky.social
I hate that BlueSky is following the Twitter model and labeling harmful content.

Posts that violate the community standards need to be removed. Users who violate them repeatedly need to be deplatformed.

A label does absolutely nothing except inform everyone that BlueSky will do absolutely nothing.
chriscarpenter.bsky.social
Academic whiplash:
I received an email with a desk reject from one journal and an email with an R&R from another journal. The emails arrived one minute apart.
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shannimcg.bsky.social
Pretty grim kicker on an overall bleak outlook on the future of UNC

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
This week, the board met in person for the first time since the email vote. At the meeting, Dean gave an informational presentation about tenure at the university, including how the process typically works.
The board wasn't entirely receptive.
Trustees Marty Kotis and Jim Blaine both reiterated their opposition to tenure, while Perrin Jones and Rob Bryan raised skeptical questions. Much of the discussion centered around the net present cost of tenured faculty-the metric Clemens argued against using—and how the board can provide strategic and financial oversight of those decisions given the commitment of long-term resources.
Preyer said he supported tenure in general but felt it had been given out "willy-nilly" in the past. He also inquired about ways to oust tenured faculty who
"retire on the job."
No one discussed the other side of the accounting ledger, as Clemens had. Roberts did not weigh in on the discussion.