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Erika Franklin Fowler
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Prof @ Wesleyan U; Co-Director of WesMediaProject (@wesmediaproject.bsky.social & mediaproject.wesleyan.edu); policomm, polisci, public opinion & health policy scholar; member of Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health & Social Policy (commhsp.org) .. more

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Erika Franklin Fowler is an American political scientist. She is a Professor of Government at Wesleyan University, having previously served as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. .. more

Communication & Media Studies 40%
Political science 24%
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social Β· 20h
Latest KFF poll on US confidence in vaccines, fed agencies, new vax sched., & RFK Jr.

Lots of info. E.g.:
-large majorities confident in MMR, Polio, Hep B, & flu vax safety; parents less so for these & COVID vax but not Hep B.
-<1/2 confident in feds making child vax rec's (but how abt states?)
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KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Trust in the CDC and Views of Federal Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes | KFF
Weeks after the Trump administration reduced the number of childhood vaccine recommended for routine use, public trust in the CDC is at its lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, and less than half are c...
www.kff.org

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social Β· 22h
The APSA Political Communication section is accepting nominations for its annual awards. Please send nominations directly to the chair of each committee.

πŸ”Ž More details on awards, committee, and eligibility criteria:
politicalcommunication.org/awards/

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Charlie Davis @charlespdavis.bsky.social Β· 1d
Former @fda.gov Commissioner Dr. @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social, who sits on the boards of Pfizer and UnitedHealthcare, told @facethenation.bsky.social that the current measles outbreak could be a "long cycle, especially now that this has gotten embedded in political psyche in this country."
Dr. Scott Gottlieb on measles outbreak β€” CBS News
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who sits on the boards of Pfizer and UnitedHealthcare, told
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Isabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social Β· 3d
πŸŽ‰ New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social)

Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others?
πŸ’‘Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Disentangling the Sophistication-Emotion Link: Political Interest and Confidence-in-Knowledge, but not Knowledge, Drive Emotional Responses - Political Behavior
Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? Past work suggests that political sophistication, consisting of knowledge and interest, is related to feeling strong emotions abou...
link.springer.com

Reposted by Erika Franklin Fowler, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, M Josep , and 2 more

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social Β· 4d
πŸ§‘β€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘Do politicians consider the gender of leaders when selecting coalition partners?

➑️Using a conjoint on 979 Spanish mayors, @albahuidobro.bsky.social finds that mayors, especially those on the center and left, prefer coalitions with parties led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Β· 4d
Relevant for #wesgov214
claesdevreese.bsky.social Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Β· 4d
How do media storms occur?
What are the dynamics. Clear graphic in "Catching Fire in the News: The Necessary Conditions for Media Storms" by Amber Boydstun & colleagues

#polcomm #commsky @snsoroka.bsky.social πŸ”₯

πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€ Book is available #OpenAccess #free:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social Β· 4d
πŸ’– Just added to the schedule! πŸ’– Join us for the webinar "Disappearing Data: Monitoring Federal SOGI Data Losses and Advancing Accountability."

πŸ—“οΈ Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
πŸ•› Time: 10–11 a.m. ET
πŸ”— Register: myumi.ch/g3dmq

#SOGIdata #LoveData26 #ICPSRDataFair
Upcoming webinar titled 'Disappearing Data' on federal SOGI data issues, scheduled for Feb 10, 2026, 10-11 a.m. ET, with registration details.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Β· 4d
How do media storms occur?
What are the dynamics. Clear graphic in "Catching Fire in the News: The Necessary Conditions for Media Storms" by Amber Boydstun & colleagues

#polcomm #commsky @snsoroka.bsky.social πŸ”₯

πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€ Book is available #OpenAccess #free:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Β· 5d
Great thread 🧡 with important evidence ⬇️ #wesgov214
solmg.bsky.social Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social Β· 5d
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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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Β· 5d
Flagging for #wesgov214 discussions

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Sarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com Β· 5d
one million questions about local news is a lot. but it's still a tiny fraction of overall usage. OpenAI has said ChatGPT has 800 million weekly users. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/chat...
ChatGPT is asked about local news 1 million times per week, OpenAI says
ChatGPT is fielding 1 million prompts about local news every week, OpenAI said in a blog post that also announced the AI company wants to take "a different path" on local news than other tech companie...
www.niemanlab.org

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Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social Β· 5d
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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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Β· 7d
Congratulations! Wonderful news!

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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Β· 11d
Relevant for #wesgov214 discussions
benmullin.bsky.social Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Β· 11d
The CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Pat Harrison, just delivered her last words to the board. "Together, we will prove that a nation of neighbors will survive."

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Β· 11d
The CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Pat Harrison, just delivered her last words to the board. "Together, we will prove that a nation of neighbors will survive."

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KFF @kff.org Β· 11d
ACA sign-ups dropped by about 1.2 million consumers compared to the 24.2 million who signed up around this time last year, according to CMS’s latest Open Enrollment snapshot.

See our updated #QuickTake, which reflects the latest data from CMS on ACA sign-ups: https://on.kff.org/4qQlwXS
ACA Sign-Ups Are Down by Over a Million People, But It’s Still an Incomplete Picture
Data currently being released represent Open Enrollment Marketplace plan selections, or how many people have signed up for or been automatically renewed into 2026 coverage. These data do not necessari...
www.kff.org

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Β· 12d
Our first post (today!) is from me & @neillewisjr.bsky.social ! equitablefutures.cornell.edu/introducing-...
Introducing the Futures Forum: A Place to Envision Equitable and Just Futures - Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures
In a time of deep inequality and uncertainty, imagining equitable and just futures is both urgent and unfinished work. This post introduces the Futures Forum, a new space created by the Center for Rac...
equitablefutures.cornell.edu

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social Β· 13d
"How do class gaps compare to race and gender gaps? Strikingly, we find that the class gaps in tenure-track academia are as large as or larger than analogous race or gender gaps."
johnholbein1.bsky.social John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social Β· 13d
In academia, class background strongly shapes who advances and who stalls.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social Β· 18d
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.

That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.

A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.

A short 🧡
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com

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Dirk Hovy @dirkhovy.bsky.social Β· 20d
🚨(Software) Update:

In my PhD, I had a side project to fix an annoying problem: when you ask 5 people to label the same thing, you often get different answers. But in ML (and lots of other analyses), you still need a single aggregated answer. Using the majority vote is easy–but often wrong.

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GitHub - dirkhovy/MACE: Multi-Annotator Competence Estimation tool
Multi-Annotator Competence Estimation tool. Contribute to dirkhovy/MACE development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Β· 28d
New paper w/ Kulesza & @cmwitko.bsky.social

A worry about campaign contribution limits is that they don't stop money, they just shift it to Citizens United/SpeechNow "independent expenditures"

We find that this didn't happen. Keep calm & regulate on

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nk11m...

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Sara Chatfield @poliscisara.bsky.social Β· 28d
Fiona Rodger and @cwolbrecht.bsky.social draw connections between support for democracy, attitudes toward right-wing authoritarianism, and support for transgender rights after the 2024 election.

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Transgender Attitudes and Anti-Democratic Sentiment After the 2024 Election
In recent years, conservative actors have decried what they call β€œgender ideology,” defined as efforts to recognize the complexity of sexuality and gender beyond the simple binary. We first review the...
www.degruyterbrill.com

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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social Β· 28d
AMSTERDAM ❀️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 πŸŽΏπŸ§€

One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing 🫢

Please reach out if you have any questions.

@polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Β· Jan 6
🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education…

dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io

Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
Welcome to the Dynamic Democracy App This app lets you manipulate, explore, and download the Dynamic Democracy datasets with information on state policies and public opinion assembled by Devin Caughey and Chris Warshaw. Click on the triangle next to each category for more details. β€’ State Policies: This dataset includes information on approximately 200 policies in place in at least one state between 1936 and 2024. β€’ State Policy Ideology : Measures summarizing aggregate policy outputs in each state/year between 1936-2024. β€’ Public Opinion: Measures summarizing state publics views on approximately 80 issues, covering 1936-2024. β€’ Mass Ideology.: Measures of state publics' economic and cultural ideological preferences, 1936-2021. β€’ Policy Proximity.: Measures of how closely state policies match public preferences.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Β· Jan 6
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term. Primary Responsibilities Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving. Education/Training/Experience Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. Background in social science research or data curation. Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk. Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements Strong organizational and communication skills. Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions FLSA Status: Exempt Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.

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Curd KnΓΌpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social Β· Jan 5
🚨NEW PAPER
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social

Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
Across democratic systems, ideological cleavages increasingly emerge not only between but also within political parties. At the same time, hyperpartisan and digitally networked media ecosystems amp...
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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Β· Jan 2
Wonderful and well deserved news!! Congratulations!! β€οΈπŸŽ‰β€οΈ

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social Β· Dec 9
1/4. The U.S. continues to be a place where people’s life experiences and outcomes differ dramatically by social positioning. How does that affect the way people make meaning of what is happening around them? Those questions guided this new paper. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Academic article: How People Make Meaning in a Fragmented Democracy: Implications for Incorporating Public Opinion into Public Policy

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Helen Branswell πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @helenbranswell.bsky.social Β· Dec 9
The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country.
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social Β· Dec 8
🚨 Predoc Opportunity at Yale! 🚨

Care about research that changes policy?

My research team works within state government to advance evidence and learning for a smarter safety net!

And our predocs have excellent PhD placements. Apply here!

#EconSky #EconTwitter #Predoc #ResearchJobs #HealthPolicy
Economics of the Safety Net
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