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Ozan Kuru
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Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Bio: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/18898-ozan-kuru
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T6KRMogAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ozan-Kuru
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Ozan Kuru @ozankuru.bsky.social · Jan 22
Excited to share this publication @lseimpactblog.bsky.social covering+expanding the arguments from my recent research: Why we need more “critical coordination” in interventions against misinformation – also with implications for intervention science at large. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Are misinformation interventions different or fundamentally the same?
The growing field of misinformation research has spawned numerous conflicting interventions aimed at minimising its impact. Ozan Kuru argues that by taking a critical perspective on these intervent…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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"Integrate blogs into catalogues and repositories, assigning ISSNs and DOIs.
Encourage open licensing to facilitate reuse and archiving.
Support preservation initiatives like Rogue Scholar that combine openness with technical sustainability."
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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saifshahin.bsky.social
Deadline extended to 10 December.

Workshop on #Digital Authoritarianism in the Global South and East.

#ecpr #ecprjs26 #polisky #digital #asia #africa #latinamerica #europe
ecpr.bsky.social European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 14d
⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @saifshahin.bsky.social & @j-nakahara.bsky.social
💡 Seeks Papers examining how 🌐 digital platforms, practices & policies reinforce authoritarianism and democratic backsliding globally
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec

#Polisky #CallforPapers #Asia #Africa #LatinAmerica
Digital Authoritarianism in the Global South and East
Joint Sessions of Workshops, 7 – 10 April 2026, University of Innsbruck
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November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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mascakir.bsky.social
Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?

My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.

Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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dalbarra.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions!
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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nefcapolcom.bsky.social
It's already time for the third session of our PolCom Classics!

This round, we’re diving into mediatization & media logic with none other than @jesperstromback.bsky.social

🗓 November 27
⏰ 12:00–13:00 CET

📲 Register via the QR code or the link below — hope to see you there!
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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mqrmobile.bsky.social
STOKED that our paper on smartphone and spatial habits is out in Scientific Reports! 🎉

Using mobility 🏃 and app 📱 data (27,446,977 logs; 7,226 trip questionnaires) we found that smartphone habits are stronger in habitually traveled and visited spaces 🏡

Personal thread below!

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Smartphone habits are stronger in spaces chosen out of habit
Scientific Reports - Smartphone habits are stronger in spaces chosen out of habit
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November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
ozankuru.bsky.social
completed the semester for our undergraduate political communication seminar with a 2h digital detox news reading & discussion session
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
ozankuru.bsky.social
presented & met colleagues at 11th Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, Singapore, #IJPP, fass.nus.edu.sg/cnm/events/1...
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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curdknupfer.bsky.social
Excellent presentation and lively discussion about "Strategic Legalism and Journalistic Agency under Security Governance" by Saira Ali (Adelaide University), focused on journalists in 🇵🇰.
#IJPP2025
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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curdknupfer.bsky.social
Fantastic 1st day of conferencing at #IJPP2025. Lots of new faces, projects & ideas.
Topics:
International ✅
Press (in various shapes and mediums)✅
Politics ✅
@taberez.bsky.social @shannimcg.bsky.social @patyrossini.bsky.social @profvaccari.bsky.social
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social
@polcomm.bsky.social
curdknupfer.bsky.social Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 6d
First panel of the day, focused on Campaigns and Identities.
With Dennis Steffan on
Visual Frame Building in Election Campaigns in 🇩🇪&🇰🇪
Then: Tetsuro Kobayashi, linking conspiratorial beliefs to collective efficacy, via social media engagement and deep search in 🇯🇵.
#IJPP2025 #IJPP25
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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anids.bsky.social
My university is promoting Qualtrics new “synthetic data” initiative that “simulates human behavior so enable quicker experiments” and it is HORRIFYING that a UNIVERSITY promotes this “as transformative for how we collect data” and I don’t know who to scream at 😭😭😭😭
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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gildersleve.uk
I enjoyed writing this piece for the LSE Impact Blog on Musk's latest swing at Wikipedia, and its future in a hostile AI-skewed political landscape 👇
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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poqjournal.bsky.social
Autocratization is not isolated within country borders.

In POQ, Chan argues that an authoritarian's electoral success abroad can shatter democratic norms and demonstrate the viability of authoritarianism.

Read more: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ozankuru.bsky.social
"Specifically, participants who were exposed to the longer conversations were more likely to express increased interest in engaging in political behaviors than those in the shorter conversations and control group."
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
ozankuru.bsky.social
"anthropologist Susan Blum written about “schoolishness,” a system that rewards the trappings of learning rather than learning itself. Schoolishness alienates the learner through packaged learning experiences.Are we using this moment to promote authentic learning, or to doubledown on schoolishness?”
Opinion Forum | How AI Is Changing Higher Education
The technology is reshaping every aspect of university life. Fifteen scholars weigh in on what happens next.
www.chronicle.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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joshpasek.com
Preliminary data from @umich.edu survey on student AI use for class.

Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.

Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality

Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.
Students think most other students regularly use AI for classes, but that they do so far less frequently. Students think most other students regularly violate AI policies, but that they almost always follow them.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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digitaljournalism.bsky.social
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Amaka Peace Onebunne looks at #journalists’ views of #AI in Nigerian newsrooms and how geographical and cultural factors influence AI usage, by conducting interviews with 18 #Nigerian journalists. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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jeffgreene.bsky.social
Interesting review documenting the rise in scholarship on visual misinformation, how it is more persuasive than text misinformation, and how #GenAI is both increasing visual misinformation content and being used to combat it. (!)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1080/1520...
Screenshot of title page of an article published in the journal "Mass Communication and Society" titled "Understanding the Effects of Visual Misinformation: A Systematic Review of 10 Years (2014–2024)."
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
ozankuru.bsky.social
"It’s going to be used to remove books from collections that are about queerness or sexuality or race or history. "
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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nibasaleem.bsky.social
Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
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Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP
From headlines to hit shows, media portrayals shape how people see others outside their own group.
spsp.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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slcarr.bsky.social
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.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
ozankuru.bsky.social
"These results highlight the critical roles of the local contextual factors that can direct the roles of populist attitudes. Interestingly, higher populist attitudes and worse local conditions were not necessarily correlated with lower COVID-19 prevention policy support."
Populism, Community-Based Inequalities, and Public Health Policies: How Did Populist Attitudes Determine the COVID-19 Preventive Policy Support in Different Local Socioeconomic and Health Contexts?
Abstract. Regardless of country, populist attitudes can better explain voting behavior and attitude formation toward social issues than party identificatio
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November 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
"The advent of large language models have made this type of content relatively easy to churn out on demand, and the majority of the review articles we receive are little more than annotated bibliographies, with no substantial discussion of open research issues."
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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nickvalentino.bsky.social
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...

The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
We love the American National Election Studies (@electionstudies.bsky.social). This is going to be such an incredible resource for so many scholars and researchers.

Can’t wait to check it out, and grateful for this amazing public good that colleagues at Michigan and Stanford help produce! 🙏🏾
nickvalentino.bsky.social Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · 24d
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...

The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM