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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 20d

The H1-B visa application fee increasing from $1000 to $100,000 a year could be a win for Canada

- Start ups could move to afford talent
- Companies could expand satellite offices to keep talent
- More medical professionals to meet backlogs

Now US research institutes really need satellite campuses

Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas

Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China

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Christian Pieter Hoffmann @cphoffmann.bsky.social · 23d

📢 New OA publication w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social
Do privacy concerns inhibit political posting on social media? Yes, but. We examine FB, X & Insta in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦 and find that highly politically interested users discount privacy concerns and seek large audiences.
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Conner Joyce @connerjoyce.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to present on radicalization in cybercriminal networks! Come check out a great panel on IT and civic engagement tomorrow at 10:00 PDT #APSA2025

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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · Aug 29

My newest piece in the Conversation. I find that in the UK, those on the right are more likely to boycott because of Trump’s tariffs. In Canada and France, those on the right and left boycotted US products, services and travel.

The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Aug 27

Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs

A new study finds Canadians were far more likely to report boycotting American products, services and travel than those in the U.K. and France.

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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Aug 27

Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs

A new study finds Canadians were far more likely to report boycotting American products, services and travel than those in the U.K. and France.

theconversation.com

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Dima Epstein @thinkmacro.bsky.social · Aug 7

New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society!

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w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢 APSA POLCOMM SECTION: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS🗳️
The American Political Science Association Political Communication Section is now accepting nominations for leadership positions for the 2024-2025 term! 📅
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M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social · Jul 14

✨New Publication in JEPOP✨
How do societal stakeholders understand and detect disinformation?

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Features of disinformation: an expert interview study on the perception of disinformation among political, governmental, media and business elites in Germany

To curb the spread of disinformation, societal decision-makers are working intensively on the design of effective intervention strategies. Primarily elites from the sectors of politics, administrat...

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Christian Pieter Hoffmann @cphoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 New paper out @JITP /w @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social & Thomas Feiler: Who uses Twitch for politics? Based on a survey in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 we present descriptive data for an underresearched platform & delve into the personality of those who see & post political content👇🏼
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Using Twitch for politics? The role of personality across five countries

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PSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · Jul 11

⚡ Big news! ⚡ We're thrilled to announce that are teaming up with @psampg.bsky.social to host our *first* joint conference on "Navigating Digital Democracy" 📩 at Bournemouth University on 8-9 Jan, with an online pre-conf session on the 7 Jan - submission deadline is the 26 Sep more details in 🧵

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Jul 2

New open-access article introducing an LLM data extraction method, tested using Canadian federal and Quebec provincial politicians. Take a look at the results related to different federal parties and posts related to the environment. Read the full article here:
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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Jul 2

New article using Twitter data from 2019 to 2024 (18K tweets) tracking the rise and fall of civil unrest (protests, riots) in South Africa. Super interesting! Take a look: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Jul 2

A new OPEN ACCESS article by @mikefarjam.bsky.social offers "A Practical Guide and Case Study on How to Instruct LLMs for Automated Coding During Content Analysis".
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Here's a visual representation of the workflow.

Thanks for following the journal!

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Jul 2

New article using content analysis of 4,000 trolling comments on 40 Facebook posts that were made by 20 politicians. #gendertrolling. Take a peek at the codebook and the full article is here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Jul 2

New OPEN ACCESS article in our journal looks at perceived exposure to deepfakes and media cynicism based on a survey of Germans conducted in 2022. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · Jun 24

Always a pleasure to work with Christian. Here’s our newest paper:

Christian Pieter Hoffmann @cphoffmann.bsky.social · Jun 24

📢 New OA publication out at JEPOP w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social on concerns about misinformation on #Instagram. We find evidence of a third-person effect. Perceived ability to spot misinfo and exposure to (even like-minded) political content drive concerns.
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Concerns about misinformation on Instagram in five countries

Use of Instagram has proliferated over recent years, as have concerns about misinformation. Yet, most misinformation research has focused on Facebook and Twitter. Based on a survey of more than 400...

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Christian Pieter Hoffmann @cphoffmann.bsky.social · Jun 24

📢 New OA publication out at JEPOP w/ @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social on concerns about misinformation on #Instagram. We find evidence of a third-person effect. Perceived ability to spot misinfo and exposure to (even like-minded) political content drive concerns.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Concerns about misinformation on Instagram in five countries

Use of Instagram has proliferated over recent years, as have concerns about misinformation. Yet, most misinformation research has focused on Facebook and Twitter. Based on a survey of more than 400...

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Marco Bastos @toledobastos.bsky.social · Jun 17

Free eprints here:

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Reverse influence: the social production of disinformation in the 2022 Brazilian general election

This paper examines the shortcomings of applying prescriptive notions of disinformation to the 2022 Brazilian general election. We unpack the disinformation framework based on the assumption of lin...

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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to all the winners!

APSA's Organized Section on Information Technology & Politics @apsaitp.bsky.social · Jun 4

Time to celebrate the 2025 ITP Section awards:
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🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂

Section 18 - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Information Technology and Politics Section Award Recipients More on the Information Technology and Politics section Best Student PaperBest Public Facing

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APSA's Organized Section on Information Technology & Politics @apsaitp.bsky.social · Jun 4

Time to celebrate the 2025 ITP Section awards:
apsanet.org/membership/o...

🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂

Section 18 - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Information Technology and Politics Section Award Recipients More on the Information Technology and Politics section Best Student PaperBest Public Facing

apsanet.org

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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks to Darren Lilleker and the Bournemouth team for the invitation to present my newest meta-analysis: populism and media use. I’ll be giving a 10-minute/online version of this presentation as part of ICA2025. I am looking for advice about my next steps.

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Kaiping Chen @kaipingchen.bsky.social · May 12

✨Excited to share our new publication @aapor.bsky.social in Public Opinion Quarterly👇:

Voice and Value: How Elected Officials Evaluate Online and Offline Constituent Feedback

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Voice and Value: How Elected Officials Evaluate Online and Offline Constituent Feedback

Abstract. Social media has made it easier than ever for citizens to voice their opinion to their elected representatives. However, officials may infer that

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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · May 9

Check out Liam’s long-read about the Reddit-Univ of Zurich ethics controversy. ⬇️⬇️

PSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · May 9

Our newsletter is out 📰 🔷

Get the latest updates & exclusive insights including:

🛑The University of Zurich’s #AI Ethics Controversy
💰Counting the cost of #DOGE ’s grant termination to our research area
📝Member News & Research
🎓Opportunities/Grants
💼 & Jobs!

#Commsky

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The TIP Newsletter: The University of Zurich’s AI Ethics Controversy, Counting the Cost of US Government Cuts to our area, #PSA25, and more

In this newsletter we do a journalistic deep dive into the recent research ethics controversy – asking both sides about their perspectives and opinions, and what lessons we can learn.

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PSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · May 9

Our newsletter is out 📰 🔷

Get the latest updates & exclusive insights including:

🛑The University of Zurich’s #AI Ethics Controversy
💰Counting the cost of #DOGE ’s grant termination to our research area
📝Member News & Research
🎓Opportunities/Grants
💼 & Jobs!

#Commsky

substack.com/home/post/p-...

The TIP Newsletter: The University of Zurich’s AI Ethics Controversy, Counting the Cost of US Government Cuts to our area, #PSA25, and more

In this newsletter we do a journalistic deep dive into the recent research ethics controversy – asking both sides about their perspectives and opinions, and what lessons we can learn.

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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · May 6

Anyone going to APSA and want to serve as a discussant for the Information Technology & Politics division?

The role involves reading papers (or slides) in advance, attending the 90-min session, & giving 2-3 suggestions for each presenter.

I have 6 spots to fill. Please and thank you!

a stuffed dog is running down a hallway with the words " i volunteer " written on the floor

ALT: a stuffed dog is running down a hallway with the words " i volunteer " written on the floor

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · May 5

Brand new article in SSCR. Stromer-Galley et al. (2025) compare the classification of political candidate social media messages between trained annotators, crowd annotators, and large language models from OpenAI (ChatGPT) and the paid API (GPT API). journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Apr 27

Can social media use reduce prejudice? This study finds that "social connectedness in nonpolitical groups was associated with diminished blatant prejudice and lower levels of global prejudice, a measure that includes both subtle and blatant components."

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Sage's Social Science Computer Review @sscratsage.bsky.social · Apr 27

How does the use of different platforms for news relate to strong vs. weak ties as well as online political participation? Take a look at this new article in SSCR:
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Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social · Apr 19

Some companies still use child labour to produce chocolate. See article.

Tony’s Chocolonely is a good choice for Easter chocolate 😁 whereas Cadbury wouldn’t provide info relevant to the scorecard. 😒

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Here’s who topped the rankings in this year’s scorecard for sustainable chocolate – and which confectionery giant refused to participate

The global Chocolate Scorecard evaluates traders and brands on efforts to address child labour, deforestation and other measures.

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