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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · 20h

Very cool and helpful paper!

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 23h

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 5d

Now on FirstView ft. @pauldjupe.bsky.social and @amandafriesen.bsky.social!

Political scientists are active in politics, but primarily in ways that share research findings and tend to avoid visible partisan politics.

doi.org/10.1017/S104...

#polisky #academisky #politics #research

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 7d

Ever wondered how politically active political scientists are? Well, we did and asked a sample of us how much and what their beliefs are about being overtly, wear-it-on-your-sleeve active. The dominant perspective is that partisan politics tarnishes our credibility for the public. (1/2)

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 8d

#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

The Political Engagement of Political Scientists: Partisans, Public Scholars, and Teachers/Pedagogues - https://cup.org/4pLx0Mn

- @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social & Jacob R. Neiheisel

#FirstView

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · 8d

In 2024, we surveyed US scholars about how, when, why they do (or don’t!) personally participate. We find a few patterns, some differences by subfield and variation in our attitudes toward the place of personal politics in our work, especially the impacts on our credibility with the public.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 8d

#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

The Political Engagement of Political Scientists: Partisans, Public Scholars, and Teachers/Pedagogues - https://cup.org/4pLx0Mn

- @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social & Jacob R. Neiheisel

#FirstView

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · Sep 3

*Readers should be extremely careful about accepting claims that worship attenders are actually more liberal.* Those findings are usually an artifact of stat modeling decisions. Excited to see this posted in Sociology. While it may seem like inside baseball, the public implications are important.

Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Sep 2

New on the blog! Political scientists @pauldjupe.bsky.social @amandafriesen.bsky.social @aesokhey.bsky.social and Jacob R. Neiheisel do some debunking: "Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It's a Suppression Effect" contexts.org/blog/atheist... #polisci #religion #sociology

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Sep 2

New on the blog! Political scientists @pauldjupe.bsky.social @amandafriesen.bsky.social @aesokhey.bsky.social and Jacob R. Neiheisel do some debunking: "Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It's a Suppression Effect" contexts.org/blog/atheist... #polisci #religion #sociology

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Political Science - Western University @westernupolisci.bsky.social · Aug 14

Don’t miss the spotlight on Professor @amandafriesen.bsky.social's "300 Words on Political Stress" >> magazine.westernu.ca/political-st... <<

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Jul 28

Come work with me/us!!! Happy to answer questions about our dept, Western, and Canadian academia. I absolutely love it here and highly recommend. Several of us will be at APSA and happy to meet. 🇨🇦

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · Jul 28

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Faculty (UWOFA)

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Jul 9

We are very excited to have the brilliant @blairwelsh.bsky.social joining the Dept of Political Science @westernu.ca! Look for big things and important work in empirical IR; great for us and great for Canada!

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Current news and announcements from the Department of Political Science at Western University.

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Jun 26

New at Pol Behavior, our crew of R&P scholars uncover suppression effects in extant Christian nationalism studies. In sum, consistent relationship between religious behavior and conservative views stands.

Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · Jun 26

We saw research showing Christian nationalism promoted anti-immigrant views but more frequent church attendance promoted pro-immigrant views and thought that finding was implausible. The same method showed that attendance promoted more positive feelings toward atheists. And that's bonkers. 1/4

Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It’s A Suppression Effect

By Paul A. Djupe, Amanda J. Friesen, Anand E. Sokhey, and Jacob R. Neiheisel In new research out at Political Behavior (open access!), we investigate whether attending church encourages greater acc…

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · Jun 25

New study from @pauldjupe.bsky.social et al. out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We've often found Christian nationalism & churchgoing are signed in opposite directions in regressions. Authors propose viewing such findings as suppression effects & explore implications.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? Suppression Effects in Religion and Politics Research - Political Behavior

A proliferation of religion variables presents opportunities for those studying religion and politics in the U.S. However, many studies in this growing subfield demonstrate the pitfalls of reporting t...

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Jun 5

Excellent and very important work on understanding self reported emotions. People do not mean what we think they feel when it comes to politics! Special shout to @isabellareb.bsky.social - it’s been incredible to see her line of inquiry develop over the years!

Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · Jun 5

Are we good at describing our feelings about politics? In our new preprint @mrooduijn.bsky.social @isabellareb.bsky.social we show this is not the case: osf.io/preprints/os... [1/6]

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Apr 22

With upcoming 🇨🇦 election and a lot on voters’ minds, check out our new pub that assesses the most important issues and affective language from the last two Canadian elections in 2019, 2021.

Melissa Baker @melissabaker.bsky.social · Apr 21

Publication day 🎉

We find that people use more affective language to describe important political issues during times of crises & controversy.

academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

Affective Language in the Most Important Issues of the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Elections

Abstract. Do people use more affective language to describe important new political issues compared to important traditional political issues? Information

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

@erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas.

gendersky polisky

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Research article "A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender" by Erin C. Cassese & Amanda Friesen.
Abstract reads: This essay highlights the impact of Politics & Gender on the discipline’s understanding of how gender shapes the preferences, behavior, and motivations of voters. It provides descriptive information about the prevalence of research on gender and voting in the journal, along with the proportion of articles dedicated to women voters across different regions globally. The bulk of the essay focuses on the substance of this research — drawing out major themes and identifying significant contributions within each theme — and it concludes by offering a future research agenda on gender and voting.

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Mar 17

This is what we argue in our paper looking at physiological responses to erotic images and sex/abortion attitudes. It’s helpful to see your and @jaimekrems.bsky.social direct test of our hunch! academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

Physiological Arousal and Self-Reported Valence for Erotica Images Correlate with Sexual Policy Preferences

Abstract. Individuals do not always accurately report the forces driving their policy preferences. Such inaccuracy may result from the fact that true justi

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Mar 9

We submitted the first paper for APSA - will you all be coming to Vancouver?

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is great! I’m also working on a project related to youth sports and political engagement. We should talk!

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Feb 7

Canadians also get stressed, albeit politely, of course. Here is my take on how to handle political information anxiety:

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Managing the stress of news overload in a time of political unrest and global conflict

The news is coming at us hard and fast these days. But is all this information helping us stay informed—or is it just overwhelming? Amanda Friesen, the Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology an...

www.cbc.ca

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Feels like this moment needs an AOC-Warren collaboration.

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Lena Masch @lenamasch.bsky.social · Jan 24

📢 New Publication: @jedinger.bsky.social and I have explored the relationshop between need for closure, political trust and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the @gesis-panel.bsky.social . Open access: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Abstract of the article "Need for cognitive closure, political trust, adn belief in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic"

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Jan 18

I have turned off every light in my apt and unplugged things, pulled down shades, attempting to see scenes in episodes of this show. Like I get it, it’s a cinematic choice bringing us underground. But then I put on subtitles to better follow but their brightness also obscures the dark visuals 🫠

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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · Jan 8

New article out today celebrating the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender!

-Over the past two decades, about 18% of PAG’s articles focused on gender and voting.

-This work has been cited about 6700 times, with an average citation count of 48 per article!

Open Access at doi.org/10.1017/S174...

A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender

doi.org

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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · Jan 8

Subfield and topical journals are so important for advancing and holding space for research often out of the mainstream. Here @erincassese.bsky.social and I review 20 years of gender and voting published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender

www.cambridge.org

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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · Jan 3

Happy New Year! Our Cambridge Element is now available! In it, @hondercin.bsky.social, Jordan Randall, and I use data from the ANES @electionstudies.bsky.social to glean new insights into how the American public thinks about abortion rights. Free downloads til Jan 31st doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate

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