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Emily Kubin
@emilykubin.bsky.social
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Post-Doc ‪@ Experimental Psych Oxford studying the role of morality and media in polarization and how to bridge divides. https://emily-kubin.owlstown.net/
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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · 18d
Can media stories about immigrant success shift public opinion? Unan shows German coverage of BioNTech’s Turkish-German founders boosted support for easing immigration, evidence that positive exposure can reshape perceptions. #Immigration
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Media Exposure to Highly Skilled Immigrants and Attitudes Toward Immigration - Political Behavior
Can exposure to successful immigrants in the mass media affect perceptions of immigrants and alter attitudes toward immigration? To address this question, I study the case of Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sah...
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · 27d
Many of these ideas originated with my previous research exploring the role of perceived harm and truth in shaping people's willingness to silence others
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · 27d
Importantly, when we (endorse) censoring opponents it drives further political division--creating a feedback loop of increasing polarization and willingness to silence opponents.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · 27d
Social media and polarization feed off one another, and through a variety of processes, drive epistemic polarization. This disagreement over truth fosters peoples' beliefs that their opponents' ideas are harmful and untrue--driving willingness to censor.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · 27d
Using knowledge from political psychology and communications research I develop the Social Media- Polarization-Censorship (SPC) Framework which explains how social media and polarization interact to drive political censorship
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · 27d
🎈Thrilled to share my first ever solo author work🎈

In this chapter I uncover the relationship between social media, political polarization, and their downstream effects on political censorship.

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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · 29d
Congrats Mikey! This sounds super interesting.. looking forward to reading it!
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Mikey Biddlestone @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · 29d
🚨New open access paper out in BJP special issue "Psychological Understanding of Misinformation and Disinformation in the Face of Environmental Crises"!

“Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing” 🧵👇 1/12
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Landing page for our article "Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing" published in the British Journal of Psychology
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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8
We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
It was a long road with this piece but I am so happy to finally see it published! Thankful for the team effort from my co-first author @versteegenluca.bsky.social and the amazing @kurtjgray.bsky.social
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
This work builds off our own previous research on moral conflicts and that of the relationship literature (i.e., self-disclosure as a key driver for positive relationship building). We hope our findings provide insights into a key mechanism (self-disclosure) for future intervention development.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
Finally in Study 6, we found that in general we were successfully able to teach partisans how to be more self-disclosing in cross partisan communication--driving real opponents feelings of connection, respect, and interaction with opponents.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
We find self-disclosure builds felt connection between opponents on divisive issues like immigration and gun policy--thereby driving greater willingness to respect and interact with opponents
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
Importantly, we find that self-disclosure is beneficial not only for sharing experiences, but can also be leveraged to communicate facts. When partisans highlight how difficult it is to talk about statistics (e.g., connected to gun policy) and how rarely they do so, it bridges divides with opponents
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
Across 6 studies, we find that self-disclosure is powerful for building respect and willingness to interact between real opponents. When partisans self-disclose, animosity is reduced.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
Building off our previous research suggesting the sharing of harmful experiences with opponents bridges divides, we delve into one of the mechanisms explaining the power of experience sharing--self-disclosure.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 26
🚨New Pub Alert!🚨

We find that self-disclosure is a key ingredient for bridging divides between opponents. Importantly, self-disclosure is not only useful when sharing experiences but also can be leveraged to heal divisions when communicating facts.

More below 👇
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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · Aug 26
When people hear others’ views on politically sensitive topics (e.g., migration, abortion), they quickly become disrespectful or disengage. How can we express our views in such a way that they foster respect and interaction?

@emilykubin.bsky.social, @kurtjgray.bsky.social & I studied this.
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Wireless Enthusiast @chrispps.bsky.social · Aug 21
new in early view at Political Psychology -->
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 18
We highlight how these patterns in media reporting can drive prejudice and animosity from non-Muslims while simultaneously negatively influencing Muslims sense of belonging and identity in Western societies.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Aug 18
New chapter out!

We examine how media reports discuss Muslims, Islam, and Islamist terrorism--often using mono-thematic and undifferentiated language. More info below!
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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · Aug 4
🚨Pre-print alert🚨

Research shows citizens in many Western democracies are increasingly affectively polarized––they feel warm toward their own party but quite cold toward opposing parties.

But how does it feel to “feel warmly”?
@katharinalawall.bsky.social, @mtsakiris.bsky.social & I asked.
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Jul 6
Also shoutout to my fellow award winner Jon Roozenbeek, a fantastic early career researcher so deserving of this award!
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Jul 6
So honored to receive the Early Career Award at #ISPP2025. Thankful to all my mentors and the many friends I’ve met through this network. @polpsyispp.bsky.social
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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Jul 2
Just landed in Prague and so excited for ISPP! Looking forward to meet up with old friends and make new ones! (And also present some exciting new research) 🤗

Reach out if you want to grab a coffee!