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Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social · Jun 12

Jeg har vært på Ekko og snakket litt om diktatorer før og nå, og NRKs serie Tyrann: radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/M...

Ekko - Ekko i P2 - NRK Radio

Hør hele NRK Radio sitt store utvalg av podkast, serier, dokumentarer, underholdning, film, sport og nyheter.

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Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · Jun 11

After large-scale disasters autocrats often shift the blame on others to save their popularity. Our 🚨new paper🚨, just accepted at Perspectives on Politics, shows that this tactic is prone to backfire. With @edwardgoldring.bsky.social & @fapaydin.bsky.social . shorturl.at/v6wIV%E2%AC%...

The title page of a paper listing the title: "Blame Shifting in Autocracies Following Large-scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey"; the authors: Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid, and Fulya Apaydin; and the abstract: "Large-scale disasters, particularly when handled poorly, often spark popular outrage and threaten
an autocrat’s hold on power. Autocrats frequently employ blame shifting strategies to redirect
public anger and weather these storms. We examine whether blame shifting after a large-scale
disaster helps or hurts an autocrat’s popularity through a mixed-methods research design in the
electoral autocracy of Turkey in April-July 2023, following the February 2023 earthquakes.
An online survey experiment (n=3,839) identifies the effects of blaming the aftermath of the
earthquake on the opposition, a force majeure, private construction companies, or a govern-
ment minister, while focus groups explore the mechanisms behind these effects. We find that
blaming the opposition or a force majeure leads to a backlash, especially among those more
able to critically evaluate information. Focus groups reveal that these backlash effects are
driven by voters’ dismay at electoral opportunism and the incumbent’s polarizing language
following a large-scale disaster."; and the note that the paper is forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics.

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨

Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · May 30

The age of leaders increases more rapidly than the age of the population: here seen as the share over 65 for both leaders and the population.

We would see the same trend if we look at the mean, median, within country, and so on.

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · May 30

We updated our manuscript w/ @chknutsen.bsky.social and @draege.bsky.social on propaganda in Turkey osf.io/preprints/os... --- all comments welcomed.

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · May 27

I just found NotebookLMs AI podcast function. Pretty cool. Here a summary of our article on propaganda in the US (t.co/f3DtlZnR3I) -- Link to the AI podcast: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/1e9...

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Mar 5

So glad to finally see this in print!

Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · Mar 4

📣 New publication in "Perspectives on Politics" with my fantastic co-author @plutscher.bsky.social on perceptions of authoritarian-style political messaging used by the first Trump administration during the 2020 BLM protests in the US

Main takeaways & methods: ⬇️ 1/10
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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Jan 7

Would be interesting to do a similar survey now again!

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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · Jan 5

Spotlighting articles

@tboeggild.bsky.social, @plutscher.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social & Sascha Göbel find that European citizens support for #Ukraine does not falter due to economic concerns. They become more supportive when presented with arguments related to principles such as democracy.

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Dec 13

Congrats!

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Dec 9

thanks!

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Tobias Bach @tobiasbach.bsky.social · Dec 9

Come an work with us! Happy to answer questions. 👇🏻

Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Dec 9

📣We are hiring! Please share!
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📅 Deadline: February 3rd, 2025
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Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Dec 8

Back on this platform!

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · May 25

Anyone access to this article?

www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Thanks for sharing :)

Information Politics and Propaganda in Authoritarian Societies | Annual Reviews

What role does propaganda play in the information politics of authoritarian societies, and what is its relationship to censorship? What have we learned from rival accounts in recent literature about w...

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · May 9

In a new article in R&P we show that support for Ukraine increases significantly when coupled with human rights and democracy. Contrary, support 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 decrease when people are reminded of the costs associated with supporting Ukraine /w @plutscher.bsky.social @tboeggild.bsky.social & Sascha Göbel

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thanks. Yes, we use this approach in another "classical experiment" project.

Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 21

Yeah, I am in touch with some economists at our Uni to work on that further... but this sounds like a good strategy for my project (1) conjoint like design, (2) actually testing the arguments!

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 21

This article inspired me: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks Alex. I have some ideas how to combine both, would be great to get in touch.

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks!

Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks for all your answers! Yes, I also thought about designing a conjoint first (perhaps even one that updates on priors) and then in a second step "test" the persuasiveness.

Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 20

Bluesky Polisky methodsky hive mind what is the best (experimental) method to measure the persuasiveness of arguments, and has anyone suggestions how to implement them :)

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Feb 20

Now officially online first
@JPR_journal
: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... our work on the perception of visual propaganda in Venezuela.

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · Jan 27

Who else is going to EPSA 2024 in Cologne? Looking forward to a conference in Germany again!

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · Jan 19

SURPRISE!

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Analysis | Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong

The mantra of the internet era is that the abundance of information allows people to be better informed. That’s not always true.

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