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Stuart Soroka

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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

gavinploger.bsky.social
Excited today because a chapter from my dissertation is now published in Political Communication as my first solo article. In it, I argue that that coverage of polarized elites contaminates perceptions of the US mass public. See replies for 4 posts summing up key findings.
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

goodauth.bsky.social
This analysis shows Harris is getting better TV coverage than Trump.

The tone of the two candidates’ campaigns may be one reason why.

Here's the data: goodauthority.org/news/why-har...
TV coverage has been more positive about Kamala Harris.
Harris got very TV positive coverage surrounding the Sept. 10 presidential debate, which most commentators believe she won.
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka, Anne Rasmussen

chriswratil.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!

Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:

"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"

together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?

⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇

cup.org/3ERYIUR
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
New Cambridge Element 'Amplifying Extremism: Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism' by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman is now free to read for 2 weeks.

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#cambridgeelements #politics
Book cover of "Cambridge Elements: Politics and Communication, Amplifying Extremism" by Usher and Hagman, featuring a wavy blue patterned background with white and red text.
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by Stuart Soroka — Reposted by: Christian Baden

snsoroka.bsky.social
For part of what appears in Amplifying Extremism (below), check out Nik Usher's piece for Nieman Lab: www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to share that our incredible lab member @nmolinarogers.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation, "I Believe I Can, So We Did: A Test of Social Media Efficacy and Activism Among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups"! 🎉

🥳 Huge congratulations to Dr. Nancy Molina-Rogers! 🥳
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka, Mark J. Brandt, Jürgen Maier

liorsheffer.bsky.social
Now in @ispp-pops.bsky.social: what type of personality do citizens want their leaders to have? In a series of studies conducted in Belgium, Canada, and Israel, we present citizens with profiles of potential leaders with different personality configurations drawn using the Big Five traits /1
Screen shot of the title, author list, and abstract of the Political Psychology paper "What Personality Traits do Citizens Want Politicians to Have?"
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by Stuart Soroka — Reposted by: Erika Franklin Fowler

snsoroka.bsky.social
Check out this new Element by Nik Usher & Jessica Hagman, which "...provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news." The free download period is extended to June 13th! #politics #commsky #polcom
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · May 21
New Cambridge Element 'Amplifying Extremism: Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism' by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman is now free to read for 2 weeks.

cup.org/4kziCnn

#cambridgeelements #politics
Book cover of "Cambridge Elements: Politics and Communication, Amplifying Extremism" by Usher and Hagman, featuring a wavy blue patterned background with white and red text.
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

lseusablog.bsky.social
Trump’s complete control over policy may be leading to actions the public – and his supporters – don’t want write @jackmaedgen.bsky.social, @snsoroka.bsky.social and @cbwlezien.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

miacarbone.bsky.social
my first solo-authored paper (and the second chapter of my dissertation!) is out now in PLS 🥳 in this paper, using a psychophysiological experiment in a free-choice environment, I investigate whether increased activation leads to attention or avoidance 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/pls....
Affective (in)attention: Using physiology to understand media selection | Politics and the Life Sciences | Cambridge Core
Affective (in)attention: Using physiology to understand media selection
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

mirya.bsky.social
I'm getting rejected so much, I redid a very old MHAWS on how I deal with rejection!
miryaholman.substack.com/p/on-getting...
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by Stuart Soroka — Reposted by: Scott L. Althaus

snsoroka.bsky.social
Check out the most recent Element in Politics and Communication!: Political Representation as Communicative Practice, by Fabio Wolkenstein and @chriswratil.bsky.social Free to download for the next two weeks (see Christopher's post below). #polcomm
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · Feb 25
🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!

Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:

"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"

together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?

⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇

cup.org/3ERYIUR
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by Stuart Soroka

snsoroka.bsky.social
@aecoppock.bsky.social , my work on attentiveness has mostly focused on physiology, e.g., tinyurl.com/3j8vud9b or tinyurl.com/nerz6dd2 . Also see tinyurl.com/yc4r2mst in which @miacarbone.bsky.social + JD and I reconsider whether activation indicates durable (or temporary) attentiveness.
The Psychophysiology of News Avoidance: Does Negative Affect Drive Both Attention and Inattention to News?
Technological change has produced a high-choice media environment in which selective exposure and news avoidance are increasingly feasible and common. The literature has suggested several correlate...
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka, Cambodia

rebekahtromble.bsky.social
Job Alert 🚨 GW’s School of Media & Public Affairs is hiring an asst prof of political communication, focused on digital platforms and tech. The new hire will get to work closely with amazing colleagues in the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics.

#commsky #polisky

www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs
The School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin as early as August 2025. We seek scholars with a st...
www.gwu.jobs
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drsfarnsworth.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky! I have been only on Twitter for way too long.
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annisch.bsky.social
🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been awarded an SNSF Starting Grant for my project "Sustainable News Use" 🎉! Starting in fall 2025, this five-year project will explore how we can stay informed through largely negative news without harming our mental health.

More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024...

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SNSF Starting Grant for Anne Schulz
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

andrewchadwick.com
🧵 As we head into the various holiday seasons, no doubt we'll be getting into that mix of public and interpersonal online interaction with family members and maybe hometown friends from school days. 1/?
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

sarahobolt.bsky.social
Many thanks to @siennanordquist.bsky.social for this nice summary of my recent article in the APSR with @zachdickson.bsky.social - on how Trump's social media messages can influence the behavior of his supporters.

You can read about it here:
politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...
Partisanship and the Social Media Pulpit -
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Sienna Nordquist, covers the new article by Zachary P. [...]
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

electionanalysis.bsky.social
📊📰 How does sentiment in cable news coverage reflect the dynamics of the 2024 election? @gavinploger.bsky.social & @snsoroka.bsky.social analyze the tone of media reporting on Harris and Trump, revealing intriguing insights about coverage on CNN and Fox News. https://bit.ly/4g0RP10
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by Stuart Soroka

snsoroka.bsky.social
Strange, that’s not what I see at all, and it seems to be free across Europe right now too. If the free version doesn’t appear for you over the next day, send me a note and I’ll make sure to send a copy.
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

rscheffauer.bsky.social
🚨 New Book Alert (NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD) 🚨
Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔
'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed.
Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
🧵👇
Social Media Democracy Mirage
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Social Media Democracy Mirage
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by Homero Gil de Zúñiga — Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

by Stuart Soroka — Reposted by: Daniel Kreiss, Jesse H. Rhodes

snsoroka.bsky.social
Excited to share a new & timely @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element in Politics & Comm: Social Media Democracy Mirage: How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy. Zúñiga, Marné, Goyanes & Scheffauer. Free download til Dec 18! #commsky #polisky doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Social Media Democracy Mirage
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Social Media Democracy Mirage
doi.org
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka, Ingmar Weber

chrisbail.bsky.social
Consider submitting research on misinformation to this special issue of Behavioral Science and Policy: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

luanarusso.bsky.social
Working on Affective Polarization? Send a paper proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & I will be thrilled to read your brilliant proposals! Info & link to submit 👉https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1542
Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka, Dhavan V. Shah, Lucas Leemann , and 3 more

chriswratil.bsky.social
🚨 Job alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science, especially text analysis in the MULTIREP @ERC_Research
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)

wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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by Stuart Soroka

snsoroka.bsky.social
I got to spend this week speaking with @leneaaroe.bsky.social and colleagues at Aarhus, and it was just terrific. So many smart people. And great Danish November weather too! #PoliSky #polcom
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka

joshuadarr.bsky.social
Our new book, Storefront Campaigning, is out *today* and FREE to download until 12/12!

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)
Storefront Campaigning
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Storefront Campaigning
doi.org
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Reposted by: Stuart Soroka, Hajo G. Boomgaarden

compcommlab.bsky.social
Rise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX
#css #commsky #polisky
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