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Reactionary Politics in South Korea by Myungji Yang
Compelling analysis of the on-the-ground, internal dynamics of far-right actors in South Korea, examining their communities and worldviews.
📚 https://cup.org/3L5OUu9

Reddit field experiment examines what distinguishes lurkers from power users Online discussions are often dominated by a small group of active users, while the majority remain silent. This imbalance can distort perceptions of public opinion and fuel polarization.

A Reddit field experiment finds that toxic or polarized discussions discourage most users from commenting, while motivating active users; nonmonetary rewards and clear rules may help balance participation. doi.org/hbd8wc

Stone Roses first record is such a masterpiece, RIP Gary

new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.

Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media

Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

'It's Terror': Global Sumud Flotilla Bound for Gaza Bombed | Common Dreams Pro-Palestinian protesters in Tunis rally after a drone strike on a humanitarian aid boat bound for Gaza. No injuries reported. Join the fight for justice and solidarity with the Palestinian people.…

"[O]ne of [the flotilla's] boats [was] struck by what was believed to be a drone."

"The boat was carrying the group's steering committee, which includes climate leader Greta Thunberg."

"[N]o one was injured."
#Tunisia #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

Young radicals, moderates and aligned: Ideological congruence and incongruence in party youth wings The ideological fit between party grassroots and leaderships has long been a concern for political science, with members in general, and young members in particular, thought to be more radical. Howev....

Our article on radicals, moderates, and aligned members in party youth wings is now out in the latest issue of @ejprjournal.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Can embarrassment of one's party dampen partisanship and polarization? One would think.

In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...

🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What are the social determinants of ##Misinformation? And does it deepen inequalities? More here on the risks, specifically in public health, and the interventions we can deploy. From Williams, S.N., and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes

So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.

Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵

Journal of Environmental Psychology Available online 22 March 2025, 102579 In Press, Journal Pre-proof What's this? As countries become more affluent, climate change attitudes are more politically polarised Gabriela Czarnek 1 & E, Matthew J. Hornsey 2, Szymon Bucki', Matgorzata Kossowska '

Let's stop citing "the environmental Kuznets curve" to say that making people rich increases their concern about #ClimateChange.

This study finds that polarisation around climate is also among weather countries — those with higher per-capita CO2 emissions.

Makes sense, no?

The Pseudoscience that Shieldied Police Violence About: Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease, Duke University

“Excited delirium” is a diagnosis used to exonerate police officers of the killing of Black and Brown men. A review of @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social's book (@dukepress.bsky.social) by Magda Boutros . @laviedesidees.bsky.social / @casbsstanford.bsky.social.
booksandideas.net/The-Pseudosc...

1/ Does climate activism work?

The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how

Here are some highlights
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hard to believe that album's from the '77, one of the most creative punk albums IMO (well, not just IMO, that's basically the consensus lol)

New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

In a new paper in Nature Medicine we argue that polarization is a serious—and overlooked—determinant of health.

#Polarization is analogous to a preexisting medical condition because it creates a population susceptible to negative influences.

Read the paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

¿Cuál es el problema de no ser blanco? El racismo no es un hecho extraordinario: es un conjunto de ideas y prácticas que ordenan todos los aspectos de nuestra realidad y moldean cuál es el lugar de cada uno en la sociedad. Cada persona que...

elpais.com/mexico/2023-...

Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary by Agustín Fuentes

In Sex Is a Spectrum, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social explains why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male.

Bringing clarity and reason to a contentious issue, this lively book is out May 6.

Preorder yours: bookshop.org/p/books/sex-...

Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...

🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A fascinating debate overlapping philosophy, political science, media literacy, psychology etc. is how much and which kind of a problem is D/Misinformation.

This article pushes back against the "misinformation research is overly alarmist" thesis
dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

#philsky #polisky #psycky

As someone interested in political polarization on climate change and mixed-methods, I found this very insightful. Congrats!

Abstract for our accepted pre-print of Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs

🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇 1/16

New open access article assessing the common ground between liberals and conservatives on why nature is worth preserving. Turns out they share a lot in common!

I did this work with Adam Baimel (@abaimel.bsky.social ), Taciano Milfont, and Ara Norenzayan. 1/n

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Why have authoritarianism and libertarianism merged? A political psychologist on ‘the vulnerability of the modern self’ It is now not uncommon to find people supporting leaders like Donald Trump while insisting the state refrains from intervening in their lives.

“Why have authoritarianism and libertarianism merged?”

Richards piece is a gold mine to understand the complex political psychology of the post-liberal broligarchy: theconversation.com/why-have-aut...

Cover of the report - it's in a blue/purple color scheme and shows an abstract illustration of a molecule and the title of the report "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science Consensus Study Report"

Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪

It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/

www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...

Appreciate the shoutout from @poqjournal.bsky.social!

I show misalignment btwn Black Americans’ expressed partisan & ideological identities (red line below) stems from unfamiliarity w/ terms “liberal” & “conservative,” making the standard, oft-used lib-con measure invalid for this population.