@sistek.bsky.social
Studying how digital tech reshape political communication and democratic accountability. Postdoctoral Fellow at CAPT/GRAIL, Purdue University. Background in international journalism, globetrotting and contact improvisation dance.
Boston here I come!
Listening to interesting talk by @joshpasek.com on motivated reasoning
Aw, so jealous! Say hi to everyone for me
“During times of war, it is critical that people have access to authentic information on the ground”
Why just during wartime, one wonders?https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/x-says-it-will-suspend-creators-from-revenue-sharing-program-for-unlabeled-ai-posts-of-armed-conflict/
What happens to democracy when no one covers the school board meeting? Our newest podcast episode about the death of local journalism, with epic local reporter @davebangert.bsky.social.
Loved this conversation with Nicole Hemmer, historian of conservative media. Hope you’ll enjoy it too!
Yay!
Releasing first podcast episodes today! So excited to be sharing the amazing guests that are coming through the Center for Am Political History, Media, and Tech
at Purdue and this intro by our director, Kathryn Cramer Brownell! Hope you'll enjoy these conversations as much as we did!
Our podcast baby that we’ve worked on since the fall is ready to be born! Very excited.!!
We’ve been working on this podcast since the fall and are finally getting ready to release our first episones!
Ah, makes sense!
Enjoyed the first day at SPSA2026!
#SPSA2026 SPSA Women are holding some great events on Friday, starting with #AI in the profession at 9.30 am.
The bus was $1.25
Love that tote!
Good morning New Orleans! #SPSA2026
#SPSA2026 here I come!
Discovering this amazing podcast series www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zp... put on by @monasloane.bsky.social - this one on the impact of AI on libraries, with @ericklinenberg.bsky.social among others. Interesting insights into how much we've invested into digital spaces rather than physical ones.
New research by @steverathje.bsky.social et al
Epistemic Fragility in Large Language Models: Prompt Framing Systematically Modulates Misinformation Correction
WGemini 2.5 Pro had 74% lower odds of strong correction than Claude Sonnet 4.5, highlighting epistemic fragility
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22746
Am right in that same boat…
Really enjoying this podcast right now. Reflections from a Canadian who’s lived in both #America and #China, on the differences between the two.
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Sounds fascinating!
My talented postdoc colleague Sage Goodwin and her co-author’s take on the Kimmel debacle. theconversation.com/even-as-jimm...
Oh boy…
Leaving Vancouver with a belly full of great conversations, mountain views and gratitude. Thank you #APSA2025
Vancouver here I come! #APSA2025
It is important to resist the normalization of these travesties. If or when we get to "yawn, not another one..." we will have truly lost it all.
Quite eye opening episode on the history of OpenAI and where the field is going
podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/h...
When GenAI frames answers in terms of questions and help people think, rather than just providing answers, people learn more. Fascinating episode on how to design beneficial #AI.
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Proposed US funding changes