Ayse (Aisha) Lokman

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New article out in New Media & Society: Dror Walter @drorwalter.bsky.social, Yotam Ophir @ophiryotam.bsky.social , Edu Fabregas, and I examine how the Wayfair conspiracy theory moved across platforms. We find Twitter and Reddit played very different roles.

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Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expertly trained models When classifying climate misinformation, general-purpose large language models lag behind models trained on expert-curated climate data.

Our, Erik Nisbet Mowafak Allaham & Sol Hart, latest work on climate misinformation and AI in AAAI 2025 Workshop on AI Governance is featured in @science www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...

My newest paper, led by @smithmarisaa.bsky.social, is now out!

In "The Black Pill," we find Black conservative YouTubers both echo traditional Black conservatism & shift to concerns about "anti-white racism." In the broader conservative network, their voices may legitimize white identity politics

🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection.

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Researcher Support Consortium

I’m not going to lie. These are scary times.

But we CAN do something about it. At the Researcher Support Consortium, we’ve compiled resources for researchers, funders, and institutions—with a toolkit for universities—to help guide next steps. 10/

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How has the “Big Lie”, the claim that Donald Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him, impacted voter’s trust of other elections? Matthew Levendusky, Shawn Patterson, Jr., Michele Margolis, @ophiryotam.bsky.social, @drorwalter.bsky.social, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson explore this in a new article.

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Our latest paper w/ James Fitzgerald, Marie Santini & Deborah Salles open access at IJPP journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Nobel Economics prize awarded for studies of how institutions affect prosperity The award went to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their “innovative research about what affects countries’ economic prosperity,” the Nobel committee said.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

the olympic boxing discourse is such a perfect demonstration of where terf-ism inevitably leads: to be female is to be weaker, the losing boxer is more of a woman because she lost

Fantastic recommendations for researchers who anticipate (or are even just mildly concerns about) backlash / harassment for their public facing work.

Whether Biden drops out or continues, I expect a primary target of foreign info operations this year to be the legitimacy of the Democratic candidate and the legimitacy of the courts in relation to the the GOP candidate. Expect them to target audiences on both sides and exploit organic criticism.

I really cannot emphasize how catastrophically bad the Court's ruling was. I do my best not to exaggerate about these kinds of things but I am still kind of in shock

My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial Complex Online conspiracy theorists turned me into “CIA Renee.”

Truly fantastic article from Renee DiResta describing how she became a central villain in the fantasies of the "bullshit industrial complex" (they wouldn't let her use that title) and explaining the ties to Jan 6, other attacks on researchers, and more. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

January 6 and Insurrection - a Response to Ross Douthat On Douthat's reasoning, published in the NY Times, Confederate secession wasn't an insurrection either.

a lot of the "it wasn't an insurrection" arguments are really just based on foundational misunderstandings (or ignorance) of the relevant Civil War-era history. reason.com/volokh/2024/...

The Special issue: The (international) politics of content takedowns: Theory, practice, ethics is out for Early View that James Fitzgerald and I co-edited in Policy & Internet 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Amazing articles and let us know what you think!
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Why the Gaza hostage crisis is different Security Fence at the border of the Gaza Strip courtesy of © Joyclynn, via Canva.com The Oct. 7 Hamas incursion into Israel – on the 50th anniversary of

I wrote about the hostage crisis ongoing since Hamas kidnapped scores of Israelis and foreigners on Saturday. So much is unknown, but here’s what I’ve got for now, in @goodauth.bsky.social ⤵️
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UW misinformation researchers will not buckle under political attacks | Opinion As the 2024 election approaches, misinformation researchers at the University of Washington say they won't be deterred by those seeking to undermine their work.

Researchers of online misinformation (and related topics) aren’t “buckling” to politically-motivated attacks. Our critical work to understand and address online deception and manipulation continues. But only with the support of our colleagues and institutions. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/uw-m...

Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi? Who is the jailed recipient of one of the world's most prestigious awards?

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist incarcerated in Evin Prison.

If you are interested in the processes & pathways via which Indonesian & Filipino Muslims join Islamist extremist groups; what motivates them to join; & why some go on to participate in terrorist attacks, please check out my new book: Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia.

So excited and grateful for our interdisciplinary team Amira J Arie P Bart K and NIJ support to us on this important subject! For my first adult-grant ever!! nij.ojp.gov/funding/awar...

Terrorist financing ring disrupted in the US & Canada Crypto, PayPal, Western Union....and more

🚨🗞️ Today’s Insight Intellignece is out, and it’s an update on a #TerroristFinancing case we’ve been following for a while, and includes a rare financing charge in Canada! Read on to learn more:

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Trying to adopt small dogs in the South is really like winning the lottery…. If anyone knows of any shelters or rescue organization please send me their details!

Figuring this place out. In case some here may not yet have tired of my spiel: I run a Zoom writing group for students and scholars from Turkey and Syria to create community, structure, and accountability. If you fit this group or know/mentor anyone who does, please email/message me. Thanks!

CTS and Right-Wing Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Volume II, The Politics of Countering Political V... This volume is a timely contribution to the current debates and potential efforts to study and counter the phenomena of extreme right violence in a period when the rise of right-wing extremism is bein...

Oh hey, my 2022 article on anti-Black racism & the development of US counterterrorism is now also a book chapter in "The Politics of Countering Political Violence," covering all your formatting needs & wants. Tell your library to grab a copy:

Very excited to join CITAP community this year! https://citap.unc.edu/news/announcing-the-2023-24-affiliate-community/

QAnon’s Predictions Haven’t Come True; So How Does the Movement Survive the Failure of Prophecy? John F. Kennedy Jr. is dead and has been dead for some time. In July 1999, the small plane he was traveling in crashed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, killing him and two others. The bodies of K...

Seems like a good time to re-share this piece that I wrote with @maargentino.bsky.social, on the failure of prophecy. https://religiondispatches.org/qanons-predictions-havent-come-true-so-how-does-the-movement-survive-the-failure-of-prophecy/

TamTam: The Online Drums of Hate

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