Ashley Muddiman

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

Full release of the ANES 2024 is now available.

The full release of the ANES 2024 Time Series #Data is now available. More details here: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...

Re-upping this for the 🧪 crowd - our new investigation into the psychological mechanisms associated with attack politics (negativity, incivility, intolerance)

Quick note that I'm the proud co-author of a new article. TLDR = listening is powerful.

The Evidentiary Basis for Political Listening: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Feeling Heard (lead author: Elisa Vogel) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Opinion | Holy Water Couldn’t Save My Husband. MAHA Wouldn’t Have, Either.

ICYMI: Annenberg alum @dannagal.bsky.social's powerful essay in @nytopinion.nytimes.com:

“Looking to magic and intuition for agency in a moment when science and medicine are frustrating is normal and human. But I worry that these normal human impulses are being exploited by powerful people."

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

The scope of these funding cuts is unimaginable.

This is a massive, massive blow to the foundations of research.

It will hugely impact US society and economy. This should be a top story.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Picture of the Denver Capitol taken from a highrise window, with some flags, buildings, and marchers in the distance

Glad to go to the #NoKings protest in Denver - didn't take any pictures, but I can see the Capitol from my hotel room window. It was heartening to spend time with the many, many others who recognize the gravity of our current political situation, especially given the unsettling news out of MN.

Hey #ica25

The @ddc-sdu.bsky.social has an awesome Fellowship program

Open for applications NOW for 2026

Very flexible and good conditions. Great group

Reach out with ❓

www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

#ICA25 is officially starting, and I will be sharing with you every single session of the program! Follow @polcomm.bsky.social to keep posted of everything that is happening in our division! #Polcomm

The hellscape that is Southern California right now (as photographed by my dad). Clearly the national guard needs to save us from this chaos.

::screams in strategic game frame::

If the press cannot break their addiction to framing all of politics as a strategy to win, can they at least talking about the strategy of authoritarianism?!

Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

The @mujschool.bsky.social an opening for an endowed chair in journalism strategy and business operations to lead, practice, and teach at the intersection of news, technology and sustainability among our six community-facing newsrooms serving Columbia and Missouri: bit.ly/ReynoldsMizzou

UNC faculty concerned over lack of tenure for professors WRAL has obtained a letter from the faculty chair to the dean and chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill expressing concern about a lack of tenure for certain professors.

I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred.

I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻‍♀️

www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...

The illustration shows a bridge that has broken in the middle, and illustrates fracturing societies.

🗞️ Our special issue on "Connective Democracy and Political Divisiveness" is out in Social Media + Society

Edited by Dr. Gina Masullo (@ginammasullo.bsky.social) and myself, a project of the Center for Media Engagement (@engagingnews.bsky.social)

TOC: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

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🚨🚨 Only a few days left to submit a paper for the Political Communication Preconference at APSA! 🚨🚨

@ashleymuddiman.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social and I are looking forward to your submissions!

DEADLINE: May 25th, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7). CFP here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

ICYMI: The deadline for the 2025 APSA Political Communication Preconference is coming up on May 25. We're excited to review your submissions and hope to see you in Vancouver!

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

Canceling research on misinformation is not only an attack on science and academic freedom.

It is also a democracy, safety, and security threat.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

Can Solidarity Reporting Boost News Story Credibility? - Center for Media Engagement Examining whether covering social justice issues using a solidarity reporting approach increases perceptions of news story credibility.

📰 Solidarity vs. Monitorial Reporting: What’s More Credible?

Our research tested how different reporting styles impact news credibility.

mediaengagement.org/research/can...

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

Call for Applications: 2025 APSA Advancing Research Grant for Early-Career Scholars | Deadline: May 6, 2025 - The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant supports the advancement of research goals and professional development of early career political science scholars. The grant will award…

One day to go! Are you conducting #research on racial justice, inequality, or accessibility politics? Apply now for the 2025 APSA Diversity & Inclusion Advancing Research Grant. Open to early-career scholars in political science. buff.ly/YqTIxZo #EarlyCareer #polisky

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Amplifying very helpful AAUP guidance "Understanding the Law & Policies for Grant Terminations for the NSF" equally useful for NEH grantees. See esp pgs6-7 re: limits of the "no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities” phrasing used to terminate grants. www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

🌐 Preconference updates will be posted here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

📩 Questions? Contact the organizers: @stecula.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social and @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social through the email:

PoliticalCommunication2025@gmail.com

#APSA2025 #PolComm

Important summary from @erinrsocha.bsky.social at the University Daily Kansan

New database tracks canceled N.S.F. research grants Noam Ross and Scott Delaney's new database can track canceled N.F.S. research grants at universities amid D.E.I. backlash.

New from the UDK - New database compiled by @scott-delaney.bsky.social and @noamross.net tracks cancelled NSF grants

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

If you’re in Kansas City today I’m giving a talk about McMansions 5:30pm at the KC Central Library. More info and tickets (which must be purchase in advance) here www.kcdesignweek.org/events/why-a...