Muhammad Ehab Rasul

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Agreed!

Personally, I would just be transparent and say that this is a post-hoc test and clearly state which analyses were pre-registered. I hold on to the belief that reviewers find transparency valuable over significance!

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Here's my fellow panelist @ehabrasul.bsky.social (NUS)
presenting cutting edge work on "How Perceptions of Misinformation and Disinformation Influence News Consumption across Traditional Media, Social Media, and AI"
Very cool stuff! Part of a larger project. One to watch!

First panel of the day, focused on Campaigns and Identities.
With Dennis Steffan on
Visual Frame Building in Election Campaigns in 🇩🇪&🇰🇪
Then: Tetsuro Kobayashi, linking conspiratorial beliefs to collective efficacy, via social media engagement and deep search in 🇯🇵.
#IJPP2025 #IJPP25

Perceived Victimhood and Hostility Toward Political Opponents in the US: The Moderating Role of Cross-Cutting and Like-Minded News Consumption The perception of victimhood is becoming increasingly common in the current political climate, leading to severe consequences for intergroup relations. This mindset may be further reinforced throug...

Sharing a new publication!

🔑 Results:

- Perceived victimhood predicts dehumanization and spite towards political opponents among those who consume like-minded news.

- These relationships held even when controlling for affective polarization.

Full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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How would it impact people’s perception of news brands if they were transparent about the ideological leanings of their newsroom?

In online experiments in US, DuBosar et al evidence of out-group disdain for the "other side", but not on in-group favoritism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Check out our latest paper in Communication Research! Led by @elianadub.bsky.social

#ICA25 will still take place in Denver

BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25

U.S. press freedom falls to historical low Reporters Without Borders cites economic strains on the media as the biggest driver of press freedom declines globally.

Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.

My latest article is now published in Journal of Broadcasting & Electr. Media!

We examined how alternative podcast news use influences misinfo. engagement & contentious political participation.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Misinformation #podcasts #PoliticalParticipation

Congratulations!

Thank you!

I might have missed this but could you point me to the livestream link? Will definitely join and watch. Thanks!

An under discussed aspect of the California wildfires is their negative downstream effects on kids.

This new working paper shows that wildfire-induced school closures negatively affect student test scores.

The negative effects are more pronounced among students with lower socioeconomic status.

I try to tune out but I can’t get myself to do it. It’s exhausting

Three books, colored yellow, red, and blue, between a pair of over-the-ear headphones.

🚨 Join us for #CommHorizons25, hosted by the Department of Communication @ucdavis.bsky.social!

Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities

Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social.

Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...

I was bummed last year to receive multiple rejections from ICA. But this morning, I was so exited to see that I had *five* different manuscripts or extended abstracts accepted for #ICA25 in Denver!! Huge shoutout to my collaborators for their hard work!! Looking forward to sharing our work 😊

Congrats to all #ICA25 acceptees!
But even if this isn't the ICA year for you, keep in mind that there are plenty other opportunities to grow your networks:
Make sure to follow the Polcomm Divisions official account, i.e. this one (👋😊 hi!)
& all these wonderful folks: bsky.app/profile/polc...

Happy Year Claes!

I guess that’s why social scientists study these complexities :)

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I’ve been having these discussions with some folks as well. Broadly, students are not engaging with materials as they should (not all of them!). I’m particularly sad about how many of them rely on GPT or other models.

Always surprised how many folk on social media are unaware that highly visible women online regularly get threatened w/ rape and other violence. Happens to every woman w/ a substantial following I know, has for a decade regardless of platform. And no, authorities don’t care and that’s no solution.

New Study Evaluates the Impact of "Forbidden Knowledge" on Beliefs Our data shows that censorship claims may deepen political divides

Conservatives find "censored" COVID-19 claims (e.g., vaccine risks) more believable & appealing. Liberals are more skeptical & see censorship as preventing harm.
Censorship framing can even impair critical thinking when claims align with prior beliefs.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/new-study-...

(I don’t know why) I go to extremes: Examining left- and right-wing American alternative media use, the role of populism, and extremist attitudes

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Far-left and far-right self-reported news exposure is correlated with extremist attitudes with populist attitudes not moderating this relationship, finds
@brittanyrs.bsky.social @elianadub.bsky.social Hutchens & Gonzalez doi.org/10.1080/0362...

When academics regularly express their political opinions online, it under undercuts their credibility with the public.

warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...