Stuart Soroka

For part of what appears in Amplifying Extremism (below), check out Nik Usher's piece for Nieman Lab: www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...

So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social for achieving this milestone! She will be starting her postdoctoral position at UCLA working with the incredible @snsoroka.bsky.social

Screen shot of the title, author list, and abstract of the Political Psychology paper "What Personality Traits do Citizens Want Politicians to Have?"

Now in @ispp-pops.bsky.social: what type of personality do citizens want their leaders to have? In a series of studies conducted in Belgium, Canada, and Israel, we present citizens with profiles of potential leaders with different personality configurations drawn using the Big Five traits /1

Check out this new Element by Nik Usher & Jessica Hagman, which "...provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news." The free download period is extended to June 13th! #politics #commsky #polcom

Trump’s complete control over policy may be leading to actions the public – and his supporters – don’t want write @jackmaedgen.bsky.social, @snsoroka.bsky.social and @cbwlezien.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

my first solo-authored paper (and the second chapter of my dissertation!) is out now in PLS 🥳 in this paper, using a psychophysiological experiment in a free-choice environment, I investigate whether increased activation leads to attention or avoidance 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/pls....

I'm getting rejected so much, I redid a very old MHAWS on how I deal with rejection!
miryaholman.substack.com/p/on-getting...

Check out the most recent Element in Politics and Communication!: Political Representation as Communicative Practice, by Fabio Wolkenstein and @chriswratil.bsky.social Free to download for the next two weeks (see Christopher's post below). #polcomm

The Psychophysiology of News Avoidance: Does Negative Affect Drive Both Attention and Inattention to News? Technological change has produced a high-choice media environment in which selective exposure and news avoidance are increasingly feasible and common. The literature has suggested several correlate...

@aecoppock.bsky.social , my work on attentiveness has mostly focused on physiology, e.g., tinyurl.com/3j8vud9b or tinyurl.com/nerz6dd2 . Also see tinyurl.com/yc4r2mst in which @miacarbone.bsky.social + JD and I reconsider whether activation indicates durable (or temporary) attentiveness.

Job Alert 🚨 GW’s School of Media & Public Affairs is hiring an asst prof of political communication, focused on digital platforms and tech. The new hire will get to work closely with amazing colleagues in the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics.

#commsky #polisky

www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...

Partisanship and the Social Media Pulpit - In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Sienna Nordquist, covers the new article by Zachary P. [...]

Many thanks to @siennanordquist.bsky.social for this nice summary of my recent article in the APSR with @zachdickson.bsky.social - on how Trump's social media messages can influence the behavior of his supporters.

You can read about it here:
politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...

Hi Bluesky! I have been only on Twitter for way too long.

🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been awarded an SNSF Starting Grant for my project "Sustainable News Use" 🎉! Starting in fall 2025, this five-year project will explore how we can stay informed through largely negative news without harming our mental health.

More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024...

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🧵 As we head into the various holiday seasons, no doubt we'll be getting into that mix of public and interpersonal online interaction with family members and maybe hometown friends from school days. 1/?

You are a PhD/postdoc & have a paper on how citizens view or understand representation, or what they expect from representatives? If yes, please send us your paper proposal for a fully-funded place in a workshop on "Citizens' Views on Representation" 👇.
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📊📰 How does sentiment in cable news coverage reflect the dynamics of the 2024 election? @gavinploger.bsky.social & @snsoroka.bsky.social analyze the tone of media reporting on Harris and Trump, revealing intriguing insights about coverage on CNN and Fox News. https://bit.ly/4g0RP10

Strange, that’s not what I see at all, and it seems to be free across Europe right now too. If the free version doesn’t appear for you over the next day, send me a note and I’ll make sure to send a copy.

Social Media Democracy Mirage Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Social Media Democracy Mirage

🚨 New Book Alert (NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD) 🚨
Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔
'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed.
Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Social Media Democracy Mirage Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Social Media Democracy Mirage

Excited to share a new & timely @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element in Politics & Comm: Social Media Democracy Mirage: How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy. Zúñiga, Marné, Goyanes & Scheffauer. Free download til Dec 18! #commsky #polisky doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Consider submitting research on misinformation to this special issue of Behavioral Science and Policy: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...

🚨 Job alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science, especially text analysis in the MULTIREP @ERC_Research
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)

wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...

🚨 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the latest wave of the European Elections Voter Study! 📊🇪🇺 Check it out here: search.gesis.org/research_dat...
Join the #EES24challenge: reply with a plot created using EES24 data—we can’t wait to see your insights!

Working on Affective Polarization? Send a paper proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & I will be thrilled to read your brilliant proposals! Info & link to submit 👉https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1542
Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!

Storefront Campaigning Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Storefront Campaigning

Our new book, Storefront Campaigning, is out *today* and FREE to download until 12/12!

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)

I got to spend this week speaking with @leneaaroe.bsky.social and colleagues at Aarhus, and it was just terrific. So many smart people. And great Danish November weather too! #PoliSky #polcom

Rise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX
#css #commsky #polisky

Home Style Opinion Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Home Style Opinion

So, based on my feed … is BlueSky primarily about dunking on cable pundits and national opinion columnists?

If you’re interested in opinion journalism, allow me to recommend our book!

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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I'd forgotten about this! I guess that's decreasing political polarization? ;)