Chris Carpenter's Avatar

Chris Carpenter

@chriscarpenter.bsky.social

Communication Professor studying opinion leaders, motivated reasoning, watching others online, meta-analysis, etc. Co-author of “Critical Questions in Persuasion Research” as well as “The Science of Gaining Compliance” both from Cognella he/him

1,296 Followers  |  700 Following  |  265 Posts  |  Joined: 29.08.2023  |  1.9875

Latest posts by chriscarpenter.bsky.social on Bluesky

Some R1s have negotiated a lower fee that the R1 then pays on behalf of the researchers at their university.

07.12.2025 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Fox Football music director is having fun. The music as they cut to commercial was “Head Like a Hole” by NIN. They played just enough to get to the first line, “God money, I’ll do anything for you.” 😂

29.11.2025 18:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I shudder to think about that graph in 2026.

28.11.2025 15:57 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks!

26.11.2025 19:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m pleased to report that I will be joining the faculty in the School of Communication Studies at the University of Tennessee next year as an Associate Professor.
Go Vols!

26.11.2025 03:57 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For the past few years I've been encouraging undergrads to write for a "naive but interested" reader/viewer/listener.
I want them to explain what terms mean (and demonstrate that they understand) as well as develop skills in expressing ideas.

25.11.2025 17:09 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*

So many forget that last part.

26.11.2025 00:31 — 👍 881    🔁 198    💬 12    📌 4

Open the pod bay doors, Charlie Brown

24.11.2025 14:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

KPOP Demon Hunters is a movie about the importance of effective public health communication in this essay I will...

23.11.2025 13:36 — 👍 1362    🔁 163    💬 13    📌 7

Please do one using the dance song “Sandstorm.”

23.11.2025 13:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Me, at a club: do you take requests 

DJ: yeah what’s up

Me: *slides over $10* please turn it down

Me, at a club: do you take requests DJ: yeah what’s up Me: *slides over $10* please turn it down

Me at the #NCA2025 opening reception last night

21.11.2025 14:50 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm at #NCA25 and will be at the #NCA2025 graduate fair in the Aurora Ballroom at the Ohio State booth (#55) from 2-3.

If you're interested in pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D., stop by any time 1-4 to chat with faculty & students!

20.11.2025 19:13 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives OpenAI blocked access for the toymaker following the incidents.

The maximum acceptable level of risk for an "AI-powered toy" targeted at young children is absolutely too low for use of an off-the-shelf commercial LLM to EVER be a reasonable choice. gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...

19.11.2025 00:31 — 👍 82    🔁 28    💬 3    📌 4

Quick #nca25 #nca2025 reminder:

Bring one dollar bills to tip the bartenders at conference receptions. Or if you’re feeling generous, five dollar bills.

15.11.2025 19:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Fact Check: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Did NOT Say Pilots Don't Need Air Traffic Controllers And Should 'Suck It Up And Go With Their Gut Feelings' Did U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy say in a Fox News interview in November 2025 that "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut ...

Fortunately he did not say that

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

10.11.2025 00:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Video thumbnail

Do I add this to my CV as an invited lecture? 🤔

08.11.2025 20:54 — 👍 82    🔁 11    💬 6    📌 2

😭

06.11.2025 03:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I recently had the same experience. It is a bummer.

04.11.2025 01:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In Grok we don’t trust

03.11.2025 13:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Super interesting test of single blind vs double blind review.
@angiefagerlin.bsky.social

25.10.2025 17:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
image of a cat

image of a cat

Attention graduate students! The 15th annual Communication & Technology / Mobile Doctoral Consortium is now accepting student proposals to participate at #ICA26 in Cape Town. Proposals are due 2 Feb. Please read the requirements closely. sites.google.com/view/2026ica...

23.10.2025 17:06 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

🚨 Only 24 hours remain to vote in the 2025 ICA Election! Members can vote online; polls close on 21 October. Make your voice count! 🌍 🔗 buff.ly/v5Zde4w

20.10.2025 16:20 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Got one!

19.10.2025 18:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Such a great bookstore!

16.10.2025 17:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Have you petitioned them to change the name from “oldies” to “music the kids are still totally into that really isn’t that old if you think about it”?

10.10.2025 23:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It was great for academics. I learned about a lot of cool studies and ideas over there. I haven’t looked back though.

09.10.2025 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wish I was in n Milwaukee tonight.

08.10.2025 23:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Validation of an efficacy of lying scale Efficacy of lying is the belief that lying is an effective and efficient communication strategy. A new measure of efficacy of lying is presented to assess the belief that lying is an effective way ...

Our article titled, "Validation of an efficacy of lying scale" is now in an issue. If you want a self-report scale that measures people's belief that lying is effective, we've got you. There's a bonus finding about superdiffusers.
Click here for a free copy:

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EGJWP...

02.10.2025 16:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations!

01.10.2025 21:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!"

Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)

30.09.2025 23:19 — 👍 477    🔁 112    💬 8    📌 8

@chriscarpenter is following 19 prominent accounts