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Race and racialized attitudes are central to many policies. We find that racial dynamics negatively influence perceptions of policies that disproportionally impact communities of color. #commsky new pub [email protected], Lanier Holt, myself & Rachel Wade www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Who is exposed to what? Our #OpenAccess book (by Peter Neijens, @theoaraujo.bsky.social, @judith-moeller.bsky.social forms the basis of a symposium at @ascor.bsky.social today with a dozen state of the art presentations. #CommSky Link to the free OA book ⬇️ library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...

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Researchers, this seems like a valuable resource in the months (years?) ahead

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The RQ1 newsletter by @markcoddington.bsky.social & @sethclewis.bsky.social is celebrating its 5th anniversary with yet another great roundup of research on news/journalism. I appreciate getting a well-curated bundle of diverse research highlights. Highly recommend! open.substack.com/pub/rq1/p/ho...

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Love Is Blind contestants: “This experiment…” Me, a social scientist:

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We here @citap.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ @mariher.bsky.social & Kristóf Szombati, put together a timely and important reading list. Authoritarian Politics: How to Understand It and How to Resist It. We hope you'll read, reflect, and share this tool broadly. 1/ citap.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Looking to brush up skills, find new data sources, or just focus on something small(er) next week? @lovedataweek.bsky.social has events in-person on many campuses & online, thanks to @icpsr.bsky.social (OSU-specific listings here: library.osu.edu/events/inter...)

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I’ve now posted the National YRBS data, 2015-2023, here. I’ll add the state and district data soon. www.datalumos.org/datalumos/pr...

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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

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Just called my senators and representative to oppose the federal funding freeze. If you want help deciding what to say my colleagues created this template - customized for Tennessee concerns about research grants but easily modifiable for other states and issues. 1/ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Reading list for what’s to come: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246...

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Trying to compile a list of people with active pedagogic interests in teaching statistics go.bsky.app/Qg6YSq6

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Welcome to the International Communication Association Student and Early Career Scholars Bluesky Account! We will be sharing our monthly newsletter here along with other information from our community! Check out the newsletter from December! #commsky link.icahdq.org/communities/...

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🚨 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...

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I created this starter pack of researchers based in Europe who study misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. I suspect this list will grow -- get in touch with suggestions go.bsky.app/36RdG8Z

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Today was my favorite day of class because I listened to so many interesting and fascinating research projects conducted by our undergraduate students. This year they broadly researched social media and studied political trust, sleep health, digital privacy, influencer marketing, and more.

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Read about the Donald P. Bellisario Professor of Media Studies @olivermb.bsky.social's innovative class on the media effects of VR! www.psucollegian.com/news/comm-11...

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Delighted to see this wonderful Handbook on Children & Screens published! Our chapter is on #youth #participatorypolitics #civicengagement #media #socialmedia #childrenandmedia #commsky #academicsky #freedownload #publication #fulltext link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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@journalcam.bsky.social welcome to 🦋! #commsky should follow for the best in children and media research, teaching, & children’s media production

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Wrote a book review for PDR about ‘The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories and Race Wars’. Recommended reading for demographers (well, everyone really), as an important exploration of how demography is politicised onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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When you receive reviewer feedback

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Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

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“It’s intentionally difficult,” artist and video game designer Marie LeBlanc Flanagan told TorontoToday. “There is no way to keep living — something will always get you.” “Its inevitable you'll get hit, which is like reality.”

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Can VR truly change the way we understand the world? Our new open access issue explores the potential and challenges of immersive storytelling, aiming to spark conversations about the future of narrative and technology. Issue: shortt.link/mac455bsky @kristineno.bsky.social

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New research published in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social led by @austinhubner.bsky.social. We examined whether a celebrity influencer or expert would be more influential in the context of a health (vaccine) or social issue (police reform). #CommSky 1/4 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Elder millennial here. Can't wait to be blamed again for our love of avocado toast and its impact on the economy 🫠

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A bunch of terrific scholars, practitioners, writers, and more are joining together on Dec. 6 for an online conference exploring some of the social, political, and environmental contexts & consequences of AI. Free to attend (register by Dec. 5): uva.theopenscholar.com/rethinking-t...

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Thank you AJC for covering our project! We tested the efficacy of a #MR system with 300+ kids & their parents across 19 afterschools: The system is particularly effective for kids who tend to be sedentary at baseline. Conversion of sedentary time is mostly to light intensity physical activity.

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Back home from #nca. It was great hearing about everyone's research and wandering around New Orleans. Here are a few snaps from my walks

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Good morning early #nca risers! Come to the Experiences in Mass Comm panel at 8 am and hear my collaborator Hannah Wing discuss some exploratory research on easter eggs. Marriott 2nd floor, gallery 4 #commsky

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I need to add so many more but if I'm leaving off Game Studies scholars, lemme know: go.bsky.app/VbvmLfK

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Check out this starter pack for children and media researchers

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Presenting a poster right now on young adults' knowledge acquisition of medicated abortion from narratives vs. non-narratives in the poster session on the second floor of the Marriot. Stop by and say hi #nca #commsky

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