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Alessandro Nai

@alessandronai.bsky.social

Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social http://www.alessandro-nai.com

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Lukas Lauener @lukaslauener.bsky.social · last wk.

Very happy to see this article out @spsr.bsky.social 🥳🎉!! If you're interested in whether and how crises affect turnout + vote choice, here is what @eliemichel.bsky.social & I found for the Swiss case⬇️ Many 🙏🙏 to @retobuergisser.bsky.social, Claire Dupuy, @mgerber.bsky.social & @linerenn.bsky.social

Elie Michel@eliemichel.bsky.social · last wk.

What happens when voters are exposed to several crises in succession? With @lukaslauener.bsky.social we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis shaped turnout and vote choice in the 2023 Swiss elections. @spsr.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 9h ago

small, single corridor shopping centre in Stevenage Old Town. Called the 'Magnet centre' after the family that owned the land. odd nik-nak and dress shops... ...and in the mid-90s briefly, hidden at the back, the town's first comic shop. we discovered it as teens. it was like finding heaven /1

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 12h ago

tell me about your town’s weird mall

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 5mo ago

Coming up with a post-hoc theory section when your results are weird:

Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 5d ago

Does violence beget violence? In POQ, Vargiu & Nai found that while Democrats initially condemned violence against Republicans, their support for partisan violence increased following Mangione’s arrest. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 6d ago

Newly happy to share that Curation Bubbles is the recipient of the 2026 Walter Lippmann Best Published Article award from the APSA's Political Communication section apsanet.org/membership/o...

Jon Green@jongreen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Extremely happy to share that "Curation Bubbles" is online (open access!) at @apsrjournal.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Title: Curation Bubbles
Abstract: Information on social media is characterized by networked curation processes in which users select other users from whom to receive information, and those users in turn share information that promotes their identities and interests. We argue this allows for partisan “curation bubbles” of users who share and consume content with consistent appeal drawn from a variety of sources. Yet, research concerning the extent of filter bubbles, echo chambers, or other forms of politically segregated information consumption typically conceptualizes information’s partisan valence at the source level as opposed to the story level. This can lead domain-level measures of audience partisanship to mischaracterize the partisan appeal of sources’ constituent stories—especially for sources estimated to be more moderate. Accounting for networked curation aligns theory and measurement of political information consumption on social media.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7d ago

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

Barack Obama's 2026 Summer Reading List:

Kin by Tayari Jones
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
A World Appears by Michael Pollan
Whistler by Ann Patchett
This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage
Vigil by George Saunders
One Sun Only by Camille Bordas
Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu
Data Empire by Roopika Risam
Transcription by Ben Lerner
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead

Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧐Do you teach comparative politics? ❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects? If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky

Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · last wk.

Unbelievably, there are *two* academic jobs at Cardiff University. One in British politics (seemingly broadly defined) cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/53... One in political behaviour/opinion 🙌 cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/52...

Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research in Law Building | Internal & External Website

View details and apply for this Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research vacancy in Law Building. Lecturer in Politics - Teaching & Research School of Law and Politics The School of Law a...

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · last wk.

New publication out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! We know young voters vote for different parties and hold different attitudes than older citizens. What we know less about: whether they also care differently about political issues. Using novel experimental survey data, I show: they do! 👇

“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2w ago

It pains me to say so, but this is the first one that came to mind

My Chemical Romance - Helena (Gerard Way)

ALT: My Chemical Romance - Helena (Gerard Way)

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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

Name a song where someone dies/is murdered.

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2w ago

An important piece indeed, by the always excellent @podmalm.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Pontus Odmalm@podmalm.bsky.social · 2w ago

Important read (if I may)👇 (ping @edinburghpir.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @tabouchadi.bsky.social @profsob.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @joaocarvalho21.bsky.social) link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks to @psypost.bsky.social for the in-depth coverage of @cvargiu.bsky.social and my recent POQ piece about #Mangione and support for #PoliticalViolence Our results are concerning, as liberals tend attitudinally to be less aggressive paper: tinyurl.com/yc3998e7 www.psypost.org/the-folk-her...

The "folk hero" narrative surrounding Luigi Mangione increased Democrats' support for violence against Republicans, study finds

The viral "folk hero" narrative surrounding the arrest of Luigi Mangione didn't just target corporate America. New research shows the event increased Democrats' willingness to endorse hypothetical act...

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Yusaku Horiuchi @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social · 2w ago

📢 Now online in AJPS (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! With Katie Clayton, Aaron Kaufman, @kinggary.bsky.social , and @mayyakomis.bsky.social, we offer a unified framework for conjoint analysis—and argue for analyzing data at the CHOICE level. 📊 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ajps... 🛠️ yhoriuchi.github.io/projoint/

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ceci n'est pas un Président

Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 3w ago

Bluesky Agincourt mentions

Line graph that goes up sharply at the end.

Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 3w ago

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

W the absolute F

Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced!@bogiperson.bsky.social · 4w ago

Absolutely WTF, just searched for a book which had a chapter from me in Google and it came up *in Google* with the tracking "utm_source=chatgpt.com" in the link. (Probably needless to say, but I wasn't using ChatGPT.)

Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Which immigrants do people prefer and why? Many point to skill levels, but @mfreino.bsky.social @isabel-ruiz.bsky.social and I argue people also consider the social value of work immigrants do, even if considered "lower" skilled. Open access in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S147... 🧵

Title: Beyond skills: How occupational essentiality and social value relate to attitudes toward immigrant labor.
Authors: William L. Allen, Mariña Fernández-Reino, and Isabel Ruiz
Abstract: Research on public attitudes toward immigration consistently shows that people prefer higher- over lower-skilled immigrants, largely for sociotropic economic and fiscal reasons. We argue that this account is incomplete: citizens also evaluate immigrant workers according to the essentiality and social value of the work they perform, alongside formal skills and education. We conceptualize two logics for evaluating occupations – economic-fiscal and moral-social – that shape attitudes toward labor immigrants, before testing this argument in two studies in the UK. Study 1 uses a preregistered conjoint survey experiment (N = 4,951) fielded during the UK’s third COVID-19 lockdown in January 2021. Respondents evaluated hypothetical labor immigrants varying in occupation, skill level, and origin. Immigrants working in occupations designated as ‘essential’ during the pandemic were substantially more likely to be preferred for admission (by about 22 percentage points) and more likely to be viewed as economically beneficial (by about 10 percentage points) than those in nonessential jobs, net of skill. Study 2 reports results from an online survey (N = 1,944) fielded in 2025 measuring perceptions of occupational essentiality, social value, economic value, prestige, skill, and labor shortages. Perceived essentiality is strongly associated with social value while remaining distinct from skill and prestige. Importantly, perceptions of occupational essentiality remained stable over time and correlated with preferences for admitting immigrants in those same occupations. Together, these findings highlight occupational essentiality as a distinct and consequential driver of immigration attitudes with implications for labor migration debates and policymaking.

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

Treasury agents take advantage of unreliable accountant to arrest self-made man allegedly involved in other misdeeds

Becky Hopkins@beckyhop13.bsky.social · 3w ago

CEO's death leads to dispute over freeway construction plans in a marginalized neighborhood

Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 3w ago

Is the ‘directional’ measure of negative campaigning really unreliable? @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maierjuergen.bsky.social & Michaela Maier examine evidence from nine studies, arguing the measure is reliable & robust. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/19BZgGn @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci

Abstract
The ‘directional’ definition of negative campaigning (i.e. when candidates leverage critiques against their political opponents) has been criticized for lacking reliability and validity. Does this critical assessment resist scrutiny? We propose, via nine different original studies, a full-scale reassessment of this critical assessment. Building on novel evidence from sources as disparate as expert ratings of elections across the world, automated and manual coding of social media posts, candidate self-ratings, cross-sectional surveys, experimental evidence, and more, we provide a much less pessimistic outlook. The evidence discussed in the nine studies showcases high levels of (self-)observer agreement (i.e. different people evaluate the same phenomenon similarly), situational consistency (evaluations are stable across time and space), convergent validity (different independent measures of the same phenomenon are strongly correlated), construct validity (measures can be used to provide empirical support for theoretically cogent hypotheses), and discriminant validity (proximate phenomena are perceived differently). The directional measure of campaign negativity is not perfect, but it is very much alive and kicking. The data and materials for all nine studies are open for replication and re-analysis.

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

Me, June 2026: reading handwritten exams is hard! Also me, July 2026: hold my 1770s original handwritten notary records, in French and literally crumbling

De Speld @speld.nl · 3w ago

FIFA kent Falklandeilanden toe aan Argentinië

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

Brutal

maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · 3w ago

I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.

Elise Storme @elisestorme.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 Feeling like your post-summer agenda is a little too empty? The final two online PolCom Classics seminars are coming up. Don't miss your chance to join us before the series wraps up! 👇

NeFCA Political Communication@nefcapolcom.bsky.social · 4w ago

After the summer, we're back with the final two online seminars in our PolCom Classics series! ☀️ 📅 24 September – (Negative) Campaigning 📅 29 October – Radicalization and extremism We'll conclude with a special in-person event in November/December. More details will follow soon!

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

singalong as The Cardigans

Catbus@catbus.phd · 3w ago

how I'm tryna be

vintage Pyrex packaging showing an anthropomorphic bottle captioned
boil me
chill me
see if I care

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

"verify your age" Had to explain people which side the floppy disk goes into the CPU in one of my first university-related jobs - aka, as an adult

Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · 3w ago

"verify your age" Completing an entire university degree using pen and paper, never once touching a computer

Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 3w ago

New working paper w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social @rantuna.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com! *Does publicly refusing to cooperate with the far right only strengthen it?* A widespread belief says yes. In this paper, we test it based on a natural experiment from Spain. tinyurl.com/5azkfnas [1/6]

Twan Huijsmans @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social · 4w ago

Europe’s growing urban-rural divide in voting along the transnational cleavage is not merely a reflection of underlying educational differences, as @theresakuhn.bsky.social, @bramlancee.bsky.social and I show in this new study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social. A short thread 🔽

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3w ago

RIP Sam Neill Australia, your move now