So happy to see this published!!!!

Anna Gunderson@annagunderson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New article with @mgmacdonald.bsky.social on the use of police social media around the 2020 policing protests in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

I am so happy to see this published! (And delighted that my excellent coauthors went along with my suggested title of 'Candidates be Posting')

Jo(sephine) Lukito@jolukito.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨 Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections And it's open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In spite of the many changes to data access, we continue to collect this data. In 2024, we collaborated with the Algorithmic Transparency Institute, SOMAR, and CTCL to begin Candidata, a more long-term effort to collect and validate social media handles of U.S. politicians: www.candidata24.org

🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨 Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections And it's open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections - Josephine Lukito, Maggie Macdonald, Bin Chen, Megan A. Brown, Stephen Prochaska, Yunkang ...

In this multi-platform, comparative study, we analyze social media messages from political candidates (N = 1,517) running for Congress during the 2022 U.S. Midt...

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So excited to finally see this out! It was the first paper I started during my postdoc at @csmapnyu.org

NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics@csmapnyu.org · last yr.

It's well known that politicians take more extreme positions during primaries. In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, we find this shift is much more likely when incumbents in safe seats face a well-funded primary challenger. 🧵👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kn5KxRaZn...

Please consider submitting to this workshop. The feedback is top-notch!!

Maggie Macdonald, PhD@mgmacdonald.bsky.social · last yr.

Political scientist in the southeast? Have cool research that you want feed back on? Want to network with other scholars? Consider applying to SoWEPS! Deadline February 17th! www.soweps.org/call-for-pap...

Political scientist in the southeast? Have cool research that you want feed back on? Want to network with other scholars? Consider applying to SoWEPS! Deadline February 17th! www.soweps.org/call-for-pap...

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY🚨 Jeff Harden and I are seeking a post-doc OR visiting Ph.D. student to join us for the 24/25 AY. The position involves no teaching responsibilities, research funds, and competitive compensation Please reach out with questions! apply.interfolio.com/142189

When SCOTUS considers FL/TX content moderation laws next year, it should craft rulings that leave ample room for legislative & regulatory efforts to mandate transparency & data access. CSMaP filed an amicus brief in the case w/Darren Linvill, @pwarren.bsky.social, & @fil.bsky.social More: 🧵 1/

Me, the ladies, and PITBULL.

🎉 Wooo! Excited about this paper, and continuing to work on projects with @annagunderson.bsky.social !!!!

Anna Gunderson@annagunderson.bsky.social · 3y ago

*taps microphone* hello bluesky! excited to share a new draft of a paper w @mgmacdonald.bsky.social on police use of Facebook during the 2020 policing protests tldr; racial demographics do not predict posting, but partisanship does. little evidence that protests spur conversations about reform