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13. Spillover of Hostile Media Frames of Asian Countries into American Public's Opinions of Asian Groups Jialing Zhou, UC Merced Q: when media says China, Japan is a threat, how much does that shape non-Asian views of people from those places? A: yes on China coverage, not so much for Japan #PRIEC
12. How much Race Matters: Impact of News Media for Attitudes about Migrants Guadalupe Madrigal, UCSB Argues: support for policy that benefits migrants traces to media coverage Finds: racial resentment appears to drive policy attitudes especially when media makes migrant adults more visible #PRIEC
11. Media Context of Reception: Intergroup Symbolic Environments & Migration Muniba Saleem & Ismaharif Ismail, UCSB Q: does negative media of minorities process diff for maj & min groups? A: for maj group -> support for policy harmful to Muslims; min group -> less gov trust #PRIEC
This! This right here is what sets our research community apart. “We rescue ourselves with love and integrity by investing in our ourselves & our needs!” -Prof. Lorrie Frasure, UCLA The CMPS team hyping the value of this cooperative crowd-sourcing, big samples of subgroups data source. #PRIEC
10. Exclusion in Political Polling, Voter Demobilization: Case of AsianAms Nathan Chan, LMU & Joyce Nguy, UCLA Finds: Asian Americans are largely excluded from analysis in political polling election reports & exposure to these exclusionary reports lowers their likelihood of voter engagement #PRIEC
9. Immigration-Based Voting Among Latinos 2016, 2020 Elections Juan Espinoza (undergrad) & Jason Morin, CSU Northridge Q: does immig linked fate hold up for Latinos controlling for PID? A: Kinda, still need account cross-racial mobilization, compare diff options voters face on ballot #PRIEC
8. Running in Context: Marginalization, PolAmbition, & Candidate Emergence Iris Acquarone, ASU Argues: election context excluding marginalized people activates latent pol ambition, but mobilization needs substance Test: surveyExp show salient marginalization + aim for inclusion —> run4office #PRIEC
7. When Exclusion Mobilizes: Institutional Design, Collective Action, & Pol Participation under Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Sonja Castaneda Dower, UChicago Q: How to pol voice when institutional channels are closed? A: Exclusion rechannels pol effort to consolidate alt institutions #PRIEC
6. Normative Expectations Prompting Color-Conscious & Color-Blind Mobilization Mckenzie Bennet, NotreDame Q: What are the predictors of White mobilization for racial justice? A: Racial socialization #PRIEC
5. Senators Good, Senate Bad: Institutional Design & Unequal Representation in Congress G. Agustin Markarian, LoyolaUChicago Q: Does the House represent less powerful groups better than the Senate? If so, why? A: The Senate is less representatively equal chamber. The filibuster explains why. #PRIEC
4. Racial Comparability in Authoritarianism Scales Bang Zheng, UTAustin Q: do black-white diffs in auth scales reflect true diffs in latent auth dispositions or meas non-equivalence item function? A: correcting meas diffs, blacks score higher underlying auth. B & W respondents see items similarly
3. Variations in perception of antisemitism among the American public. Bai Linh Hoang & Josh Slatter, UT Arlington RQ: Does nationality background of student criticizing state of Israel predict perceptions of antisemitic speech? Or, support / opposition to US government action toward the protester?
2. Pierce Christofferson, UCSB “Fentanyl & Fear: Public Perceptions of the Opioid Crisis and Undocumented Immigrants in the Western United States.” Does opioid concern predict human smuggling concern? A: Yes, and, survey exp shows differences rooted in partisan-identity & racial-identity. #PRIEC
1. Effects of Humorous Counterspeech on Attitudes Towards Undoc Immigrants Hyojin Lee & Kanu Pandey use survey exp to show humor disrupts anti-immigrant views & reduces support for anti-immig policy. Humor stalls online cruelty by activating moral outrage among pro-imm viewers. #PRIEC
Big thank you upfront to the hosts of PRIEC @UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Political Science Professors Pei-te Lien, Christopher Parker, AJ Rice, Alfredo Gonzalez, and Raymond Orr, thank you for organizing, securing sponsorship, and hosting PRIEC
Boom! Kicking off PRIEC @UCSB! Grab the program from www.priec.org Or from the homepage of the UCSB Political Science department homepage docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PRIEC Fans! 📣 @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social is hosting PRIEC on ✨Friday, May 8th✨ For more information, including the fantastic lineup, please visit: polsci.ucsb.edu/news/priec-c... RSVP to attend by Tuesday, April 21st.
Do experiences with authoritarianism in the home country leave signatures on newcomers’ attitudes once they arrive? Cookie Kim theorizes an authoritarian regime legacy traces to Asian Americans immigrants, not so much Latinos. And, that influence thins out fast for 2nd Gen. #ASUPRIEC
We know parent political socialization matters for partisan identity development. HopeGomez calls for conceptually distinguishing clarity from strength parent socialization features. Key finds: low clarity of parent pid —> higher non-identifiers, strong parent parent id —> strong PiD. #ASUPRIEC
Our imagination of borders often elevates browness. Katie Clone refocuses symbolic bordering to whiteness by scrutinizing text from CNN and The Hill that addresses US refugee admission proposals. Key insight: there is a critical coverage of the cap for its whiteness “bordering practices”
How might union representation shape views regarding racial inequities in education? Adriel Bustillos reasons that perception of representation by unions may create support of egalitarian and equitable policy impacts especially in realms outside of economic and political life.
Why might corporations wade into politics of racialized issues? Ananya Hariharan teaches that firms have incentive to respond to employees, sorted as issue publics, even when doing so is unrelated to firms bottom line Tests if firms withhold donations to pols who back Jan6 insurrectionists 1/2
Kicking off the #ASUPRIEC program is ASU undergrad María Blandón. Argument: pol knowledge research lacks theory, measures of know how relevant in street politics, like ICE ambushing people en route to school, work, church, or home. Blandón shares new metric of Knowledge Your Rights Literacy 1/2
It’s that time!! #ASUPRIEC, Tempe , AZ. We’ll post highlights of presentations from the program. Shout out to team @asuclapr.bsky.social at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social who organized a great program and a roundtable on redistricting & elections.
Had a great time presenting and learning from colleagues at @priec.bsky.social Thanks @dadakim.bsky.social and @quicopedraza.bsky.social for organizing PRIEC’s 20th anniversary🌟
PRIEC in SoCal. Wonderful colleagues, interesting new research, and of course, the views and cuisines that SoCal has to offer.
Whoever took these candid photos deserves a raise. Thank you, @priec.bsky.social, for capturing so much of our 20th anniversary celebration conference. Excited for all of the other PRIECs this anniversary year!!!
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What's going on in the Dakotas? Christian Castillo UC Riverside presents work co-authored with @lauraevans.bsky.social The politics of extractive markets gets even more complex when layering sovereignty. "Green Mining: The Politics of Lithium and Indigenous Peoples" #UCRPRIEC20