Really enjoyed chatting to comm prof @joshpasek.com about the psychological underpinnings of why we believe the things we believe. Hope you will like this conversation too!

CAPTivated Podcast@captivatedpod.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In our latest episode, we sit down with @joshpasek.com, professor of Communication and Media and Political Science at the University of Michigan, to unpack two of the most important concepts in media psychology: selective exposure and motivated reasoning. 🎧 captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow

Buffalo here I come! Headed off for two weeks, computational social science training sicss.io/2025/rochest...

Another memorable MPSA! Grateful for interesting panels, friendships new and old, and feeling the pulse of Chicago again. #MPSA2026

My presentation on Tuesday of ConvoLab hannasistek.github.io/projects.html, my newest research project, ended up in the Purdue Exponent! www.purdueexponent.org/campus/event...

Purdue researchers showcase AI projects focused on public trust, security

Work presented at the AI research showcase Tuesday ranged from open research data infrastructure to AI policy tracking, civil discourse tools, and rail cybersecurity modeling.

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Indiana friends! On April 30, we're hosting the Inaugural Annual Summit on Information, Technology, and American Democracy (www.cla.purdue.edu/.../center.....) at The Heirloom at N.K. Hurst in Indianapolis. The deadline to register is on April 26th. Please DM me if you want a comp code!

Really enjoyed making this latest CAPTivated podcast episode, where we talked to Purdue sociology prof Marcus Mann about asymmetric #polarization and the qualitative differences of the centre-left and far right #media spheres.@drmann.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2569769/epis...

EP 05 The Quasi-Religion of Right-Wing Media with Marcus Mann - CAPTivated

In this episode, Sage, Julius, and Hanna sit down with Purdue sociology professor Marcus Mann to discuss why polarization is the wrong framework for understanding our news media. Marcus explains that ...

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Really enjoyed making this latest CAPTivated podcast episode, where we talked to Purdue sociology prof Marcus Mann about asymmetric #polarization and the qualitative differences of the centre-left and far right media spheres. www.buzzsprout.com/2569769/epis...

EP 05 The Quasi-Religion of Right-Wing Media with Marcus Mann - CAPTivated

In this episode, Sage, Julius, and Hanna sit down with Purdue sociology professor Marcus Mann to discuss why polarization is the wrong framework for understanding our news media. Marcus explains that ...

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📄 Transcript now available! Prefer to read? Want to reference specific quotes? The full transcript for our conversation with Dr. @alicetiara.bsky.social is now live. Access the transcript here: captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/epis... #CAPTIvatedPodcast #PodcastRecommendations #AI #Podcast #AGI

Boston here I come!

Listening to interesting talk by @joshpasek.com on motivated reasoning

“During times of war, it is critical that people have access to authentic information on the ground” Why just during wartime, one wonders?https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/x-says-it-will-suspend-creators-from-revenue-sharing-program-for-unlabeled-ai-posts-of-armed-conflict/

X says it will suspend creators from revenue-sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of 'armed conflict' | TechCrunch

Creators who break the rules will get a three-month suspension, and if they continue to violate the policy, they'll be permanently banned.

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What happens to democracy when no one covers the school board meeting? Our newest podcast episode about the death of local journalism, with epic local reporter @davebangert.bsky.social.

CAPTivated Podcast@captivatedpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? 🎙️ This week, we sat down with @davebangert.bsky.social — veteran local journalist and founder of popular Substack Based in Lafayette, Indiana. 🎧 Listen here: here:https://captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow

Loved this conversation with Nicole Hemmer, historian of conservative media. Hope you’ll enjoy it too!

CAPTivated Podcast@captivatedpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌱Three key takeaways from our #CAPTivated conversation with Nicole Hemmer: 📺Politics and media are inextricable 🔮20th-century solutions don't solve 21st-century problems 🌳Touch grass with others 🎧Listen here: captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow

Releasing first podcast episodes today! So excited to be sharing the amazing guests that are coming through the Center for Am Political History, Media, and Tech at Purdue and this intro by our director, Kathryn Cramer Brownell! Hope you'll enjoy these conversations as much as we did!

CAPTivated Podcast@captivatedpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿…🎙️ 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 is officially LIVE with TWO episodes ready to binge right now! ✨ Join hosts @sistek.bsky.social, Sage Goodwin, and Julius Freeman as they ask the experts. 🎧 Start listening today on your fave podcast platforms: captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow

Our podcast baby that we’ve worked on since the fall is ready to be born! Very excited.!!

CAPTivated Podcast@captivatedpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

From disinformation and polarization to algorithmic news feeds and attention traps, we all know our media isn’t always serving us Join the 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 to find out how we got here and what we can do about it ❓ Mark your calendar, February 5 🚀📅

We’ve been working on this podcast since the fall and are finally getting ready to release our first episones!

CAPTivated Podcast@captivatedpod.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What’s wrong with our media? And what can we do to make it right? 🎙️ Find out on February 5.

Enjoyed the first day at SPSA2026!

#SPSA2026 SPSA Women are holding some great events on Friday, starting with #AI in the profession at 9.30 am.

Good morning New Orleans! #SPSA2026

#SPSA2026 here I come!

Discovering this amazing podcast series www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zp... put on by @monasloane.bsky.social - this one on the impact of AI on libraries, with @ericklinenberg.bsky.social among others. Interesting insights into how much we've invested into digital spaces rather than physical ones.

New research by @steverathje.bsky.social et al Epistemic Fragility in Large Language Models: Prompt Framing Systematically Modulates Misinformation Correction WGemini 2.5 Pro had 74% lower odds of strong correction than Claude Sonnet 4.5, highlighting epistemic fragility arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22746

Really enjoying this podcast right now. Reflections from a Canadian who’s lived in both #America and #China, on the differences between the two. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

America vs. China

Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 10/31/2025 · 57m

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My talented postdoc colleague Sage Goodwin and her co-author’s take on the Kimmel debacle. theconversation.com/even-as-jimm...

Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before

President Nixon tried and failed to cancel ‘The Dick Cavett Show.’ Since then, deregulation and consolidation have made media conglomerates more willing to accommodate those in power.

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Leaving Vancouver with a belly full of great conversations, mountain views and gratitude. Thank you #APSA2025

Vancouver here I come! #APSA2025

It is important to resist the normalization of these travesties. If or when we get to "yawn, not another one..." we will have truly lost it all.

ACLU@aclu.org · last yr.

In ICE custody, Dr. Badar Khan Suri faced horrific treatment and was falsely labeled a highly dangerous offender — just because of his pro-Palestine speech. Badar is home now, but he should never have been detained in the first place. The First Amendment is for everyone.

Quite eye opening episode on the history of OpenAI and where the field is going podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/h...

Empire of AI: Inside OpenAI’s Race to Conquer the Future | Karen Hao

Poddavsnitt · Hidden Forces · 2025-05-19 · 1 tim 7 min

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When GenAI frames answers in terms of questions and help people think, rather than just providing answers, people learn more. Fascinating episode on how to design beneficial #AI. podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/y...

Echo Chambers of One: Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection

Poddavsnitt · Your Undivided Attention · 2025-05-15 · 42 min

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Proposed US funding changes

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · last yr.

An alternate version of this graph sorted by total funding changes rather than percentages is revealing