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Joshua Tucker
@jatucker.bsky.social

Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him .. more

Joshua Tucker was Archdeacon of Barnstaple.

Source: Wikipedia
Political science 34%
Communication & Media Studies 25%

So incredibly proud of my immensely talented daughter, who got a short story published!

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WANTED - SASHA TUCKER β€” Study: The Mole Man
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AAUP @aaup.org Β· Aug 26
AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

@uauoregon.bsky.social

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AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon
The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.
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#OpenAccess from @jepsjournal.bsky.social -

How Language Shapes Belief in Misinformation: A Study Among Multilinguals in #Ukraine - cup.org/4myrgDM

- @aaronerlich.bsky.social, @kevinaslett.bsky.social, Sarah Graham & @jatucker.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Fascinating work from @jatucker.bsky.social and @csmapnyu.org looking at the effect of labeling images as AI on people’s beliefs about the provenance + veracity of that image. They also explore the implications of AI images not being labeled after seeing labeled images #PaCSS2025 #polnet2025
πŸ“£Out on #FirstView πŸ“£

In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo BarberΓ‘, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.

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I remember this one too!

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It’s not just cheaper. It’s smarter.

Our goal: lower barriers to high-quality political science education, everywhere.

Explore the text (and sign up as an instructor):
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

#PoliticalScience #HigherEd #BlueSkyAcademic
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

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Political Participation
πŸ—³οΈ Elections, protests, and engagement across regimes
✍️ By S. Erdem Aytaç (Koç Univ.) & Susan Stokes (UChicago)

Clear frameworks + global examples = a must for intro courses.

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Political Economy
πŸ’° How economics and politics shape one another
✍️ By Darin Christensen (UCLA) & Francisco Garfias (UCSD)

A tight, teachable chapter on development, inequality, and institutions.

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Check out some of our amazing chapters!

Ethnicity & Ethnic Politics
🌍 Identity, conflict, power
✍️ By Bethany Lacina (U. of Rochester)

Accessible enough for first-years, rich enough for upper-level debates. A sharp, relevant guide to group politics.

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You can teach a whole intro courseβ€”or just mix in chapters that work for you.

Instructors register free.
Students buy chapters for $1 each or get the full book for $14.

Institutions? Bulk purchasing available via @VitalSource or RedShelf.

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What makes it different?

βœ”οΈ Written by leading scholars
βœ”οΈ Includes full (free!) instructor resources
βœ”οΈ Affordable
βœ”οΈ Regularly updated
βœ”οΈ Students can buy only what they need

It's affordable, flexible, and designed for real classrooms.

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

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Tired of overpriced political science textbooks?

We were too.

So we built A Political Science Experimentβ€”a low-cost, high-quality, modular text for intro and comparative courses - edited by me and @rudalev.bsky.social

πŸ’» All digital
πŸ“˜ Just $1 per chapter
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
#HigherEd
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

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β€ͺ@tiagoventura.bsky.social‬ + CDS-affiliated Jonathanβ€―Nagler & @jatucker.bsky.social tested a WhatsApp deactivation during Brazil’s 2022 electionβ€”blocking auto-downloads of images & videos reduced misinformation recall by ~0.4Οƒ, but didn't change beliefs or polarization.

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Does Reducing Exposure to Image and Video Content on Messaging Apps Reduce the Impact of Misinformation? Yes and No
Experiments with WhatsApp users during Brazil’s 2022 presidential election shows mixed impact of political disinformation
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It was an honor and privilege to be part of this project. If you are teaching introductory courses in political science or any undergraduate courses, this is the textbook for you!
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
βœ… $1/chapter
βœ… Modular & flexible
βœ… Written by top scholars
βœ… Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com
How can researchers identify covert state propaganda campaigns in China? My co-authors Yin Yuan, Molly Roberts, Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social and myself are excited to share our new article in PNAS (@PNAS): doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Thread below.
The decade-long growth of government-authored news media in China under Xi Jinping | PNAS
Autocratic governments around the world use clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence the media. We document a decade-long trend in China towar...
doi.org

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Thanks to everyone who joined us for Dr. Joshua A. Tucker’s @jatucker.bsky.social talk! πŸŽ™οΈ

We explored how online searches can increase belief in misinformation when results come from low-quality sources β€” a reminder that β€œdoing your own research” isn’t so simple.

See you at the next event! 🀝🏼

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Again, many universities tend to have (free) access to experts in marketing. Imagine a tool that allowed Americans to see exactly what kinds of government-funded research they have benefitted from themselves. Plug in your list of medications or surgeries. Or the car you drive. Or your appliances.

Congratulations to Dr. David McGrath!!

Thanks so much! Let us know if we can be of any help!
My textbook with Gwen Sharp and Patrick Sharkey is on its third edition. This fall our team is launching a Political Science book, edited by Josh Tucker and @rudalev.bsky.social

Thrilled to have this out in the world! Check it out (sociologists might find some of the chapters useful for teaching)
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
βœ… $1/chapter
βœ… Modular & flexible
βœ… Written by top scholars
βœ… Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

Amazing! Thrilled to hear it. Let us know if you have questions!

Thanks @alessandronai.bsky.social! Let us know if you have any questions! We're really excited about it as well!

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This isn’t just a cheaper textbook.
It’s a new model for teaching political science.

Affordable, expert-written, modular, and global.
Already being used in classrooms around the world.

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

#PoliticalScience #HigherEd #BlueSkyAcademic #TextbookReform
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

6/ πŸ“Ί Media & Political Info
By Christian Vaccari (Loughborough) @profvaccari.bsky.social

Two standout chapters on how media shapes political attitudes & behavior. A must-read for the digital age.

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βš–οΈ Courts & Constitutions
By Andrea Scoseria Katz (WashU)
@andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social

Deep theory, real-world examples, and a clear explanation of constitutional courts in comparative perspective. Great for general intro and constitutionalism modules.
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4/ Now let’s highlight some of the incredible work inside this book πŸ‘‡

πŸ“– Regimes & Transitions
By Monika Nalepa (UChicago)
@monikanalepa.bsky.social

A clean, accessible chapter on how authoritarian and democratic regimes functionβ€”and how countries move between them.

3/ You can teach a whole intro courseβ€”or just mix in chapters.

Instructors register free.
Students buy chapters for $1 each or get the full book for $14.

Does your institution do bulk textbook orders? You can do that as well at @vitalsource for $25/book: www.vitalsource.com/products/a-p...
A Political Science Experiment: First Edition 1st edition | 9798987326718, 9798987326718 | VitalSource
A Political Science Experiment: First Edition 1st Edition is written by Andrew Rudalevige, Joshua Tucker and published by CritReview. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for A Political Science Experiment...
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We’re a group of political scientists who were tired of overpriced textbooks.

So we built our own:
🧩 Assign chapters à la carte
πŸ–₯️ All digital = no shipping costs
πŸŽ“ Continuously updated
🧠 Comes with slides, questions, data exercises, & more
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
βœ… $1/chapter
βœ… Modular & flexible
βœ… Written by top scholars
βœ… Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com