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Joshua Tucker
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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%

Is there anyone out there who actually likes the newest version of Overleaf with the comments to the left of the text? And the panel where you now have to toggle between comments and the file tree?

Check out our newest piece on @goodauth.bsky.social! Especially if you are someone who thinks the left needs a "Joe Rogan of the left". Exciting analysis from our new podcast dataset👇. Huge kudos to project leads @melinamuch.bsky.social & Kylan Rutherford!
Is Joe Rogan really just a voice of the right? Our new @csmapnyu.org piece for @goodauth.bsky.social shows he’s just as much a space for the left and the center, too. A look inside today’s surprisingly complicated podcast information ecosystem. 🎙️

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Is Joe Rogan as MAGA as people think?

The Joe Rogan of the left, right, and center is just… Joe Rogan.

See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/podcast...
The Joe Rogan of the left, right, and center is just … Joe Rogan
A new analysis of podcasts shows that Rogan isn't as MAGA as you think.
goodauthority.org

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@jennyallen.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social
add a fantastic Perspective piece on the importance of platform-independent experiments on social media's impact on us: science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Strongly agree!
Platform-independent experiments on social media
Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity
science.org

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As generative AI becomes more accessible, synthetic political images are reshaping how people see and interpret events. One question remains: Do AI labels help the public navigate this environment?

Our new preprint, It Works When It Works, tests exactly that.
🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...

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New in Science: Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Key from @jennyallen.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social: (1) important new paradigm (2) but not clear why results differ
www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Two happy updates:
🎓 Defended my PhD at @eui-sps.bsky.social. Grateful to committee @eliasdinas.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner,
@jatucker.bsky.social, and to my supervisor @mgoldenprof.bsky.social!
🇺🇸 Now in Palo Alto, starting my postdoc at Stanford CDDRL
@stanfordcddrl.bsky.social

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

whatiwanted.org/tucker.html
WANTED - SASHA TUCKER — Study: The Mole Man
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AAUP @aaup.org · 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.
www.aaup.org

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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
📣Out on #FirstView 📣

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

polisky gendersky
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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):
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#PoliticalScience #HigherEd #BlueSkyAcademic
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

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Political Participation
🗳️ 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
💰 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 course—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?

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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 Experiment—a low-cost, high-quality, modular text for intro and comparative courses - edited by me and @rudalev.bsky.social

💻 All digital
📘 Just $1 per chapter
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
#HigherEd
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com

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‪@tiagoventura.bsky.social‬ + CDS-affiliated Jonathan Nagler & @jatucker.bsky.social tested a WhatsApp deactivation during Brazil’s 2022 election—blocking auto-downloads of images & videos reduced misinformation recall by ~0.4σ, but didn't change beliefs or polarization.

www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
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
www.nyu.edu
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:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ 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