Amanda Friesen
@amandafriesen.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology, Associate Professor at University of Western Ontario, Brighton & Hove Albion, fantasy fiction, bubbly alcohol, quaint detective series
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🔍How does young people's anxiety about the future relate to their political attitudes?
Find out in my first PhD paper, just published in the special issue "The Psychology of Pushback" at advances.in/psychology/1...
Find out in my first PhD paper, just published in the special issue "The Psychology of Pushback" at advances.in/psychology/1...
Facing a dark future: Young people’s future anxiety and political attitudes in the UK and Greece
Study finds future anxiety linked to more conservative views among young men, but not young women, in the UK and Greece.
advances.in
October 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🔍How does young people's anxiety about the future relate to their political attitudes?
Find out in my first PhD paper, just published in the special issue "The Psychology of Pushback" at advances.in/psychology/1...
Find out in my first PhD paper, just published in the special issue "The Psychology of Pushback" at advances.in/psychology/1...
As project director for my lab’s sport and politics theme, Noah Vanderhoeven is doing cool work on fandom as social identity. He’s been on a media run talking about Bluejays as Canada’s team. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Political science PhD candidate Noah Vanderhoeven on the Blue Jays as a unifying force for Canada
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November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As project director for my lab’s sport and politics theme, Noah Vanderhoeven is doing cool work on fandom as social identity. He’s been on a media run talking about Bluejays as Canada’s team. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism.
What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?
My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
1/7
What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?
My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
1/7
October 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism.
What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?
My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
1/7
What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?
My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
1/7
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How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):
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Now on FirstView ft. @pauldjupe.bsky.social and @amandafriesen.bsky.social!
Political scientists are active in politics, but primarily in ways that share research findings and tend to avoid visible partisan politics.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky #politics #research
Political scientists are active in politics, but primarily in ways that share research findings and tend to avoid visible partisan politics.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky #politics #research
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Now on FirstView ft. @pauldjupe.bsky.social and @amandafriesen.bsky.social!
Political scientists are active in politics, but primarily in ways that share research findings and tend to avoid visible partisan politics.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky #politics #research
Political scientists are active in politics, but primarily in ways that share research findings and tend to avoid visible partisan politics.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
#polisky #academisky #politics #research
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Ever wondered how politically active political scientists are? Well, we did and asked a sample of us how much and what their beliefs are about being overtly, wear-it-on-your-sleeve active. The dominant perspective is that partisan politics tarnishes our credibility for the public. (1/2)
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -
The Political Engagement of Political Scientists: Partisans, Public Scholars, and Teachers/Pedagogues - https://cup.org/4pLx0Mn
- @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social & Jacob R. Neiheisel
#FirstView
The Political Engagement of Political Scientists: Partisans, Public Scholars, and Teachers/Pedagogues - https://cup.org/4pLx0Mn
- @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social & Jacob R. Neiheisel
#FirstView
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ever wondered how politically active political scientists are? Well, we did and asked a sample of us how much and what their beliefs are about being overtly, wear-it-on-your-sleeve active. The dominant perspective is that partisan politics tarnishes our credibility for the public. (1/2)
In 2024, we surveyed US scholars about how, when, why they do (or don’t!) personally participate. We find a few patterns, some differences by subfield and variation in our attitudes toward the place of personal politics in our work, especially the impacts on our credibility with the public.
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -
The Political Engagement of Political Scientists: Partisans, Public Scholars, and Teachers/Pedagogues - https://cup.org/4pLx0Mn
- @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social & Jacob R. Neiheisel
#FirstView
The Political Engagement of Political Scientists: Partisans, Public Scholars, and Teachers/Pedagogues - https://cup.org/4pLx0Mn
- @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social & Jacob R. Neiheisel
#FirstView
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In 2024, we surveyed US scholars about how, when, why they do (or don’t!) personally participate. We find a few patterns, some differences by subfield and variation in our attitudes toward the place of personal politics in our work, especially the impacts on our credibility with the public.
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*Readers should be extremely careful about accepting claims that worship attenders are actually more liberal.* Those findings are usually an artifact of stat modeling decisions. Excited to see this posted in Sociology. While it may seem like inside baseball, the public implications are important.
New on the blog! Political scientists @pauldjupe.bsky.social @amandafriesen.bsky.social @aesokhey.bsky.social and Jacob R. Neiheisel do some debunking: "Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It's a Suppression Effect" contexts.org/blog/atheist... #polisci #religion #sociology
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
*Readers should be extremely careful about accepting claims that worship attenders are actually more liberal.* Those findings are usually an artifact of stat modeling decisions. Excited to see this posted in Sociology. While it may seem like inside baseball, the public implications are important.
Reposted by Amanda Friesen
New on the blog! Political scientists @pauldjupe.bsky.social @amandafriesen.bsky.social @aesokhey.bsky.social and Jacob R. Neiheisel do some debunking: "Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It's a Suppression Effect" contexts.org/blog/atheist... #polisci #religion #sociology
September 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New on the blog! Political scientists @pauldjupe.bsky.social @amandafriesen.bsky.social @aesokhey.bsky.social and Jacob R. Neiheisel do some debunking: "Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It's a Suppression Effect" contexts.org/blog/atheist... #polisci #religion #sociology
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Don’t miss the spotlight on Professor @amandafriesen.bsky.social's "300 Words on Political Stress" >> magazine.westernu.ca/political-st... <<
August 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Don’t miss the spotlight on Professor @amandafriesen.bsky.social's "300 Words on Political Stress" >> magazine.westernu.ca/political-st... <<
Come work with me/us!!! Happy to answer questions about our dept, Western, and Canadian academia. I absolutely love it here and highly recommend. Several of us will be at APSA and happy to meet. 🇨🇦
Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
Faculty (UWOFA)
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
www.uwo.ca
July 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Come work with me/us!!! Happy to answer questions about our dept, Western, and Canadian academia. I absolutely love it here and highly recommend. Several of us will be at APSA and happy to meet. 🇨🇦
We are very excited to have the brilliant @blairwelsh.bsky.social joining the Dept of Political Science @westernu.ca! Look for big things and important work in empirical IR; great for us and great for Canada!
politicalscience.uwo.ca/about_us/new...
politicalscience.uwo.ca/about_us/new...
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politicalscience.uwo.ca
July 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We are very excited to have the brilliant @blairwelsh.bsky.social joining the Dept of Political Science @westernu.ca! Look for big things and important work in empirical IR; great for us and great for Canada!
politicalscience.uwo.ca/about_us/new...
politicalscience.uwo.ca/about_us/new...
New at Pol Behavior, our crew of R&P scholars uncover suppression effects in extant Christian nationalism studies. In sum, consistent relationship between religious behavior and conservative views stands.
We saw research showing Christian nationalism promoted anti-immigrant views but more frequent church attendance promoted pro-immigrant views and thought that finding was implausible. The same method showed that attendance promoted more positive feelings toward atheists. And that's bonkers. 1/4
Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It’s A Suppression Effect
By Paul A. Djupe, Amanda J. Friesen, Anand E. Sokhey, and Jacob R. Neiheisel In new research out at Political Behavior (open access!), we investigate whether attending church encourages greater acc…
religioninpublic.blog
June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New at Pol Behavior, our crew of R&P scholars uncover suppression effects in extant Christian nationalism studies. In sum, consistent relationship between religious behavior and conservative views stands.
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New study from @pauldjupe.bsky.social et al. out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We've often found Christian nationalism & churchgoing are signed in opposite directions in regressions. Authors propose viewing such findings as suppression effects & explore implications.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? Suppression Effects in Religion and Politics Research - Political Behavior
A proliferation of religion variables presents opportunities for those studying religion and politics in the U.S. However, many studies in this growing subfield demonstrate the pitfalls of reporting t...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New study from @pauldjupe.bsky.social et al. out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We've often found Christian nationalism & churchgoing are signed in opposite directions in regressions. Authors propose viewing such findings as suppression effects & explore implications.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excellent and very important work on understanding self reported emotions. People do not mean what we think they feel when it comes to politics! Special shout to @isabellareb.bsky.social - it’s been incredible to see her line of inquiry develop over the years!
Are we good at describing our feelings about politics? In our new preprint @mrooduijn.bsky.social @isabellareb.bsky.social we show this is not the case: osf.io/preprints/os... [1/6]
OSF
osf.io
June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Excellent and very important work on understanding self reported emotions. People do not mean what we think they feel when it comes to politics! Special shout to @isabellareb.bsky.social - it’s been incredible to see her line of inquiry develop over the years!
With upcoming 🇨🇦 election and a lot on voters’ minds, check out our new pub that assesses the most important issues and affective language from the last two Canadian elections in 2019, 2021.
Publication day 🎉
We find that people use more affective language to describe important political issues during times of crises & controversy.
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
We find that people use more affective language to describe important political issues during times of crises & controversy.
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
Affective Language in the Most Important Issues of the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Elections
Abstract. Do people use more affective language to describe important new political issues compared to important traditional political issues? Information
academic.oup.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
With upcoming 🇨🇦 election and a lot on voters’ minds, check out our new pub that assesses the most important issues and affective language from the last two Canadian elections in 2019, 2021.
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
@erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas.
gendersky polisky
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@erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas.
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/4hDqyIU
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
@erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas.
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/4hDqyIU
@erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas.
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/4hDqyIU
Canadians also get stressed, albeit politely, of course. Here is my take on how to handle political information anxiety:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Managing the stress of news overload in a time of political unrest and global conflict
The news is coming at us hard and fast these days. But is all this information helping us stay informed—or is it just overwhelming? Amanda Friesen, the Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology an...
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Canadians also get stressed, albeit politely, of course. Here is my take on how to handle political information anxiety:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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📢 New Publication: @jedinger.bsky.social and I have explored the relationshop between need for closure, political trust and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the @gesis-panel.bsky.social . Open access: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢 New Publication: @jedinger.bsky.social and I have explored the relationshop between need for closure, political trust and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the @gesis-panel.bsky.social . Open access: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
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New article out today celebrating the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender!
-Over the past two decades, about 18% of PAG’s articles focused on gender and voting.
-This work has been cited about 6700 times, with an average citation count of 48 per article!
Open Access at doi.org/10.1017/S174...
-Over the past two decades, about 18% of PAG’s articles focused on gender and voting.
-This work has been cited about 6700 times, with an average citation count of 48 per article!
Open Access at doi.org/10.1017/S174...
A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New article out today celebrating the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender!
-Over the past two decades, about 18% of PAG’s articles focused on gender and voting.
-This work has been cited about 6700 times, with an average citation count of 48 per article!
Open Access at doi.org/10.1017/S174...
-Over the past two decades, about 18% of PAG’s articles focused on gender and voting.
-This work has been cited about 6700 times, with an average citation count of 48 per article!
Open Access at doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Subfield and topical journals are so important for advancing and holding space for research often out of the mainstream. Here @erincassese.bsky.social and I review 20 years of gender and voting published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender
www.cambridge.org
January 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Subfield and topical journals are so important for advancing and holding space for research often out of the mainstream. Here @erincassese.bsky.social and I review 20 years of gender and voting published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Happy New Year! Our Cambridge Element is now available! In it, @hondercin.bsky.social, Jordan Randall, and I use data from the ANES @electionstudies.bsky.social to glean new insights into how the American public thinks about abortion rights. Free downloads til Jan 31st doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate
doi.org
January 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Happy New Year! Our Cambridge Element is now available! In it, @hondercin.bsky.social, Jordan Randall, and I use data from the ANES @electionstudies.bsky.social to glean new insights into how the American public thinks about abortion rights. Free downloads til Jan 31st doi.org/10.1017/9781...
theconversation.com/benevolent-s...
Kate Hunt and I try to apply our Irish SMO research to the recent US campaigns. In sum, is appealing to the protection of women relatives a good way to mobilize men?
Kate Hunt and I try to apply our Irish SMO research to the recent US campaigns. In sum, is appealing to the protection of women relatives a good way to mobilize men?
Benevolent sexism competed with hypermasculinity in high-stakes campaigns in the U.S. and Ireland
The U.S. presidential election campaign and the Irish referendum on abortion in 2018 raise questions about whether a political messaging strategy focused on ‘real men’ is effective.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:15 PM
theconversation.com/benevolent-s...
Kate Hunt and I try to apply our Irish SMO research to the recent US campaigns. In sum, is appealing to the protection of women relatives a good way to mobilize men?
Kate Hunt and I try to apply our Irish SMO research to the recent US campaigns. In sum, is appealing to the protection of women relatives a good way to mobilize men?
Harris-Walz sounds like a British footballer known for set pieces and corners. Approve.
August 6, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Harris-Walz sounds like a British footballer known for set pieces and corners. Approve.
2024: I did not have a plan for voting from Canada. Today: HOW DO I GET THAT INDIANA BALLOT?! Feeling that ‘enthusiasm mobilizes’ theory full tilt.
July 21, 2024 at 8:47 PM
2024: I did not have a plan for voting from Canada. Today: HOW DO I GET THAT INDIANA BALLOT?! Feeling that ‘enthusiasm mobilizes’ theory full tilt.