Muhammad Ehab Rasul
@ehabrasul.bsky.social
Research Fellow, NUS | PhD UC Davis | FSU & USF alum | Political communication and psychology , comm. tech, and contentious health | Current addiction: chai ☕️
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The cost of Ninook’s surgery ($6,400) has officially been raised solely by donations to my GFM! 🥳 Now only about $3,850 left in ER bills, follow-up care, & plane tickets to TX for surgery to raise. Thank you all, more than words can express. 🙏 Every share helps. ❤️🩹
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November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The cost of Ninook’s surgery ($6,400) has officially been raised solely by donations to my GFM! 🥳 Now only about $3,850 left in ER bills, follow-up care, & plane tickets to TX for surgery to raise. Thank you all, more than words can express. 🙏 Every share helps. ❤️🩹
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Here's my fellow panelist @ehabrasul.bsky.social (NUS)
presenting cutting edge work on "How Perceptions of Misinformation and Disinformation Influence News Consumption across Traditional Media, Social Media, and AI"
Very cool stuff! Part of a larger project. One to watch!
presenting cutting edge work on "How Perceptions of Misinformation and Disinformation Influence News Consumption across Traditional Media, Social Media, and AI"
Very cool stuff! Part of a larger project. One to watch!
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Here's my fellow panelist @ehabrasul.bsky.social (NUS)
presenting cutting edge work on "How Perceptions of Misinformation and Disinformation Influence News Consumption across Traditional Media, Social Media, and AI"
Very cool stuff! Part of a larger project. One to watch!
presenting cutting edge work on "How Perceptions of Misinformation and Disinformation Influence News Consumption across Traditional Media, Social Media, and AI"
Very cool stuff! Part of a larger project. One to watch!
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First panel of the day, focused on Campaigns and Identities.
With Dennis Steffan on
Visual Frame Building in Election Campaigns in 🇩🇪&🇰🇪
Then: Tetsuro Kobayashi, linking conspiratorial beliefs to collective efficacy, via social media engagement and deep search in 🇯🇵.
#IJPP2025 #IJPP25
With Dennis Steffan on
Visual Frame Building in Election Campaigns in 🇩🇪&🇰🇪
Then: Tetsuro Kobayashi, linking conspiratorial beliefs to collective efficacy, via social media engagement and deep search in 🇯🇵.
#IJPP2025 #IJPP25
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sharing a new publication!
🔑 Results:
- Perceived victimhood predicts dehumanization and spite towards political opponents among those who consume like-minded news.
- These relationships held even when controlling for affective polarization.
Full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔑 Results:
- Perceived victimhood predicts dehumanization and spite towards political opponents among those who consume like-minded news.
- These relationships held even when controlling for affective polarization.
Full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Perceived Victimhood and Hostility Toward Political Opponents in the US: The Moderating Role of Cross-Cutting and Like-Minded News Consumption
The perception of victimhood is becoming increasingly common in the current political climate, leading to severe consequences for intergroup relations. This mindset may be further reinforced throug...
www.tandfonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Sharing a new publication!
🔑 Results:
- Perceived victimhood predicts dehumanization and spite towards political opponents among those who consume like-minded news.
- These relationships held even when controlling for affective polarization.
Full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔑 Results:
- Perceived victimhood predicts dehumanization and spite towards political opponents among those who consume like-minded news.
- These relationships held even when controlling for affective polarization.
Full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How would it impact people’s perception of news brands if they were transparent about the ideological leanings of their newsroom?
In online experiments in US, DuBosar et al evidence of out-group disdain for the "other side", but not on in-group favoritism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In online experiments in US, DuBosar et al evidence of out-group disdain for the "other side", but not on in-group favoritism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
How would it impact people’s perception of news brands if they were transparent about the ideological leanings of their newsroom?
In online experiments in US, DuBosar et al evidence of out-group disdain for the "other side", but not on in-group favoritism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In online experiments in US, DuBosar et al evidence of out-group disdain for the "other side", but not on in-group favoritism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out our latest paper in Communication Research! Led by @elianadub.bsky.social
New study finds that news outlets with balanced or unaffiliated journalist political identities fostered more trust, greater use, and less avoidance compared to partisan-majority outlets.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Check out our latest paper in Communication Research! Led by @elianadub.bsky.social
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BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
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Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.
U.S. press freedom falls to historical low
Reporters Without Borders cites economic strains on the media as the biggest driver of press freedom declines globally.
www.axios.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.
My latest article is now published in Journal of Broadcasting & Electr. Media!
We examined how alternative podcast news use influences misinfo. engagement & contentious political participation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Misinformation #podcasts #PoliticalParticipation
We examined how alternative podcast news use influences misinfo. engagement & contentious political participation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Misinformation #podcasts #PoliticalParticipation
May 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My latest article is now published in Journal of Broadcasting & Electr. Media!
We examined how alternative podcast news use influences misinfo. engagement & contentious political participation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Misinformation #podcasts #PoliticalParticipation
We examined how alternative podcast news use influences misinfo. engagement & contentious political participation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Misinformation #podcasts #PoliticalParticipation
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An under discussed aspect of the California wildfires is their negative downstream effects on kids.
This new working paper shows that wildfire-induced school closures negatively affect student test scores.
The negative effects are more pronounced among students with lower socioeconomic status.
This new working paper shows that wildfire-induced school closures negatively affect student test scores.
The negative effects are more pronounced among students with lower socioeconomic status.
January 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
An under discussed aspect of the California wildfires is their negative downstream effects on kids.
This new working paper shows that wildfire-induced school closures negatively affect student test scores.
The negative effects are more pronounced among students with lower socioeconomic status.
This new working paper shows that wildfire-induced school closures negatively affect student test scores.
The negative effects are more pronounced among students with lower socioeconomic status.
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🚨 Join us for #CommHorizons25, hosted by the Department of Communication @ucdavis.bsky.social!
Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities
Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social.
Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities
Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social.
Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
January 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨 Join us for #CommHorizons25, hosted by the Department of Communication @ucdavis.bsky.social!
Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities
Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social.
Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities
Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social.
Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
I was bummed last year to receive multiple rejections from ICA. But this morning, I was so exited to see that I had *five* different manuscripts or extended abstracts accepted for #ICA25 in Denver!! Huge shoutout to my collaborators for their hard work!! Looking forward to sharing our work 😊
January 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I was bummed last year to receive multiple rejections from ICA. But this morning, I was so exited to see that I had *five* different manuscripts or extended abstracts accepted for #ICA25 in Denver!! Huge shoutout to my collaborators for their hard work!! Looking forward to sharing our work 😊
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Congrats to all #ICA25 acceptees!
But even if this isn't the ICA year for you, keep in mind that there are plenty other opportunities to grow your networks:
Make sure to follow the Polcomm Divisions official account, i.e. this one (👋😊 hi!)
& all these wonderful folks: bsky.app/profile/polc...
But even if this isn't the ICA year for you, keep in mind that there are plenty other opportunities to grow your networks:
Make sure to follow the Polcomm Divisions official account, i.e. this one (👋😊 hi!)
& all these wonderful folks: bsky.app/profile/polc...
✨Introducing the POLCOMM WHO-TO-FOLLOW List✨
(Bluesky Edition)
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Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!
(Bluesky Edition)
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Please respond to this post, in case you would like to be added!
January 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Congrats to all #ICA25 acceptees!
But even if this isn't the ICA year for you, keep in mind that there are plenty other opportunities to grow your networks:
Make sure to follow the Polcomm Divisions official account, i.e. this one (👋😊 hi!)
& all these wonderful folks: bsky.app/profile/polc...
But even if this isn't the ICA year for you, keep in mind that there are plenty other opportunities to grow your networks:
Make sure to follow the Polcomm Divisions official account, i.e. this one (👋😊 hi!)
& all these wonderful folks: bsky.app/profile/polc...
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If you are a scientist (including graduate students) or professional science communicator who is at least 18 years old and are using Bluesky for any kind of professional purposes, please consider taking our survey.
Link:
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Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Link:
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
December 30, 2024 at 3:04 PM
If you are a scientist (including graduate students) or professional science communicator who is at least 18 years old and are using Bluesky for any kind of professional purposes, please consider taking our survey.
Link:
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Link:
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
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Always surprised how many folk on social media are unaware that highly visible women online regularly get threatened w/ rape and other violence. Happens to every woman w/ a substantial following I know, has for a decade regardless of platform. And no, authorities don’t care and that’s no solution.
December 15, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Always surprised how many folk on social media are unaware that highly visible women online regularly get threatened w/ rape and other violence. Happens to every woman w/ a substantial following I know, has for a decade regardless of platform. And no, authorities don’t care and that’s no solution.
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Conservatives find "censored" COVID-19 claims (e.g., vaccine risks) more believable & appealing. Liberals are more skeptical & see censorship as preventing harm.
Censorship framing can even impair critical thinking when claims align with prior beliefs.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/new-study-...
Censorship framing can even impair critical thinking when claims align with prior beliefs.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/new-study-...
New Study Evaluates the Impact of "Forbidden Knowledge" on Beliefs
Our data shows that censorship claims may deepen political divides
matthewfacciani.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Conservatives find "censored" COVID-19 claims (e.g., vaccine risks) more believable & appealing. Liberals are more skeptical & see censorship as preventing harm.
Censorship framing can even impair critical thinking when claims align with prior beliefs.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/new-study-...
Censorship framing can even impair critical thinking when claims align with prior beliefs.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/new-study-...
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Far-left and far-right self-reported news exposure is correlated with extremist attitudes with populist attitudes not moderating this relationship, finds
@brittanyrs.bsky.social @elianadub.bsky.social Hutchens & Gonzalez doi.org/10.1080/0362...
@brittanyrs.bsky.social @elianadub.bsky.social Hutchens & Gonzalez doi.org/10.1080/0362...
December 9, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Far-left and far-right self-reported news exposure is correlated with extremist attitudes with populist attitudes not moderating this relationship, finds
@brittanyrs.bsky.social @elianadub.bsky.social Hutchens & Gonzalez doi.org/10.1080/0362...
@brittanyrs.bsky.social @elianadub.bsky.social Hutchens & Gonzalez doi.org/10.1080/0362...
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When academics regularly express their political opinions online, it under undercuts their credibility with the public.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
December 6, 2024 at 4:36 PM
When academics regularly express their political opinions online, it under undercuts their credibility with the public.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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West-coast (ish) Quant-Psych(ometric) friends! Ben Domingue and I are organizing a small conference to be held in Davis in June. Please apply to attend, we're going to have so much fun.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2025 PQPC RFA
Request for Applications 2025 Pacific Quant Psych Conf (PQPC) June 26-27 2025 UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain in Davis, CA We would like to build a community of researchers on the west coast (and...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:40 PM
West-coast (ish) Quant-Psych(ometric) friends! Ben Domingue and I are organizing a small conference to be held in Davis in June. Please apply to attend, we're going to have so much fun.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE ALERT 🚨
Working on disinformation and (generative) AI?
I am editing a special issue with Aqsa Farooq as part of our EDMO work.
🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2024
Please share 🫶🏼
#disinformation #academicsky #commsky #polcom #csssky
edmo.eu/edmo-news/ca...
Working on disinformation and (generative) AI?
I am editing a special issue with Aqsa Farooq as part of our EDMO work.
🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2024
Please share 🫶🏼
#disinformation #academicsky #commsky #polcom #csssky
edmo.eu/edmo-news/ca...
Call for Papers: (Generative) AI and Disinformation | IJOC Special Section – EDMO
edmo.eu
December 3, 2024 at 7:09 AM
🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE ALERT 🚨
Working on disinformation and (generative) AI?
I am editing a special issue with Aqsa Farooq as part of our EDMO work.
🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2024
Please share 🫶🏼
#disinformation #academicsky #commsky #polcom #csssky
edmo.eu/edmo-news/ca...
Working on disinformation and (generative) AI?
I am editing a special issue with Aqsa Farooq as part of our EDMO work.
🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2024
Please share 🫶🏼
#disinformation #academicsky #commsky #polcom #csssky
edmo.eu/edmo-news/ca...
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Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
December 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Our JSS article is out!
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.
www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...
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My latest article is published in the Journal of Communication!
"Deliberation in online political talk: How do satire, regular news, and partisan news differ in interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility?"
Open-access: https//doi.org/10....
Thank you to all those that contributed!
"Deliberation in online political talk: How do satire, regular news, and partisan news differ in interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility?"
Open-access: https//doi.org/10....
Thank you to all those that contributed!
November 28, 2024 at 8:59 AM
My latest article is published in the Journal of Communication!
"Deliberation in online political talk: How do satire, regular news, and partisan news differ in interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility?"
Open-access: https//doi.org/10....
Thank you to all those that contributed!
"Deliberation in online political talk: How do satire, regular news, and partisan news differ in interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility?"
Open-access: https//doi.org/10....
Thank you to all those that contributed!
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The way the world - hell, more than half of academia - has NO fucking clue there’s a whole field of scholars who study communication & media🙃
*looks directly into the camera on behalf of the entire field of study that closely examines how people get their news*
"Carville: I’m pretty limited to the media consumption survey. I’m pretty limited right now to how people get their news, which I don’t know…"
Thousands upon thousands of studies about this. The fact that someone in Carville's position thinks he has to reinvent the wheel isn't great.
Thousands upon thousands of studies about this. The fact that someone in Carville's position thinks he has to reinvent the wheel isn't great.
November 26, 2024 at 1:41 PM
The way the world - hell, more than half of academia - has NO fucking clue there’s a whole field of scholars who study communication & media🙃