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James Fahey
@jjhfahey.bsky.social
Political scientist studying bad attitudes (for democracy) and how to reduce them. Assistant Professor @ University of Memphis
My article "Admissions-as-corrections reduce support for partisan misperceptions and intended partisan media consumption," is available @thejop.bsky.social! 👇

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

I introduce/test a new form of misinfo correction: admissions-as-corrections.

Summary... 🧵
Registered report: admissions-as-corrections reduce support for partisan misperceptions and intended partisan media consumption | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
May 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reposted by James Fahey
Everyday authoritarianism is mostly boring and tolerable, but it is always maddening and stupid
Everyday Authoritarianism is Maddening and Stupid
Eight years ago, I wrote a post on this blog entitled “Everyday Authoritarianism is Boring and Tolerable.” A slightly edited version did some numbers when it appeared at Vox as “L…
tompepinsky.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Quotations putting in a lot of work—but I’m so excited to see this finally out! The best kind of paper: intuitive yet creative; methodologically sensitive yet very readable.

And the lesson? If you give people rights, they take steps to “belong” more to the state—a win win!
"Just accepted" at the @thejop.bsky.social

Big take away--- citizenship (naturalization) increases when non-citizens can vote locally
January 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM