Mike Wagner
@prowag.bsky.social
William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater.
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New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
New work examining how people’s use of multiple platforms is associated in being exposed to ideas they might not agree with.
New Pub @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social 📢
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New work examining how people’s use of multiple platforms is associated in being exposed to ideas they might not agree with.
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To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
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This challenges the conventional view that homogeneity only reinforces like-minded exposure & offers a new perspective in the multiplatform context. 3/
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This challenges the conventional view that homogeneity only reinforces like-minded exposure & offers a new perspective in the multiplatform context. 3/
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Interestingly, we find that users who are more active in homogeneous networks across multiple platforms were more likely than less active users to encounter not only pro-attitudinal but also counter-attitudinal content‼️ 2/
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Interestingly, we find that users who are more active in homogeneous networks across multiple platforms were more likely than less active users to encounter not only pro-attitudinal but also counter-attitudinal content‼️ 2/
Excited to share this new article, led by the brilliant, hardworking and kind @macaukfmak.bsky.social !
New Pub @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social 📢
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Excited to share this new article, led by the brilliant, hardworking and kind @macaukfmak.bsky.social !
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New Pub @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social 📢
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Pub @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social 📢
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to give a talk at Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People where I’ll get to share a bit of our @cccr.bsky.social work with Chime In, which aims to amplify accurate information about public health issues.
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Excited to give a talk at Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People where I’ll get to share a bit of our @cccr.bsky.social work with Chime In, which aims to amplify accurate information about public health issues.
Incredibly important stuff from @lkfazio.bsky.social and @brendannyhan.bsky.social. The nature, significance, and acuteness of the threat to open scientific inquiry and free expression need to be understood in this context. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Incredibly important stuff from @lkfazio.bsky.social and @brendannyhan.bsky.social. The nature, significance, and acuteness of the threat to open scientific inquiry and free expression need to be understood in this context. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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The deepest harm of arbitrary power isn’t any specific act, but the fact that no rules or laws constrain the next arbitrary act.
And it's not a one-time capitulation. If DOJ ever says you violated the vague and unconstitutional terms, they will take back ALL federal funds from that year and you have to return ALL private funding from donors who want their gifts back from that year. It's a never-ending protection racket.
The Act of Capitulation that Trump is demanding that all colleges and universities are to sign surrenders authority over vast areas to Trump, as the Dear Leader. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
October 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The deepest harm of arbitrary power isn’t any specific act, but the fact that no rules or laws constrain the next arbitrary act.
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The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.
Updated estimates here:
Updated estimates here:
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.
Updated estimates here:
Updated estimates here:
Kimmel’s monologue that defended free speech, attacked the president & the FCC, praised those of the right who stood up for him & praised Erika Kirk for forgiving her husband’s murderer surely grabbed ratings, but will dominate morning TV & social media clips tomorrow. Chance to start a conversation
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Kimmel’s monologue that defended free speech, attacked the president & the FCC, praised those of the right who stood up for him & praised Erika Kirk for forgiving her husband’s murderer surely grabbed ratings, but will dominate morning TV & social media clips tomorrow. Chance to start a conversation
Good conversation between @uwchancellor.bsky.social and former Chancellor Donna Shalala today at Union South. Sec. Shalala noted how freedom of speech doesn’t require leaders to stay silent when speech they disagree w/ occurs on campus. Also fascinating how many uni issues from 1992 persist.
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good conversation between @uwchancellor.bsky.social and former Chancellor Donna Shalala today at Union South. Sec. Shalala noted how freedom of speech doesn’t require leaders to stay silent when speech they disagree w/ occurs on campus. Also fascinating how many uni issues from 1992 persist.
Current mood: m.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOz...
Inspiring George Bernard Shaw quote (Jeff Goldblum on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert)
YouTube video by MykChiz
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September 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Current mood: m.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOz...
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Three conversations I'm excited to be a part of this week 🧪:
1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...
1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...
Networking Opportunities | SPSP
Advance your career and build community with SPSP through mentoring, events, and connections that strengthen professional growth in psychology.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Three conversations I'm excited to be a part of this week 🧪:
1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...
1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...
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Consumption of partisan news reduces Americans' ability to compromise politically -- coverage of IDS grad fellow Yoo Ji Suh, @dvshah.bsky.social, and @prowag.bsky.social's recent paper in the Badger Project.
thebadgerproject.org/2025/09/09/u...
thebadgerproject.org/2025/09/09/u...
UW-Madison researchers: Partisan news sours consumers on political compromise
Right-leaning media users are less likely to support political compromise, a new study suggests. And in general, partisan media consumers tend to see political disagreements as right or wrong.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Consumption of partisan news reduces Americans' ability to compromise politically -- coverage of IDS grad fellow Yoo Ji Suh, @dvshah.bsky.social, and @prowag.bsky.social's recent paper in the Badger Project.
thebadgerproject.org/2025/09/09/u...
thebadgerproject.org/2025/09/09/u...
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Just thinking about how fighting the Nazis in WWII was pretty woke
September 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just thinking about how fighting the Nazis in WWII was pretty woke
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It’s vital to understand what is happening in this state and how it’s trying to reshape the whole system.
This is a fascinating piece on how the proposed red-state public university accreditor came to be. It's well worth your time to read.
How UNC Led a First-of-Its-Kind Plan to Shake Up College Accreditation
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, publicly announced the new six-state oversight body. Behind the scenes, the University of North Carolina system shaped the vision.
www.chronicle.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s vital to understand what is happening in this state and how it’s trying to reshape the whole system.
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JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.
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![[cite_start]A screenshot of the first page of a court document from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts[cite: 3]. [cite_start]The document is titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER" [cite: 43] [cite_start]and was filed on September 3, 2025[cite: 1].
The document lists two related civil actions:
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-11048-ADB**: President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants[cite: 4, 5, 14, 17, 21].
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-10910-ADB**: American Association of University Professors - Harvard Chapter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Justice, et al., Defendants[cite: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 36].
[cite_start]The order is from Judge Burroughs, D.J.[cite: 44]. [cite_start]The text begins by identifying the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases[cite: 45].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreiaefziiwcjq4laze5iymzn45j4qfm3lc226u27qrdhlxqxjixzxae@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.
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I watched the DSA and OSA "Censorship" Hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today so you don't have to.
I have some questions.
A 🧵 of my internet lawyer, free speech expert, First Amendment scholar ponderings, to no no one in particular:
Why are we here?
1/
I have some questions.
A 🧵 of my internet lawyer, free speech expert, First Amendment scholar ponderings, to no no one in particular:
Why are we here?
1/
September 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I watched the DSA and OSA "Censorship" Hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today so you don't have to.
I have some questions.
A 🧵 of my internet lawyer, free speech expert, First Amendment scholar ponderings, to no no one in particular:
Why are we here?
1/
I have some questions.
A 🧵 of my internet lawyer, free speech expert, First Amendment scholar ponderings, to no no one in particular:
Why are we here?
1/
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Nigel Farage missed today’s session of UK Parliament to serve as witness in this Congressional hearing. But now he’s skipped out that, too, leaving before all members could complete their questions.
September 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nigel Farage missed today’s session of UK Parliament to serve as witness in this Congressional hearing. But now he’s skipped out that, too, leaving before all members could complete their questions.
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UMich Dept of Comm and Media is hiring this fall for next year! Open rank, social science or humanities, applications due Sept 8.
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
ASST/ASSOC/PROFESSOR - Media Industries | U-M Careers
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September 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
UMich Dept of Comm and Media is hiring this fall for next year! Open rank, social science or humanities, applications due Sept 8.
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
🚨Prof. Nyhan is not prone to hyperbole.
At some point, you have to defend democracy, not just pivot to talking points, or there won't be fair future elections to win www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/p...
What I told @ronbrownstein.bsky.social (joking/not joking):
What I told @ronbrownstein.bsky.social (joking/not joking):
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨Prof. Nyhan is not prone to hyperbole.