PUBLICATION ALERT: Religion in Sociological Perspective, 8th edition, was just published by @sagepub.com. Pleased to have @jh1791.bsky.social join me as a co-author.

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New preprint! We developed new measurement tools to examine moralization in ~2B Twitter/X & Reddit posts and ~5M traditional media texts.

Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
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New publication in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social with Delia Baldassarri. We show that in the US, social relationships remain politically heterogeneous, and that heterogeneous close ties and acquaintances lower partisan animosity through distinct mechanisms. A thread on the main findings:

It’s that time of year for Murray Davis’ mediation on what makes a theory “interesting” and, therefore, footnoted. Sadly , many of my earlier theory papers were written too formally and thus may be uninteresting (tho it is possible they are just uninteresting, too)

#sociology

"Canons, Colleges, and Consecrations" with @mayrl.bsky.social is inching along. Behold: automated collection, parsing, and matching of acknowledgments from seven ASA sections, covering award-winning publications (and a few comparators) spanning 1979-present! Fine-tuning still, but looks face-valid!

Since this is back…
Unfortunately, academic inflation and toxic productivity culture has all but done away with this. The effects of this on science advancement will be seen for generations. Slowing down and thinking deeply is essential to solve complex problems and it’s undervalued at every level

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is accepting applications for their Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship-a $30,000 fellowship for ABD's working on religion and generosity broadly conceived. Please consider applying and pass along to any ABD's who might be interested!

lakeinstitute.org/research/fel...

New article: Understanding to intervene: The codesign of text classifiers with peace practitioners

👉 bit.ly/3Or79rX

#machinelearning #socialmedia #peacebuilding

NEW PAPER

Main finding: Contemporary Christian nationalism in the United States is situated in a constellation of social fears about ethnoracial purity, as well as about the perceived loss of individual autonomy.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

Introductions and we’re off.