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Sara Grady
@saramgrady.bsky.social
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Media psychologist, studying narratives & entertainment and why people spend time on them. Pop culture junkie, absolute nerd + social scientist
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Sara Grady @saramgrady.bsky.social · Nov 4
Had an absolutely wonderful time chatting with @andyluttrell.bsky.social about tv, movies, sports, games (and of course brains) and what it’s all about.

A very casual hang if you’re new to this, but some really insightful questions get at the heart of why researching entertainment even matters
andyluttrell.bsky.social Andy Luttrell @andyluttrell.bsky.social · Nov 3
Ep 110! The wonderful @saramgrady.bsky.social shares her perspective on the function of entertainment and why it's worth studying carefully.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0oxX...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/valu...
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klonick.bsky.social
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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stewartcoles.bsky.social
🚨New pub alert!🚨 Now available open-access in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social, we (w/ @dkreiss.bsky.social, @danlane.bsky.social, & @shannimcg.bsky.social) critique political communication's "Identity Turn" and offer instead a foundation for studying #polcomm from a *group* perspective. 🧵
Abstract: Recent political communication scholarship finds that groups and identities play a central role in the crises faced by political and media systems globally, particularly in democracies. Yet an individualist orientation in the literature has resulted in key theoretical and conceptual limitations, preventing a broader group-centric theoretical framework from emerging. We synthesize disparate bodies of theory on groups, politics, and communication to offer three basic propositions underlying a group theory of political communication. First, it is the group—not the individual—that is the fundamental organizing unit of social and political life. Second, groups are constituted through communication, which is central to how they define their politics. Third, groups and politics are reciprocally influencing forces through political communication, oriented around power. We offer a framework for studying the role of groups in political communication at the micro, meso, and macro levels, providing a concrete agenda for the study of groups in political communication.
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
saramgrady.bsky.social
A gift in 2025

Handmade chocolates from local artisans: $20
Basic shipping to UK in-laws: $32
Reciprocal anti-Trump tariff on arrival: $26.

I may never give holiday presents ever again. What a way to stimulate the economy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Agree, NIH staff saved the day. Despite their heroic effort, the bad multiyear funding (MYF) policy from Vought's OMB means fewer grants, fewer cures, & research workforce brain drain.

Any NIH appropriations bill must include language that limits the use of MYF in FY2026 - or this trend continues.
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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icacat.bsky.social
JOB
Institution: University of Buffalo
Rank: Professor and Chair
Area: AI & Society
Deadline: January 9, 2026
Link: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58816
Professor, Department Chair of AI and Society
The Department of AI and Society at the University at Buffalo, invites applications from outstanding scholars with excellent leadership abilities for the position of Department Chair. The Department of...
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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icacat.bsky.social
JOB
Institution: University of Georgia
Rank: Professor
Area: Health Communication
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Link: www.ugajobsearch.com
University of Georgia | Home
Welcome and thank you for your interest in a career with the University of Georgia
www.ugajobsearch.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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stevenlevy.bsky.social
AI companies, funders, and government are all intertwined in one big heaping trillion dollar blob. Here's what it means. www.wired.com/story/ai-ind...
There Is Only One AI Company. Welcome to the Blob
As Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft forge partnerships and deals, the AI industry is looking more like one interconnected machine. What does that mean for all of us?
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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markhisted.org
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.

A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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jesssalerno.bsky.social
POSTDOC POSITION in social psychology at Cornell
@cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31185
@spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social @aplssc.bsky.social @spssi.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
Cornell University, Psychology
Job #AJO31185, WDR-00055818(EVG) Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology, Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings

“Big tech has made their choice”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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aliciagilbert.bsky.social
📬 Pub alert

Do effects of digital disconnection interventions translate to well-being benefits in *daily life*?

Our new ESM study concludes: yes but no... kinda 👽🔋
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Out now in Communication Research
doi.org/10.1177/0093...
A screenshot of the article title "Disconnect to Recharge: Well-Being Benefits of Digital Disconnection in Daily Life" and the abstract.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
As I mentioned at my talk today for the @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in, over 4,500 federal grants have been terminated at over 600 institutions. Those grants are valued at~$8B, with ~$3.5B being stolen from universities when those grants were terminated. The type of grants terminated varies +
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
This morning federal agents arrested two hard working immigrants on my street because they didn’t have their papers on them, and tried to arrest my neighbor because his green card was in his house rather than on his person.

We are now a “show me your papers” state, and it is outrageous. Get angry.
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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socialmedialab.ca
A message to Wall Street and the tech industry? "Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team" techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/l...
Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team | TechCrunch
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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anildash.com
I eyeballed it. Okay, turns out it's nearly *half* of Senators got fewer votes than Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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scibri.com
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
saramgrady.bsky.social
This is a really helpful bird’s eye for #healthcomm #scicomm interested folks
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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nibasaleem.bsky.social
Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP
From headlines to hit shows, media portrayals shape how people see others outside their own group.
spsp.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
saramgrady.bsky.social
Had an absolutely wonderful time chatting with @andyluttrell.bsky.social about tv, movies, sports, games (and of course brains) and what it’s all about.

A very casual hang if you’re new to this, but some really insightful questions get at the heart of why researching entertainment even matters
andyluttrell.bsky.social Andy Luttrell @andyluttrell.bsky.social · Nov 3
Ep 110! The wonderful @saramgrady.bsky.social shares her perspective on the function of entertainment and why it's worth studying carefully.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0oxX...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/valu...
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
saramgrady.bsky.social
Possibly the best week in my wonderful Communication & Pop Culture class: analyzing how and why their favorite songs became trendy, from audio cues to normative aesthetic structures to business practices and memeification. I feel a playlist coming on...
meme from Pen15 of Steve Buscemi (middleaged dude) trying to pass as a high schooler saying "how do you do fellow kids"
October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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annanosthoff.bsky.social
We are hiring! We are looking for two post-docs in our interdisciplinary research group “SCEPTIC” at the University of Oldenburg, 4+years, on the dynamics and drivers of (dis)trust in digital environments, more info below 👇
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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drewharwell.com
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them

techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
saramgrady.bsky.social
Have international students in your sphere? ICE wants to limit grad student visas to 4 years (and limiting their timelines in a variety of other ways), then they get kicked out. Commenting is open until Sept 29 (and you can comment anonymously). www.regulations.gov/document/ICE...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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youngkihong.bsky.social
Job alert: I'm hiring a postdoc for my lab at CU Boulder starting Fall 2026!

We study person perception, stereotyping & prejudice, and intervention science using behavioral & neuroimaging methods.

Link: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Review starts Nov 1 and continues until filled.
Postdoctoral Associate
jobs.colorado.edu
August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM