Stuart Soroka
@snsoroka.bsky.social
Professor, Departments of Communication and Political Science, UCLA. snsoroka.com
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Excited to share my latest work with/ @snsoroka.bsky.social! How are Black Americans depicted in U.S. television news? We examine three decades of television content to answer this question and find for the most part, coverage has remained relatively unchanged.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Excited to share my latest work with/ @snsoroka.bsky.social! How are Black Americans depicted in U.S. television news? We examine three decades of television content to answer this question and find for the most part, coverage has remained relatively unchanged.
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For part of what appears in Amplifying Extremism (below), check out Nik Usher's piece for Nieman Lab: www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
June 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For part of what appears in Amplifying Extremism (below), check out Nik Usher's piece for Nieman Lab: www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
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So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social for achieving this milestone! She will be starting her postdoctoral position at UCLA working with the incredible @snsoroka.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to share that our incredible lab member @nmolinarogers.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation, "I Believe I Can, So We Did: A Test of Social Media Efficacy and Activism Among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups"! 🎉
🥳 Huge congratulations to Dr. Nancy Molina-Rogers! 🥳
🥳 Huge congratulations to Dr. Nancy Molina-Rogers! 🥳
June 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social for achieving this milestone! She will be starting her postdoctoral position at UCLA working with the incredible @snsoroka.bsky.social
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Now in @ispp-pops.bsky.social: what type of personality do citizens want their leaders to have? In a series of studies conducted in Belgium, Canada, and Israel, we present citizens with profiles of potential leaders with different personality configurations drawn using the Big Five traits /1
June 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Now in @ispp-pops.bsky.social: what type of personality do citizens want their leaders to have? In a series of studies conducted in Belgium, Canada, and Israel, we present citizens with profiles of potential leaders with different personality configurations drawn using the Big Five traits /1
Check out this new Element by Nik Usher & Jessica Hagman, which "...provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news." The free download period is extended to June 13th! #politics #commsky #polcom
New Cambridge Element 'Amplifying Extremism: Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism' by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman is now free to read for 2 weeks.
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#cambridgeelements #politics
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#cambridgeelements #politics
June 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Trump’s complete control over policy may be leading to actions the public – and his supporters – don’t want write @jackmaedgen.bsky.social, @snsoroka.bsky.social and @cbwlezien.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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May 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Trump’s complete control over policy may be leading to actions the public – and his supporters – don’t want write @jackmaedgen.bsky.social, @snsoroka.bsky.social and @cbwlezien.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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my first solo-authored paper (and the second chapter of my dissertation!) is out now in PLS 🥳 in this paper, using a psychophysiological experiment in a free-choice environment, I investigate whether increased activation leads to attention or avoidance 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/pls....
Affective (in)attention: Using physiology to understand media selection | Politics and the Life Sciences | Cambridge Core
Affective (in)attention: Using physiology to understand media selection
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March 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
my first solo-authored paper (and the second chapter of my dissertation!) is out now in PLS 🥳 in this paper, using a psychophysiological experiment in a free-choice environment, I investigate whether increased activation leads to attention or avoidance 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/pls....
Check out the most recent Element in Politics and Communication!: Political Representation as Communicative Practice, by Fabio Wolkenstein and @chriswratil.bsky.social Free to download for the next two weeks (see Christopher's post below). #polcomm
🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
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Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
February 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Check out the most recent Element in Politics and Communication!: Political Representation as Communicative Practice, by Fabio Wolkenstein and @chriswratil.bsky.social Free to download for the next two weeks (see Christopher's post below). #polcomm
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Job Alert 🚨 GW’s School of Media & Public Affairs is hiring an asst prof of political communication, focused on digital platforms and tech. The new hire will get to work closely with amazing colleagues in the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics.
#commsky #polisky
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
#commsky #polisky
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs
The School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin as early as August 2025. We seek scholars with a st...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Job Alert 🚨 GW’s School of Media & Public Affairs is hiring an asst prof of political communication, focused on digital platforms and tech. The new hire will get to work closely with amazing colleagues in the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics.
#commsky #polisky
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
#commsky #polisky
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...
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Many thanks to @siennanordquist.bsky.social for this nice summary of my recent article in the APSR with @zachdickson.bsky.social - on how Trump's social media messages can influence the behavior of his supporters.
You can read about it here:
politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...
You can read about it here:
politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...
Partisanship and the Social Media Pulpit -
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Sienna Nordquist, covers the new article by Zachary P. [...]
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November 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Many thanks to @siennanordquist.bsky.social for this nice summary of my recent article in the APSR with @zachdickson.bsky.social - on how Trump's social media messages can influence the behavior of his supporters.
You can read about it here:
politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...
You can read about it here:
politicalsciencenow.com/partisanship...
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Hi Bluesky! I have been only on Twitter for way too long.
November 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Hi Bluesky! I have been only on Twitter for way too long.
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🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been awarded an SNSF Starting Grant for my project "Sustainable News Use" 🎉! Starting in fall 2025, this five-year project will explore how we can stay informed through largely negative news without harming our mental health.
More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024...
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More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024...
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SNSF Starting Grant for Anne Schulz
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
November 29, 2024 at 1:38 PM
🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been awarded an SNSF Starting Grant for my project "Sustainable News Use" 🎉! Starting in fall 2025, this five-year project will explore how we can stay informed through largely negative news without harming our mental health.
More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024...
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More: www.ikmz.uzh.ch/de/news/2024...
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🧵 As we head into the various holiday seasons, no doubt we'll be getting into that mix of public and interpersonal online interaction with family members and maybe hometown friends from school days. 1/?
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 PM
🧵 As we head into the various holiday seasons, no doubt we'll be getting into that mix of public and interpersonal online interaction with family members and maybe hometown friends from school days. 1/?
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You are a PhD/postdoc & have a paper on how citizens view or understand representation, or what they expect from representatives? If yes, please send us your paper proposal for a fully-funded place in a workshop on "Citizens' Views on Representation" 👇.
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November 14, 2024 at 5:45 AM
You are a PhD/postdoc & have a paper on how citizens view or understand representation, or what they expect from representatives? If yes, please send us your paper proposal for a fully-funded place in a workshop on "Citizens' Views on Representation" 👇.
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📊📰 How does sentiment in cable news coverage reflect the dynamics of the 2024 election? @gavinploger.bsky.social & @snsoroka.bsky.social analyze the tone of media reporting on Harris and Trump, revealing intriguing insights about coverage on CNN and Fox News. https://bit.ly/4g0RP10
November 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM
📊📰 How does sentiment in cable news coverage reflect the dynamics of the 2024 election? @gavinploger.bsky.social & @snsoroka.bsky.social analyze the tone of media reporting on Harris and Trump, revealing intriguing insights about coverage on CNN and Fox News. https://bit.ly/4g0RP10
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🚨 New Book Alert (NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD) 🚨
Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔
'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed.
Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
🧵👇
Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔
'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed.
Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
🧵👇
Social Media Democracy Mirage
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Social Media Democracy Mirage
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November 20, 2024 at 6:01 PM
🚨 New Book Alert (NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD) 🚨
Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔
'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed.
Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
🧵👇
Social media promised to revitalize democracy. But has it? 🤔
'Social Media Democracy Mirage', explores how social media drives political participation but leaves us alarmingly uninformed.
Read/download: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
🧵👇
Excited to share a new & timely @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element in Politics & Comm: Social Media Democracy Mirage: How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy. Zúñiga, Marné, Goyanes & Scheffauer. Free download til Dec 18! #commsky #polisky doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Social Media Democracy Mirage
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Social Media Democracy Mirage
doi.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Excited to share a new & timely @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element in Politics & Comm: Social Media Democracy Mirage: How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy. Zúñiga, Marné, Goyanes & Scheffauer. Free download til Dec 18! #commsky #polisky doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Consider submitting research on misinformation to this special issue of Behavioral Science and Policy: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
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November 20, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Consider submitting research on misinformation to this special issue of Behavioral Science and Policy: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
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🚨 Job alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science, especially text analysis in the MULTIREP @ERC_Research
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
November 18, 2024 at 8:06 AM
🚨 Job alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science, especially text analysis in the MULTIREP @ERC_Research
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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🚨 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the latest wave of the European Elections Voter Study! 📊🇪🇺 Check it out here: search.gesis.org/research_dat...
Join the #EES24challenge: reply with a plot created using EES24 data—we can’t wait to see your insights!
Join the #EES24challenge: reply with a plot created using EES24 data—we can’t wait to see your insights!
GESIS-Suche
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November 5, 2024 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the latest wave of the European Elections Voter Study! 📊🇪🇺 Check it out here: search.gesis.org/research_dat...
Join the #EES24challenge: reply with a plot created using EES24 data—we can’t wait to see your insights!
Join the #EES24challenge: reply with a plot created using EES24 data—we can’t wait to see your insights!
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Working on Affective Polarization? Send a paper proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & I will be thrilled to read your brilliant proposals! Info & link to submit 👉https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1542
Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!
Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!
November 18, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Working on Affective Polarization? Send a paper proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & I will be thrilled to read your brilliant proposals! Info & link to submit 👉https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1542
Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!
Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!
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Our new book, Storefront Campaigning, is out *today* and FREE to download until 12/12!
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)
Storefront Campaigning
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Storefront Campaigning
doi.org
November 14, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Our new book, Storefront Campaigning, is out *today* and FREE to download until 12/12!
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Using original data on field office locations, Sean Whyard and I show where offices are placed - and why they matter in presidential campaigns. (1/x)
I got to spend this week speaking with @leneaaroe.bsky.social and colleagues at Aarhus, and it was just terrific. So many smart people. And great Danish November weather too! #PoliSky #polcom
November 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I got to spend this week speaking with @leneaaroe.bsky.social and colleagues at Aarhus, and it was just terrific. So many smart people. And great Danish November weather too! #PoliSky #polcom