Rui Wang
@wangrui.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @LoyolaUniversityMaryland | Ph.D. @U Buffalo| RutgersCommInfo Alumni | AI, political communication, computational social science👩💻
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Rui Wang
@wangrui.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Leaving the massive network effect on the other site isn’t easy, especially for early-career researchers like me—building connections is challenging and takes time. But the longer I stay, the more I feel the chaos and lack of control over content visibility. Maybe it’s time to make the move.
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🚨 New paper drop!
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 New paper drop!
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
How does a social movement once started out powerful somehow turn into a partisan battle?
In our new publication in @icsjournal.bsky.social, we answer this question by analyzing 83 million #MeToo tweets from 2017–2020. 1/
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Kudos to the amazing team @yinizhang.bsky.social @wangrui.bsky.social Dongdong Yang, Sara Holland Levin, Junwan Seo, and Xinxia Dong
Free 50 copies available here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MD9E5...
Free 50 copies available here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MD9E5...
From activism to polarization: temporal dynamics of #MeToo politicization on Twitter/X
This study is focused on how social media activism is politicized over time, attending to diverse groups of users and their response to real-world events on social media. Extending the scholarship ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Kudos to the amazing team @yinizhang.bsky.social @wangrui.bsky.social Dongdong Yang, Sara Holland Levin, Junwan Seo, and Xinxia Dong
Free 50 copies available here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MD9E5...
Free 50 copies available here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MD9E5...
🚩100 Citations Milestone Reached!
July 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚩100 Citations Milestone Reached!
🚨New Pub🚨 Media-bashing became an identity. When Trump attacked the news media on social media, how did political influencers on the left and right amplify his rhetoric? Check out our new article (w/ @yinizhang.bsky.social): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Z8NQW...
How political influencers amplified Trump’s media-bashing rhetoric on Twitter: from synergistic echoing to strategic avoidance, countering, and retooling
Extending existing research on right-wing populism and how the news media handles right-wing populists and their media-bashing rhetoric, this study examines how such rhetoric is amplified by politi...
www.tandfonline.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨New Pub🚨 Media-bashing became an identity. When Trump attacked the news media on social media, how did political influencers on the left and right amplify his rhetoric? Check out our new article (w/ @yinizhang.bsky.social): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Z8NQW...
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Join our team @CSMaP_NYU as a Research Engingeer and help us build the tools that power cutting-edge research on the digital public sphere.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💡 Ever wondered how social media and digital technology shapes our democracy?
Join our team @CSMaP_NYU as a Research Engingeer and help us build the tools that power cutting-edge research on the digital public sphere.
🚀 Apply now!
apply.interfolio.com/165833
Join our team @CSMaP_NYU as a Research Engingeer and help us build the tools that power cutting-edge research on the digital public sphere.
🚀 Apply now!
apply.interfolio.com/165833
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🚨 New paper out in @journalqd.bsky.social! 🚨
How do different social media platforms connect to each other? In our latest study, we propose that social media can be understood as a system made up of differentiated yet interconnected platforms, shaped by how users share information. #socialmedia🧵
How do different social media platforms connect to each other? In our latest study, we propose that social media can be understood as a system made up of differentiated yet interconnected platforms, shaped by how users share information. #socialmedia🧵
April 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨 New paper out in @journalqd.bsky.social! 🚨
How do different social media platforms connect to each other? In our latest study, we propose that social media can be understood as a system made up of differentiated yet interconnected platforms, shaped by how users share information. #socialmedia🧵
How do different social media platforms connect to each other? In our latest study, we propose that social media can be understood as a system made up of differentiated yet interconnected platforms, shaped by how users share information. #socialmedia🧵
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What institutions and professions are most trusted by the American people? At the top: medical scientists (73%), the military (72%), scientists in general (71%). Near the bottom: The US Supreme Court (41%), the President (40%), Congress (32%). www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...
April 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What institutions and professions are most trusted by the American people? At the top: medical scientists (73%), the military (72%), scientists in general (71%). Near the bottom: The US Supreme Court (41%), the President (40%), Congress (32%). www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...
Thanks for sharing our study!
#OutNow in #iCS
In this article, Rui Wang and colleagues introduce the Content Engagement Capacity (CEC), a novel network-based method for evaluating how content frames facilitate political online conversations.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
In this article, Rui Wang and colleagues introduce the Content Engagement Capacity (CEC), a novel network-based method for evaluating how content frames facilitate political online conversations.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Content engagement capacity: a network-based approach for evaluating the ability of frames to facilitate political online conversations
The generation of online conversations depend on participants’ ability to engage others. Existing approaches to measuring conversational influence rely on limited metrices, such as the number of ‘l...
doi.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thanks for sharing our study!
Our method paper is published today! It is perfectly timely before I finish my PhD and before my new journey! This paper is to measure the content engagement capacity in online conversation using a network-based approach. We welcome any feedback, comments, application, and future collaboration!
Our new paper, my 50th 😬, is out now. Led heroically by @wangrui.bsky.social it combines two novel methods for thematic analysis and engagement capacity to identify content that encourages deliberation. We validate the method on political discourse. paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1...
March 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our method paper is published today! It is perfectly timely before I finish my PhD and before my new journey! This paper is to measure the content engagement capacity in online conversation using a network-based approach. We welcome any feedback, comments, application, and future collaboration!
Reviewed 2 journal articles to end my 2024😊
December 31, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Reviewed 2 journal articles to end my 2024😊
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🚨New in Nature Computational Science! 🚨
Do large language models (LLMs) exhibit social identity biases like humans?
(co-lead by @tiancheng.bsky.social, together with @steverathje.bsky.social, Nigel Collier, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, and Jon Roozenbeek)
1/
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Do large language models (LLMs) exhibit social identity biases like humans?
(co-lead by @tiancheng.bsky.social, together with @steverathje.bsky.social, Nigel Collier, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, and Jon Roozenbeek)
1/
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Generative language models exhibit social identity biases - Nature Computational Science
Researchers show that large language models exhibit social identity biases similar to humans, having favoritism toward ingroups and hostility toward outgroups. These biases persist across models, trai...
www.nature.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:33 PM
🚨New in Nature Computational Science! 🚨
Do large language models (LLMs) exhibit social identity biases like humans?
(co-lead by @tiancheng.bsky.social, together with @steverathje.bsky.social, Nigel Collier, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, and Jon Roozenbeek)
1/
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Do large language models (LLMs) exhibit social identity biases like humans?
(co-lead by @tiancheng.bsky.social, together with @steverathje.bsky.social, Nigel Collier, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, and Jon Roozenbeek)
1/
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
nature.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
I’ve been engaging with this platform passively—most browsing, liking, and sharing posts from scholars in my field. Yet, my account is attracting "unknown" followers, many of which seem to be bots. Is this a sign of the platform’s growth or something more concerning, like botnets being deployed?
December 6, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I’ve been engaging with this platform passively—most browsing, liking, and sharing posts from scholars in my field. Yet, my account is attracting "unknown" followers, many of which seem to be bots. Is this a sign of the platform’s growth or something more concerning, like botnets being deployed?
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When reporting a suspected bot account, include the word "bot" in your reply comment. This will help the Bsky bot-hunting team and allow them to respond more quickly.
December 6, 2024 at 9:55 AM
When reporting a suspected bot account, include the word "bot" in your reply comment. This will help the Bsky bot-hunting team and allow them to respond more quickly.
November 30, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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I've tried to make a starter pack within "AI in Media/journalism". Who am I missing?
Let's have important conversations! #AI #media #journalism
Let's have important conversations! #AI #media #journalism
November 21, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I've tried to make a starter pack within "AI in Media/journalism". Who am I missing?
Let's have important conversations! #AI #media #journalism
Let's have important conversations! #AI #media #journalism
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Are you a social media manager running an account for an organization or high-profile individual? Or do you own a website and want a simpler username?
On Bluesky, you can verify your account by setting your website as your username.
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November 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Are you a social media manager running an account for an organization or high-profile individual? Or do you own a website and want a simpler username?
On Bluesky, you can verify your account by setting your website as your username.
We just refreshed our how-to guide:
On Bluesky, you can verify your account by setting your website as your username.
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For the lovely 🦋 folks: #postdoc jobs:
We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
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We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
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Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
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November 22, 2024 at 9:28 AM
For the lovely 🦋 folks: #postdoc jobs:
We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
Share 🫶
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...
We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI".
Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome!
🗓️: deadline December 13
Share 🫶
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...
The findings of this article echo what we found in our recent study (shorturl.at/KdF3U): simply disclosing AI authorship to readers does not change their perceptions of the news article or journalism. We need to go further in terms of transparency when implementing AI in news production.
November 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
The findings of this article echo what we found in our recent study (shorturl.at/KdF3U): simply disclosing AI authorship to readers does not change their perceptions of the news article or journalism. We need to go further in terms of transparency when implementing AI in news production.
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When I find myself in times of trouble, I sit down and write.
My new book, Misinformation and Society, is now available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon and all other retailers!!
www.amazon.com/Misinformati...
My new book, Misinformation and Society, is now available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon and all other retailers!!
www.amazon.com/Misinformati...
November 21, 2024 at 2:16 PM
When I find myself in times of trouble, I sit down and write.
My new book, Misinformation and Society, is now available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon and all other retailers!!
www.amazon.com/Misinformati...
My new book, Misinformation and Society, is now available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon and all other retailers!!
www.amazon.com/Misinformati...
This is such an amazing list of political communication researchers. I am glad to be on it! Give them a follow ✅
Took a crack at the Political Communication starter pack. Sorry for all the great folks I undoubtedly missed
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November 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM
This is such an amazing list of political communication researchers. I am glad to be on it! Give them a follow ✅
After a week with the TikTok Research API, here are my thoughts: 1) It is super unstable (constant 500 errors and the only fix is to keep trying until it works); 2) The docs are a mess, especially for folks with different levels of coding/API experience, and there’s almost no community support.
November 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
After a week with the TikTok Research API, here are my thoughts: 1) It is super unstable (constant 500 errors and the only fix is to keep trying until it works); 2) The docs are a mess, especially for folks with different levels of coding/API experience, and there’s almost no community support.
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Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
A new Pew Research Center report also found nearly 40% of U.S. adults under 30 regularly get news from news influencers.
buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
Free report featuring 88 articles from leading scholars with snap analysis and research insights on the 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign.
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November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Free report featuring 88 articles from leading scholars with snap analysis and research insights on the 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign.
www.electionanalysis.ws/us/
www.electionanalysis.ws/us/