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For folks who haven't had enough of my bad takes, here's an essay on "rejection" in academia. It's personal, though I hope someone will find it helpful. Good luck out there. pdf: github.com/ArthurSpirling… markdown: github.com/ArthurSpirling…

EITM Highlight: Hsuan-Yu Shane Lin's research focuses on the influence of social media on public opinion about foreign policy, with a focus on the United States and Taiwan. hsuanyulin.com Hsuan-Yu Shane Lin

If you are interested in conjoint analysis and/or social desirability bias, I would suggest you read my new paper with Teppei Yamamoto and zach markovich, just published in Political Analysis. Please retweet! doi.org/10.1017/pan.20…

Bob put all of his game theory lecture notes online: robertpowellberkeley.com/lecture-notes.… Thanks @anthlittle for the heads up. He had been planning on writing a textbook. These notes are *excellent* and he was so good at explaining things simply and intuitively. He was also working on

Today, I stood before the Danish parliament on a public hearing on social media & democracy As a researcher of online hate, I could have spent hours. But I had 10 minutes, so I had to be focused The title was "The Myths About Social Media" Here is what I said👇 🧵(1/12)

I often wonder what academia before computers was like. No emails so you just go home and read books and drink tea; your students have to actually go to office hours to ask questions; publication send rejections to your actual mailbox; no PowerPoints . . . what have we done

Next week, join us on Wed. Feb. 9 at 12pm ET for a special Weatherhead Forum on China's role in the world. Speakers include Elizabeth Economy Sheena Chestnut Greitens Naima Green-Riley & Maria Repnikova. For more details, including link to register: ow.ly/iRa050HyeVZ Fairbank Center, Harvard University

Haven’t tweet much on Ukraine crisis for multiple reasons. But developments in the last 24 hours are heartbreaking and a preview of great brutality I fear is coming. A few observations here on the nuclear & conventional dimensions. 1/

My take on what Russia's nuclear alert means washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

1/ The Russian government decided to block Facebook. This topic is very close to my heart in many ways. I would like to make a guess about the effectiveness of the ban, based on my own research: I think it will work, but success is not guaranteed. Here is why:

1/ The *last* thing we need right now is more untested speculation about how to fix social media. We have *research* that can help us evaluate Elon Musk’s proposals to transform Twitter, and many of these studies might inspire him to throw some cold water on his plans 🧵

DSS or QSS? That is the question (answered in this tweet). Both are introductory books to quantitative methods in the social sciences written by Kosuke Imai Harvard University (alone or with co-authors). Which one is a better fit for you or for your class? A quick 🧵...

❗UPDATE: NEW INFOGRAPHIC❗ The 20th Party Congress saw Xi Jinping extend control through his appointment to a 3rd term and the removal of Hu Jintao’s allies. Our updated infographic shows the new lineup for China's central leadership: a short 🧵 fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/research/blog/…

glad to see my paper on the backfiring effect of Trump’s negative tweets is now available at Political Studies Review. Check it out: doi.org/10.1177/147892…

🔻New release🔻 Hsuan-Yu Shane Lin finds evidence "that negative social media messages by the political elite do generate tangible costs to the political elite". 👉More: tiny.cc/2v02vz Political Studies Association Political Leadership Populism Specialist Group #USA #Trump #populism #socialmedia

We are now accepting applications for the EITM Summer Institute, hosted in person by Princeton University. The Institute will run from June 26 – July 14, 2023. The application deadline is Tuesday, February 28, 2023. eitminstitute.org/institute/2023/

Running a study where you use names to signal race? Be careful! Names signal more than just race alone. But (!), fret not; we have pre-tested 600+ names for perceptions of race/class/citizenship. Paper: nature.com/articles/s4159… Data: github.com/jaeyk/validate…