Ayse (Aisha) Lokman
@aysed.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University; Political Com & Computational Methods. Middle Easterner, she/her
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Ayse (Aisha) Lokman
@aysed.bsky.social
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🚨New in Communication Methods & Measures with @drorwalter.bsky.social !!!🚨
Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC
Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC
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🚨It’s out! Our new article (co-authored with soon-to-be Dr. Christina Schmid) examines how shifts in gender relations advanced the PYD’s broader politico-military strategy during three phases of insurgent control (2011–2018). It’s open access below!👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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October 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🚨It’s out! Our new article (co-authored with soon-to-be Dr. Christina Schmid) examines how shifts in gender relations advanced the PYD’s broader politico-military strategy during three phases of insurgent control (2011–2018). It’s open access below!👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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As a historian of masculinities, I can confirm that life truly is mostly about Buffalo Wild Wings
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As a historian of masculinities, I can confirm that life truly is mostly about Buffalo Wild Wings
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Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7
'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.
A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.
A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
(PDF) Introduction: Media, democracy, and the global rise of the far right
PDF | This introductory chapter establishes a theoretical and conceptual foundation for analysing far-right media representations across the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7
'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.
A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.
A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
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Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, João Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, João Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social
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Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla...
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
Klarman Fellowships
The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...
as.cornell.edu
August 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla...
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
🚨New in Communication Methods & Measures with @drorwalter.bsky.social !!!🚨
Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC
Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC
August 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
🚨New in Communication Methods & Measures with @drorwalter.bsky.social !!!🚨
Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC
Our article Topic Modeling of Video and Image Data: A Visual Semantic Unsupervised Approach introduces VisTopics, a Python package for analyzing large-scale visual datasets: lnkd.in/d8BgjTJ4 and Package: lnkd.in/dvvRbRZC
New article out in New Media & Society: Dror Walter @drorwalter.bsky.social, Yotam Ophir @ophiryotam.bsky.social , Edu Fabregas, and I examine how the Wayfair conspiracy theory moved across platforms. We find Twitter and Reddit played very different roles.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New article out in New Media & Society: Dror Walter @drorwalter.bsky.social, Yotam Ophir @ophiryotam.bsky.social , Edu Fabregas, and I examine how the Wayfair conspiracy theory moved across platforms. We find Twitter and Reddit played very different roles.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/KUIFU...
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Our, Erik Nisbet Mowafak Allaham & Sol Hart, latest work on climate misinformation and AI in AAAI 2025 Workshop on AI Governance is featured in @science www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...
Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expertly trained models
When classifying climate misinformation, general-purpose large language models lag behind models trained on expert-curated climate data.
www.sciencenews.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Our, Erik Nisbet Mowafak Allaham & Sol Hart, latest work on climate misinformation and AI in AAAI 2025 Workshop on AI Governance is featured in @science www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...
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My newest paper, led by @smithmarisaa.bsky.social, is now out!
In "The Black Pill," we find Black conservative YouTubers both echo traditional Black conservatism & shift to concerns about "anti-white racism." In the broader conservative network, their voices may legitimize white identity politics
In "The Black Pill," we find Black conservative YouTubers both echo traditional Black conservatism & shift to concerns about "anti-white racism." In the broader conservative network, their voices may legitimize white identity politics
New publication (w/ @shugars.bsky.social). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... We analyze the transcripts of Black conservative YouTube influencer videos from 2013 to 2023, and its' algorithmically recommended videos.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My newest paper, led by @smithmarisaa.bsky.social, is now out!
In "The Black Pill," we find Black conservative YouTubers both echo traditional Black conservatism & shift to concerns about "anti-white racism." In the broader conservative network, their voices may legitimize white identity politics
In "The Black Pill," we find Black conservative YouTubers both echo traditional Black conservatism & shift to concerns about "anti-white racism." In the broader conservative network, their voices may legitimize white identity politics
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🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection.
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In the Trenches: A Hands-on Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Data Collection Skills in Terrorism Studies | Perspectives on Terrorism
The burgeoning availability of open-source information on individuals who have been radicalised offers new opportunities to build, expand, and disaggregate rich databases on the characteristics of the...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection.
pt.icct.nl/article/tren...
pt.icct.nl/article/tren...
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I’m not going to lie. These are scary times.
But we CAN do something about it. At the Researcher Support Consortium, we’ve compiled resources for researchers, funders, and institutions—with a toolkit for universities—to help guide next steps. 10/
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But we CAN do something about it. At the Researcher Support Consortium, we’ve compiled resources for researchers, funders, and institutions—with a toolkit for universities—to help guide next steps. 10/
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Researcher Support Consortium
researchersupport.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’m not going to lie. These are scary times.
But we CAN do something about it. At the Researcher Support Consortium, we’ve compiled resources for researchers, funders, and institutions—with a toolkit for universities—to help guide next steps. 10/
researchersupport.org
But we CAN do something about it. At the Researcher Support Consortium, we’ve compiled resources for researchers, funders, and institutions—with a toolkit for universities—to help guide next steps. 10/
researchersupport.org
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How has the “Big Lie”, the claim that Donald Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him, impacted voter’s trust of other elections? Matthew Levendusky, Shawn Patterson, Jr., Michele Margolis, @ophiryotam.bsky.social, @drorwalter.bsky.social, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson explore this in a new article.
November 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM
How has the “Big Lie”, the claim that Donald Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him, impacted voter’s trust of other elections? Matthew Levendusky, Shawn Patterson, Jr., Michele Margolis, @ophiryotam.bsky.social, @drorwalter.bsky.social, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson explore this in a new article.
Our latest paper w/ James Fitzgerald, Marie Santini & Deborah Salles open access at IJPP journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 16, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Our latest paper w/ James Fitzgerald, Marie Santini & Deborah Salles open access at IJPP journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
Nobel Economics prize awarded for studies of how institutions affect prosperity
The award went to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their “innovative research about what affects countries’ economic prosperity,” the Nobel committee said.
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October 14, 2024 at 11:10 AM
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
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the olympic boxing discourse is such a perfect demonstration of where terf-ism inevitably leads: to be female is to be weaker, the losing boxer is more of a woman because she lost
August 1, 2024 at 7:11 PM
the olympic boxing discourse is such a perfect demonstration of where terf-ism inevitably leads: to be female is to be weaker, the losing boxer is more of a woman because she lost
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Fantastic recommendations for researchers who anticipate (or are even just mildly concerns about) backlash / harassment for their public facing work.
Kathleen Searles and I have been researching how to better support and protect colleagues who face backlash when they share their expertise publicly. We prepared this tip sheet for academics who are likely to be doing public-facing engagement this election season. Please share widely.
August 1, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Fantastic recommendations for researchers who anticipate (or are even just mildly concerns about) backlash / harassment for their public facing work.
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Truly fantastic article from Renee DiResta describing how she became a central villain in the fantasies of the "bullshit industrial complex" (they wouldn't let her use that title) and explaining the ties to Jan 6, other attacks on researchers, and more. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial Complex
Online conspiracy theorists turned me into “CIA Renee.”
www.theatlantic.com
June 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Truly fantastic article from Renee DiResta describing how she became a central villain in the fantasies of the "bullshit industrial complex" (they wouldn't let her use that title) and explaining the ties to Jan 6, other attacks on researchers, and more. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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a lot of the "it wasn't an insurrection" arguments are really just based on foundational misunderstandings (or ignorance) of the relevant Civil War-era history. reason.com/volokh/2024/...
January 6 and Insurrection - a Response to Ross Douthat
On Douthat's reasoning, published in the NY Times, Confederate secession wasn't an insurrection either.
reason.com
January 12, 2024 at 9:47 PM
a lot of the "it wasn't an insurrection" arguments are really just based on foundational misunderstandings (or ignorance) of the relevant Civil War-era history. reason.com/volokh/2024/...
The Special issue: The (international) politics of content takedowns: Theory, practice, ethics is out for Early View that James Fitzgerald and I co-edited in Policy & Internet 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Amazing articles and let us know what you think!
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November 6, 2023 at 11:45 AM
The Special issue: The (international) politics of content takedowns: Theory, practice, ethics is out for Early View that James Fitzgerald and I co-edited in Policy & Internet 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Amazing articles and let us know what you think!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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I wrote about the hostage crisis ongoing since Hamas kidnapped scores of Israelis and foreigners on Saturday. So much is unknown, but here’s what I’ve got for now, in @goodauth.bsky.social ⤵️
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Why the Gaza hostage crisis is different
Security Fence at the border of the Gaza Strip courtesy of © Joyclynn, via Canva.com The Oct. 7 Hamas incursion into Israel – on the 50th anniversary of
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October 13, 2023 at 11:12 AM
I wrote about the hostage crisis ongoing since Hamas kidnapped scores of Israelis and foreigners on Saturday. So much is unknown, but here’s what I’ve got for now, in @goodauth.bsky.social ⤵️
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Researchers of online misinformation (and related topics) aren’t “buckling” to politically-motivated attacks. Our critical work to understand and address online deception and manipulation continues. But only with the support of our colleagues and institutions. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/uw-m...
UW misinformation researchers will not buckle under political attacks | Opinion
As the 2024 election approaches, misinformation researchers at the University of Washington say they won't be deterred by those seeking to undermine their work.
www.seattletimes.com
October 7, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Researchers of online misinformation (and related topics) aren’t “buckling” to politically-motivated attacks. Our critical work to understand and address online deception and manipulation continues. But only with the support of our colleagues and institutions. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/uw-m...
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Nobel Peace Prize goes to Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist incarcerated in Evin Prison.
Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi?
Who is the jailed recipient of one of the world's most prestigious awards?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist incarcerated in Evin Prison.
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If you are interested in the processes & pathways via which Indonesian & Filipino Muslims join Islamist extremist groups; what motivates them to join; & why some go on to participate in terrorist attacks, please check out my new book: Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia.
August 30, 2023 at 7:23 PM
If you are interested in the processes & pathways via which Indonesian & Filipino Muslims join Islamist extremist groups; what motivates them to join; & why some go on to participate in terrorist attacks, please check out my new book: Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia.
So excited and grateful for our interdisciplinary team Amira J Arie P Bart K and NIJ support to us on this important subject! For my first adult-grant ever!! nij.ojp.gov/funding/awar...
September 12, 2023 at 3:19 PM
So excited and grateful for our interdisciplinary team Amira J Arie P Bart K and NIJ support to us on this important subject! For my first adult-grant ever!! nij.ojp.gov/funding/awar...