Shakked Noy
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very cool to have our new paper about cable news and the culture war covered by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/5060...
The cable news-ification of everything
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising polarisation and negativity
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November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
very cool to have our new paper about cable news and the culture war covered by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/5060...
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cultural over economic coverage on cable news mobilizes viewers who would otherwise watch entertainment programming, so cable news emphasizes cultural politics much more than politicians trying to maximize vote share
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November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
cultural over economic coverage on cable news mobilizes viewers who would otherwise watch entertainment programming, so cable news emphasizes cultural politics much more than politicians trying to maximize vote share
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
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🚨 new working paper with Aakaash Rao (his JMP!)
Why has American politics become engulfed by a "culture war" in recent decades? We trace the culture war back to changes in the media environment in the 1980s/1990s and to the distinctive economic incentives of viewership-maximizing news outlets
Why has American politics become engulfed by a "culture war" in recent decades? We trace the culture war back to changes in the media environment in the 1980s/1990s and to the distinctive economic incentives of viewership-maximizing news outlets
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨 new working paper with Aakaash Rao (his JMP!)
Why has American politics become engulfed by a "culture war" in recent decades? We trace the culture war back to changes in the media environment in the 1980s/1990s and to the distinctive economic incentives of viewership-maximizing news outlets
Why has American politics become engulfed by a "culture war" in recent decades? We trace the culture war back to changes in the media environment in the 1980s/1990s and to the distinctive economic incentives of viewership-maximizing news outlets
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I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Heartbreaking to contrast the great 20th century lineage of American Jewish intellectuals, academics, and activists with the behavior of American Jewish institutions over the past two years. An irredeemable disgrace.
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DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...
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March 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Heartbreaking to contrast the great 20th century lineage of American Jewish intellectuals, academics, and activists with the behavior of American Jewish institutions over the past two years. An irredeemable disgrace.
www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...
www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...
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Also, who cares if you get small-bore reforms on your issue of concern if in the process you help bring authoritarianism to America? But in the absence of coherent civil society opposition, reformers and advocates are in a prisoner's dilemma and are choosing to defect right now.
One challenge in dealing with Trump is that he has almost no policy commitments so many good-faith advocates pull their punches in hopes of getting their personal issue addressed (smaller govt., science reform, healthy foods, etc.). The effect is to make new admin look reform-oriented. Uh, let's see
Losing my mind at how every establishment media outlet pretends Trump's appointees have a bunch of secret good things they want to do underneath the batshit ideas they've dedicated their lives to.
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December 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Also, who cares if you get small-bore reforms on your issue of concern if in the process you help bring authoritarianism to America? But in the absence of coherent civil society opposition, reformers and advocates are in a prisoner's dilemma and are choosing to defect right now.
time to flip a coin for the fate of the free world 🫠
November 5, 2024 at 1:25 PM
time to flip a coin for the fate of the free world 🫠
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From Levitsky and Ziblatt: We are sleepwalking toward a crisis. The time for civil society to get off the sidelines is now - 12 days until Election Day, 88 until Trump could retake power.
October 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
From Levitsky and Ziblatt: We are sleepwalking toward a crisis. The time for civil society to get off the sidelines is now - 12 days until Election Day, 88 until Trump could retake power.
my “no guns at the Cheesecake Factory” sign is raising questions already answered by the sign
September 22, 2024 at 4:57 PM
my “no guns at the Cheesecake Factory” sign is raising questions already answered by the sign
model railroad in a toy store, ft a police officer trying to disrupt a railroad workers’ picket
November 18, 2023 at 5:13 PM
model railroad in a toy store, ft a police officer trying to disrupt a railroad workers’ picket
nominative determinism in action?
October 8, 2023 at 12:11 AM
nominative determinism in action?