Erik Bleich
@erikbleich.bsky.social
Fan of democracy. Prof at Middlebury.
Throwback Tuesday. An analysis by Will DiGravio from the bygone days (2018) when it looked like MBS was a bad guy. www.mediaandminorities.org/MBS/
Media Portrayals of Minorities Project
www.mediaandminorities.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Throwback Tuesday. An analysis by Will DiGravio from the bygone days (2018) when it looked like MBS was a bad guy. www.mediaandminorities.org/MBS/
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Check out my review of some exciting new books in qualitative methods!
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Check out my review of some exciting new books in qualitative methods!
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I wish more schools had money to organize book workshops. I have attended one today that was intellectually so stimulating. As any good book workshop, it will not only make the manuscript that was being discussed better, but it will make the future work of all the participants better.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I wish more schools had money to organize book workshops. I have attended one today that was intellectually so stimulating. As any good book workshop, it will not only make the manuscript that was being discussed better, but it will make the future work of all the participants better.
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Politicized pejoration - @erikbleich.bsky.social, Husam AlZubaidy, Andrey Cao, Abigail Chang, Nikki Sadat, Abby Ward & A Maurits van der Veen develop the concept through a case study of the term “woke” in the US. Read more: buff.ly/zc4rybp
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
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October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Politicized pejoration - @erikbleich.bsky.social, Husam AlZubaidy, Andrey Cao, Abigail Chang, Nikki Sadat, Abby Ward & A Maurits van der Veen develop the concept through a case study of the term “woke” in the US. Read more: buff.ly/zc4rybp
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@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
Every wonder what happened to "systemic racism" in the news? It had its day, and now it has all but disappeared. Andy Cao shows us the trends: www.mediaandminorities.org/systemicraci...
Media Portrayals of Minorities Project
www.mediaandminorities.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Every wonder what happened to "systemic racism" in the news? It had its day, and now it has all but disappeared. Andy Cao shows us the trends: www.mediaandminorities.org/systemicraci...
Our study on the politics of language in @polstudies.bsky.social looks at how terms like woke get strategically transformed and weaponized.
Politicized pejoration - @erikbleich.bsky.social, Husam AlZubaidy, Andrey Cao, Abigail Chang, Nikki Sadat, Abby Ward & A Maurits van der Veen develop the concept through a case study of the term “woke” in the US. Read more: buff.ly/bjYRMM7
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Our study on the politics of language in @polstudies.bsky.social looks at how terms like woke get strategically transformed and weaponized.
Lab members Ting Cui and Eva Janairo examined the effect of Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric on media coverage. They show that words like "criminal", "murderer", and "invasion" spiked in his first term and never went down to pre-Trump levels. www.mediaandminorities.org/immigration/
June 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Lab members Ting Cui and Eva Janairo examined the effect of Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric on media coverage. They show that words like "criminal", "murderer", and "invasion" spiked in his first term and never went down to pre-Trump levels. www.mediaandminorities.org/immigration/
The last of my lab's three-part series on media coverage of DEI is by Eva Janairo and YiJun Kim. They examine what happens when "DEI scandals" hit the news. They show the real costs to men and women of color who are stigmatized as "DEI hires". www.mediaandminorities.org/DEIscandals/
Media Portrayals of Minorities Project
www.mediaandminorities.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The last of my lab's three-part series on media coverage of DEI is by Eva Janairo and YiJun Kim. They examine what happens when "DEI scandals" hit the news. They show the real costs to men and women of color who are stigmatized as "DEI hires". www.mediaandminorities.org/DEIscandals/
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Interesting research on what exactly happened with DEI and its framing and representation in the media to end up where we are now, by a research project led by @erikbleich.bsky.social, with whom I first studied about race and ethnicity, all those years ago.
The second in my lab's series on DEI is by Andrey Cao and Ting Cui. They look at which groups are linked with DEI in the media. Race/ethnicity are mentioned far more than religion or disability--Black Americans most of all. Discussions of DEI are attached to some groups more than to others.
Media Portrayals of Minorities Project
www.mediaandminorities.org
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Interesting research on what exactly happened with DEI and its framing and representation in the media to end up where we are now, by a research project led by @erikbleich.bsky.social, with whom I first studied about race and ethnicity, all those years ago.
The second in my lab's series on DEI is by Andrey Cao and Ting Cui. They look at which groups are linked with DEI in the media. Race/ethnicity are mentioned far more than religion or disability--Black Americans most of all. Discussions of DEI are attached to some groups more than to others.
Media Portrayals of Minorities Project
www.mediaandminorities.org
April 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The second in my lab's series on DEI is by Andrey Cao and Ting Cui. They look at which groups are linked with DEI in the media. Race/ethnicity are mentioned far more than religion or disability--Black Americans most of all. Discussions of DEI are attached to some groups more than to others.
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BREAKING: ICE raided a home with 20 armed agents, ripped a mom & her 3 daughters out of bed in their underwear, held them in the rain for hours at gunpoint—with ZERO charges.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
April 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
BREAKING: ICE raided a home with 20 armed agents, ripped a mom & her 3 daughters out of bed in their underwear, held them in the rain for hours at gunpoint—with ZERO charges.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
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No other democracy has electoral institutions that make the least informed individuals in randomly important geographic locations the pivotal voters.
This isn't a problem of democracy. It's a problem of single member districts, presidentialism/Electoral College, and statehood/federalism.
This isn't a problem of democracy. It's a problem of single member districts, presidentialism/Electoral College, and statehood/federalism.
April 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
No other democracy has electoral institutions that make the least informed individuals in randomly important geographic locations the pivotal voters.
This isn't a problem of democracy. It's a problem of single member districts, presidentialism/Electoral College, and statehood/federalism.
This isn't a problem of democracy. It's a problem of single member districts, presidentialism/Electoral College, and statehood/federalism.
My Media Portrayals of Minorities Project lab is analyzing coverage of DEI in US newspapers in three contributions over the coming days. Here, Daniza Tazabekova and Abby Ward explore how DEI became embroiled in the culture wars between 2020 and 2024: www.mediaandminorities.org/DEIhistory/
Media Portrayals of Minorities Project
www.mediaandminorities.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My Media Portrayals of Minorities Project lab is analyzing coverage of DEI in US newspapers in three contributions over the coming days. Here, Daniza Tazabekova and Abby Ward explore how DEI became embroiled in the culture wars between 2020 and 2024: www.mediaandminorities.org/DEIhistory/
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There seems to be a conspiracy to make people mad online, cause @whstancil.bsky.social keeps being right. Opinion and politics in the social media age is increasingly just social construction and peer validation.
April 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There seems to be a conspiracy to make people mad online, cause @whstancil.bsky.social keeps being right. Opinion and politics in the social media age is increasingly just social construction and peer validation.
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"the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin -
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
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At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
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‘Competitive authoritarianism is a political system where elections occur, but the ruling party uses state power to unfairly disadvantage opposition parties, making the competition real but not fair.’
President Trump has personally ordered the Justice Department to open an investigation of Democrats' primary ways for raising donations.
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
‘Competitive authoritarianism is a political system where elections occur, but the ruling party uses state power to unfairly disadvantage opposition parties, making the competition real but not fair.’
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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A new high: 62% chance of a recession this year. For no reason. A self-inflicted wound.
Basically Trump is Cheddar Bob waving a gun around and shooting himself in the ****.
Basically Trump is Cheddar Bob waving a gun around and shooting himself in the ****.
April 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A new high: 62% chance of a recession this year. For no reason. A self-inflicted wound.
Basically Trump is Cheddar Bob waving a gun around and shooting himself in the ****.
Basically Trump is Cheddar Bob waving a gun around and shooting himself in the ****.
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A reminder that B2 level French is advanced intermediate level. It is of course good to master the language as well as possible, but requiring applicants for naturalisation to speak, listen and write at this level means that you're basically selecting by educational background.
April 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A reminder that B2 level French is advanced intermediate level. It is of course good to master the language as well as possible, but requiring applicants for naturalisation to speak, listen and write at this level means that you're basically selecting by educational background.
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Over 80K people currently watching on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Over 80K people currently watching on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
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💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
April 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!