Ian Anson
@iganson.bsky.social
Political scientist at UMBC. I study U.S. public opinion, media & politics, political psychology & the scholarship of teaching & learning.
Dad, husband, author, podcaster, Tar Heel, baltimore enthusiast
www.iananson.com
Dad, husband, author, podcaster, Tar Heel, baltimore enthusiast
www.iananson.com
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Ian Anson
@iganson.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hey new followers! I'm an associate prof of political science at UMBC (Baltimore, Maryland, USA).
I study how partisans perceive the real world (especially the economy), how they perceive each other (esp. negative partisanship), and how they perceive themselves (esp. via overconfidence). And more!
I study how partisans perceive the real world (especially the economy), how they perceive each other (esp. negative partisanship), and how they perceive themselves (esp. via overconfidence). And more!
Want to shout out @paperpile.com for being one of the best tools out there for academics!
The endless inflow of GREAT academic research can feel so daunting to me in busy mid-career. But paperpile lets me tag, organize, and annotate new research straight from links. Sooo satisfying 🧘♂️
The endless inflow of GREAT academic research can feel so daunting to me in busy mid-career. But paperpile lets me tag, organize, and annotate new research straight from links. Sooo satisfying 🧘♂️
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Want to shout out @paperpile.com for being one of the best tools out there for academics!
The endless inflow of GREAT academic research can feel so daunting to me in busy mid-career. But paperpile lets me tag, organize, and annotate new research straight from links. Sooo satisfying 🧘♂️
The endless inflow of GREAT academic research can feel so daunting to me in busy mid-career. But paperpile lets me tag, organize, and annotate new research straight from links. Sooo satisfying 🧘♂️
Epistemia: "the illusion of knowledge that emerges when surface plausibility replaces verification."
My most recent work is about "certitude," or language that delivers ideas confidently without furnishing evidence. I think these 2 ideas are vastly important for understanding our present & future!
My most recent work is about "certitude," or language that delivers ideas confidently without furnishing evidence. I think these 2 ideas are vastly important for understanding our present & future!
New study on LLMs shows that while LLMs & humans converge on similar judgments of reliability of news media, they rely on very different underlying processes.
In delegating, are we confusing linguistic plausibility with epistemic reliability?
The age of "epistemia"
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
In delegating, are we confusing linguistic plausibility with epistemic reliability?
The age of "epistemia"
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Epistemia: "the illusion of knowledge that emerges when surface plausibility replaces verification."
My most recent work is about "certitude," or language that delivers ideas confidently without furnishing evidence. I think these 2 ideas are vastly important for understanding our present & future!
My most recent work is about "certitude," or language that delivers ideas confidently without furnishing evidence. I think these 2 ideas are vastly important for understanding our present & future!
Finally ready to shop my Hollywood script, a dramatic retelling of United States v. Approximately 64,695 lbs of Shark Fins (2008)
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Finally ready to shop my Hollywood script, a dramatic retelling of United States v. Approximately 64,695 lbs of Shark Fins (2008)
Quickly approaching the stage of Reflux Baby caretaking in which the only content my brain can reliably parse is the back catalogue of Guy's Grocery Games
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Quickly approaching the stage of Reflux Baby caretaking in which the only content my brain can reliably parse is the back catalogue of Guy's Grocery Games
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Turns out my infant is NOT affected by the Cloudflare outage; 100% of screaming and grunting still fully online
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Turns out my infant is NOT affected by the Cloudflare outage; 100% of screaming and grunting still fully online
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
Just as relevant if you replaced "technological innovation" with "social science research"
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just as relevant if you replaced "technological innovation" with "social science research"
Today in baby world: I learned it is a bad idea to go on TV after not sleeping for 9 and a half weeks in a row. You will immediately learn how rough you actually look!
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Today in baby world: I learned it is a bad idea to go on TV after not sleeping for 9 and a half weeks in a row. You will immediately learn how rough you actually look!
The legendary Ted Carmines (RIP) used to complain that every election year he would get dozens of phone calls from pundits asking him Is This Election Is A Realignment?? and he'd be like read my book you fools!
It strikes me that the past 20 years in American politics have been defined by the quest for a realignment election on the scale of 1932/1936 or 1980/1984 and that simply has not happened.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The legendary Ted Carmines (RIP) used to complain that every election year he would get dozens of phone calls from pundits asking him Is This Election Is A Realignment?? and he'd be like read my book you fools!
Catch me on @wbaltv11.bsky.social tonight talking mid-decade redistricting and Gov. Moore's new efforts to flip a seat blue with David Collins!
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Catch me on @wbaltv11.bsky.social tonight talking mid-decade redistricting and Gov. Moore's new efforts to flip a seat blue with David Collins!
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Fun to think that next year the UMBC exit poll may be joined by statewide pro exit polling efforts, allowing us to compare results!
Details here on how exit polling/poll of election voters! For the in-the-weeds details on methodology, see: ssrs.com/wp-content/u...
This year, for the first time since 2016, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC and the Associated Press are working together to produce exit polls, in collaboration with SSRS, a nonpartisan research company that also conducts CNN’s polling. https://cnn.it/48TVi0W
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fun to think that next year the UMBC exit poll may be joined by statewide pro exit polling efforts, allowing us to compare results!
Baseball is over. The wind is rising, the clocks twisting towards darkness, icicles soon to hang from stadium seats. But amidst the gathering night, a southern light flickers....
www.springtrainingcountdown.com
www.springtrainingcountdown.com
2026 MLB Spring Training Countdown
Helping baseball fans survive the winter.
www.springtrainingcountdown.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Baseball is over. The wind is rising, the clocks twisting towards darkness, icicles soon to hang from stadium seats. But amidst the gathering night, a southern light flickers....
www.springtrainingcountdown.com
www.springtrainingcountdown.com
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Has this World Series consistently featured the highest quality of baseball? No. Has it featured the widest array possible of beautiful, weird, specific baseball delights? Yes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Has this World Series consistently featured the highest quality of baseball? No. Has it featured the widest array possible of beautiful, weird, specific baseball delights? Yes.
Regrettably I enjoyed this very much
November 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Regrettably I enjoyed this very much
Baltimore trick-or-treating is the best. A gleeful anachronism. The 90s are aliiiiive!!
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Baltimore trick-or-treating is the best. A gleeful anachronism. The 90s are aliiiiive!!
Hat tip to John V. Kane, whose paper on null effects in political science survey experiments was instrumental to making our case in this new @poqjournal.bsky.social paper!
At last!! Delighted to share my recent paper with @umbc.bsky.social colleague Carolyn Forestiere! We tried to stimulate non-religious Americans' group consciousness & political engagement in response to salient cues. Result? Theoretically meaningful 🚨NULL EFFECTS!🚨
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
Sleeping Giant or Herd of Cats? An Experimental Investigation of Nonreligious Americans’ Responsiveness to Issue- and Group-Based Political Cues
Abstract. The rise of the “religious nones” has garnered significant interest among journalists and scholars. Whereas very few people reported that they we
academic.oup.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hat tip to John V. Kane, whose paper on null effects in political science survey experiments was instrumental to making our case in this new @poqjournal.bsky.social paper!
At last!! Delighted to share my recent paper with @umbc.bsky.social colleague Carolyn Forestiere! We tried to stimulate non-religious Americans' group consciousness & political engagement in response to salient cues. Result? Theoretically meaningful 🚨NULL EFFECTS!🚨
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
Sleeping Giant or Herd of Cats? An Experimental Investigation of Nonreligious Americans’ Responsiveness to Issue- and Group-Based Political Cues
Abstract. The rise of the “religious nones” has garnered significant interest among journalists and scholars. Whereas very few people reported that they we
academic.oup.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
At last!! Delighted to share my recent paper with @umbc.bsky.social colleague Carolyn Forestiere! We tried to stimulate non-religious Americans' group consciousness & political engagement in response to salient cues. Result? Theoretically meaningful 🚨NULL EFFECTS!🚨
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
A few years ago I painstakingly created a similar classroom activity using CES data. Lots of "fun" for students to learn about the preferences of real voters!
Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
www.americansurveycenter.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A few years ago I painstakingly created a similar classroom activity using CES data. Lots of "fun" for students to learn about the preferences of real voters!
I suspect I will be citing this great new @mattgraham.bsky.social piece often!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Expressive Responding and the Economy: The Case of Trump’s Return to Office | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
Expressive Responding and the Economy: The Case of Trump’s Return to Office
www.cambridge.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I suspect I will be citing this great new @mattgraham.bsky.social piece often!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Your email finds me holding a screaming 8 week old, so yeah, sorry
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Your email finds me holding a screaming 8 week old, so yeah, sorry
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Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
Gone are the days of Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice
ESPN described a UNC running back as "Amtrak"ing his way through the Cal defence. So i checked and that would actually take 4 days and its mostly by bus. Damn you guys should trally build more rail.
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Gone are the days of Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice