Jacob Long
@jacob-long.com
Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of South Carolina | PhD from Ohio State | political communication, public opinion, some other stuff
You might know me from my jtools, interactions, and panelr #rstats packages
https://jacob-long.com
You might know me from my jtools, interactions, and panelr #rstats packages
https://jacob-long.com
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Jacob Long
@jacob-long.com
· Oct 3
Saw Moritz Marbach's "paper picnic" — a site with a "basket" of the latest publications in poli sci — and decided to spin off one of my own, a *communication* paper picnic: picnic.jacob-long.com. I tailored it to be useful to me, but others might find it helpful too
Old version of the textbook I use has the meme on the cover
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Old version of the textbook I use has the meme on the cover
maybe it's time for me to try teaching R to undergrads again
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
maybe it's time for me to try teaching R to undergrads again
Picking an undergraduate methods textbook has me once again feeling that "I need to write a textbook" itch...
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Picking an undergraduate methods textbook has me once again feeling that "I need to write a textbook" itch...
TIL that the "journey" part of the word "journeyman" has nothing to do with travel. I always associated it with veteran athletes who often bounced from team to team on short-term deals (you might say journeyed!). But turns out "journey" is just anglicized French for "entire day"
October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
TIL that the "journey" part of the word "journeyman" has nothing to do with travel. I always associated it with veteran athletes who often bounced from team to team on short-term deals (you might say journeyed!). But turns out "journey" is just anglicized French for "entire day"
We are hiring for several positions this cycle: Assistant Prof in Sci Comm, Assistant Prof in Health Comm, Open-Rank in AI. I think this is a great place to work. More info here: sc.edu/study/colleg...
Employment Opportunities - College of Information and Communications | University of South Carolina
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October 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We are hiring for several positions this cycle: Assistant Prof in Sci Comm, Assistant Prof in Health Comm, Open-Rank in AI. I think this is a great place to work. More info here: sc.edu/study/colleg...
What's your threshold for how long a journal submission can stay "with editor" after initial submission before you start asking questions?
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What's your threshold for how long a journal submission can stay "with editor" after initial submission before you start asking questions?
Reposted by Jacob Long
Something that becomes clear whenever I'm engaged in the peer review process (either as author or reviewer), I care a lot less about capital-T Theory than most of my peers. Something I must have inherited from the political science side of my education...
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Something that becomes clear whenever I'm engaged in the peer review process (either as author or reviewer), I care a lot less about capital-T Theory than most of my peers. Something I must have inherited from the political science side of my education...
Jump scare as I started peer reviewing this paper
September 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Jump scare as I started peer reviewing this paper
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I feel that Google Gemini should know that Google has in fact released the Pixel 10 series of phones, maybe especially when I ask it a question about said phones using a Pixel 10 Pro XL
September 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I feel that Google Gemini should know that Google has in fact released the Pixel 10 series of phones, maybe especially when I ask it a question about said phones using a Pixel 10 Pro XL
August 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Enter, ice cream, men play ball, exit
August 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Enter, ice cream, men play ball, exit
I did a study that was really undermined by a failed manipulation.
I look at the small number of past studies that did a very similar manipulation...and they just dropped the people who did not respond correctly to the manipulation check 🫣
I look at the small number of past studies that did a very similar manipulation...and they just dropped the people who did not respond correctly to the manipulation check 🫣
August 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I did a study that was really undermined by a failed manipulation.
I look at the small number of past studies that did a very similar manipulation...and they just dropped the people who did not respond correctly to the manipulation check 🫣
I look at the small number of past studies that did a very similar manipulation...and they just dropped the people who did not respond correctly to the manipulation check 🫣
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I would have turned it into a JPEG and I would have done it a lot faster
June 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I would have turned it into a JPEG and I would have done it a lot faster
Idle thought for reporting maestro @jrfegan.soxmachine.com: Civale's cutter has a totally different shape this season than in the past. He's gained about 5 inches of induced vertical break. Almost nobody with that combo of IVB and sideways movement...but hasn't worked for him yet either
June 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Idle thought for reporting maestro @jrfegan.soxmachine.com: Civale's cutter has a totally different shape this season than in the past. He's gained about 5 inches of induced vertical break. Almost nobody with that combo of IVB and sideways movement...but hasn't worked for him yet either
