Weijun Yuan
weijun-yuan.bsky.social
Weijun Yuan
@weijun-yuan.bsky.social
Assistant Instructional Professor in the MA Program in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Sociologist of collective action/social movements, networks, organization, and media.

Website: yuan-weijun.com
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Join us in a Virtual Conversation on “Global Resistance to Democratic Backsliding” on May 13, 2025 (Tuesday), 12:00-1:30 Central Time organized by @asa-cbsm.bsky.social. Please register at bit.ly/CBSMevent. Let's have a conversation about the world we live in right now! @asanews.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Our opener on this platform

Explore a timely content guide that distills some of CASBS's rich programming & thought leadership - in the form of podcast & webcast episodes, event & interview videos, & articles - across six curated, post-election-relevant themes.

You'll dig it.

HERE: bit.ly/3Y7kw54
November 26, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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This is a genuine political development that portends real electoral consequences in places like California.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/u...
Why Chinese Americans Have Shifted Rightward
A growing number of Chinese Americans, especially naturalized immigrants, say Democrats have become too lenient on crime and homelessness.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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I'll be giving a short talk on "Evaluating Generative AI Systems is a Social Science Measurement Challenge" (arxiv.org/abs/2411.10939) at 230pm today at the @msftresearch.bsky.social booth! #NeurIPS2024
Evaluating Generative AI Systems is a Social Science Measurement Challenge
Across academia, industry, and government, there is an increasing awareness that the measurement tasks involved in evaluating generative AI (GenAI) systems are especially difficult. We argue that thes...
arxiv.org
December 11, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Drawing insights from their book "Not Your Parents Politics," partially written here, 2021-22 CASBS fellow @netakv.bsky.social & coauthor Ioana Literat describe @msmagazine.bsky.social how young women have become the avant-garde of activist political expression online

msmagazine.com/2024/12/09/y...
Not Your Mother's Activism: Young Women’s Political Expression on Social Media - Ms. Magazine
Not Your Mother's Activism: Young Women and Girl Influencers Tackle Political Expression on Social Media (Instagram and TikTok)
msmagazine.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM