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Joshua Tucker was Archdeacon of Barnstaple.

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AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

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AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon
The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.
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How Language Shapes Belief in Misinformation: A Study Among Multilinguals in #Ukraine - cup.org/4myrgDM

- @aaronerlich.bsky.social, @kevinaslett.bsky.social, Sarah Graham & @jatucker.bsky.social

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Fascinating work from @jatucker.bsky.social and @csmapnyu.org looking at the effect of labeling images as AI on people’s beliefs about the provenance + veracity of that image. They also explore the implications of AI images not being labeled after seeing labeled images #PaCSS2025 #polnet2025
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Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker, Mirya R. Holman

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📣Out on #FirstView 📣

In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.

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Research article "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences" by Maarja Lühiste, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, Yannis Theocharis, Pablo Barberá, Zoltán Fazekas and Joshua A. Tucker, Abstract begins: Past research alerts to the increasingly unpleasant climate surrounding public debate on social media. Female politicians, in particular, are reporting serious attacks targeted at them. Yet, research offers inconclusive insights regarding the gender gap in online incivility. This paper aims to address this gap by comparing politicians with varying levels of prominence and public status in different institutional contexts. Using a machine learning approach for analyzing over 23 million tweets addressed to politicians in Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we find little consistent evidence of a gender gap in the proportion of incivility.
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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I remember this one too!
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by Joshua A. Tucker — Reposted by Andrew Rudalevige

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It’s not just cheaper. It’s smarter.

Our goal: lower barriers to high-quality political science education, everywhere.

Explore the text (and sign up as an instructor):
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

#PoliticalScience #HigherEd #BlueSkyAcademic
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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Political Participation
🗳️ Elections, protests, and engagement across regimes
✍️ By S. Erdem Aytaç (Koç Univ.) & Susan Stokes (UChicago)

Clear frameworks + global examples = a must for intro courses.
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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Political Economy
💰 How economics and politics shape one another
✍️ By Darin Christensen (UCLA) & Francisco Garfias (UCSD)

A tight, teachable chapter on development, inequality, and institutions.
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Check out some of our amazing chapters!

Ethnicity & Ethnic Politics
🌍 Identity, conflict, power
✍️ By Bethany Lacina (U. of Rochester)

Accessible enough for first-years, rich enough for upper-level debates. A sharp, relevant guide to group politics.
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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You can teach a whole intro course—or just mix in chapters that work for you.

Instructors register free.
Students buy chapters for $1 each or get the full book for $14.

Institutions? Bulk purchasing available via @VitalSource or RedShelf.
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by Joshua A. Tucker — Reposted by Andrew Rudalevige

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What makes it different?

✔️ Written by leading scholars
✔️ Includes full (free!) instructor resources
✔️ Affordable
✔️ Regularly updated
✔️ Students can buy only what they need

It's affordable, flexible, and designed for real classrooms.

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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by Joshua A. Tucker — Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker, Andrew Rudalevige

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Tired of overpriced political science textbooks?

We were too.

So we built A Political Science Experiment—a low-cost, high-quality, modular text for intro and comparative courses - edited by me and @rudalev.bsky.social

💻 All digital
📘 Just $1 per chapter
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
#HigherEd
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker

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‪@tiagoventura.bsky.social‬ + CDS-affiliated Jonathan Nagler & @jatucker.bsky.social tested a WhatsApp deactivation during Brazil’s 2022 election—blocking auto-downloads of images & videos reduced misinformation recall by ~0.4σ, but didn't change beliefs or polarization.

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Does Reducing Exposure to Image and Video Content on Messaging Apps Reduce the Impact of Misinformation? Yes and No
Experiments with WhatsApp users during Brazil’s 2022 presidential election shows mixed impact of political disinformation
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by Monika Nalepa — Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker, Andrew Rudalevige

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It was an honor and privilege to be part of this project. If you are teaching introductory courses in political science or any undergraduate courses, this is the textbook for you!
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker, Étienne Ollion, Gregory Eady

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How can researchers identify covert state propaganda campaigns in China? My co-authors Yin Yuan, Molly Roberts, Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social and myself are excited to share our new article in PNAS (@PNAS): doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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The decade-long growth of government-authored news media in China under Xi Jinping | PNAS
Autocratic governments around the world use clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence the media. We document a decade-long trend in China towar...
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for Dr. Joshua A. Tucker’s @jatucker.bsky.social talk! 🎙️

We explored how online searches can increase belief in misinformation when results come from low-quality sources — a reminder that “doing your own research” isn’t so simple.

See you at the next event! 🤝🏼
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Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker

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Again, many universities tend to have (free) access to experts in marketing. Imagine a tool that allowed Americans to see exactly what kinds of government-funded research they have benefitted from themselves. Plug in your list of medications or surgeries. Or the car you drive. Or your appliances.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jun 4
Cutting NIH or NSF funding sounds abstract. Seeing what research is actually being cut makes it real. Kudos to @nytimes.com for this piece:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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Congratulations to Dr. David McGrath!!
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Thanks so much! Let us know if we can be of any help!

by Shamus Khan — Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker, Andrew Rudalevige

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My textbook with Gwen Sharp and Patrick Sharkey is on its third edition. This fall our team is launching a Political Science book, edited by Josh Tucker and @rudalev.bsky.social

Thrilled to have this out in the world! Check it out (sociologists might find some of the chapters useful for teaching)
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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Amazing! Thrilled to hear it. Let us know if you have questions!
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Thanks @alessandronai.bsky.social! Let us know if you have any questions! We're really excited about it as well!
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This isn’t just a cheaper textbook.
It’s a new model for teaching political science.

Affordable, expert-written, modular, and global.
Already being used in classrooms around the world.

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

#PoliticalScience #HigherEd #BlueSkyAcademic #TextbookReform
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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6/ 📺 Media & Political Info
By Christian Vaccari (Loughborough) @profvaccari.bsky.social

Two standout chapters on how media shapes political attitudes & behavior. A must-read for the digital age.
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⚖️ Courts & Constitutions
By Andrea Scoseria Katz (WashU)
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Deep theory, real-world examples, and a clear explanation of constitutional courts in comparative perspective. Great for general intro and constitutionalism modules.
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by Joshua A. Tucker

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4/ Now let’s highlight some of the incredible work inside this book 👇

📖 Regimes & Transitions
By Monika Nalepa (UChicago)
@monikanalepa.bsky.social

A clean, accessible chapter on how authoritarian and democratic regimes function—and how countries move between them.
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3/ You can teach a whole intro course—or just mix in chapters.

Instructors register free.
Students buy chapters for $1 each or get the full book for $14.

Does your institution do bulk textbook orders? You can do that as well at @vitalsource for $25/book: www.vitalsource.com/products/a-p...
A Political Science Experiment: First Edition 1st edition | 9798987326718, 9798987326718 | VitalSource
A Political Science Experiment: First Edition 1st Edition is written by Andrew Rudalevige, Joshua Tucker and published by CritReview. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for A Political Science Experiment...
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We’re a group of political scientists who were tired of overpriced textbooks.

So we built our own:
🧩 Assign chapters à la carte
🖥️ All digital = no shipping costs
🎓 Continuously updated
🧠 Comes with slides, questions, data exercises, & more
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by Joshua A. Tucker — Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker, Kim L. Scheppele, Brendan Nyhan , and 8 more

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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com
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Reposted by Joshua A. Tucker

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Congrats to the authors @tiagoventura.bsky.social, @rmajumdar.bsky.social, Jonathan Nagler, and @jatucker.bsky.social.

The paper, which is accepted for publication at @The_JOP, can be found here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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