Are you interested in intuitive-analytic thinking styles? Do you use the Need for Cognition scale or CRT? Well, we think we might have a better way to assess intuitive-analytic thinking styles! 🧵 Research with @gordpennycook, just published in PSPB: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

Announcing a NEW CENTER! Directed by @sgonzalezbailon and co-directed by Yphtach Lelkes, the Center for Information Networks and Democracy looks at the benefits and risks of digital information networks on our society. asc.upenn.edu/research/cente…

New Journal of Communication (special issue!) pub w / Tian Yang dr. yilang peng where we ask: do social media metrics influence the provision of news on social media? Paper: academic.oup.com/joc/advance-ar… 🧵

We are thrilled to announce that Deen Freelon will be joining the Annenberg School faculty on July 1 as the Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Professor of Communication! asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ne…

BREAKING NEWS: MXDelli has been named interim dean of the Annenberg School, Penn President Liz Magill announced today. Delli Carpini served as Annenberg Dean from 2003 to 2018 has been the faculty director of @SNFPaidiea since 2019. asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ne…

🚨Call for papers on “Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms ” 🔖Special issue of the Int J Press/Politics 🤓Guest editors: Frank Esser Edda Humprecht edson Sebastián Valenzuela 📅Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2023 ➡️journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmsc…

In experimental persuasive message effects research, different comparison conditions underwrite importantly different claims. Forthcoming in Communication Methods and Measures: doi.org/10.1080/193124…

Joe Cappella and Bob Hornik are giants in the field of health communication, as well as genuinely terrific humans. Tonight at 4:30pm, a panel of their former students will honor their many accomplishments. Join us in Chestnut East, with a reception to follow. #ICA23

Gadi Wolfsfeld, Tamir Sheafer, and I are honored to have won the 2023 IJPP Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award for “Building Theory in Political Communication.” This thread summarizes our take and ends with a bonus for those who read to the end. 🧵

Excited that our systematic review of COVID-19 vaccine communication RCTs is out in Health Communication! Key findings: small effects, limited heterogeneity, no backfire effect, political elite messaging matters. tinyurl.com/4jdssuhs

Thrilled at the official announcement of Dhavan Shah’s WARF Professorship here at UW–Madison. Congrats to my colleague and friend on a much deserved recognition of your outstanding research & transformational mentoring. journalism.wisc.edu/news/professor…

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The largest social media deactivation RCT was just published in PNAS: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Stoked to see our new paper in APSR! 🎉 We investigate a popular hypothesis: did The Apprentice give Trump a winning edge in the 2016 GOP primary? This custom-made cartoon sums up our findings.

🚨Job alert! We have openings for TWO tenure-track assistant prof positions at USC -- one in Brain and Cog Sciences and one in Developmental. Come be my colleague in a highly collaborative environment! Happy to answer qs. BCS: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angele… Dev: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angele…