I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.
The University of Virginia said it would not sign the Trump administration’s proposed offer of priority access for federal funding, the fifth university to turn down the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
New William f Buckley forever stamp announced by US postal service
Standing athwart history, yelling Stamp
hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again
🗣️New Communication Theory article! With @carolynschmitt.bsky.social and @shannimcg.bsky.social
Communication can benefit from clarity, but what about a tactical lack of clarity? Here, we explicate "strategic ambiguity" and argue for its importance in political communication. 1/🧵
bit.ly/StratAm
The “stop the hate” commercial featuring two celebrities who support the President who began his career by calling Mexicans rapists and whose biggest campaign donor recently gave a Hitler salute and rehired the “I was racist before it was cool” guy was….a choice.
not sure Snoop Dogg fresh off performing at Trump’s inauguration is the best spokesperson for Stand Up To Hate tbh
We studied this shift, which started during the first Trump administration. Far-right outlets became legitimized thru GOP officials granting access, as well as mainstream news coverage of these outlets. #openaccess here journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...
Another world is possible!
But not without wedging the Trump coalition and articulating a clear alternative vision.
My latest, for @lpeproject.bsky.social:
lpeproject.org/blog/define-...
Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban.
The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.
This is my first first-author paper! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of so many @citap.bsky.social folks, especially Lee, @ajbauer.bsky.social, @shannimcg.bsky.social, and @dkreiss.bsky.social for their guidance, expertise, and encouragement
NEW PUB with Lee McGuigan! 🎉
We the Consumers: The Conservative “Parallel Economy” as Reactionary Commodity Activism ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
After the first election of Trump I conducted a yearlong ethnographic study of Trump supporters. I wanted to understand how they see the world and how information systems shaped their understanding of truth. I walked away with seven core findings
"Moving forward, we should not be concerned with isolated incorrect facts, but with the deeply-rooted stories that circulate at all levels of culture and shape our points of view," @alicetiara.bsky.social says.
New from me: Trump's second Administration is chock full of predators. We can expect them to govern accordingly. www.altrightdelete.news/p/predators-...
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
An office door covered in black paper with white cut outs of ghosts and bats on it. In a spooky font, it says, “don’t ghost this election”
Our grad students have started decorating their office doors. As a fan of hoopla & everything extra, I obviously love this. But I especially love @carolynschmitt.bsky.social & @lorcancneill.bsky.social door 🇺🇸 👻 🗳️
H-🥥-🌴-🌴-🥥-G-🥥 🎶 You can meet me at the polls 🎶
So excited to see this online at IJPP! In our latest, @carolynschmitt.bsky.social, @shannimcg.bsky.social, @heesoojang.bsky.social and I study the role of political leaders in the legitimation and recent mainstreaming of far-right media. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
This is the CV of the new Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
My annual Nieman lab prediction for the year ahead in journalism is up, and I’m sorry to say: bleak again.
CITAP's Symposium on Religion, Media, and Public Life is 3 weeks away!
We have great panels lined up:
🎙️When god goes viral
🎙️God Bless the West
🎙️Call to Action: Religion is Public
Get your free ticket here: citap.unc.edu/events/sympo...
