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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)@nathankalmoe.bsky.social |
Something that’s been bugging me…there’s a line of popular argument deriding expressive politics online, implying that kind of activism is ineffectual. Wrong. It’s often social influence & deliberation esp among social in-groups, & it’s probably arguably the most impactful form of political action.
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Sumita Pahwa
@sumitapahwa.bsky.social
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For online activism in Egypt, at least, there have been studies suggesting that online and offline can boost each other, but that having offline networks allows you to do more; anything similar for the US?
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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
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tricky empirical question - do we have evidence on this? easy to imagine, e.g., diverting focus toward national politics and expression rather than local/state where effects likely larger.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
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Yeah, ppl should do more offline. But don’t knock the most powerful and important civic processes. Ironically argued by ppl whose primary political impact is to write about why people shouldn’t write about politics.
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Ira Hyman
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As I noted in a re-post, making statements online can influence false consensus beliefs. People may not adopt or assume a view is as widely shared when they see others questioning a post. Cool paper by @maddyjalbert.bsky.social and colleagues.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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