Disrupting implicit bias: crowdsourced database highlights women experts in the social sciences #WomenAlsoKnowStuff

Women academics face inherent biases in the profession that limit career progression and influence. Emily Beaulieu and Kathleen Searles reflect on the extent of the gender gap in political science and how we might address this gap. One example is the #WomenAlsoKnowStuff website, a searchable database of women experts which has become a rallying cry, with hundreds of expert contributions and a steady stream of media attention

Information processing on smartphones in public versus private

People increasingly turn to news on mobile devices, often while out and about, attending to daily tasks. Yet, we know little about whether attention to and learning from information on a mobile differs by the setting of use. This study builds on Multiple Resource Theory (Wickens, 1984) and the Resource Competition Framework (Oulasvirta et al., 2005) to compare visual attention to a dynamic newsfeed, varying only the setting: private or public. We use mobile eye-tracking to evaluate the effects of setting on attention and assess correspondent learning differences after exposure to the feed, which allows us to uncover a relationship between attention and learning. Findings indicate higher visual attention to mobile newsfeed posts in public, relative to a private setting. Moreover, scrolling through news on a smartphone in public attenuates some knowledge gain but is beneficial for other learning outcomes

The Ursinus Weekly, May 16, 1974

Women\u27s hours abolished; Board votes rule change for next Fall • Show Boat and band Parent\u27s Day hits • Will rates go up? • Student writes play • Marsteller to publish constellation slides • New special students to take part in upcoming Summer School session • Yearbook trouble • The ghost of Ursinus past • Editorial: New rules = new responsibilities • Wanted: Fearless leader • Alumni Corner: What happens to Weekly editors? • Meistersingers tour • Art review • In praise of ProTheatre • The Zodiac: The Earth signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn • Record review: Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs • Seasons are near end • The Cinder scene wrap-uphttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1017/thumbnail.jp

Constructing Political Expertise in the News

Expert news sources offer context and act as translators, communicating complex policy issues to the public. Therefore, these sources have implications for who, and what is elevated and legitimized by news coverage. This element considers patterns in expert sources, focusing on a particular area of expertise: politics. As a starting point, it conducts a content analysis tracking which types of political experts are most likely to be interviewed, using this analysis to explain patterns in expert sourcing. Building on the source data, it next conducts experiments and surveys of journalists to consider demand for expert sources. Finally, shifting the analysis to the supply of expert sources, it turns to a survey of faculty to track expert experiences with journalists. Jointly, the results suggest underlying patterns in expert sourcing is a tension between journalists\u27 preferences, the time constraints of producing news, and the preferences of the experts themselves.https://repository.lsu.edu/facultybooks/1246/thumbnail.jp

HEARTS AND MINDS BUT FOR WHOM? HOW INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT THE EXPERIENCE AND LIKELIHOOD OF EMOTION IN POLITICS

Though questions of how, when, and for whom affect matters are vital to understanding the effects of affect-laden political advertisements on the electorate, this area of research remains in its infancy (Lodge and Taber 2005). I address these gaps by setting forth a theoretical framework that addresses the distinct effects of anger and fear and how they vary depending on the characteristics of the individual. These ideas are tested with aggregate analyses and two survey experiments that examine how and for who affect matters. I set forth two distinct claims: first, the likelihood an individual experiences anger or fear varies with individual characteristics, and second, individual characteristics moderate the influence of anger and fear on policy evaluations in predictable ways. Also, I make the case that in a politico-psychological context emotion is best understood as conceptually discrete.Broadly, I venture the following supposition: to fully understand the reality of the democratic citizen we must also understand how individuals differ in the experience of emotion, and how these varying experiences affect political thinking. In fact, emotion may be the great democratic equalizer. If so, it may be more appropriate not for scholars to ask who will save the emotionally volatile electorate, but rather, where and how do emotions fit into the democratic process? The question then is not does emotion harm democracy, but for whom does emotion have adverse effects

Replication Data for: Media Coverage and Public Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court

Replication data and code to replicate Hitt, Matthew P. and Kathleen Searles. 2018. "Media Coverage and Public Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court." In Press, Political Communication. If you use these data, please cite the original paper in Political Communication