#PaCSS2020
I am ALL ABOUT this work from @cetacean_needed examining the challenges of using data science methods to study queer communities

Are these concepts compatible? What should best practices in this space look like? #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020

(PS: Alyssa is applying to PhD programs!)
November 13, 2024 at 8:33 PM
SO MUCH GREAT WORK being presented at the #PaCSS2020 & #PolNet2020 poster session!

All these awesome scholars will be on hand to talk about their work from 2-3 EDT today. If you're attending this virtual conference, I hope you'll stop by!
November 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Love this work from @YanXqin, @rdomagalski, & @zpneal looking at gender and congressional cosponsorship

Women are 1.5-3.5x more likely to collaborate with other women - an increase that can't be explained merely by women's slight increase in representation #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Great work from @t_yemre showing how language & community evolves over time

Using text analysis and social network analysis, he finds shifts in discourse among the Turkish speaking Salafi community #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 9:08 PM
SUPER interesting and important work from @SaharAbiHassan, @jboxstef, @archimedino, and Enan Srivastava (OSU) examining the mismatch in number of cases and number of amicus briefs

They find notable heterogeneity by issue area over time
#PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Very interesting work from Bruce Kogut, Angela Soomin Ryu, and Zubin Jelveh (all Columbia) looking at variation in how corporate business elites responded to deregulation of campaign contributions #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Great work from @AndrewRenninger showing that political rallies *do* influence elections. Media markets Trump visited saw greater swings to Trump than similar areas not visited

(I can't help but wonder the about the non-rally effects of 2020...) #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Very interesting work from Fadi Mugheirbi (West Virginia University) examines rule making networks in congress

Lobbyists often shift their focus from congress to the agencies who have discretion and rule-making power #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Great work from Hojun Lee (WUSTL), Franziska Barbara Keller (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and @junghwanyang

They find the central coordination patterns in network structure distinguish AstroTurfing from grassroots campaigns #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Excellent and important work from @AlfonsoLangle, @aaguilarro, @humirour, @JuliaRosCR and JJ Von Thaden

They detect opportunities to improve conservation efforts by finding mismatches between social networks, ecological connectivity, and ecosystem services #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Very cool work from @JaeJaeykim2 which uses text methods & a natural experiment to show how threats can increase a population's information seeking behavior #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Really valuable work from @D_N_Kent which leverages causal forests and exposure weights to estimate spillover effects which vary in magnitude and direction across contexts #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020

Check out the full paper here: https://dnkent.github.io/files/kent_chapter3.pdf
November 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM
If you're interested in Science of Science, check out this great work from Shih-Hsin Chen, Jia-Chen Xie, and Shang-Lun Huang (all National Chiao Tung University)

Using Web of Science & WebPat data, they examine researcher's co-authorship patterns #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 6:13 PM
...And that’s a wrap on the first day of #PaCSS2020 & #PolNet2020. I’m so excited I get to enjoy a full week of great content!
November 13, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Check out this valuable tool from Duenkai Chen (Tamkang University) and Shih-Hsin Chen, Jia-Chen Xie, & Shang-Lun Huang (all National Chiao Tung University)

They introduce a method to extract essential fields from patent documents #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Fantastic work from Aja Klevs and @aaronrkaufman developing a much-needed tool for matching strings across misspellings or different representations.

I want this (python implementation available soon!) #PaCSS2020
November 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I really love @MedDhiaH's network-based approach to understanding the evolution and behavior of capitalism in Tunisia.

He shows that behavior varies by network centrality and is the result of *deliberate, autocratic design* #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Very cool work from @amauritsvdv: Document translation is expensive but, if you doing Bag-of-Words analysis, reasonable word-level translations may be enough and can be much more practical to accomplish! #PaCSS2020
November 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Fantastic work from @izzigopal looking at the targeting and timing of online censorship

Her rich methodological approach uses topic modeling on Venezuelan twitter to build understanding of *what* content gets censored *when* #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Fantastic work from @2git2quit (starting at @NUnetsi in the fall!!) Looking at who funds political ads on Facebook

This work provides a framework to describe and group entities, with potential pathways for classifying individual entities #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
#PaCSS2020/#PolNet2020 are fiercely inclusive & interdisciplinary.

The $20 registration will help us cover expenses, but PLEASE email us at politics.css@gmail. com if you would like a registration waiver. We want you to be able to come!!

Schedule:...
November 13, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I LOVE this work from @ThoniHoward showcasing her work with @NCITU using feminist epistemology to address gender inequity in STEM.

This work takes time & money, but can — and must — be done #PaCSS2020
November 13, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Very cool work from @notanastronomer finds that Eurovision success is driven by *networks*

By scraping every song and vote since 1974, she shows that network alliances explain about 20% of variation in Eurovision votes! #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I am *very* excited for this work from @favstats, @kmmunger, and @Ben_Guinaudeau exploring the affordances of TikTok

It’s an active space for political communication, there is (negative) cross-partisan interaction, and the algorithm drives engagement #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
...AND we're going to have a virtual poster session featuring animated gif posters. Thanks to @zpneal for the suggestion and to @mikemorrison for the format idea

I'm super excited to see this come together! #PaCSS2020 #PolNet2020
November 13, 2024 at 3:25 PM