Abstract: This study examines the relationship between misinformation and political intolerance during the 2022 Brazilian Election. Using a three-wave survey, we show that citizens who believe false claims about electoral fraud become more intolerant toward political opponents over time. Beliefs in electoral misinformation consistently predicted increases in intolerance over the course of the election. We find an indirect effect for using messaging apps for news and intolerance, mediated by beliefs in electoral misinformation, suggesting that citizens who rely on messaging apps for news are not only more susceptible to believing misinformation but also to its detrimental effects on democracy. These findings highlight electoral misinformation as a key driver of intolerant attitudes in polarized democracies, operating not only by eroding trust in institutions but also by undermining citizens’ commitment to democratic norms.

🚨New publication alert! @patyrossini.bsky.social led a new article with @antoniskalog.bsky.social and me investigating the effects of electoral misinformation on political intolerance in the 2022 Brazilian elections.

Este estudo examina a relação entre desinformação e intolerância política durante a Eleição de 2022 no Brasil. Usando uma pesquisa em três ondas, mostramos que cidadãos que acreditam em alegações falsas sobre fraude eleitoral se tornam mais intolerantes com oponentes políticos ao longo do tempo. A crença em desinformação eleitoral consistentemente previu aumentos na intolerância no decorrer da eleição. Encontramos um efeito indireto do uso de aplicativos de mensagens para notícias e intolerância, mediado pela crença em desinformação eleitoral, sugerindo que cidadãos que dependem de aplicativos de mensagens para notícias são mais suscetíveis a acreditar em desinformação e também aos seus efeitos prejudiciais à democracia. Essas descobertas destacam a desinformação eleitoral como um fator-chave de atitudes intolerantes em democracias polarizadas, operando não apenas ao corroer a confiança nas instituições, mas também ao minar o compromisso dos cidadãos com as normas democráticas.

🚨Alerta de publicação! @patyrossini.bsky.social liderou um novo artigo comigo e @antoniskalog.bsky.social investigando os efeitos da desinformação eleitoral sobre a intolerância política nas eleições brasileiras de 2022.

I would summarize this great last presentation of #ica25, but @camilambpp.bsky.social has already done it better 👇

I know last panel in the last day is a stretch, but I’ll present our work on the effects of consuming news on WhatsApp (co-authored with @patyrossini.bsky.social and @antoniskalog.bsky.social) at 3 pm today. Grays Peak A, 555 building next to Grand Hyatt #ICA25

Section 18 - American Political Science Association (APSA) Information Technology and Politics Section Award Recipients More on the Information Technology and Politics section Best Student PaperBest Public Facing

Time to celebrate the 2025 ITP Section awards:
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🚨🚨 Only a few days left to submit a paper for the Political Communication Preconference at APSA! 🚨🚨

@ashleymuddiman.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social and I are looking forward to your submissions!

DEADLINE: May 25th, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7). CFP here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

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Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.

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🌐 Preconference updates will be posted here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

📩 Questions? Contact the organizers: @stecula.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social and @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social through the email:

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The cfp for this year's @polcomm.bsky.social preconference at APSA is now open, and we are also organizing a mentoring scheme for early career scholars not willing/able to travel to Canada this year. Information below!

The call for papers for the APSA Political Communication Preconference in Vancouver is now open!

Together with @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social and @patyrossini.bsky.social, we're thrilled to invite your submissions.

📅: May 25th, 2025, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7)

More information: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Come work with us at the @uclamericas.bsky.social!

We are recruiting a Lecturer (equivalent of tenure-track Assistant Professor) in US Politics, particularly elections, electoral behaviour, or Latino politics.

📆 Deadline: 28 March

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12 years ago this day, I defended my Master's thesis at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Little did I know then that my relationship with academic research would take me to where I am today.

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Job alert! 2-year Postdoctoral researcher position on Democratic Localism and Global Policy Mobility in Leverhulme funded project. Based in Urban Studies & Social Policy at University of Glasgow. Deadline: 20/2/2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLR158/r... #urban #sociology

Be part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Climate Vulnerability team 🚀

I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD!

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⏰ midday Feb 26 ⏰

🚨We are looking for a new Editor for Open Science at the European Journal of Political Research! 🔥

Join our editorial team (as full Editor) to develop new Open Science initiatives, eg Registered Reports and guidelines for statistical reporting

DL: 23 Feb

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Angry tweets. How uncivil and intolerant elite communication affects political distrust and political participation intentions Hostile speech by politicians is increasingly prevalent on social media, especially for regular social media users. However, studies that compare the effects of political incivility versus intolera...

Publication Alert 📣 Our experimental study shows that politicians’ intolerant (but not uncivil) Tweets cause negative emotions in young participants. 🏛 This, in turn, increased pol distrust & pol participation intentions. @adme-uvienna.bsky.social #OpenAccess 📌 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech is as deep as Exxon's commitment to clean energy Meta's policy commitments never last longer than an election cycle

Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech and civic engagement runs precisely as deep as Exxon's commitment to clean energy.

He doesn't have a single intellectual commitment that could remain standing against a mild political headwind.

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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

Ha! Yes, back to the roots

Even more problematic that studying what happens in these platforms at scale is virtually impossible…

Which, unlike the end of the factchecking program, are not restricted to the US. Instead, prior community guidelines on discriminatory, hateful, and dehumanizing speech will be loosened globally (except in countries where local regulation outlaw this kind of speech).

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’ Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

Despite the focus on factchecking, the most dangerous changes are in the actual content moderation policies—which will now allow dehumanization, discrimination, and hate: www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

It’s important to consider the consequences of online abuse on political representation in light of the changes in meta’s moderation approach allowing more abuse and harassment to stay online.

DEADLINE ALERT!!!! Get your proposals ready and in by the deadline that is less than one week away.
#apsa2025 #Vancouver #Canada

"we will meet again in the land of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh"

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It’s important to identify *which* speech is being “suppressed”

Meta's decision to ditch fact-checkers in the US reeks of dangerous opportunism, prioritizing 'community-driven' spin over accountability. With Indian fact-checkers heavily reliant on Meta funding, this could spell disaster for truth & transparency globally.
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As per the report below (in Portuguese), Meta’s decision to end factchecking is only happening in the US—at least for now—if you needed any reminders that this is nothing more than a business decision to fit with the political agenda of the day.

A day might come when I present research that is not depressing, but that day is not today.

Thanks @psampg.bsky.social for the invitation to open this year's conference!

Dr. Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social will be giving our first Keynote this morning :-)

She'll be sharing insights on misinformation in the 2022 election in Brazil, and how this fuelled intolerance and hate

#PSAMPG2025