Research Associate @COSPIRACY_FX @KentPsychology @UniKent. Studying Misinformation | Conspiracy Beliefs | Political Psychology (he/him).
Joined March 2019
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New paper with my dearest friend,
@KenzoNera!
We propose that multi-study articles can hardly achieve conceptual novelty and statistical consistency while remaining transparent.
Fulfilling two of these criteria considerably reduces the probability of satisfying the third one.
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New Paper! Ever wonder whether AI generated news can reduce perceptions of bias? We find news developed by AI may reduce media consumers hostile media perceptions.
frontiersin.org/journals/com…
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Out in Nature Human Behaviour 🔥
Can people tell true from false news?
Yes! Our meta-analysis shows that people rate true news as more accurate than false news (d = 1.12) and were better at spotting false news than at recognizing true news (d = 0.32).
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‼️ NEW WORKING PAPER ‼️
Can a conversation with ChatGPT reduce certainty in false or unsupported beliefs? If so, is this because AI as a source is particularly persuasive? OSF preprint: doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2vh4… (Feedback welcome!)
Here is a not so short 🧵:
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An analysis of ~30M tweets by @knutson_brain et al. found that:
-Biased news sources post more content containing high-arousal negative emotions (e.g., anger, outrage)
-High-arousal negative content is more likely to go viral
-The link between high-arousal negative content and virality is stronger for biased sources, but it's been increasing for balanced sources over the past decade
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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🚨 Overdue New Article Anouncement ! 🚨
We study the "democratic paradox" of conspiracy beliefs aka how they are simultaneously linked with support for pro- & anti-democratic alternative systems.
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We are proud to have collaborated with @SocialJusticeI on a Policy Paper highlighting our (currently under review) research exploring inequality, conspiracy beliefs, and anti-immigrant sentiment.
Policy Paper: socialjustice.ie/publication…
Project Report: nottingham-repository.worktr…
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🚨Very happy to see this paper published in @GPIR_SAGE : doi.org/10.1177/136843022412…
With all-star team @jetten_j @drCharlie_C @HemaPreya @beleaw @f_mols, we examined how perceived national status threat relates to the desire for different kind of strong leaders 👇
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New preprint! accepted by Communication Research! This meta-analysis (49 studies, N = 81,155) finds media literacy interventions improve resilience to misinformation (d= 0.60). stronger effect with multi sessions & in high uncertainty avoidance cultures
doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hm6f…
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🎉 ! NEW ARTICLE ! 🎉
"Conspiracy beliefs and the perception of intergroup inequalities"
Accepted (after years of wandering) in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Yaaaaay!
W/ @Karen_Douglas, @PaulBertin_, @sylvaindelouvee, and @olivier_klein 1/8
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🚨 We just published a paper in JEP: General! 🚨
People tend to be aware of how well they discern true from false political news. But this metacognitive insight partly differs across political lines. When? See 🧵 below 👇
doi.org/10.1037/xge0001600
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Happy to share our new paper w/ A. Cislak, S. Stronge, @BiddlePsych, @Flavio_Azevedo_, @AliceKasper_, @ChrisGSibley, & @alekscichocka!
We examined the links between values, collective narcissism & collective action in structurally advantaged and disadvantaged ethnic groups 1/4
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Anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs can reduce vaccine intentions, but can vaccine hesitancy also increase conspiracy beliefs?
Our new paper explored whether fear can increase vaccine hesitancy, making conspiracy beliefs more appealing. (Hint: Yes)
Read doi.org/10.1080/08870446.202… 🔓🧵
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🐐Scapegoating and conspiracy theories🐐
An outgroup perceived as threatening will trigger intergroup conspiracy beliefs.
But what about diffuse threats not attributable to any outgroup (e.g., economic downturn)? Will intergroup conspiracy beliefs act as scapegoating processes?
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Let’s go @hannahdzibell! An incredible presentation on the fire starter project!
#ISPP2024
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Awesome research by @BiddlePsych on the possibility of reducing conspiracy theories by inducing meta-conspiratorial beliefs.
#ispp2024
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So happy to see this project being published! Together with @PhilippMSchmid, Cornelia Betsch and @TobiasRothmund I examined the influence of Russian social identities on susceptibility to disinformation and how inoculation can protect from falling prey to Kremlin propaganda. 1/6
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New publication in Journal of Applied Social Psychology
"Misinformation interventions decay rapidly without an
immediate posttest"
doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13049
Key finding:
* Misinformation detection trainings need to integrate a "testing phase"
* Otherwise: rapid decay
(1/6)
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Our paper is officially out in @JExpSocPsych🥰 w/ the amazing @PaulBertin_, @BiddlePsych, @MaudeTagand and @olivier_klein
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📢Excited to share our new paper in Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review with @roozenbot & @Sander_vdLinden📢 We explore the effectiveness of gamified #inoculation in reducing susceptibility to #misinformation from politically congenial outlets🎮
misinforeview.hks.harvard.ed…
