Postdoc studying algorithms and online speech @CSMAP_NYU
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Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization
Analyzing 1.7 million social media posts, a series of controlled experiments, and a large global survey covering 40 countries (total N = 49,222), we find that
(1) strong ideologues post their opinions significantly more often than moderate individuals
(2) extreme attitudes are posted more often than moderate attitudes.
(3) This general pattern replicates robustly across 40 countries
(4) the opinions that users post are more hostile and toxic than the beliefs they keep to themselves.
Across studies we find extreme opinions are overrepresented on social media by at least 6% and up to 22% compared to their true prevalence in our samples.
osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/7z…
This project was led by @small_schulz and @ClaireRobertson and includes @H_Sjastad @AshuAshok @LisaFOswaldo @junghwanyang @simonsaysnothin and @andyguess
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My article, Labor vs. Big Business, is out! it's about efforts of companies like Uber to reform gig worker laws and voter cue-taking from unions and business. TLDR; progressive voters trust union cues to substitute for policy information link.springer.com/article/10…
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Currently in FirstView: In “What Would You Say? Estimating Causal Effects of Social Context on Political Expression,” @small_schulz develops a method for estimating social influence over political expression. He uses an experiment to estimate respondents’ lexical ideology.
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I guess it's appropriate that an ad for a "leaving academia" consultant would feature the consultant manifesting the behavior that's driving people away from academia.
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With the ongoing protests, Gall Sigler and I present new evidence from a population-based survey on Americans' sympathies with Palestinians/Israelis by age in @dailypenn.
tl;dr Stark generational divides, especially among white & Hispanic respondents.
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thedp.com/article/2024/05/ca…
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Mr. Netanyahu, antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to millions.
Do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government.
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No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – 70% of whom are women and children.
You will not distract us from this immoral war.
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I was happy to sign this. Important to set this norm!
NEW: Open Letter on the Need for Preregistration Transparency in Peer Review
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
To work as intended, preregistration needs to be part of peer review process. We make commitments to doing so as authors, editors, and reviewers.
Please sign and share widely!
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Retweet if you'd like to learn what @elonmusk's plans are for data sharing with researchers and whether he plans to continue the platform's long history of productive engagement with researchers in and outside academia.
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Incredible. Almost art. Did no one at PNAS take a class on surveys? What is happening?
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🚨 New paper out today!🚨
In two studies, we (@andyguess, @AdamBerinsky, @j_a_tucker, @JohnJost1) explore how liberals and conservatives respond to rumor corrections about the Boston Marathon bombings and the death of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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I am excited to announce the launch of Aletheia, a new platform for communicating peer-evaluated research. My collaborator on this project is @JakeJares. aletheia-platform.netlify.ap… 1/14
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This is a stunning demonstration of the magnitude of the pandemic's health toll in the US, and the tremendous inequality of that toll, with virtually no reduction in average life span in the highest income regions.
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1/ The *last* thing we need right now is more untested speculation about how to fix social media. We have *research* that can help us evaluate @elonmusk’s proposals to transform Twitter, and many of these studies might inspire him to throw some cold water on his plans 🧵
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We're celebrating the upcoming 🎉first anniversary🎉 of the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media by hosting a happy hour at MPSA!
See our thank-you note to reviewers, authors and Board members below
journalqd.org/announcement/v…
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early christmas gift for @dean_c_knox, though imo this exchange is a gift to us all
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I updated my slide on the beasts of observational research. I mainly want to say that if you're analysing observational data for causal inference, "there are older and more fouler things than confounding in the deep places of the world" #EpiTwitter #StatsTwitter #CausalTwitter
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This graph should inform all discussions about the pros and cons of “deplatforming” as a content moderation strategy. Show it to anyone who asserts that it only makes the far right stronger. Important research & I look forward to seeing more from @OuzhouAdi and @JonasKaiser!
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How do people without institutional research funding find funding for surveys/experiments? I have 3 for my dissertation (so around $500 on the LOW end), but if I pay out of pocket, I can't pay my rent... Ideas? #poliscitwitter #gradschooltwitter