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Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions.

We studied the effects of exposure to reshared content on Facebook during the 2020 US election by assigning a random set of consenting, US-based users to feeds that did not contain any reshares over a…

Guess, A. M., Malhotra, N., Pan, J., Barberá, P., Allcott, H., Brown, T., Crespo-Tenorio, A., Dimmery, D., Freelon, D., Gentzkow, M., González-Bailón, S., Kennedy, E., Kim, Y. M., Lazer, D., Moehler, D., Nyhan, B., Rivera, C. V., Settle, J., Thomas, D. R., … Tucker, J. A. (2023). Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions.. Science, 381(6656), 404-408. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add8424

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How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?

We investigated the effects of Facebook's and Instagram's feed algorithms during the 2020 US election. We assigned a sample of consenting users to reverse-chronologically-ordered feeds instead of the …

Guess, A. M., Malhotra, N., Pan, J., Barberá, P., Allcott, H., Brown, T., Crespo-Tenorio, A., Dimmery, D., Freelon, D., Gentzkow, M., González-Bailón, S., Kennedy, E., Kim, Y. M., Lazer, D., Moehler, D., Nyhan, B., Rivera, C. V., Settle, J., Thomas, D. R., … Tucker, J. A. (2023). How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?. Science, 381(6656), 398-404. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abp9364

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Facebook 'echo chamber' has little impact on polarized views, according to study.

Petrić, H. o. w. e. . N. (2023). Facebook 'echo chamber' has little impact on polarized views, according to study.. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02425-8

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Counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues: Moving the needle on vaccines in a polarized United States.

This paper reports results from a large-scale randomized controlled trial assessing whether counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues can induce people to get COVID-19 vaccines. The study used…

Larsen, B. J., Ryan, T. J., Greene, S., Hetherington, M. J., Maxwell, R., & Tadelis, S. (2023). Counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues: Moving the needle on vaccines in a polarized United States.. Sci Adv, 9(29), eadg9434. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg9434

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Placing "trust" in science: The urban-rural divide and Americans' feelings of warmth toward scientists.

Long-standing discussions of the so-called urban-rural divide in the United States have uncovered meaningful differences between urbanites and rural residents, but much of this work has focused on pol…

Krause, N. M. (2023). Placing "trust" in science: The urban-rural divide and Americans' feelings of warmth toward scientists.. Public Underst Sci, 32(5), 596-604. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625221147232

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Changing the incentive structure of social media platforms to halt the spread of misinformation.

The powerful allure of social media platforms has been attributed to the human need for social rewards. Here, we demonstrate that the spread of misinformation on such platforms is facilitated by exist…

Globig, L. K., Holtz, N., & Sharot, T. (2023). Changing the incentive structure of social media platforms to halt the spread of misinformation.. Elife, 12. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85767

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"Flattening the curve": Communication, risk and COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.

This study examines Turkish online news media coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. It explores media framing narratives, particularly how they reflected and promoted elite polarization or…

Moussa, M. B., Douai, A., & Parmaksiz, M. Y. (2023). "Flattening the curve": Communication, risk and COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.. Newsp Res J, 44(2), 131-153. https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231155149

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The dynamics of political and affective polarisation: Datasets for Spain, Portugal, Italy, Argentina, and Chile (2019-2022).

The TRI-POL project explores the triangle of interactive relationships between affective and ideological polarisation, political distrust, and the politics of party competition. In this project there …

Torcal, M., Carty, E., Comellas, J. M., Bosch, O. J., Thomson, Z., & Serani, D. (2023). The dynamics of political and affective polarisation: Datasets for Spain, Portugal, Italy, Argentina, and Chile (2019-2022).. Data Brief, 48, 109219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109219

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Users choose to engage with more partisan news than they are exposed to on Google Search.

If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news, they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization. This concern …

Robertson, R. E., Green, J., Ruck, D. J., Ognyanova, K., Wilson, C., & Lazer, D. (2023). Users choose to engage with more partisan news than they are exposed to on Google Search.. Nature, 618(7964), 342-348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06078-5

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[Sentiments in the COVID-19 crisis communication of German authorities and independent experts on Twitter : A sentiment analysis for the first year of the pandemic].

BACKGROUND: At the beginning of the COVID‑19 pandemic in Germany, there was great uncertainty among the population and among those responsible for crisis communication. A substantial part of the commu…

Drescher, L. S., Roosen, J., Aue, K., Dressel, K., Schär, W., & Götz, A. (2023). [Sentiments in the COVID-19 crisis communication of German authorities and independent experts on Twitter : A sentiment analysis for the first year of the pandemic].. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz, 66(6), 689-699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-023-03699-z

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Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility.

As individuals and political leaders increasingly interact in online social networks, it is important to understand the dynamics of emotion perception online. Here, we propose that social media users …

Brady, W. J., McLoughlin, K. L., Torres, M. P., Luo, K. F., Gendron, M., & Crockett, M. J. (2023). Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility.. Nat Hum Behav, 7(6), 917-927. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01582-0

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Where past meets present: Indigenous vaccine hesitancy in Saskatchewan.

In Canada, colonisation, both historic and ongoing, increases Indigenous vaccine hesitancy and the threat posed by infectious diseases. This research investigated Indigenous vaccine hesitancy in a Fir…

Sullivan, P., Starr, V., Dubois, E., Starr, A., Acharibasam, J. B., & McIlduff, C. (2023). Where past meets present: Indigenous vaccine hesitancy in Saskatchewan.. Med Humanit, 49(2), 321-331. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2022-012501

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Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique

Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions.

How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?

Facebook 'echo chamber' has little impact on polarized views, according to study.

Counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues: Moving the needle on vaccines in a polarized United States.

Placing "trust" in science: The urban-rural divide and Americans' feelings of warmth toward scientists.

Changing the incentive structure of social media platforms to halt the spread of misinformation.

"Flattening the curve": Communication, risk and COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.

The dynamics of political and affective polarisation: Datasets for Spain, Portugal, Italy, Argentina, and Chile (2019-2022).

Users choose to engage with more partisan news than they are exposed to on Google Search.

[Sentiments in the COVID-19 crisis communication of German authorities and independent experts on Twitter : A sentiment analysis for the first year of the pandemic].

Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility.

Where past meets present: Indigenous vaccine hesitancy in Saskatchewan.