Understanding reaction to corporate activism: The moderating role of polarization.

In our polarized societies, more companies are taking a stand on divisive sociopolitical issues. However, given the mixed findings from previous studies, it remains unclear whether Corporate Activism …

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Braga, L., Grinstein, A., Tardin, M., & Perin, M. (2024). Understanding reaction to corporate activism: The moderating role of polarization.. PNAS Nexus, 3(10), pgae313. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae313

Facebook increases political knowledge, reduces well-being and informational treatments do little to help.

Nearly three billion people actively use Facebook, making it the largest social media platform in the world. Previous research shows that the social media platform reduces users' happiness, while incr…

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Arceneaux, K., Foucault, M., Giannelos, K., Ladd, J., & Zengin, C. (2024). Facebook increases political knowledge, reduces well-being and informational treatments do little to help.. R Soc Open Sci, 11(10), 240280. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240280

Social bonding through shared experiences: the role of emotional intensity.

Sharing emotions with other individuals is a widespread phenomenon. Previous research proposed that experiencing intense and similar emotions with other individuals reinforces social bonds. However, s…

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Chung, V., Mennella, R., Pacherie, E., & Grezes, J. (2024). Social bonding through shared experiences: the role of emotional intensity.. R Soc Open Sci, 11(10), 240048. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240048

Context matters in social media.

Does the information that people see on social media influence their political views? Is it making people politically more divided? In July 2023, published three papers on an unprecedented study of t…

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Thorp, H. H., & Vinson, V. (2024). Context matters in social media.. Science, 385(6716), 1393. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adt2983

Movement synchrony among dance performers predicts brain synchrony among dance spectators.

Performing dance is an intrinsically social art form where at least one person moves while another person watches. Dancing in groups promotes social bonding, but how does group dance affect the people…

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Orgs, G., Vicary, S., Sperling, M., Richardson, D. C., & Williams, A. L. (2024). Movement synchrony among dance performers predicts brain synchrony among dance spectators.. Sci Rep, 14(1), 22079. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73438-0

Illusory interparty disagreement: Partisans agree on what hate speech to censor but do not know it.

Whether and when to censor hate speech are long-standing points of contention in the US. The latest iteration of these debates entails grappling with content regulation on social media in an age of in…

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Solomon, B. C., Hall, M. E. K., Hemmen, A., & Druckman, J. N. (2024). Illusory interparty disagreement: Partisans agree on what hate speech to censor but do not know it.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121(39), e2402428121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2402428121

Implementing a Social Presence-Based Teaching Strategy in Online Lecture Learning.

Previous studies have focused on the design of video lectures to improve students' social presence by enhancing instructor presence for learners in lecture-based online courses; however, there has bee…

Numérique : perception de la présence d'autres individus dans un environnement numérique sans interaction
Xia, L., Wang, L., & Huang, C. (2024). Implementing a Social Presence-Based Teaching Strategy in Online Lecture Learning.. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ, 14(9), 2580-2597. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14090170

Incentivizing news consumption on social media platforms using large language models and realistic bot accounts.

Polarization, misinformation, declining trust, and wavering support for democratic norms are pressing threats to the US Exposure to verified and balanced news may make citizens more resilient to these…

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Askari, H., Chhabra, A., von, H. o. h. e. n. b. e. r. g. . B. C., Heseltine, M., & Wojcieszak, M. (2024). Incentivizing news consumption on social media platforms using large language models and realistic bot accounts.. PNAS Nexus, 3(9), pgae368. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae368

People Think That Social Media Platforms Do (but Should Not) Amplify Divisive Content.

Recent studies have documented the type of content that is most likely to spread widely, or go "viral," on social media, yet little is known about people's perceptions of what goes viral or what shoul…

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Rathje, S., Robertson, C., Brady, W. J., & Van, B. a. v. e. l. . J. J. (2024). People Think That Social Media Platforms Do (but Should Not) Amplify Divisive Content.. Perspect Psychol Sci, 19(5), 781-795. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231190392

Prominent misinformation interventions reduce misperceptions but increase scepticism.

Current interventions to combat misinformation, including fact-checking, media literacy tips and media coverage of misinformation, may have unintended consequences for democracy. We propose that these…

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Hoes, E., Aitken, B., Zhang, J., Gackowski, T., & Wojcieszak, M. (2024). Prominent misinformation interventions reduce misperceptions but increase scepticism.. Nat Hum Behav, 8(8), 1545-1553. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01884-x

In-party love spreads more efficiently than out-party hate in online communities.

In this article, we present the findings of a comprehensive longitudinal social network analysis conducted on Twitter across four consecutive election campaigns in Spain, spanning from 2015 to 2019. O…

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Martin-Gutierrez, S., Robles, M. o. r. a. l. e. s. . J. M., Torcal, M., Losada, J. C., & Benito, R. M. (2024). In-party love spreads more efficiently than out-party hate in online communities.. Sci Rep, 14(1), 15700. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65688-9

Communicating beyond the information given can make the communicator's attitudes toward a social group more extreme.

Three experiments tested how communicating attributes of initially liked or disliked groups might create more extreme attitudes. We gave non-neutral participants information about previously unknown g…

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Decker, K. A., Lord, C. G., & Holland, C. J. (2024). Communicating beyond the information given can make the communicator's attitudes toward a social group more extreme.. J Soc Psychol, 164(4), 531-548. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2022.2133678