Unraveling dyadic psycho-physiology of social presence between strangers during an audio drama - a signal-analysis approach.

A mere co-presence of an unfamiliar person may modulate an individual's attentive engagement with specific events or situations to a significant degree. To understand better how such social presence a…

Numérique : perception de la présence d'autres individus dans un environnement numérique sans interaction
Kauttonen, J., Paekivi, S., Kauramäki, J., & Tikka, P. (2023). Unraveling dyadic psycho-physiology of social presence between strangers during an audio drama - a signal-analysis approach.. Front Psychol, 14, 1153968. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1153968

A scoping review on the use of natural language processing in research on political polarization: trends and research prospects.

UNLABELLED: As part of the "text-as-data" movement, Natural Language Processing (NLP) provides a computational way to examine political polarization. We conducted a methodological scoping review of st…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Németh, R. (2023). A scoping review on the use of natural language processing in research on political polarization: trends and research prospects.. J Comput Soc Sci, 6(1), 289-313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-022-00196-2

'You truly are the worst kind of racist!': Argumentation and polarization in online discussions around gender and radical-right populism.

The role of women in populist and radical right-wing parties is a topic that has gained increased scholarly attention. The aim of this article is to add to this literature by analysing how a female ri…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Pettersson, K., & Sakki, I. (2023). 'You truly are the worst kind of racist!': Argumentation and polarization in online discussions around gender and radical-right populism.. Br J Soc Psychol, 62(1), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12557

Sentimental and spatial analysis of COVID-19 vaccines tweets.

The world has to face health concerns due to huge spread of COVID. For this reason, the development of vaccine is the need of hour. The higher vaccine distribution, the higher the immunity against cor…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Umair, A., & Masciari, E. (2023). Sentimental and spatial analysis of COVID-19 vaccines tweets.. J Intell Inf Syst, 60(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10844-022-00699-4

Disinformation a problem for democracy: profiling and risks of consensus manipulation.

The aims of this article is to analyze in the post-pandemic era of technological wars how platformisation and the opacity that characterizes it can generate manipulative effects on the dynamics of con…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Pira, F. (2023). Disinformation a problem for democracy: profiling and risks of consensus manipulation.. Front Sociol, 8, 1150753. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1150753

Scholarly rumors: Citation analysis of vast misinformation regarding parental alienation theory.

Misinformation is widespread in political discourse, mental health literature, and hard science. This article describes recurrent publication of the same misinformation regarding parental alienation (…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Bernet, W., & Xu, S. (2023). Scholarly rumors: Citation analysis of vast misinformation regarding parental alienation theory.. Behav Sci Law, 41(5), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2605

Why do democracies respond differently to COVID-19? A comparison of the United States and South Korea.

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has posed severe challenges to crisis management in democracies. Different democracies respond to the crisis differently. This article proposes an analytical framework to explain …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Mao, Y. (2023). Why do democracies respond differently to COVID-19? A comparison of the United States and South Korea.. Front Public Health, 11, 1285552. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1285552

Discursive delegitimisation of homosexuality on Chinese social media.

This article contributes to the understanding of public representations of homosexuality in China by focusing on the case of a homophobic textbook. College student Xixi sued Jinan University Press (JU…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Zhang, K., & Zhuang, H. (2023). Discursive delegitimisation of homosexuality on Chinese social media.. Front Psychol, 14, 1178572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1178572

Exploring public sentiment and vaccination uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in England: a spatiotemporal and sociodemographic analysis of Twitter data.

OBJECTIVES: Vaccination is widely regarded as the paramount approach for safeguarding individuals against the repercussions of COVID-19. Nonetheless, concerns surrounding the efficacy and potential ad…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Cheng, T., Han, B., & Liu, Y. (2023). Exploring public sentiment and vaccination uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in England: a spatiotemporal and sociodemographic analysis of Twitter data.. Front Public Health, 11, 1193750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193750

The role of individual differences in resistance to persuasion on memory for political advertisements.

When people see political advertisements on a polarized issue they take a stance on, what factors influence how they respond to and remember the adverts contents? Across three studies, we tested compe…

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Miller, S. S., Hutson, J. P., Strain, M. L., Smith, T. J., Palavamäki, M., Loschky, L. C., & Saucier, D. A. (2023). The role of individual differences in resistance to persuasion on memory for political advertisements.. Front Psychol, 14, 1196209. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1196209

Perceptions of institutional performance and compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions: How performance perceptions and policy compliance affect public health in a decentralized health system.

Trust in institutions is a key driver to shape population attitudes and behavior, such as compliance of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI). During the COVID-19 pandemic, this was fundamental and i…

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Paschoalotto, M. A. C., Costa, E. P. P. A., Almeida, S. V., Cima, J., Costa, J. G. D., Santos, J. V., Passador, C. S., Passador, J. L., & Barros, P. P. (2023). Perceptions of institutional performance and compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions: How performance perceptions and policy compliance affect public health in a decentralized health system.. PLoS One, 18(5), e0285289. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285289

The Institutionalization of Hatred Politics in the Mediterranean: Studying Corpora of Online News Portals During the European 'Refugee Crisis'.

This paper aims to study the argumentative basis on which the prevention of migration is justified and hatred politics is institutionalised in three Mediterranean settings, namely Greece, Malta, and I…

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Serafis, D., Zappettini, F., & Assimakopoulos, S. (2023). The Institutionalization of Hatred Politics in the Mediterranean: Studying Corpora of Online News Portals During the European 'Refugee Crisis'.. Topoi (Dordr), 42(2), 651-670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09890-w