
@ERC_Research project at @UvA_Amsterdam. We study news exposure effects on affective polarization, using panel-survey and browsing data in NL, US and PL.
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Joined October 2018
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Have you used our tools such as @Botometer, Hoaxy, and Fakey? They will stop working soon once @Twitter discontinues free access to the API. This decision will affect many research projects and useful tools including those by @OSoMe_IU.
#NoResearchWithoutAPI
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What are the (un)desirable effects of news exposure? We answer this question in two experiments, combining survey and web-tracking data in Poland (using a 'More news' experimental treatment) and the US (using a 'No news' treatment).
Coming soon: New EXPO output in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 🥳
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Do you feel overwhelmed by the news these days and would like to take a break? We're exploring the effects of taking a "news vacation" on political polarization and other outcomes. Committed to open science, here the pre-reg: osf.io/zkabq/. Stay tuned for the results!
Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared. via @forbes forbes.com/sites/robtoews/20…
Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared. via @forbes forbes.com/sites/robtoews/20…
Two weeks to apply for a post-doc position (computational social/political science) at @UvA_ASCoR to work on our project together with @CasAndreu, @erickaakcire, and @mwojcieszak. Consider applying and circulating. uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/…
Do you feel overwhelmed by the news these days and would like to take a break? We're exploring the effects of taking a "news vacation" on political polarization and other outcomes. Committed to open science, here the pre-reg: osf.io/zkabq/. Stay tuned for the results!
Our great friend @cuihua talked to Adweek about misinformation during the pandemic. True info can become misinfo in a few days or weeks. Misinfo can become true info. And, as we know, original impressions linger (@emilythorson). adweek.it/3aAKjIO via @Adweek
A bit of agreement among Americans: A new survey found that nine out of 10 Democrats and 81% of Republicans say they believe the nation should go slow in rebooting the economy to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. radio.wosu.org/post/survey-c…
Social distancing #culture war. "“I would rather die than kill the country,” Glenn Beck declared. @mckaycoppins writes: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
The deadline for the Best Conference Paper Award of the @apsa_itp of @APSAtweets is fast approaching. Consider nominating someone (incl yourself), with @prof_vaccari, Augusto Valeriani and @mwojcieszak in the committee. apsanet.org/section18?fbclid…
Stop Watching and Reading: Too Much Coronavirus Media Exposure May Be Bad for Your Health apa.org/pubs/highlights/spot… via @APA
Partisan divide in reactions to #COVID-19 reflects political balkanization by states and urban/rural locale. The outbreak is unfolding very differently in red and blue America, writes @RonBrownstein: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
#openaccess Open-Access @JSTOR JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public
universitytimes.ie/2020/03/j…
We've been hard at work building up our project's infrastructure. We estimate we'll be scraping and parsing approximately 24 million webpages with political content in three different languages!
Great new article in the Annual Review of Psychology on how people process information and judge what's true. Very relevant for folks studying misinformation! annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10…
An old video confirming that polarization is making dating worse. New divides emerging now: @SenSanders supporters, would you date a @JoeBiden supporter? youtu.be/QqkFD-QDDhI via @YouTube








