@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.

Amsterdam
Joined October 2018
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 🧵1/
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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 🥳
Dear Dr. Wojcieszak, Your manuscript, “Can AI enhance people’s support for online moderation and their openness to dissimilar political views?”, has been accepted for publication 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!
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Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared. via @forbes forbes.com/sites/robtoews/20…
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"Imagine deepfake...of a politician engaging in bribery or sexual assault..before an election..or ..Trump declaring the launch of nuclear weapons against North Korea. In a world where ..uncertainty exists as to whether ..clips are authentic, the consequences could be catastrophic
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/…
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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!
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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
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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…
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Social distancing #culture war. "“I would rather die than kill the country,” Glenn Beck declared. @mckaycoppins writes: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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…
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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!
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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