In this new article, we assess the effects of an intervention developed by the Danish Health Authority, Sundhedsstyrelsen, to promote resistance against misinformation during the pandemic.

The intervention indeed worked &, in particular, by boosting a sense of efficacy in users.

Interested in the effect of cross-class exposure on attitudes toward redistribution?

In a new paper in British Jnl Poli Sci, Kim Sønderskov, Peter Thisted Dinesen, and I find that local exposure to poor individuals reduces support for redistribution among the well-off.

OA: cup.org/3vP49Qr

📢New Preprint!📢
@JayVanBavel, Kareena del Rosario and I go inside the 'Funhouse Mirror Factory' of Social Media to explain how SM is distorting our perception of social norms-- by making moderate opinions practically invisible and over-representing the most extreme voices.

Is the YouTube algorithm radicalizing us?

Our new PNAS paper says: probably not!

But why should you trust this paper rather than other papers or reports saying otherwise?

Because we came up with a way to disentangle the causal effect of the algorithm.

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

🚨New paper alert🚨

You may think online discussions about politics in the West are terrible, but we show that in undemocratic and unequal countries they're even worse.

We also replicate our prior findings that jerks are (status-driven) jerks in all 30 countries.

🚨NEW PAPER🚨

Which societal conditions breed online hostility?

We surveyed experiences of victims in 30 countries across the world (N=15,202) to show that political & economic inequality drive global differences in abuse on online platforms: osf.io/preprints/psya…

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Fascinating new 📰by Franziska Pradel Jan Zilinsky Spyros Kosmidis Yannis Theocharis reaches same conclusion as my paper on public opinion on hate speech laws (doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…).

These studies suggest public demand for content moderation is ⬇️⬇️ than previously thought

📢 Exciting news! Our new paper, with Jan Zilinsky Spyros Kosmidis Yannis Theocharis, on 'Toxic Speech and Limited Demand for Content Moderation on Social Media' has been published in the APSR! Here's a thread on our research and main findings. 🧵👇American Political Science Review

In episode 788, I talk with Dr. Alexander Bor (Alexander Bor) about online political hostility, and the moralization and political effects of COVID-19. #politics #Science

youtu.be/AUfL2bHy53s

Wanna do a PhD in political science in a vibrant, cool, and supportive department? Then go apply to the PhD programme Aarhus BSS : au.career.emply.com/ad/phd-general… 💥 Deadline February 1!

To all #polisci (adjacent) peeps working on migration in one form or another, and who are located in or passing through Aarhus this coming spring (Feb-June): Let me know if you'd like to present or participate in the Migration Workshop Aarhus BSS 1/2

Really happy to see that my piece on age and punishment of undemocratic behavior is now published with *open access* in British Jnl Poli Sci

cambridge.org/core/journals/…