🎯 Publication alert! 🎯 Excited to share that my first single-authored dissertation paper is now published at The International Journal of Press/Politics #IJPP 🔓Check out the open access (thanks Universität Wien) paper here: doi.org/10.1177/194016…

🌟 New paper with Sacha Altay & Magdalena Wojcieszak 🌟 Happy to tell a positive story here: we show that, with the right incentives, social media can be a powerful tool for promoting informed and engaged citizenship 📰🗞️

🚨 ALERTE MEDAILLE 🇫🇷 ! 🥇 LE ROI TEDDY 🥇 CHAMPION OLYMPIQUE Quelle Legende, Quel exemple ! Et C'EST FRANCAIS 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 #AlerteMedaille

Social media as a source of news does not deserve to be dismissed or disdained—2-week Instagram & WhatsApp field experiment by @sacha_altay et al in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 finds it boosts knowledge, accuracy of beliefs, and trust: buff.ly/4cbtP8I TL;DR 🧵 x.com/Sacha_Altay/st…

What works to promote vaccination? Great meta-analysis including "88 randomized controlled trials testing interventions to increase vaccination uptake with 1,628,768 participants from 17 countries with variable development levels" nature.com/articles/s4156…

Many people can overemphasize the effects of misinformation, says psychologist and researcher Sacha Altay. In #TacklingDisinformation, it is important to keep in mind the users as much as the content itself. Read the full interview: p.dw.com/p/4aNAW

The UK has experienced its worst riots in over a decade. In a new article👇, I analyse the role of online misinformation. While many blame social media and call for increased regulation and censorship, this narrative is simplistic. I make five points: 1/11 conspicuouscognition.com/p/did-online-m…

🚨PhD Postion (Pol Comm) at IKMZ For our SNSF project on political influencers and their effect on youth political engagement, Frank Esser and I are looking for a PhD student who enjoys working with data to join us for the next 4 years: shorturl.at/c4p5T

🥳 New publication! Communications Psychology As misinfo is rare and more news is reliable, do media literacy tips boosting trust in true news work just as well as ones promoting skepticism of false news? Yes! And as a bonus, they also boost trust in the media! 👉 shorturl.at/d8CNp

Media literacy tips promoting reliable news improve discernment and enhance trust in traditional media nature.com/articles/s4427… "...that to be most effective, media literacy tips should aim both to foster skepticism towards false news and to promote trust in true news." by

Misinformed about misinformation ft.com/content/4b2ee5… via @ft

"Many fear that voters are being manipulated by political campaigns that use Facebook ads, TikTok and YouTube videos, but research reveals a more surprising story" newscientist.com/article/mg2633…

🗞️ New piece in MIT Technology Review by Keegan McBride, Sacha Altay and me: We argue that AI’s current impact on elections is being overblown, and it's distracting us from deeper and long-lasting threats to democracy. Long version: technologyreview.com/2024/09/03/110… Short summary ⬇️

MIT Technology Review Keegan McBride Sacha Altay Democracy is under threat, but our obsession with AI’s supposed impacts could distract us from the more lasting problems that endanger democracies worldwide. As researchers, journalists, policymakers, and citizens we would do well to remember this.

ICYMI, the paper is now out in Communications Psychology 😎 We show that to be most effective, media literacy tips should aim both to foster skepticism towards false news and to promote trust in true news 📰 🔓nature.com/articles/s4427…

"For some politicians, it can be easier to point fingers at AI than to face scrutiny or commit to improving democratic institutions that could hold them accountable. For others, attempting to “fix the technology” can seem more appealing than addressing [the] fundamental issues"⬇️

"Alarmist narratives about AI’s presumed effects on democracy risk fuelling distrust and sowing confusion among the public – potentially further eroding already low levels of trust in reliable news" A new piece by Felix M. Simon Keegan McBride Sacha Altay technologyreview.com/2024/09/03/110…

New post: Wokeism is not a "mind virus". conspicuouscognition.com/p/there-is-no-…