Misinformation does not reduce trust in accurate search results, but warning banners may backfire nature.com/articles/s4159… by Mor Naaman (@[email protected]) et al. cc Sander van der Linden

'...while a warning about unreliable sources might decrease trust in #misinformation , it significantly decreases…

Really important, empirically-validated guidance here re. to what extent, and how, we might move conservatives toward greater acceptance of climate change, and participation in climate action.

Academics across the country are talking about how students struggle with reading: Many have weak vocabulary, are unable to analyze complex texts, or understand different points of view.

Here's what they're seeing — and what may need to change. chroni.cl/3UH2sN5

Again, a lot of people don’t realize a vast number of people in the world economy are paid 150k+ a year to do in a few days what the machine just did in 25 seconds.

As the 2023-24 academic job cycle winds down, I have once again (and for perhaps the last time) scraped the psych job wiki. This year 860 tenure-track jobs were posted, down slightly from last year (897), but still the second-highest number on record.

Good advice on how to politely ask for money for consulting work

In our commentary for BBS, we argue that social media companies take advantage of people's tendency to attend to threats, by promoting divisive content on social media to grab people's attention. However, divisive content isn't necessarily what people want to see. Read below:

The differential impact of climate interventions along the political divide in 60 countries
Our paper on polarization and #climatechange beliefs and behavior is now Nature Communications
nature.com/articles/s4146…

Led by Mike Berkebile-Weinberg Danielle Goldwert Kim Doell Prof. Madalina Vlasceanu

Celebrating organizational history triggers social identity threat among Black

Reminders of past discrimination can reduce belonging and application intentions among Black Americans through expectations of biased treatment in the organization pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The US has by far the least severe housing crisis in the Anglo world.

Our review paper “Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation” is out today in Nature Human Behaviour! Truly a team effort by an international group of experts. Thread 1/10🧵👇
nature.com/articles/s4156…

'Most of us attempt to change by trying to control our behavior through willpower. This turns out to be the least efficient way of attempting change.'

Check out our interview with @MajaDjikic about her new book 'THE POSSIBLE SELF' to learn more. Her book explores the reasons…

Our new paper explains how norms can lead people to exaggerate their expressions of #morality (on social media) or restrain them (in professional settings).

We argue the key question governing moral expressions is: “what does my group consider moral?”
osf.io/preprints/psya…

This is the kind of stuff we study in my Propaganda class. So much of what you think you know about the world is part of a 'narrative laundering' strategy--a cooperative effort between enemy nations and 'useful idiots' and 'stooges' in the US. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…