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Perceptions of more anonymity as a platform affordance is associated with higher levels of participation in uncivil discussion, but it also correlates with perceptions of reduced polarization, finds Macau Mak Mengyu LI Hernando Rojas in Social Media+Society doi.org/10.1177/205630…

Interested in artificial intelligence and working as a journalists? Apply by April 17 to join one of these online Digital Deep Dives we are doing in partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation with leading University of Oxford academics including Sandra Wachter [email protected] M A Osborne. Details here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-deep-d…

“Every journalist in this country has a stake in the democratic system working." Robert MacNeil — former PBS anchor, who died this week — said that. Hard to find a more committed traditionalist. But which is stronger: MacNeil's view of the stakes or fear of being called biased?

"Humans had no natural predators, and then we created AI... it's like if salmon invented grizzly bears"

**POLCOMM PUBLICATION FRIDAY** How does the rise of AI generated imagery impact the way people perceive sources of information? In an important new study, published at IJPP, @teresaelena_w, @GreberHannah, & Alina Nikolaou provide answers! 🧵⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

🚨New pub in Political Communication 📓🚨Beyond algorithmic amplification, I identified two influence pathways addressing how YouTube algorithms redirect users away from news in the latest study w/Tian Yang . More details🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

1/x Never thought I’d share this kind of story. Was at City of New York for a family gathering and on the NYC subway, I was *physically* and *verbally* attacked by a woman who punched my side with her fist and yelled at me, saying ching chong, dumbass, f*ck,

It doesn’t have to be this way.

*Very* excited for this paper-led by amazing Cameron Martel (on the job market!)-to be out. He validates a scale for trust in fact-checkers & presents experiments w 14k subjects showing that fact-checker warnings reduce misinfo belief + sharing even among those low in trust!

Now out in MCS🎯 In two experiments (N = 2735), we show that exposure to false news erodes trust in the news and fuels overconfidence in one’s ability to discern true from false news – without affecting news discernment 📰 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 🔓

The beloved #MaxMcCombs, former office neighbor at UT Austin, colleague, and above all things friend, will be with us forever, in one way or another. R.I.P.

Evacuated residents grow frustrated as Deer Park pipeline fire continues to burn trib.al/tBz6blv

📢 New CSMaP paper at PNAS Nexus, w/two main findings: 1) Users w/extreme political views are more likely to both see & believe false news 2) Extreme users see misinfo earlier, meaning current platform interventions may struggle to curb its impact 🧵 1/ doi.org/10.1093/pnasne…

Fact-checker warning labels are effective in reducing belief in and sharing of misinformation headlines, even for those who distrust fact-checkers, finds Cameron Martel David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social in Nature Human Behaviour nature.com/articles/s4156…

Join us for the Democratic Erosion Consortium's virtual workshop on "Correcting Election-Related Misinformation" - October 22, 10-11 AM EST. Register here: american.swoogo.com/electionmisinf…