Kristupas Ceilutka

Back to reposting cool research for now.

[Manoel @manoelribeiro]

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.

https://t.co/e77PYPT5DH

[NetScience @net_science]

Google Scholar is manipulatable https://t.co/CbrbRTbqBv

[Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg]

The 'echo chamber' is a key explanation for online radicalization.

But the concept remains ill-defined.

What actually takes place within echo chambers?

In this book, we go inside 20 years of the "murder capital of the racist internet" to find out. 1/

https://t.co/y6vbSHQp8U

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

"... fueled by a moral panic over claims that “fake news” has created a supposedly “post-truth” era. These claims falsely suggest an earlier fictitious golden age in which political debate was based on facts and truth...." 👍
https://t.co/YOtWgV5Ubo

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

A meta-analysis 105 studies finds that focusing on intrinsic goals (such as growth, relationships, community giving, & health) promotes well-being ( r= .24), whereas a focus on extrinsic goals (such as wealth, fame, & beauty) hurts well-being (r = -.22) https://t.co/Jpf3I1q8uB

[Hallgeir Sjåstad @H_Sjastad]

As a researcher, I try my best to notice robust findings that go against my priors -- meaning that before seeing the results, I would have predicted the opposite.

Here is a recent & thought-provoking example, comparing the psychology of people who were born rich vs. became rich.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

What predicts #cooperation?

A meta-analysis of 2,636 experiments finds that expectations of cooperation, social orientation, norms, and punishment predict cooperation.

Religiosity, time pressure, cognitive load, and hormones do NOT predict cooperation https://t.co/elDNwN3Xu4

[Sacha Altay @Sacha_Altay]

Everything is fine, ‘global leaders’ have perfectly accurate risk perceptions 🫠

Misinformation studies have a bright
future ahead of them 🙌

Misinfo * generative-AI = 🤯💸

https://t.co/jFGindRXu3

[🦋 Dr. Dan Cady 🇺🇦 @DanCady]

@Sander_vdLinden Worse than lying...

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

New essay: To avoid the charge that the post-2016 alarmism about misinformation has been a moral panic, researchers increasingly define misinformation to include content that is true but nevertheless misleading. I argue against this move: https://t.co/d0s4Yk0Bop 1/16

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Before they became more standardized this study showed people interpret emoji differently on different platforms, depending on the artwork: https://t.co/A9m2uVi4Z7

I bet there are still effects, though they are likely more subtle now.

[Philip Laughlin @PhilipLaughlin]

"This wonderful book will be of interest to anyone who cares about how we make sense of the physical and social worlds we live in.” -- Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale

Categories We Live By: How We Classify Everyone and Everything https://t.co/sVriA4CPQ4 #Amazon via @Amazon

[Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger]

Evidence that affiliative motives drive the sharing of fake news:
"Partisan social media users selectively share political news, whether true or false, based on anticipation of positive reactions from like-minded audiences" @A_Marie_sci @M_B_Petersen

https://t.co/4OEyklSk6B

[Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS) @jean_twenge]

Negative news gets clicks, so becomes more common. The result: Pervasive pessimism disconnected from reality. Many believe the economy is terrible (even when it's not) and are certain this is the worst time in history to live (when in many ways it's the best time).

[Christian Webb @ChrisWebbPhD]

Interesting study showing a significant association between social media use and worse emotional well-being at the between-person level but *not* the within-person level (lots of heterogeneity in within-person relations). https://t.co/5wKCHQMJKP

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

Much of unhappiness is a result of thinking that we have control over situations where we don't. Here's how understanding the "dichotomy of control" can lead to greater resilience and satisfaction in life. https://t.co/caBMj97LUa

[Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert]

Max Weber, "Science as a Vocation"

[Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science @MishaTeplitskiy]

Using citations to test status bias in publishing is problematic because citations are (almost surely) status biased
https://t.co/wD6sRExB4e