Tom Buchanan

Academic psychologist with interests in online behaviour, online research methods, personality & social psychology. Any views or opinions shared are personal.

[Professor Nitasha Kaul, PhD @NitashaKaul]

Misogyny is not only what you think it is.

It is a key feature of ELMA (Electorally Legitimated Misogynist Authoritarian) political projects such as #Trumpism.

My work on #misogyny & #democracy began life as a *direct* consequence of 2016 US Presidential elections.

Free to read if you wish to know how why misogyny is much more than hatred or disgust for women, how misogyny works as a political #strategy for political projects to undermine democracy, its #policy implications, ways it links to #authoritarianism and #climatechange ++

[Prof Mark Wetherell 🛸 @drminkster]

While @Conservatives broke their own rules and did this, my dad spent the last weeks of his life alone without visitors. Do not believe their lies. If they were going to do what they promise, they could’ve done it by now.

[Professor Catherine Loveday 💙 @CathLoveday]

This was a first - speaking in an old Victorian operating theatre. Thank you so much @thackraymuseum, it was a great event and lovely audiences!

[Tom Buchanan @tombuchanan99]

Also available today is a preprint https://t.co/Fy062noFJv of followup work with @KatieMaras1 and @coral_dando , looking at the effects of positive schizotypy, belief conspiracy theories, and autism on detection and sharing of misinformation.

[Tom Buchanan @tombuchanan99]

New paper on people’s reasons for sharing false political information on social media now published: https://t.co/SD3Wb0WW23

[Tom Buchanan @tombuchanan99]

Many thanks to my co-authors @DrRotemPerach @DebbiHusbands @af_tout Ekaterina Kostyuk, James Kempley, @laura_joyner , and to the @LeverhulmeTrust for funding the research programme.

[BPS Cyberpsychology @BPSCyberPsych]

Have you seen our #Cyber24 programme yet? Who else is excited for the line-up 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

https://t.co/emPGsuLWB8

[The Psychologist @psychmag]

Insights from an autistic researcher…
Jessica Dark plots a path from exclusion to inclusion.
https://t.co/DXyt1dW2wx

[Still here but posting @pcunliffejones.bsky.social @PCunliffeJones]

Interesting piece from @UlliEcker, @Sander_vdLinden, @STWorg & more, arguing that, to counter the threat of misinformation in ways that don't curb free speech, requires recognition of the problem. This is not something the community has always been good at
https://t.co/o6QHs4xoyB

[Dr William Dance @williampdance]

This happened on linear broadcasting and was then screenshotted/clipped and shared to social media platforms. It’s been a very simple and basic form of (mis)information dissemination, and one that hasn’t relied on sophisticated technologies.

Important not to forget the basics.

[Dr William Dance @williampdance]

A point I wanted to make on @BBC5Live but didn’t have time is:

Amid all the fears of artificial intelligence and sophisticated information operations, this Sunak-Starmer tax row shows how sometimes it’s the most basic forms of (mis)information that can have the biggest impact.

[Nina Smyth @nina_smyth]

Our new article: lived experiences of Long Covid in people from ethnic minority backgrounds https://t.co/fKt92jgLQB
@BJGPjournal @damienridge @DipeshGopal @CizCG @Rebecca_Band @TomKingstone

[Foreign Policy CAN @CanadaFP]

#Disinformation is particularly harmful when it comes to our health. Miracle cures and misinformation about safety measures can impact individuals, and threaten public health.

Learn more about how disinformation harms: https://t.co/vfsWOy3XBb

[POST (UK Parliament) @POST_UK]

🗨️Disinformation is the deliberate spread of false or misleading content, and is seen as high risk by the UK Government and the United Nations.

Find out more about the sources, spread and impact of disinformation with our trusted and accurate research:
https://t.co/6essp39XA5

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Anyone scanning the QR code is taken to this website which falsely claims Khan has committed to implementing a pay per mile scheme in London, something he has repeatedly ruled out.

No mention of Susan Hall and the Conservative party is only mentioned in smallprint at the bottom

[Full Fact @FullFact]

We're seeing more examples of 'fake' newspaper style headlines used as part of political campaigning.

Parties should take care to avoid potentially misleading or deceiving voters using these campaign practices. Demand an end to this here: https://t.co/ykyiJlAzLP