Talia Stroud
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Prof UT-Austin, Director Center for Media Engagement
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New_ Public
4 months ago
In communities across the country, we’re hearing from everyday people that they are hungry for a new way to connect with neighbors online. Our team at New_ Public, a nonprofit focused on building digital public spaces, is creating Roundabout, a new social app and website, now in closed beta. 🧵
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đź‘‹ Introducing Roundabout: built for neighbors, with neighbors
New_ Public’s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities
https://newpublic.substack.com/p/introducing-roundabout-built-for
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New_ Public
4 months ago
We’ve got one of the most in-depth surveys on how Americans connect with neighbors online — what works, what doesn't, what they want instead. These are essential insights for anyone thinking about local communities. Join us 11/20 when
@taliastroud.bsky.social
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@eli.bsky.social
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The Local Connection Crisis: New Data on What Communities Need · Zoom · Luma
Now we know what we've long suspected: People really use and rely on their local Facebook groups, Nextdoor neighborhoods, and WhatsApp group chats, but they…
https://luma.com/9fpntxsx?utm_source=bluesky
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The Trust Project’s trust indicators positively affect how people perceive the news. Delighted to have worked with Alex Curry and Sally Lehrman on this project.
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Ross Dahlke
about 1 year ago
A BERT classifier outperformed a GPT classifier in detecting connective language on social media, finds
@jolukito.bsky.social
, Chen,
@ginammasullo.bsky.social
,
@taliastroud.bsky.social
, with an analysis on how connective language relates to other types of language
aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...
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Partnering ~~with~~ audiences to figure out how to be **listen-worthy** is critical. Thanks
@niemanlab.org
for the opportunity to share some thoughts!
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Sandra González-Bailón
over 1 year ago
New publication (4+ years in the making): “The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook”.
shorturl.at/VE2fU
We analyze the propagation of 1B+ posts across content moderation regimes, with
@davidlazer.bsky.social
@jatucker.bsky.social
@taliastroud.bsky.social
@annenbergpenn.bsky.social
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Bethany Albertson
over 1 year ago
Political Psychology books published in the last year? Send them my way! The Juliette & Alexander George Book Award is given for the best book published in the field of political psychology during the previous calendar year (see
www.ispp.org/awards/george
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Juliette and Alexander L. George Outstanding Political Psychology Book Award - ISPP
The Juliette and Alexander L. George Outstanding Political Psychology Book Award is given for the best book published in the field of political psychology during the previous calendar year. Befitting ...
https://www.ispp.org/awards/george
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Matt Grossmann
about 2 years ago
members of Congress share more links to low-quality news sites than the public on Facebook; Republican members share considerably more than Democrats & this gap is increasing. only Republican members get increased engagement when sharing low-quality sites
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Partisan Differences in the Sharing of Low-Quality News Sources by U.S Political Elites
How often do political elites in the U.S. share low-quality news sources? Are there differences between the parties? While past work has investigated individuals sharing low-quality news sources, t...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10584609.2024.2306214
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Center for Media Engagement - UT Austin
about 2 years ago
📣NEW from In Reality!
@taliastroud.bsky.social
& Eric Schurenberg discuss: medical misinfo, how newsrooms inadvertently feed polarization, why a popular silver bullet solution to algorithmic polarization won’t work, & bringing audiences & newsrooms closer together.
www.in-reality.fm/who-killed-t...
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Who Killed Trust? And What Can We Do About It? - In Reality podcast
Eric Schurenberg discusses Trust in Media with Talia Stroud, Director of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas, Austin
https://www.in-reality.fm/who-killed-trust-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/
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Ross Dahlke
over 2 years ago
Local news is on the decline 📰 📉 But what could save it? New field experiment with news sites by
@taliastroud.bsky.social
&
@emilyvanduyn.bsky.social
finds that engaged journalism initiatives can increase subscriptions and audience engagement.
doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad018
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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions
over 2 years ago
Hi everyone! This is the official Bluesky Account of APSA and ICA's Political Communication Divisions! Follow us for: Conference infos, CfPs, PolComm Publication Friday, research resources, networking opportunities, etc. Tag us for boosts. #polcomm poli_com polcom
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Brendan Nyhan
over 2 years ago
Full tweet thread summarizing our findings here
https://twitter.com/BrendanNyhan/status/1684631397443489793?s=20
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Brendan Nyhan
over 2 years ago
Fun to talk with Mike Pesca on The Gist about our new study of like-minded sources on Facebook (
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06297-w
) & our new Bright Line Watch report on the cases against Trump (
https://tinyurl.com/trump-cases
)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7paD9951E3iFhQUBgSNTFd
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The Great Facebook De-Siloing Study
Listen to this episode from The Gist on Spotify. The 2016 election posed questions we still haven't fully answered about our elections, but today's guest, Dartmouth professor and elections researcher ...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7paD9951E3iFhQUBgSNTFd
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John Sands
over 2 years ago
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Facebook opened its doors to researchers. What they found paints a complicated picture of social med...
The project included 17 academic researchers from 12 universities who were granted deep access by Facebook to aggregated data.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-opened-doors-researchers-found-paints-complicated-picture-soc-rcna96536
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Fil Menczer
over 2 years ago
Four landmark studies from a collaboration between Meta and researchers. A summary of the results:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/meta-facebook-political-polarization-studies/674841/
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So Maybe Facebook Didn’t Ruin Politics
Large-scale experiments on social media, run behind the scenes during the 2020 election, suggest there is no simple fix for American democracy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/meta-facebook-political-polarization-studies/674841/
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