Really excited that our book just came out! The Power of the Crowd: How the Public Can Both Spoil and Improve Social Media as a Source of Information Open access for the next 2 weeks!

Out now at @poqjournal.bsky.social! Do election forecasts set realistic election expectations? doi.org/10.1093/poq/... 🧵 (w/ @mbarnfield.bsky.social, @florianstoeckel.bsky.social, @benlyons.bsky.social, @vittoriomerola.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social and other awesome BlueSky-less colleagues)

Out now and open access at @ispp-pops.bsky.social (with @florianstoeckel.bsky.social)! How deep does animosity between Leavers and Remainers go, and years out from the Brexit referendum, does it remain? 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Can social media users help others spot misinformation by posting comments that flag false content? Yes, but there is a downside www.nature.com/articles/s44... UK, DE, IT; N > 6,600 With Sabrina Stöckli, Besir Ceka, Chiara Ricchi, @benlyons.bsky.social & @jasonreifler.bsky.social y.social

New article out in Communications Psychology, with team led by @florianstoeckel.bsky.social & Sabrina Stöckli www.nature.com/articles/s44... My takeaway would be that in low-motivation settings, presence of a refutation matters more than its strength, accuracy, etc.

Wo steht das Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht politisch? Und kann generative AI uns bei einer Einordnung helfen? BSW: Einordnung auf Basis des BSW-Gründungsmanifests. Andere Parteien: unklar auf welcher Basis ChatGPT einordnet, insbses. im Vgl. zu üblichen Verfahren (Expertsurvey, Manifesto-Kodierung).

1/n Let's urgently talk (more) about gender biases and AI! "Give me a photo that shows how "ai meets politics"" gets me the photos below (DALL-E).

What are the theoretical underpinnings of refutational interventions? Our 🚨new paper🚨 examines: - prebunking - debunking - narrative counters Part of The Psychology of #Misinfo special issue ed. by @lkfazio.bsky.social & @gordpennycook.bsky.social. commsky authors.elsevier.com/a/1iFp3,rU%7...