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Source: Information ecosystem and troubled democracy – OID
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The rise of generative AI tools has sparked debates about the labeling of AI-generated content. Yet, the impact of such labels remains uncertain. In two preregistered online experiments among US […]
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Even though TikTok has become a popular yet highly politicized social media platform for social change and mobilization, there is little research providing insights into minoritized TikTok users. By conducting […]
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While social media disinformation has received significant academic and policy attention, more consequential forms of intentional manipulation target the underlying digital infrastructures upon which society depends. Infrastructure-based deception, less visible […]
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What did we learn from the Meta2020 research studies? Despite the ambition of this project, tensions emerge between producing precise statistical estimates and generating broadly applicable knowledge about social media’s […]
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Investigating the role of emotions in online political engagement, we show that far-right parties receive more amplification online than centrist parties because their messages produce stronger emotional reactions. Using a […]
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In health care, we come across daily promises of miraculous cures for various ailments. However, in the digital era, the dynamics of experiencing and practicing these remedies have changed. This […]
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Almost forty years ago, Neil Postman argued that television had brought about a fundamental transformation to democracy. By turning entertainment into our supreme ideology, television had recreated public discourse in […]
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It has long been believed that individual human memory has been strengthened by the storage, representational, reproductive, and connective capacities of technologies and media. However, such views of how memory […]
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From politicians to podcast hosts, online platforms have systematically banned (“deplatformed”) influential users for breaking platform guidelines. Previous inquiries on the effectiveness of this intervention are inconclusive because 1) they […]
