Why people believe conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories have real world and devastating consequences—think QAnon and Pizzagate, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and Covid-19 misinformation, but why do people believe them despite overwhelming evidence debunking them? Dolores Albarracín discussed how conspiracy theories arise and spread on this episode of Radio Times.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

A New Way to Think About Customer Centricity

Addressing the many needs within a single person requires a modern approach to customer lifetime value. Eric Bradlow spoke with Wharton Magazine about how the modern definition of CLV includes how a single customer’s needs change over time.

Economics
Education
Marketing
Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S.

Duncan Watts and colleagues found that 17% of Americans consume television news from partisan left- or right-leaning sources compared to just 4% online. For TV news viewers, this audience segregation tends to last month over month.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Dolores Albarracín Named Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology has recently appointed Dolores Albarracín as its newest editor. Albarracín will edit one of the journal's three sections, Attitudes and Social Cognition, using her ample experience as a researcher and scholar to guide the journal, starting on January 1, 2023.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Smarter health: How Greece used AI to reopen its borders and curb COVID

On Boston’s WBUR, Hamsa Bastani discusses how Greece used artificial intelligence to speed up the reopening of its borders during the pandemic even though the country had limited testing capacity and little money.

Operations Information and Decisions

Resilience in Networked Systems

Racial Equity and Data Privacy

In this episode of the Race and Regulation Podcast, Anita Allen reveals how race-neutral privacy laws in the U.S. have failed to address the unequal burdens faced online by Black Americans, whose personal data are used in racially discriminatory ways.

Law
Philosophy

Social Norms for Algorithms

Penn Students Research Which Americans Are Most Isolationist — and It May Not Be Who You Think

Diana Mutz’s course on “Media, Public Opinion, and Globalization,” designed to teach and implement research methodology, discovered a major shift in young Americans’ isolationist views on foreign aid.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Mutz Wins 2022 American Political Science Association Best Book Award

Diana Mutz is the co-winner of the 2022 Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) for her book, Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade (Princeton University Press, 2021). The award is given annually by APSA for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

American Philosophical Society Membership

Anita Allen has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society. The Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge” and elects fewer than 30 resident members annually.

Law
Philosophy

Social Norms for Algorithms

Sociologist Duncan Watts Tackles Misinformation and Mistrust in Science and Society

With his expertise in physics, engineering, computer science, and sociology, Duncan Watts says he’s attracted to research that doesn't fit neatly into one scientific bucket. His heterogeneous experiences from academia, to industry, to the Royal Australian Navy, have all helped prepare him for his work now.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

News

Why people believe conspiracy theories

A New Way to Think About Customer Centricity

TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S.

Dolores Albarracín Named Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Smarter health: How Greece used AI to reopen its borders and curb COVID

Racial Equity and Data Privacy

Penn Students Research Which Americans Are Most Isolationist — and It May Not Be Who You Think

Mutz Wins 2022 American Political Science Association Best Book Award

American Philosophical Society Membership

Sociologist Duncan Watts Tackles Misinformation and Mistrust in Science and Society