The Black Lives Matter Movement, but not COVID-19, Encouraged Voters Toward Biden in the 2020 Election

A new study from Diana Mutz offers the first evidence that the Black Lives Matter movement encouraged swing voters more toward Biden than toward Trump. The study also found that concern about COVID-19 and the dramatic drop in GDP that ensued, had little effect on vote choice.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Konrad Kording Appointed Co-Director the CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains Program

Konrad Kording was appointed the Co-Director of the CIFAR Program in Learning in Machines & Brains. The program brings together international scientists to examine “how artificial neural networks could be inspired by the human brain, and developing the powerful technique of deep learning.”

Bioengineering
Computer and Information Science
Neuroscience

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Using Machine Learning To Combat Human Trafficking

Hamsa Bastani discusses key findings from her research on how deep web data and machine learning can help law enforcement agencies investigate and intervene in human trafficking in Wharton Social Impact’s “Research Spotlight” series.

Operations Information and Decisions

Social Norms for Algorithms

Anita Allen receives 2022 Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Privacy Award

Congratulations to Anita Allen, who has received the 2022 Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) Privacy Award. The award was presented at the 10th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum, which virtually convened more than 500 privacy law specialists bridging academia and practice.

Law
Philosophy

Social Norms for Algorithms

Emily Falk: Associate Dean of Research, Annenberg School

Emily Falk has been named the new Associate Dean of Research for the Annenberg School. Held by a member of the standing faculty, the role was created in 2019 to oversee all school-based centers and develop strategies for expanding the school’s research infrastructure.

Communication
Marketing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Bridging Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Article at a Time

Wikipedia has a major gender inequity problem- 90% of the site’s editors are men, and women are vastly underrepresented as subjects in the encyclopedia. In a new study, Sandra González-Bailón and Isabelle Langrock evaluate how feminist interventions are closing the gap, and how they could improve.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With It

With a single earnings report and a disastrous conference call, Mark Zuckerberg wiped out $240 billion in value from his company. Ron Berman discusses how online advertising works in this recent New York Magazine article.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

The Psychology of Making Big Things Happen and Ideas Spread

Damon Centola shares his wisdom on how ideas and beliefs spread through social networks as well as how they can spark change in the behavior of their supporters on this episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast.

Communication
Sociology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Weijie Su receives SIAG/DATA Early Career Prize

Congratulations to Weijie Su, who has received the 2022 SIAG/DATA Early Career Prize in recognition of his contributions in the analysis of accelerated methods for convex optimization and the development of privacy-preserving data analysis methodologies.

Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

Hard Barriers and Soft Power: Study Assesses Outsider Perceptions of Border Walls

A new study from researchers Diana Mutz and Beth Simmons, published in PNAS, explores how border walls damage a country’s international image, with real soft power implications.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

News

The Black Lives Matter Movement, but not COVID-19, Encouraged Voters Toward Biden in the 2020 Election

Konrad Kording Appointed Co-Director the CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains Program

Using Machine Learning To Combat Human Trafficking

Anita Allen receives 2022 Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Privacy Award

Emily Falk: Associate Dean of Research, Annenberg School

Bridging Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Article at a Time

Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With It

The Psychology of Making Big Things Happen and Ideas Spread

Weijie Su receives SIAG/DATA Early Career Prize

Hard Barriers and Soft Power: Study Assesses Outsider Perceptions of Border Walls