Coverage of civilian casualties in allied countries boosts support for U.S. involvement

A new paper from Dolores Albarracín finds that media coverage of civilian casualties evokes empathy and increases public support for U.S. involvement in conflicts—provided that the victims are from allied countries.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Why Income Inequality in America Is Hurting Collective Happiness

What does income inequality in America have to do with happiness? And more generally, what is the right way to think about the relationship between money and happiness? A recent study by Matthew Killingsworth offers some surprising answers.

People Analytics

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Is ‘Bypassing’ a Better Way to Battle Misinformation?

New research from Dolores Albarracín and Annenberg Public Policy Center postdoctoral fellow Javier Granados Samayoa explores an innovative approach to countering the impact of factually incorrect information called “bypassing.”

Communication
Health Management
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Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Studying Wikipedia browsing habits to learn how people learn

A collaborative team of researchers led by Dale Zhou and Dani Bassett analyzed the information-seeking styles of more than 480,000 people from 50 countries and found that gender and education inequality track different types of knowledge exploration. Their findings suggest potential cultural drivers of curiosity and learning.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Meta-Analysis Pinpoints What Vaccination Intervention Strategies Different Countries Should Adopt

A new paper by Dolores Albarracín offers the first comprehensive meta-analysis examining what types of vaccination intervention strategies have the greatest effect, and whether different intervention strategies work better in different countries.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Study Reveals Impact of Concern About Misinformation on Americans’ Media Consumption Habits

A new study from Dolores Albarracín evaluates whether perceiving misinformation as a threat influences how partisan Americans’ media consumption is.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Mapping Media Bias: How AI Powers the Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector

The Computational Social Science Lab (CSSLab), which Duncan Watts founded and leads, has launched their Media Bias Detector, providing media consumers an unprecedented level of detail in understanding how news outlets from across the ideological spectrum stack up against one another.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Reexamining Misinformation: How Unflagged, Factual Content Drives Vaccine Hesitancy

According to a new paper by Warren Center faculty affiliate Duncan Watts and others, factual, vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook has a greater overall effect than “fake news,” discouraging millions from getting the COVID-19 shot.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Abortion, Not Inflation, Directly Affected Congressional Voting in 2022

A new study conducted by Diana Mutz demonstrates why the role of the economy is easily misinterpreted in research on American elections, and shows that views on abortion were central to shifting votes in the midterm elections.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Largest Quantitative Synthesis to Date Reveals What Predicts Human Behavior and How to Change It

Dolores Albarracín and her team dug through years of research on the science behind behavior change to determine the best ways to promote changes in behavior. What results is a new classification of predictors of behavior and a novel, empirical model for understanding the different ways to change behavior.

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Health Management
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Consensus and Contagion in Society

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Coverage of civilian casualties in allied countries boosts support for U.S. involvement

Why Income Inequality in America Is Hurting Collective Happiness

Is ‘Bypassing’ a Better Way to Battle Misinformation?

Studying Wikipedia browsing habits to learn how people learn

Meta-Analysis Pinpoints What Vaccination Intervention Strategies Different Countries Should Adopt

Study Reveals Impact of Concern About Misinformation on Americans’ Media Consumption Habits

Mapping Media Bias: How AI Powers the Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector

Reexamining Misinformation: How Unflagged, Factual Content Drives Vaccine Hesitancy

Abortion, Not Inflation, Directly Affected Congressional Voting in 2022

Largest Quantitative Synthesis to Date Reveals What Predicts Human Behavior and How to Change It