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Andy Guess Dec 14, 2023

Fabio Giglietto Dec 13, 2023

In our (@LR, @GiadaM, and me) latest study, we combined NewsGuard and Meta's URL Shares Dataset to examine low-quality news on Facebook across Germany, France, and Italy from 2019-2022. Our findings show a decrease in total shared URLs, with a notable increase in untrustworthy links during election years. Interestingly, this trend didn’t lead to more views for such sources. Discover more in our paper: https://journalqd.org/article/view/4377 #EUelections2024 /cc @andyguess

Cracking Open the European Newsfeed | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

Andy Guess Mar 10, 2023

Academic Twitter is back

Andy Guess Mar 3, 2023

RT @aecoppock
The whole thread is worth your time! But this figure so clearly communicates the result: Party cues work, persuasive messages work, the presence or absence of one doesn't affect the other. https://twitter.com/Ben_Tappin/status/1631349897285849088

Ben Tappin on Twitter

“Unsurprisingly, exposure to party cues influenced partisans’ attitudes. Also unsurprisingly, the persuasive messages influenced attitudes. But, crucially, the impact of the messages was ~similar~ even when people were faced with the fact their leader took the opposite position!”

Twitter

Andy Guess Mar 2, 2023

RT @MisinfoReview
Today's #recommendedreading is by @andyguess, @BrendanNyhan, @iBALyons, @Jacob_Montg, @JasonReifler & Dominique Lockett, on how many claims about the effects of exposure to #fakenews may be overstated, or, at the very least, misunderstood.

https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fake-news-limited-effects-on-political-participation/ https://twitter.com/SiimKumpas/status/1217910377230610432

“Fake news” may have limited effects beyond increasing beliefs in false claims | HKS Misinformation Review

Since 2016, there has been an explosion of interest in misinformation and its role in elections. Research by news outlets, government agencies, and academics alike has shown that millions of Americans have been exposed to dubious political news online. However, relatively little research has focused on documenting the effects of consuming this content. Our results

Misinformation Review

Andy Guess Feb 16, 2023

RT @ahall_research
How much were election-denying Republican candidates punished in the 2022 midterms? @janetmalzahn and I put together the data and find they suffered roughly a 2.3 percentage-point penalty in the general election, on average.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/working-papers/election-denying-republican-candidates-underperformed-2022-midterms

Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Andy Guess Feb 16, 2023

RT @sarahkateellis
The @nytimes has long had a reputation as a leader in the world of media, but the example they are setting for coverage of transgender people is downright shameful. 🧵(1/15)

Andy Guess Feb 9, 2023

Jeff Atwood Feb 9, 2023

“It feels like we’re at a moment of rethinking the internet,” Munger said. Maybe there’s a better way forward. Maybe there’s a world in which a teenager’s face doesn’t become a national debate. That is, if we have the self-awareness to get there.” https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/02/tik-tok-annie-bonelli-scar-girl/672976/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20230208&utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily

TikTok's ‘Scar Girl’ is a sign that the internet is broken

Why are so many people obsessing over an 18-year-old’s face?

The Atlantic

Andy Guess Feb 9, 2023

RT @JosephineLukito
🚨4-5 more days to collect those tweets.🚨

@yang3kc @m_dot_brown @libbyh and I will continue to assist with mutual aid through this period, and after. If you need assistance with your collections, please fill out the form below or reach out to me.

https://twitter.com/transparenttech/status/1622626335628599298 https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1623467615539859456

Coalition for Independent Technology Research on Twitter

“Alongside the letter, @transparenttech is organizing mutual aid for projects and people impacted by this decision. Reach out here to join: https://t.co/8dZsxa6wQ7”

Twitter

Andy Guess Feb 7, 2023

RT @simgandi
I've never felt so desperate in my life. Hatay, my hometown, is completely destroyed. Everyone I know has lost someone or is about to. Everyone I know calls for rescue efforts to save someone they love.
Help on the ground can't match the scale of destruction.
Help if you can👇

Andy Guess Feb 7, 2023

I've signed this important letter. As @RebekahKTromble notes, not only are the @twitter API restrictions a huge blow to public-interest research, they likely run afoul of EU law.
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RT @RebekahKTromble
Should @elonmusk @Policy keep the @TwitterAPI accessible and usable for journalists, academics, and civil society? 1/
https://twitter.com/RebekahKTromble/status/1622632902272995328

Rebekah Tromble | [email protected] on Twitter

“Should @elonmusk @policy keep the @TwitterAPI accessible and usable for journalists, academics, and civil society? 1/”

Twitter