Ravi Iyer and Nathaniel Lubin propose a - much needed - way to draw out platforms' internal research on the impact of their product designs (bad and good). https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-tech-regulation-can-leverage-product-experimentation-results
julia kamin
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Researcher. Connecting research to practice. Helping efforts to reduce toxic polarization and create online spaces that serve civic society. Civic Health Project. Prosocial Design Network.
@BobQuinn offers a new metaphor for how to go "beyond moderation" and restore social media: good lawn care. Instead of only weeding out the bad we should focus on feeding the prosocial grass; toxicity can't flourish (as well) when healthy engagement thrives.
IFIT attempts to get scholars on the same page in defining what is - and is not - polarization. An important read. https://ifit-transitions.org/publications/first-principles-the-need-for-greater-consensus-on-the-fundamentals-of-polarisation/
First Principles: The Need for Greater Consensus on the Fundamentals of Polarisation - IFIT
Written by IFIT Founder and Executive Director Mark Freeman, this publication draws on wide-ranging research, consultations and convenings conducted in the context of IFIT’s and the Ford Foundation’s Global Initiative on Polarization. The first part of the publication focuses at the level of ideas, examining persistent ambiguities in our understanding of polarisation and offering a ‘hallmarks’ definition that […]
How is it social scientists are still running studies without preregistering them?
Major GoogleNews algorithm fail this morning: Top story is from Center for Immigration Studies, an "anti-immigration think tank and a SPLC designated hate group", according to wiki.
We should spend less time reducing misinformation (small portion of our news diet) and instead figure out how to build trust in real news. So argue (smartly) Acerbi, Altay & Mercier. Way back in 2022, but still relevant today. https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/23968/1/FullText.pdf
Another casualty of polarized politics? Research from CitizenData shows that self-described moderates support candidates who "prioritize education" 50% more than the average voter. Since moderates don't show up at primaries, that should translate to fewer candidates in the generals putting education at the top of their agendas.
While it may be true that we, as Americans, are becoming more intolerant of speech we dislike (for better or worse), it's worth pointing out our tolerance started insanely high (in 2015, from Pew).
In 2021, as part of a project at work I spent way too much time tracking down survey items researchers use to measure "affective polarization". Finally put it in a pretty table I thought I'd share. (Spoiler: it's not all feeling thermometers - by a long shot.) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XKqKFOsulbYs3HeC0eb96mDTY2sOvLMz6_iSmcKCzL8/edit?usp=sharing
Survey items used to measure "Affective Polarization" in highly cited articles, 2013-2020
"Affective Polarization" survey items in highly cited articles, 2013-2020 As part of our work to build a measurement tool for bridge-building organizations, in 2020 Civic Health Project conducted a review of survey items used by scholars to measure "affective polarization." Across twenty eight...
This guy recorded every slice of pizza he had over 8 years and now shares that data with maps and graphs. A man after my own heart. https://elkue.com/nyc-slice/