“A 61-million-person Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization” by Bond et al. reports on the effects that political mobilization messages on social media have on elections and personal expression. There were 61 million in the social message group, but 600 thousand for the other groups? I see that their methods are fairly sound in […]
Conversational Behavior: Loyalty & Betrayal
“Linguistic Harbingers of Betrayal: A Case Study on an Online Strategy Game” by Nucuale et al investigates how language can be used to predict future interactions and choices of users within an online game. I wonder if these results can go beyond online games to in-person and normal interactions between friends? I think that there […]
Conversational Behavior: Politeness and Respect
“Language from Police Body Camera Footage shows Racial Disparities in Officer Respect” by Voigt et al investigates almost exactly what the title describes. I am surprised they mention cases of conflict between communities and their police forces only in the midwest and east coast states, but then go on to study the police force in […]
Polarization and Selective Exposure
“Exposure to Ideologically Diverse News and Opinion on Facebook” by Bakshy, Messing and Adamic is exploring how social media sites like Facebook give political information to users and how it affects their political perspective. This research shows the influence that social media can have on polarizing opinions on certain topics. Since social media algorithms are […]