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Social Sciences Jan 9, 2023

The online 'hierarchy of credibility' that fuels influencers like Andrew Tate

The arrest of influencer Andrew Tate in Romania on charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse will do little to deter his supporters. For some time now, those outside his sphere of influence have looked on bemused as to ...

Social Sciences Dec 28, 2022

Drivers of political violence in the United States

A researcher from The Pennsylvania State University published a commentary in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing that examines four key contemporary "drivers" of political violence in the United States: "toxic" political ...

Economics & Business Dec 19, 2022

Differential response to corporate political advocacy and corporate social responsibility

Researchers from Cal Poly, Washington State University, and Claremont-McKenna Graduate School published a new Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPP&M) article finding that companies who engage in political advocacy experience ...

Social Sciences Dec 12, 2022

New research finds that social group values are most readable in the way we write

Analyzing the style of language used by social groups could offer insight into their values and principles that goes beyond what they publicly say about themselves.

Social Sciences Dec 9, 2022

Are conspiracy theorists true believers, or are they just acting out fantasies?

Democrats are killing and eating children. Vaccines contain Satan's DNA. Canada has a new queen who is really an extraterrestrial with special powers.

Political science Dec 8, 2022

Supreme Court admissions case could upend environmental justice laws

In recent years, more states have crafted environmental justice policies to help communities of color plagued by polluted air and water, poor health outcomes and limited access to green space.

Social Sciences Dec 5, 2022

Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation—research shows this is a grave risk to public health

Twitter's decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site's rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about ...

Social Sciences Nov 23, 2022

Democracy after COVID-19: Pandemic fatigue fueled political mistrust and conspiracy beliefs

Many of us found it hard to keep up with official restrictions as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on. We experienced pandemic fatigue. And this fatigue led to widespread political discontent in Western democracies, according ...

Archaeology Nov 21, 2022

With Netflix's Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on archaeologists

Netflix's enormously popular new show, "Ancient Apocalypse," is an all out attack on archaeologists. As an archaeologist committed to public engagement who strongly believes in the relevance of studying ancient people, I ...

Political science Nov 21, 2022

Voter suppression: How democracies around the world are using new rules to make it harder to vote

Attempts to stop voters getting to polling stations, increase waiting times to place a ballot or add restrictions on who can vote are becoming issues in democracies around the world.

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