During the COVID-19 pandemic, the speed with which available health and safety information evolved was novel to most people around the world. To assess how the public handled the changing guidance, an international research ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2023
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In a comprehensive analysis of news consumption across the globe, a recent report by Reuters concluded that "interest in news continues to decline, fueling disengagement and selective news avoidance." In the 46 countries ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2023
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The adage of the need to remember the past to avoid repeating it is certainly applicable to international confrontations as history is filled with nations repeating conflicts again and again.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2023
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Many Australians believe the nation is more politically polarized and divided today than in the past. It's a divide that has long plagued the United States, but new data show it is increasingly eroding nations' unity, shared ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2023
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A popular explanation for climate denialism is that humans will adopt beliefs that accord with their political orientation, using their cognitive abilities to explain away identity-inconsistent information in a process called ...
Social Sciences
May 3, 2023
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Estonia, a small country in northern Europe, reached a digital milestone when the country headed to the polls on March 5, 2023.
Political science
Mar 20, 2023
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USC researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms' structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information.
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2023
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A recently released study coauthored by a Syracuse University researcher reveals how beliefs and political affiliations shape the public's understanding about racial inequalities.
Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2022
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There is no shortage of critiques concerning the use of AI in public decision-making processes. Scholars, for example, have described algorithms as a "toxic cocktail for democracy" by pointing at the ever-growing availability ...
Political science
Aug 24, 2022
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You might have heard of jobseekers being asked to complete a "personality test" as part of a job application, or been through the process yourself.
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2022
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