When the coronavirus pandemic really started to take hold in the UK in March, news consumption increased, as in many other countries. But, since then, our research shows that an increasing share of the UK population is switching ...
Social Sciences
May 28, 2020
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The dissemination of fake news on social media is a pernicious trend with dire implications for the 2020 presidential election. Indeed, research shows that public engagement with spurious news is greater than with legitimate ...
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2020
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A new study by San Francisco State University Assistant Professor of Management Nara Jeong suggests that CEOs look to the White House for leadership on social responsibility—but not the way you might expect. It turns out ...
Economics & Business
Jan 3, 2020
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When firms design the initial pay package for a new CEO, they focus on that person's tolerance or aversion to risk-taking. Research and corporate governance practices generally recommend compensating a risk-averse CEO with ...
Economics & Business
Nov 18, 2019
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Politics can predict the TV shows we watch, the shops we frequent and the places we live.
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2019
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We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we're running out of time.
Political science
Oct 16, 2019
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Recent attacks on "grievance" studies have occasioned renewed attention to the politics of knowledge in the academy. In a wide-ranging survey, Mark Horowitz, William Yaworsky and Kenneth Kickham revisit some of anthropology's ...
Political science
Oct 15, 2019
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Conservatives and liberals may agree on at least one thing: the importance of working hard in order to succeed.
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2019
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How many immigrants per year should Switzerland be prepared to welcome? Do the figures put forward by political parties and conveyed by the media play a role in influencing public opinion? Psychologists from the University ...
Social Sciences
May 3, 2019
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Building upon previous research, a new UCLA-led study found that people who hold more conservative beliefs are more likely to perceive foreigners such as Syrian refugees as threatening, yet visualize them as physically smaller. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2016
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