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Identity Verification Gets Mixed Reviews

New research on identify cues in social media shows that the overreliance on the reputation of users versus the quality of their content is a problem that needs to be fixed.  Read the new paper here and more here.

Among the findings:

 

61%

Amount of variation in voting when identity was known vs unknown

Identity Matters

Content and identity are intrinsically linked

Who Says?

Amplification is based on reputation, not content

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Research Papers
Providing Normative Information Increases Intentions to Accept a COVID-19 Vaccine

January 2023

Research Papers
The Role of State Policy in Fostering Health Information Exchange in the United States

January 2023

Research Papers
A 2 Million-person, Campaign-wide Field Experiment Shows How Digital Advertising Affects Voter Turnout

January 2023

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