Ernesto Calvo 💚

The use of confirmation and refutation frames in fact-checking war-related misinformation - Carolina F. T. Batista, Ernesto Calvo, Shibley Telhami, 2026 We implement a survey experiment to measure the effects of confirmation versus refutation frames in fact-checking wartime corrections. Respondents were presente...

Batista, @ecalvo68.bsky.social & @stelhami.bsky.social's study on fact-checking shows confirmation frames drive higher engagement than refutations. Even without added effort, refutations spark anger/disgust, while confirmations evoke happiness.

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#OpenAccess from Latin American Politics and Society -

Partisan Messages and Support for Democratic Institutions: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia - https://cup.org/4aXzJMv

- Flávia Batista da Silva, Carolina F T Batista & @ecalvo68.bsky.social

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Detaining Immigrants, Scoring Criminals This book provides an in-depth analysis of the risk classification algorithms used by US immigration agencies and how they oppress immigrants of color

Super excited to announce the publication of this timely and important research from @koulflo.bsky.social and @ecalvo68.bsky.social #polisky #immigration #crimmigration

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Just out at World Development!🥳Vicky Paniagua (LSE) & I propose the concept DUAL MALAPPORTIONMENT (legislative mal. + cabinet mal.) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The article in "three slides":

Natalia Aruguete, @tiagoventura.bsky.social
& @ecalvo68.bsky.social examine how exposure to counter- and pro-attitudinal fact-checking messages impacts voters’ perception of the fact-checker: Fact-checking increases the reputation of the fact-checker but creates perceptions of ideological biases.

Keep your promises, even when your peers do not: a survey experiment on the influence of social media on trust This study measures the effect of partisan and polarizing social media messages on political trust and trustworthiness in Brazil and Mexico. We implemented two survey experiments with approximately...

New publication out with Natalia Aruguete, @ecalvo68.bsky.social and Carlos Scartascini.

Do polarizing political tweets make us less trustworthy?
Not quite. But they do make us trust others less.

Our article shows how social media erodes trust, even when we stay principled.

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Natalia Arguete, @tiagoventura.bsky.social & @ecalvo68.bsky.social examine how exposure to counter- and pro-attitudinal fact-checking messages impacts voters’ perception of the fact-checker: Fact-checking increases the reputation of the fact-checker but creates perceptions of ideological biases.

Ya estan las fotos, ya esta el perfil.... poco a poco vamos migrando fuera de X/Twitter.

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