Friederike Stock

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Important preprint by @pietronickl.bsky.social @msultan.bsky.social Caedyn Stinson, @fstock.bsky.social Ralph Hertwig @anaskozyreva.bsky.social,

touching so many points to move the misinfo discussion forward, like feedback-loops, systemic factors and rhetoric, great work!

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What a great group to be a part of! It was an honour to organise this year’s Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality with @fstock.bsky.social and Inken Siebert. Thank you to all participants and speakers for the inspiring week, and to everyone who worked behind the scenes to make it possible.

1/ Excited to share our new preprint “A Collective Field Experiment Disentangling Participation in Online Political Discussions” – osf.io/preprints/so...

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Applications close midnight (Berlin time) next Sunday, March 9, 2025, so don't delay if you want to take part in an unforgettable experience this summer in Berlin!

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Agreed - interesting follow-up question to look into!

The protocol-based approach of @bsky.app is maybe a step towards more user control in an online world where there is little of it.

Honored to be part of this global project, led by @fstock.bsky.social, that is asking who should have control over online environments and in what context. 👇

This project was a collaborative effort between 46 authors. Thanks to @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @ruggeri.bsky.social @sarahaj95.bsky.social @sofiapelica.bsky.social and many more!

Our findings highlight a clear preference for more individual control in online spaces. This desire for autonomy may help explain the rising popularity of platforms like BlueSky, which prioritize user empowerment.

... which can be explained by differences in preferences depending on political orientation.

Context matters: In choice architecture scenarios involving social media feeds and follow suggestions, people strongly prefer individual control.
This is not the case in news labeling ...

We looked into individual-level factors: preferences for the different choice architects differ based on individual factors such as trust and risk perception of social media platforms.

Regarding the objective of the choice architecture design (commercial, societal, or personal), people largely oppose online environments being organized for commercial purposes.

We find a clear consensus for more individual regulation, though preferences for governmental or commercial regulation vary by country.

Participants were asked to choose between scenarios that included different choice architects: governmental, commercial, or individual.

People in 26 countries prefer more control over their online environment



In a conjoint study (N = 11,868), we explored preferences for regulating online environments by examining binary choices between different regulation scenarios.

Preprint:https://osf.io/preprints/osf/haqu9

jGlobal 2024: Students Engage in International Research on Online Regulation Preferences This year, 29 students had the unique opportunity to contribute to an international research project at jGlobal, where they explored online choice preferences across 26 countries. The study, spearh…

In jGlobal 2024 (@jresearcherprog.bsky.social), ARC's Friederike Stock @fstock.bsky.social spearheaded an international project about online choice preferences (w/ 29 students & @lorenzspreen.bsky.social)

We're looking forward to the results!

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