Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
We have a lovely new paper out, showing that even ignorant people can be very good at recognising who's knowledgeable based on minimal cues
As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
... Intergroup-related, emotional (positive/negative), and especially visual content amplify shares, comments, and reactions.
✏️ New paper in Nordicom Review ✏️
Studying Danish misinformation, we found that threat-related information is the most prevalent type - but it doesn't boost engagement. Instead...
📖 Available open access:
New cultural evolution modelling paper with @bdecourson.bsky.social on @pnas.org!
"Weak individual preferences stabilize culture"
A quick 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
