Alberto Acerbi

@acerbialberto.com

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I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy): cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics
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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · Mar 23

Tecnopanico: www.mulino.it/isbn/9788815...

Cultural evolution in the digital age: bit.ly/2McstmR

Individual-based models of cultural evolution. A step-by-step guide using R: bit.ly/3MQBjT4 (free: acerbialberto.com/IBM-cultevo)

Substack (italiano): bit.ly/3lDERMq

web: acerbialberto.com

A. ACERBI, Technopanic. New Media, Reasonable Caution, Unfounded Fear

The spread of fake news, the power of conspiracy theories, the influence of algorithms on our choices and behaviour, the impact of social media on youth’s mental health, and other similar phenomena al...

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 10h

"not only misinformation but also its coverage contribute to epistemic uncertainty by eroding confidence in credible sources of knowledge, and warrant further inquiry into the potential harms of news media’s attention to misinformation."
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(Media Attention to) Misinformation Can Undermine Trust in Scientists - Political Behavior

Could news coverage of misinformation be harmful? Across two studies on U.S. citizens, we examine whether news coverage of misinformation generates misperceptions and decreases levels of trust in info...

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 2d

"This curriculum is designed to remind you what the internet used to be—and still is. I’ve built it to help you get your digital spark back. After this course, you won’t complain to the algorithm gods anymore, praying for a better feed."
offlinecrush.substack.com/p/how-to-use...

how to use the internet again: a curriculum

a five-unit crash course in wandering, breaking, and building online

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 2d

As kids learn to do maths operation by hand and only after use a calculator, maybe there is a need for a "barbell strategy". On one side, fully embrace all the AI options, and on the other stick to fundamentals. University may need to focus on the latter. inexactscience.substack.com/p/university...

University education as we know it is over

Take-home assignments are dead, "one prompt away" is one prompt too far, and what we should do next

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 2d

I link della settimana (#116)
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I link della settimana (#116)

(i) Uno speciale di Wired sull’IA.

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 9d

I link della settimana (#115)
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I link della settimana (#115)

(i) Giornalisti e accademici sono perennemente preoccupati dell’overload informazionale, ma pensate che strano se alle persone piacesse avere accesso a più informazioni!

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 10d

While academics and journalists mostly complain about overload, maybe the rest of people just enjoy having access to more information?

rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 10d

What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?

@annisch.bsky.social et al decided to have a look. Their results? "We found that appreciation for abundance was about twice as common as overload".

Paper: journalqd.org/article/view...

Reposted by Richard Fletcher, Alberto Acerbi, Dean Eckles , and 1 more Richard Fletcher, Alberto Acerbi, Dean Eckles, Anne Schulz

rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 10d

Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 14d

Goffman in the digital age
www.nature.com/articles/s41...