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Cecilie S Traberg
@cecilietraberg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School

PhD in Psychology from University of Cambridge

Mum x 3, advocating for a parent-friendly academia 🎓
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👋 Hi, Bluesky! I’m Cecilie, a PhD candidate at Cambridge University studying how we influence each other’s judgments, attitudes, and beliefs - currently focused on misinformation.

Feeling cautiously optimistic about this platform.

Get to know me better here:
www.cecilietraberg.com
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A PhD Candidate at Cambridge University and socio-cognitive psychologist interested in how people influence each other.
www.cecilietraberg.com
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As part of our recent report on digital platforms, we asked people in eight countries whether they trusted different types of digital platforms for news about politics.

Here's a thread with four findings from the report
Read it in full here https://buff.ly/3VykaDY
December 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
🛡️ This week, I had the privilege of being invited by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence to participate in the first workshop for the "Computational Narrative Ontology" project in Riga.
December 12, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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🌟We are thrilled to announce the publication of our Special Issue: From Vulnerability to Vigilance. This issue brings together 11 impactful articles on psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs. advances.in/psychology/1...
Vulnerability to vigilance – Cultivating psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs: Introduction to the special issue
Explore psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs with insights on interventions, mechanisms, and methodological advances.
advances.in
December 9, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Sharing this feels vulnerable but meaningful. 💛

In this piece for @natureportfolio.bsky.social, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I had three children during my PhD: here’s what I learnt
Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg worried that choosing to have children during her graduate studies might signal a lack of career dedication.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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Starter pack for those working on misinfo, disinfo, information integrity, digital authoritarianism, propaganda etc. Definitely a work in progress, reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/V4Po9wB
November 15, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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New #preprint! We surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries to find out: Where do they come across information about #science? How do they #communicate about it? We also tested country factors like #AcademicFreedom and #PressFreedom and identified interesting patterns 🔎
➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
🧵 1/10
November 18, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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New computational analyses on algorithmic bias from @timothyjgraham.bsky.social suggest that the X algorithm substantially boosted Republican accounts right after Elon Musk's endorsement of Donald Trump.

Full report eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/1/A_c...
November 16, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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famous moments in psychology / cog-sci as lego sets, a thread.

1. Pavlov's dogs.
November 20, 2023 at 3:08 PM
👋 Hi, Bluesky! I’m Cecilie, a PhD candidate at Cambridge University studying how we influence each other’s judgments, attitudes, and beliefs - currently focused on misinformation.

Feeling cautiously optimistic about this platform.

Get to know me better here:
www.cecilietraberg.com
Home | Cecilie Traberg
A PhD Candidate at Cambridge University and socio-cognitive psychologist interested in how people influence each other.
www.cecilietraberg.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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In a new paper in Nature Medicine we argue that polarization is a serious—and overlooked—determinant of health.

#Polarization is analogous to a preexisting medical condition because it creates a population susceptible to negative influences.

Read the paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 25, 2024 at 6:58 PM
✨ Full Circle Moment ✨

This week, I gave a talk at Cambridge’s Social Psychology Seminar - where I began my grad journey in 2018! Sharing my PhD work on misinformation in that historic room was truly meaningful. Now, back to finishing my thesis - fueled by ☕️ caffeine and 😅 mild panic.
November 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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When search engines "lead" people to misinformation websites, it's largely because people are explicitly searching for these sites, finds Greene et al. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
November 10, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Misinformation Really Does Spread like a Virus, Epidemiology Shows
Misinformation Really Does Spread like a Virus, Epidemiology Shows
“Going viral” appears to be more than just a catchphrase when it comes to the rampant spread of misinformation
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Just a reminder amidst the floodings in Spain that misinformation is prevalent and has costly consequences. False hoaxes claiming hundreds of bodies trapped in parking lots leads authorities astray and potentially endangers life-saving help for others.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
‘It can lead to chaos’: false claims and hoaxes surge as Spain’s floods recede
People urged to stop flow of misinformation as fire department says it is hindering work to save citizens
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Exciting *three-year postdoc* job opportunity, working in @cast-centre.bsky.social at University of Bath!
We are hiring 📢

We are seeking a talented Research Associate, based at our centre hub in the University of Bath, to help us make an impact on social and behavioural change to help tackle the climate crisis.

Deadline: 11 Nov 2024

Apply now: bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
October 15, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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Paper out led by the brilliant @cecilietraberg.bsky.social!

We test (1) a new inoculation against emotionally manipulative news & find #prebunking improves veracity discernment & (2) show how social cues make misinfo more persuasive but don't undermine inoculation.

advances.in/psychology/1...
July 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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We know way too little about mis- and disinformation from the Global South. Our studies are too US and Europe focused.

Big shout out to @sumitra.bsky.social and @simonchauchard.bsky.social for this piece 👏 ⬇️

commsky polcomm polisky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Researching and Countering Misinformation in the Global South
Scholarly literature on misinformation has insufficiently captured the experience of the majority of the world’s population: those in the Global South…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 16, 2023 at 6:15 AM
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Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?

Me: I am a Dr

Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa

Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
October 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM
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Affective polarization (dislike of opposing partisans) is driven more by substantive policy disagreements, not necessarily partisan identity or loyalty, finds Orr, Fowler & Huber.

Interesting results given the rise in the study of identity in politics.

doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
November 1, 2023 at 4:49 PM
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🚨New WP🚨
How can more Republicans be convinced re climate change?

We show that tweets from Elon Musk (a fav of the right, but still pro-climate) sig increase climate concern/action among Reps - with no effect on his reputation

Musk can be a powerful climate messenger!

osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 31, 2023 at 3:18 PM
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Happy Halloween! 👻
October 31, 2023 at 12:14 PM
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People believe that social media algorithms do amplify divisive content, such as misinformation, but they don't think such content ~*should*~ go viral finds @steverathje.bsky.social, Robertson, @williambrady.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/1745...
ALT
October 24, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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Analytic thinking is related to lower belief in conspiracies. So can analytic thinking decrease belief in conspiracy theories? We don’t really know, as the one set of studies in support of this does not seem to replicate.

With @marijapetrovic.bsky.social, @vukasin.bsky.social
#socialpsyc #PsychSci
No evidence that priming analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories: A Registered Repor...
Analytic thinking is reliably associated with lower belief in conspiracy theories. However, evidence for whether increasing analytic thinking can redu…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 19, 2023 at 10:42 AM
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This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in the "Global North". Scholars who are geographically located in the "Global South" will be given priority.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
BlueSky Invites for "Global South" scholars form
This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for Blue Sky which do not seem to be reaching "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in th...
docs.google.com
October 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM