Ozan Kuru
@ozankuru.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Bio: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/18898-ozan-kuru
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T6KRMogAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ozan-Kuru
Bio: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/18898-ozan-kuru
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T6KRMogAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ozan-Kuru
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Ozan Kuru
@ozankuru.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Are misinformation interventions different or fundamentally the same?
The growing field of misinformation research has spawned numerous conflicting interventions aimed at minimising its impact. Ozan Kuru argues that by taking a critical perspective on these intervent…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Excited to share this publication @lseimpactblog.bsky.social covering+expanding the arguments from my recent research: Why we need more “critical coordination” in interventions against misinformation – also with implications for intervention science at large. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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ONLINE FIRST! This article by Amaka Peace Onebunne looks at #journalists’ views of #AI in Nigerian newsrooms and how geographical and cultural factors influence AI usage, by conducting interviews with 18 #Nigerian journalists. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Amaka Peace Onebunne looks at #journalists’ views of #AI in Nigerian newsrooms and how geographical and cultural factors influence AI usage, by conducting interviews with 18 #Nigerian journalists. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Interesting review documenting the rise in scholarship on visual misinformation, how it is more persuasive than text misinformation, and how #GenAI is both increasing visual misinformation content and being used to combat it. (!)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1080/1520...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1080/1520...
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Interesting review documenting the rise in scholarship on visual misinformation, how it is more persuasive than text misinformation, and how #GenAI is both increasing visual misinformation content and being used to combat it. (!)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1080/1520...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1080/1520...
"It’s going to be used to remove books from collections that are about queerness or sexuality or race or history. "
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"It’s going to be used to remove books from collections that are about queerness or sexuality or race or history. "
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Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP
From headlines to hit shows, media portrayals shape how people see others outside their own group.
spsp.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
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Excited to share my latest work with/ @snsoroka.bsky.social! How are Black Americans depicted in U.S. television news? We examine three decades of television content to answer this question and find for the most part, coverage has remained relatively unchanged.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Excited to share my latest work with/ @snsoroka.bsky.social! How are Black Americans depicted in U.S. television news? We examine three decades of television content to answer this question and find for the most part, coverage has remained relatively unchanged.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
"These results highlight the critical roles of the local contextual factors that can direct the roles of populist attitudes. Interestingly, higher populist attitudes and worse local conditions were not necessarily correlated with lower COVID-19 prevention policy support."
Populism, Community-Based Inequalities, and Public Health Policies: How Did Populist Attitudes Determine the COVID-19 Preventive Policy Support in Different Local Socioeconomic and Health Contexts?
Abstract. Regardless of country, populist attitudes can better explain voting behavior and attitude formation toward social issues than party identificatio
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"These results highlight the critical roles of the local contextual factors that can direct the roles of populist attitudes. Interestingly, higher populist attitudes and worse local conditions were not necessarily correlated with lower COVID-19 prevention policy support."
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"The advent of large language models have made this type of content relatively easy to churn out on demand, and the majority of the review articles we receive are little more than annotated bibliographies, with no substantial discussion of open research issues."
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"The advent of large language models have made this type of content relatively easy to churn out on demand, and the majority of the review articles we receive are little more than annotated bibliographies, with no substantial discussion of open research issues."
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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We love the American National Election Studies (@electionstudies.bsky.social). This is going to be such an incredible resource for so many scholars and researchers.
Can’t wait to check it out, and grateful for this amazing public good that colleagues at Michigan and Stanford help produce! 🙏🏾
Can’t wait to check it out, and grateful for this amazing public good that colleagues at Michigan and Stanford help produce! 🙏🏾
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We love the American National Election Studies (@electionstudies.bsky.social). This is going to be such an incredible resource for so many scholars and researchers.
Can’t wait to check it out, and grateful for this amazing public good that colleagues at Michigan and Stanford help produce! 🙏🏾
Can’t wait to check it out, and grateful for this amazing public good that colleagues at Michigan and Stanford help produce! 🙏🏾
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"The AI Con reminds us that the fight over AI is not only about technology. It’s also about language, labor, and the stories we choose to tell about the future, which we can humanize rather than surrender to the myriad ways mass automation dehumanizes."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books
Erik J. Larson considers “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"The AI Con reminds us that the fight over AI is not only about technology. It’s also about language, labor, and the stories we choose to tell about the future, which we can humanize rather than surrender to the myriad ways mass automation dehumanizes."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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The AAPOR Task Force on 2024 Pre-Election Polling has released its final report today. aapor.org/wp-content/u...
aapor.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The AAPOR Task Force on 2024 Pre-Election Polling has released its final report today. aapor.org/wp-content/u...
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Excited to share my new publication in Comparative Political Studies📝
"Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability"
+Grateful to my advisors, colleagues, grant fellowships, editors and reviewers for their support and feedback!
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
"Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability"
+Grateful to my advisors, colleagues, grant fellowships, editors and reviewers for their support and feedback!
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability - Jieun S. Park, 2025
Why do women tend to oppose immigration more than men? I argue that this opposition to immigration is caused by women’s labor market vulnerabilities. As immigra...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Excited to share my new publication in Comparative Political Studies📝
"Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability"
+Grateful to my advisors, colleagues, grant fellowships, editors and reviewers for their support and feedback!
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
"Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability"
+Grateful to my advisors, colleagues, grant fellowships, editors and reviewers for their support and feedback!
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Out now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project!
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Out now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project!
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/
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#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Food or vote: the effects of Confucian values on support for democracy - https://cup.org/4o6epJW
- Weilin Xiao & Yanwei Zhang
#jjps
Food or vote: the effects of Confucian values on support for democracy - https://cup.org/4o6epJW
- Weilin Xiao & Yanwei Zhang
#jjps
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Food or vote: the effects of Confucian values on support for democracy - https://cup.org/4o6epJW
- Weilin Xiao & Yanwei Zhang
#jjps
Food or vote: the effects of Confucian values on support for democracy - https://cup.org/4o6epJW
- Weilin Xiao & Yanwei Zhang
#jjps
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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Clicking through to links from AI search results is more common among those that trust the responses.
This could suggest that people are using links to find more information rather than check whether AI is accurate - but hard to be sure and probably varies case by case.
This could suggest that people are using links to find more information rather than check whether AI is accurate - but hard to be sure and probably varies case by case.
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Clicking through to links from AI search results is more common among those that trust the responses.
This could suggest that people are using links to find more information rather than check whether AI is accurate - but hard to be sure and probably varies case by case.
This could suggest that people are using links to find more information rather than check whether AI is accurate - but hard to be sure and probably varies case by case.
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Americans’ views about religion in public life are shifting:
- Growing shares say religion is gaining influence.
- Growing shares have a positive view of religion's role in society.
- Growing shares feel conflict btw their religious beliefs and the mainstream.
New Pew report: pewrsr.ch/3J3oE2s
- Growing shares say religion is gaining influence.
- Growing shares have a positive view of religion's role in society.
- Growing shares feel conflict btw their religious beliefs and the mainstream.
New Pew report: pewrsr.ch/3J3oE2s
Growing Share of U.S. Adults Say Religion Is Gaining Influence in American Life
Americans' views of religion's role in society have grown more positive in recent years. But many feel their religious beliefs conflict with the mainstream.
pewrsr.ch
October 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Americans’ views about religion in public life are shifting:
- Growing shares say religion is gaining influence.
- Growing shares have a positive view of religion's role in society.
- Growing shares feel conflict btw their religious beliefs and the mainstream.
New Pew report: pewrsr.ch/3J3oE2s
- Growing shares say religion is gaining influence.
- Growing shares have a positive view of religion's role in society.
- Growing shares feel conflict btw their religious beliefs and the mainstream.
New Pew report: pewrsr.ch/3J3oE2s
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“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
"voters are attentive to information beyond partisanship in that the patterns of blame attribution and sympathy are structured primarily by the vaccination status and stance of the deceased individual."
Now Out on First View: No One Mourns the Wicked: The Limits of Partisan Hostility Persisting through Tragedy
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
No One Mourns the Wicked: The Limits of Partisan Hostility Persisting through Tragedy | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
No One Mourns the Wicked: The Limits of Partisan Hostility Persisting through Tragedy
www.cambridge.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"voters are attentive to information beyond partisanship in that the patterns of blame attribution and sympathy are structured primarily by the vaccination status and stance of the deceased individual."
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October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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AI Accountability is a joint effort. Just look at how the legal, social, political, and media forums were networked in holding the Dutch SyRI system accountable. Full analysis here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/networked-...
Networked AI Accountability
How different forums contributed to producing accountability in the Dutch welfare scandal.
www.ai-accountability-review.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
AI Accountability is a joint effort. Just look at how the legal, social, political, and media forums were networked in holding the Dutch SyRI system accountable. Full analysis here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/networked-...
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Despite limited federal data due to the shutdown, ISR’s Surveys of Consumers continues offering critical insights into the U.S. economy.
In a new Q&A, ISR's Joanne Hsu explains why consumer sentiment has remained stable and what to watch moving forward.
Read more: myumi.ch/Mk574
In a new Q&A, ISR's Joanne Hsu explains why consumer sentiment has remained stable and what to watch moving forward.
Read more: myumi.ch/Mk574
Government shutdown hasn’t left consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
Consumer sentiment remained flat in October, compared to the previous month. But history shows a prolonged federal shutdown can impact how people feel about the economy.
myumi.ch
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Despite limited federal data due to the shutdown, ISR’s Surveys of Consumers continues offering critical insights into the U.S. economy.
In a new Q&A, ISR's Joanne Hsu explains why consumer sentiment has remained stable and what to watch moving forward.
Read more: myumi.ch/Mk574
In a new Q&A, ISR's Joanne Hsu explains why consumer sentiment has remained stable and what to watch moving forward.
Read more: myumi.ch/Mk574
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#OpenAccess from August 2025 -
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL
"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"
- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL
"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"
- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#OpenAccess from August 2025 -
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL
"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"
- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL
"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"
- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social
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Support for dismantling DEI didn’t happen overnight. It’s the outcome of narratives recoding CRT as a threat to white Americans. My article (w/ @meredithdclark.bsky.social) in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social examines how this strategy became sentiment.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2025.2556104
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2025.2556104
From strategy to sentiment: examining the role of partisan news in fostering white racial consciousness and shaping attitudes toward critical race theory
Fox News has dedicated considerable attention to Critical Race Theory (CRT), recoding it as indicative of anti-white racism. This study examined whether exposure to these narratives is associated w...
doi.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Support for dismantling DEI didn’t happen overnight. It’s the outcome of narratives recoding CRT as a threat to white Americans. My article (w/ @meredithdclark.bsky.social) in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social examines how this strategy became sentiment.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2025.2556104
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2025.2556104
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🗃️ From May: Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems?
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
How Google Scholar transformed research - Impact of Social Sciences
Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems? Kyriakos Drivas shows that…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🗃️ From May: Google Scholar launched in November 2004 with the goal of making it easier to access scientific knowledge. But did it live up to this aim or simply create new problems?
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter
#GoogleScholar #AcademicChatter