Angel Sz
@angelsanzav.bsky.social
Master's degree student in Social Scienes | Interested in Political Psychology, Environmental Psychology, and Social Psychology.
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A Reddit field experiment finds that toxic or polarized discussions discourage most users from commenting, while motivating active users; nonmonetary rewards and clear rules may help balance participation. doi.org/hbd8wc
Reddit field experiment examines what distinguishes lurkers from power users
Online discussions are often dominated by a small group of active users, while the majority remain silent. This imbalance can distort perceptions of public opinion and fuel polarization.
phys.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A Reddit field experiment finds that toxic or polarized discussions discourage most users from commenting, while motivating active users; nonmonetary rewards and clear rules may help balance participation. doi.org/hbd8wc
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
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Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
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"[O]ne of [the flotilla's] boats [was] struck by what was believed to be a drone."
"The boat was carrying the group's steering committee, which includes climate leader Greta Thunberg."
"[N]o one was injured."
#Tunisia #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
"The boat was carrying the group's steering committee, which includes climate leader Greta Thunberg."
"[N]o one was injured."
#Tunisia #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
'It's Terror': Global Sumud Flotilla Bound for Gaza Bombed | Common Dreams
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Tunis rally after a drone strike on a humanitarian aid boat bound for Gaza. No injuries reported. Join the fight for justice and solidarity with the Palestinian people.…
www.commondreams.org
September 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"[O]ne of [the flotilla's] boats [was] struck by what was believed to be a drone."
"The boat was carrying the group's steering committee, which includes climate leader Greta Thunberg."
"[N]o one was injured."
#Tunisia #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
"The boat was carrying the group's steering committee, which includes climate leader Greta Thunberg."
"[N]o one was injured."
#Tunisia #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
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Our article on radicals, moderates, and aligned members in party youth wings is now out in the latest issue of @ejprjournal.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Young radicals, moderates and aligned: Ideological congruence and incongruence in party youth wings
The ideological fit between party grassroots and leaderships has long been a concern for political science, with members in general, and young members in particular, thought to be more radical. Howev....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Our article on radicals, moderates, and aligned members in party youth wings is now out in the latest issue of @ejprjournal.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Can embarrassment of one's party dampen partisanship and polarization? One would think.
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can embarrassment of one's party dampen partisanship and polarization? One would think.
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
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🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🚨In PNAS🚨
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias
But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems!
The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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What are the social determinants of ##Misinformation? And does it deepen inequalities? More here on the risks, specifically in public health, and the interventions we can deploy. From Williams, S.N., and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social
www.bmj.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What are the social determinants of ##Misinformation? And does it deepen inequalities? More here on the risks, specifically in public health, and the interventions we can deploy. From Williams, S.N., and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social
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So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
www.cambridge.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
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Let's stop citing "the environmental Kuznets curve" to say that making people rich increases their concern about #ClimateChange.
This study finds that polarisation around climate is also among weather countries — those with higher per-capita CO2 emissions.
Makes sense, no?
This study finds that polarisation around climate is also among weather countries — those with higher per-capita CO2 emissions.
Makes sense, no?
March 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Let's stop citing "the environmental Kuznets curve" to say that making people rich increases their concern about #ClimateChange.
This study finds that polarisation around climate is also among weather countries — those with higher per-capita CO2 emissions.
Makes sense, no?
This study finds that polarisation around climate is also among weather countries — those with higher per-capita CO2 emissions.
Makes sense, no?
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“Excited delirium” is a diagnosis used to exonerate police officers of the killing of Black and Brown men. A review of @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social's book (@dukepress.bsky.social) by Magda Boutros . @laviedesidees.bsky.social / @casbsstanford.bsky.social.
booksandideas.net/The-Pseudosc...
booksandideas.net/The-Pseudosc...
The Pseudoscience that Shieldied Police Violence
About: Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease, Duke University
booksandideas.net
April 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“Excited delirium” is a diagnosis used to exonerate police officers of the killing of Black and Brown men. A review of @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social's book (@dukepress.bsky.social) by Magda Boutros . @laviedesidees.bsky.social / @casbsstanford.bsky.social.
booksandideas.net/The-Pseudosc...
booksandideas.net/The-Pseudosc...
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1/ Does climate activism work?
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
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The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
December 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
1/ Does climate activism work?
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
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New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined | Annual Reviews
A key debate in the psychology of ideology is whether leftists and rightists are psychologically similar or different. A long-standing view holds that left-wing and right-wing people are meaningfully ...
www.annualreviews.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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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...
#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
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...
#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...
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In Sex Is a Spectrum, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social explains why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male.
Bringing clarity and reason to a contentious issue, this lively book is out May 6.
Preorder yours: bookshop.org/p/books/sex-...
Bringing clarity and reason to a contentious issue, this lively book is out May 6.
Preorder yours: bookshop.org/p/books/sex-...
January 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In Sex Is a Spectrum, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social explains why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male.
Bringing clarity and reason to a contentious issue, this lively book is out May 6.
Preorder yours: bookshop.org/p/books/sex-...
Bringing clarity and reason to a contentious issue, this lively book is out May 6.
Preorder yours: bookshop.org/p/books/sex-...
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A fascinating debate overlapping philosophy, political science, media literacy, psychology etc. is how much and which kind of a problem is D/Misinformation.
This article pushes back against the "misinformation research is overly alarmist" thesis
dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0...
#philsky #polisky #psycky
This article pushes back against the "misinformation research is overly alarmist" thesis
dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0...
#philsky #polisky #psycky
APA PsycNet
dx.doi.org
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A fascinating debate overlapping philosophy, political science, media literacy, psychology etc. is how much and which kind of a problem is D/Misinformation.
This article pushes back against the "misinformation research is overly alarmist" thesis
dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0...
#philsky #polisky #psycky
This article pushes back against the "misinformation research is overly alarmist" thesis
dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0...
#philsky #polisky #psycky
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🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇 1/16
December 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
🚨Our meta-analysis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs has been accepted at Psychological Bulletin!🚨“Reasons to believe: A systematic review and meta-analytic synthesis of the motives associated with conspiracy beliefs” osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵👇 1/16
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New open access article assessing the common ground between liberals and conservatives on why nature is worth preserving. Turns out they share a lot in common!
I did this work with Adam Baimel (@abaimel.bsky.social ), Taciano Milfont, and Ara Norenzayan. 1/n
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I did this work with Adam Baimel (@abaimel.bsky.social ), Taciano Milfont, and Ara Norenzayan. 1/n
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 12, 2024 at 5:44 PM
New open access article assessing the common ground between liberals and conservatives on why nature is worth preserving. Turns out they share a lot in common!
I did this work with Adam Baimel (@abaimel.bsky.social ), Taciano Milfont, and Ara Norenzayan. 1/n
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I did this work with Adam Baimel (@abaimel.bsky.social ), Taciano Milfont, and Ara Norenzayan. 1/n
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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“Why have authoritarianism and libertarianism merged?”
Richards piece is a gold mine to understand the complex political psychology of the post-liberal broligarchy: theconversation.com/why-have-aut...
Richards piece is a gold mine to understand the complex political psychology of the post-liberal broligarchy: theconversation.com/why-have-aut...
Why have authoritarianism and libertarianism merged? A political psychologist on ‘the vulnerability of the modern self’
It is now not uncommon to find people supporting leaders like Donald Trump while insisting the state refrains from intervening in their lives.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:23 AM
“Why have authoritarianism and libertarianism merged?”
Richards piece is a gold mine to understand the complex political psychology of the post-liberal broligarchy: theconversation.com/why-have-aut...
Richards piece is a gold mine to understand the complex political psychology of the post-liberal broligarchy: theconversation.com/why-have-aut...
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Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
December 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...