Ben Lyons
@benlyons.bsky.social
Associate prof at University of Utah Dept of Comm. Associate ed @misinforeview.bsky.social
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Recruitment was tricky, but we got ~200 people in our pre-post experiment
In the simple (and not causally identified) one group pre-post design, the intensive intervention seemed to reduce toxic polarization
In the simple (and not causally identified) one group pre-post design, the intensive intervention seemed to reduce toxic polarization
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Recruitment was tricky, but we got ~200 people in our pre-post experiment
In the simple (and not causally identified) one group pre-post design, the intensive intervention seemed to reduce toxic polarization
In the simple (and not causally identified) one group pre-post design, the intensive intervention seemed to reduce toxic polarization
Reposted by Ben Lyons
@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Affective polarization and habits of political participation
Affective polarization, or relative dislike of opposing partisans, is associated with several negative outcomes for democracy. However, a number of st…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
lol thanks for the tag
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
lol thanks for the tag
seems like a nice extension of Ladd
September 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
seems like a nice extension of Ladd
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✨The Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award
🏅 Awardee: Nicolai Berk (U Zurich)
📄 The Impact of Media Framing in Complex Information Environments
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🏅 Awardee: Nicolai Berk (U Zurich)
📄 The Impact of Media Framing in Complex Information Environments
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Impact of Media Framing in Complex Information Environments
To what extent do news frames influence public opinion? While a large body of experimental research suggests sizable effects, it is unclear how these findings translate to authentically complex inf...
www.tandfonline.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
✨The Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award
🏅 Awardee: Nicolai Berk (U Zurich)
📄 The Impact of Media Framing in Complex Information Environments
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🏅 Awardee: Nicolai Berk (U Zurich)
📄 The Impact of Media Framing in Complex Information Environments
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Ben Lyons
✨The Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award
Runner-up article: Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity
By Jan G. Voelkel et al.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Runner-up article: Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity
By Jan G. Voelkel et al.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity
Scholars warn that partisan divisions in the mass public threaten the health of American democracy. We conducted a megastudy (n = 32,059 participants) testing 25 treatments designed by academics and p...
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
✨The Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award
Runner-up article: Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity
By Jan G. Voelkel et al.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Runner-up article: Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity
By Jan G. Voelkel et al.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...