Petra de Place Bak
@petrabak.bsky.social
Phd Fellow at Aarhus University. Interested in the factors influencing information sharing on digital social media.
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Reposted by Petra de Place Bak
We have a lovely new paper out, showing that even ignorant people can be very good at recognising who's knowledgeable based on minimal cues
We often have to judge who is knowledgeable—precisely when we are not. Can humans really do that? Our new paper in Psychological Science shows that, surprisingly, we can. drive.google.com/file/d/1b15E...
June 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We have a lovely new paper out, showing that even ignorant people can be very good at recognising who's knowledgeable based on minimal cues
Reposted by Petra de Place Bak
As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
✏️ New paper in Nordicom Review ✏️
Studying Danish misinformation, we found that threat-related information is the most prevalent type - but it doesn't boost engagement. Instead...
📖 Available open access:
Studying Danish misinformation, we found that threat-related information is the most prevalent type - but it doesn't boost engagement. Instead...
📖 Available open access:
Sharing, commenting, and reacting to Danish misinformation:...
Social media facilitate a competition for users’ limited attention by bringing various content together, from health advice to entertainment, and...
sciendo.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
✏️ New paper in Nordicom Review ✏️
Studying Danish misinformation, we found that threat-related information is the most prevalent type - but it doesn't boost engagement. Instead...
📖 Available open access:
Studying Danish misinformation, we found that threat-related information is the most prevalent type - but it doesn't boost engagement. Instead...
📖 Available open access:
Reposted by Petra de Place Bak
New cultural evolution modelling paper with @bdecourson.bsky.social on @pnas.org!
"Weak individual preferences stabilize culture"
A quick 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Weak individual preferences stabilize culture"
A quick 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New cultural evolution modelling paper with @bdecourson.bsky.social on @pnas.org!
"Weak individual preferences stabilize culture"
A quick 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Weak individual preferences stabilize culture"
A quick 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...