Hanna Sistek
@sistek.bsky.social
Studying disinformation and democratic backsliding. Postdoctoral Fellow at CAPT/GRAIL, Purdue University. Background in international journalism, globetrotting and contact improvisation dance.
Am right in that same boat…
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Am right in that same boat…
Sounds fascinating!
October 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sounds fascinating!
Amazing research, and so very helpful to understand this puzzle as to why falsehoods -by some politicians - are no longer punished. Thank you!
April 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Amazing research, and so very helpful to understand this puzzle as to why falsehoods -by some politicians - are no longer punished. Thank you!
Reposted by Hanna Sistek
What can we conclude?
Words matter.
When politicians resort to intuition and “gut feeling” rather than evidence, this has flow-on consequences.
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Words matter.
When politicians resort to intuition and “gut feeling” rather than evidence, this has flow-on consequences.
31/n
April 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What can we conclude?
Words matter.
When politicians resort to intuition and “gut feeling” rather than evidence, this has flow-on consequences.
31/n
Words matter.
When politicians resort to intuition and “gut feeling” rather than evidence, this has flow-on consequences.
31/n
Reposted by Hanna Sistek
In our most recent study, which just appeared in Nature Human Behaviour with Segun Aroyehun as lead author (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) , we drew a wider historical arc and examined the rhetoric in all speeches given on the floor of Congress between 1879 and 2022.
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Computational analysis of US congressional speeches reveals a shift from evidence to intuition - Nature Human Behaviour
This research explores the linguistic traces of evidence-based reasoning and intuitive decision-making in congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022. The analysis suggests that evidence-based language h...
doi.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In our most recent study, which just appeared in Nature Human Behaviour with Segun Aroyehun as lead author (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) , we drew a wider historical arc and examined the rhetoric in all speeches given on the floor of Congress between 1879 and 2022.
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Hahaha, I just heard about this! In my home country. Slow TV seems like interesting counter movement to all things social media
April 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hahaha, I just heard about this! In my home country. Slow TV seems like interesting counter movement to all things social media