Mar 10, 2025 | Featured, News, PennMAP
Early advocates of social media believed that the creation of these platforms would lead to positive outcomes. When Facebook was launched in 2004, it was praised for its ability to “connect the entire world.” In hindsight, many of these ideals were optimistic at their...
Feb 18, 2025 | Featured, News, Publication
With 2.1 billion monthly users, YouTube is a major media platform that has become an important component of many Americans’ news diets. Simultaneously, it has garnered a reputation for stoking the flames of political extremism, making it a focal point among...
Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, News, PennMAP, Publication
Silent illnesses, or chronic diseases, contribute to 70% of deaths in the US annually and six in ten Americans suffer from at least one chronic condition. Despite this, coverage of this public health crisis is disproportionately overshadowed by sensational risks,...
Jan 8, 2025 | Featured, News, PennMAP, Publication
Violent entertainment has made it into the public discourse due to rising concerns about the graphic nature of highly popular video game franchises including Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Call of Duty. But what about violence in films which are enjoyed by a much larger...
Dec 18, 2024 | Featured, News
This past weekend CSSLab alumna Priya DCosta presented a poster titled What do you say or how do you say it? at the NeurIPS 2024 Behavioral ML Workshop. This was a first-time workshop on exploring the incorporation of insights from the behavioral sciences into AI...
