Feb 7, 2024 | Common Sense, Featured, News
Mark E. Whiting’s and Duncan J. Watts’s latest research reveals that common sense is in fact rare, demonstrated by a quantitative method they designed to measure common sense at the individual and collective level. Their research has been extensively featured in...
Nov 10, 2023 | Featured, News, Published
In the social and behavioral sciences, a theory provides a generalizable explanation that holds under a variety of specific conditions, and experiments are conducted to verify hypotheses which are derived from the theory. This process has become the dominant...
Feb 1, 2023 | Article, Featured, News, PennMAP, Production, Projects
Part of its Penn Media Accountability Project (PennMAP), the CSSLab launches the first in a series of interactive data visualizations. The new dashboard is designed to make their research on YouTube radicalization accessible and engaging to the general public — and,...
Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, News, PennMAP, Published
PHILADELPHIA, January 20, 2022 — Is bonding over non-political similarities the key to depolarizing political discussions? New research sheds light on how even hardliners can be swayed when coming in contact with opposing viewpoints. In many friend groups, politics is...
Jan 11, 2022 | Featured, News, PennMAP, Published
PHILADELPHIA, January 11, 2022 — Does explicitly acknowledging bias make us less likely to make biased decisions? A new study examining how people justify decisions based on biased data finds that this is not necessarily the case. Narrative-based explanations of what...
