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...
Nov 29, 2021 | Featured, News, PennMAP
Originally published by the Annenberg School for Communication PHILADELPHIA, November 22, 2021 — Homa Hosseinmardi and her colleagues at Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab studied browsing data from 300,000 Americans to gain insights into how online...
Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, Group Dynamics, News, Publication
Originally published at Knowledge@Wharton PHILADELPHIA, October 12, 2021 — When it comes to getting work done, two heads are better than one. Except when they aren’t. A new study from Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions Duncan Watts digs into...
