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Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest.

Recruiters increasingly cybervet job applicants by checking their social media profiles. Theory (i.e., the political affiliation model, PAM) and research show that during cybervetting, recruiters are …

Mönke, F. W., Lievens, F., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest.. J Appl Psychol, 109(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001124

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Exploring vaccine hesitancy in digital public discourse: From tribal polarization to socio-economic disparities.

This study analyzed online public discourse on Twitter (later rebranded as X) during the COVID-19 pandemic to understand key factors associated with vaccine hesitancy by employing deep-learning techni…

Ayaz, H., Celik, M. H., Koytak, H. Z., & Yanik, I. E. (2024). Exploring vaccine hesitancy in digital public discourse: From tribal polarization to socio-economic disparities.. PLoS One, 19(11), e0308122. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308122

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Understanding anti-immigration sentiment spreading on Twitter.

Immigration is one of the most salient topics in public debate. Social media heavily influences opinions on immigration, often sparking polarized debates and offline tensions. Studying 220,870 immigra…

Nasuto, A., & Rowe, F. (2024). Understanding anti-immigration sentiment spreading on Twitter.. PLoS One, 19(9), e0307917. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307917

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Political uses of the ancient past on social media are predominantly negative and extreme.

This study assesses whether references to the ancient past in debates about political issues on social media over-represent negative and extreme views. Using precision-recall, we test the performance …

Bonacchi, C., Witte, J., & Altaweel, M. (2024). Political uses of the ancient past on social media are predominantly negative and extreme.. PLoS One, 19(9), e0308919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308919

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What polarizes citizens? An explorative analysis of 817 attitudinal items from a non-random online panel in Germany.

Various studies point to the lack of evidence of distributive opinion polarization in Europe. As most studies analyse the same item batteries from international social surveys, this lack of polarizati…

Teney, C., Pietrantuono, G., & Wolfram, T. (2024). What polarizes citizens? An explorative analysis of 817 attitudinal items from a non-random online panel in Germany.. PLoS One, 19(5), e0302446. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302446

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Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from a polarized scenario in Brazil.

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries to adopt strict measures aimed at reducing circulation of the virus and mitigating the burden on health services. Among these, the lockdown (soci…

Camacho, K. G., Moore, D. C. B. C., Junqueira-Marinho, M. F., Gomes, J. u. n. i. o. r. . S. C., Reis, A. T., & Abramov, D. M. (2024). Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from a polarized scenario in Brazil.. Front Psychol, 15, 1310594. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1310594

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Shaping opinions in social networks with shadow banning.

The proliferation of harmful content and misinformation on social networks necessitates content moderation policies to maintain platform health. One such policy is shadow banning, which limits content…

Chen, Y. S., & Zaman, T. (2024). Shaping opinions in social networks with shadow banning.. PLoS One, 19(3), e0299977. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299977

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Respondents with more extreme views show moderation of opinions in multi-year surveys in the USA and the Netherlands.

People with extreme political attitudes are often assumed to be more resistant to change than moderates. If this assumption is true, extreme attitudes would ossify and continuously aggravate intergrou…

Klein, N., & Stavrova, O. (2023). Respondents with more extreme views show moderation of opinions in multi-year surveys in the USA and the Netherlands.. Commun Psychol, 1(1), 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-023-00034-9

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Did text-based news-media coverage about the COVID-19 pandemic increase vaccine uptake? A population-based study in Alaska.

COVID-19 vaccinations protect against severe infection, hospitalisation, and death. News media can be an important source of information for the public during a health crisis. This study explores the …

Grage, L., & Cuellar, M. J. (2023). Did text-based news-media coverage about the COVID-19 pandemic increase vaccine uptake? A population-based study in Alaska.. Int J Circumpolar Health, 82(1), 2213913. https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2213913

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Public Health Policy, Political Ideology, and Public Emotion Related to COVID-19 in the U.S.

Social networks, particularly Twitter 9.0 (known as X as of 23 July 2023), have provided an avenue for prompt interactions and sharing public health-related concerns and emotions, especially during th…

Gao, J., Gallegos, G. A., & West, J. F. (2023). Public Health Policy, Political Ideology, and Public Emotion Related to COVID-19 in the U.S.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20216993

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The social media discourse of engaged partisans is toxic even when politics are irrelevant.

Prevailing theories of partisan incivility on social media suggest that it derives from disagreement about political issues or from status competition between groups. This study-which analyzes the com…

Mamakos, M., & Finkel, E. J. (2023). The social media discourse of engaged partisans is toxic even when politics are irrelevant.. PNAS Nexus, 2(10), pgad325. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad325

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The relationship between mental health and public attention to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation.

RATIONALE: Researchers have rarely considered how public attention surrounding political events influences mental health. Specifically, in a politically polarized nation like the United States, it is …

Sleeper, C., Cartwright, K., & van, d. e. r. . G. o. e. s. . D. N. (2023). The relationship between mental health and public attention to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation.. Soc Sci Med, 335, 116131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116131

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Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique

Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest.

Exploring vaccine hesitancy in digital public discourse: From tribal polarization to socio-economic disparities.

Understanding anti-immigration sentiment spreading on Twitter.

Political uses of the ancient past on social media are predominantly negative and extreme.

What polarizes citizens? An explorative analysis of 817 attitudinal items from a non-random online panel in Germany.

Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from a polarized scenario in Brazil.

Shaping opinions in social networks with shadow banning.

Respondents with more extreme views show moderation of opinions in multi-year surveys in the USA and the Netherlands.

Did text-based news-media coverage about the COVID-19 pandemic increase vaccine uptake? A population-based study in Alaska.

Public Health Policy, Political Ideology, and Public Emotion Related to COVID-19 in the U.S.

The social media discourse of engaged partisans is toxic even when politics are irrelevant.

The relationship between mental health and public attention to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation.