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Inequalities in online discourse

December 10, 2025

ARC News Social Media Society

Researchers conducted a Reddit field experiment to better understand the dynamics of online debates. more

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The evidence is piling up: Digital media threatens democracy

April 10, 2025

ARC Misinformation Press Release Social Media

New replication study examines the influence of digital media on democracy more

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The Face Game: A citizen science project to learn how Artificial Intelligence will choose to appear to humans

June 12, 2023

Artificial Intelligence CHM Press Release Social Media

New project by the creators of the Moral Machine experiment more

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How dangerous is digital media for democracy?

November 04, 2022

ARC Press Release Social Media

New systematic review in Nature Human Behaviour summarizes studies conducted worldwide
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Polarization and mobilization on social media affect infection figures

May 04, 2021

Health Press Release Social Media

Model calculations reveal a link between political dissemination of information and Corona infections in the USA more