At least part of the hostility between ordinary Rs and Ds stems from misperceptions about the other side. And correcting them reduces hostility. But the big question is how do we correct misperceptions at scale. Our solution: (desktop only!).#CSCW2023

If you are interested in this kind of work and interested in graduate studies, I'm #hiring predocs. Details: please spread the word and RT!.

It was one of my first forays into computational social science where we adapted social science theories around sarcasm usage to train a classifier. Nowadays @EngagingNews @UTexasMoody I do the reverse. I train models to study behavior and contribute to social science theories.

Delighted to receive the award for our paper based on my master's thesis on sarcasm detection #wsdm2025.

RT @gkambhat: Excited to present our work (w/ @mattlease and @R_Ashwin) at #EMNLP2024 🌴on constructive deliberation and receptiveness! Sto….

RT @chris_bail: Can we gamify interventions to reduce political polarization? I'm really excited about recent research in this area-- sampl….

RT @ponguru: Our recent paper “Game, Set, and Conflict: Evaluating Conflict and Game Frames in #indianelection News Coverage” W/ @tejasvic….

The paper is open access and has the gory details on the design and experiment results: if you're at #CSCW2023 today, please drop in at 11:00am room: Great Lakes A2. I'll be presenting virtually. #polarization #hostility.

Reviews from actual players:.“I think this is a brilliant game, and I frequently play online games through BoardGameArena… it is already nearly perfect in its present form.”. “It was a lot of fun! I am glad I got to play it. I only wish there were more rounds.”.

GuesSync! is a online cooperative game. Two players are matched at random, work together as a team, provide clues and guess the answer. The game corrects misperceptions AND it's fun! Don't just take my word for it!.

RT @feedkoko: 📢 I'm hiring for the iGyro project at @nuscticnus! Exploring the future of digital society, privacy, freedom of expression, m….

RT @joyopal: We are hiring @umsi!. If you work on accessibility, we have an open rank faculty position. Come join the fabulous research env….

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 .I'm hiring a predoc interested in doing computational social science research on social media and politics. Apply here: DM me if you have questions. Please RT for visibility!. #Polcom #ComputationalSocialScience #predoc.

RT @JosephineLukito: So absolutely thrilled to see this essential @SocialMedia_Soc special issue on Political Influencers, which I had the….

RT @ChristianStaal: Happy to share that my paper, “Negative Sentiment, Virality, and Media Bias: A Computational Analysis of News Content o….

handcuffing your own students for protesting? Is this how we want universities to engage with their students? As an alum, I am so disappointed with umich, but not surprised.

Stoked to welcome Dr. @munmun10 to our computational social science speaker series this month. If you are in Austin on Monday March 20th, drop by for her talk on Bridging Machine Learning and Participatory Research.

RT @JosephineLukito: 🚨New QAnon publication out in @polcommjournal: “No Reason[.] [I]t /Should/ Happen here”: Analyzing Flynn’s Retroactive….

Delighted to welcome the amazing Dr. @Kaiping_Chen to @UTexasMoody for our computational social science speaker series! If you are in Austin, drop by on Monday (Feb 20th) at 1:30pm for what is sure to be an intriguing talk on equity and conversational AI.

RT @MDDCoop: 🙌We are pleased to announce our collaborative report on The State of Digital Media Data, 2023, sponsored by @SSRC_mtp . The re….