🚨New paper in @TrendsCognSci 🚨. Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on?. @Jayvanbavel and I review the “psychology of virality,” or the psychological and structural factors that shape information spread online and offline. Thread 🧵(1/n)

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In other words, psychological and structural factors interacted to shape information spread, as @jayvanbavel and I discussed in our recent paper:

Rumor spread was more likely in certain contexts (towns with higher wheat prices, greater inequality, more literacy, better road connections, etc.).

Negativity spread like a virus long before social media. This new paper in @Nature used epidemiological models to explain the viral spread of rumors during France’s Great Fear of 1789.

@TheMaliaMarks @YaraKyrychenko This fits our recent discussion on the "structural factors" shaping information spread:

While out-group animosity often goes viral on social media, this new paper by @TheMaliaMarks, @YaraKyrychenko, Johan Gärdebo & Jon Roozenbeek finds that in-group solidarity drives engagement after political crises: . Interesting illustration of how

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Had an amazing time on the @progress2analog podcast with @caitlinbegg! We talked about.-The psychology of virality.-My "feud" with Facebook.-Debates about the impact of social media.-AI sycophancy.And much more! Check out the full conversation here:

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