Participatory practices and lessons from Scientific Animations Without Borders and a WhatsApp network in a post-COVID age: The case of video animations for rural agriculture
This book chapter explores the use of WhatsApp as a powerful tool for disseminating educational content to rural farmers, with a focus on the innovative approach of Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO).…
Combating misinformation online: re-imagining social media for policy-making
This paper examines the role of social media in connecting citizens and policymakers while highlighting the challenges of combating misinformation. Through data collected from policymakers in Austria, Greece, and Sweden, it identifies…
Instability and internet design
This paper argues that instability, characterized by constant and unpredictable change, has become the central issue in telecommunications and internet policy, replacing convergence. It examines how the early internet designers (1969-1979), who…
Artificial Intelligence, Content Moderation, and Freedom of Expression
This position paper addresses the challenges of hate speech, terrorist propaganda, and disinformation in the digital age, proposing artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential tool for content identification and moderation. It emphasizes…
A novel view of global warming
This paper critiques the misleading portrayals of climate change in popular media, particularly focusing on the film The Day After Tomorrow and Michael Crichton’s book State of Fear. The author reflects on…
Expert credibility in climate change
This paper examines the discrepancy between the overwhelming consensus among climate scientists regarding anthropogenic climate change (ACC) and the significant doubts expressed by the American public about its causes and the scientific…
Perseverance of social theories: The role of explanation in the persistence of discredited information
This paper investigates the phenomenon of unwarranted perseverance of social theories through two experiments involving 130 participants who were presented with case studies about the relationship between risk-taking and success in firefighting.…
A theoretical review of the misinformation effect: Predictions from an activation-based memory model
This article provides a comprehensive review of over 20 years of research on the acceptance of false information regarding recently experienced events, examining various theoretical perspectives that attempt to explain this phenomenon.…
Estimating the causal effects of media coverage on policy-specific knowledge
This article examines the role of mass media as a source of policy-specific knowledge in a democracy, highlighting past research’s design and methodological limitations that hinder causal inferences. By utilizing a novel…
Dissociation of processes in belief: Source recollection, statement familiarity, and the illusion of truth.
This article presents four experiments investigating the illusory-truth effect, where repetition affects how truthfully statements are perceived. It examines how statements paired with credible sources, whether true or false, influence ratings of…