Social Media Content / Social Media Content for 嘿嘿视频 en Muhammad Haroon on How Social Media Algorithms Can Foster Political Radicalization /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/episode/muhammad-haroon-social-media-algorithms-political-radicalization A new study from 嘿嘿视频 suggests that artificial intelligence recommendation algorithms on sites like YouTube and TikTok can play a role in political radicalization. In this episode, 嘿嘿视频 computer science Ph.D. student Muhammad Haroon, who led the study, discusses how the study was designed, what the team found, and a new digital tool they created to mitigate the radicalizing effect of social media platform AI algorithms. December 13, 2022 - 12:24am Soterios J Johnson /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/episode/muhammad-haroon-social-media-algorithms-political-radicalization 嘿嘿视频 Study Finds Tweets Can Amplify, Disrupt, Unite and Divide /news/tweets-can-amplify-disrupt-unite-divide <p><span><span>Social media connects people and amplifies different aspects of humanity in good and bad ways. But the effects of social media appear neither universally good nor bad, but rather present an oscillating, dynamic system that can be divisive but also uniting, a new University of California, Davis, study suggests. </span></span></p> April 13, 2023 - 11:00am Karen Michele Nikos /news/tweets-can-amplify-disrupt-unite-divide What Happens With Twitter Now? /curiosity/news/what-happens-twitter-now Two 嘿嘿视频 researchers who are experts in social media talk about the changes in Twitter ownership and what that means for consumers. December 07, 2022 - 1:45pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/what-happens-twitter-now The Conversation: What Is the Connection Between Social Media Use and Vaccine Hesitancy? /blog/curiosity/conversation-how-understand-connection-between-social-media-use-and-vaccine-hesitancy People who consume a lot of news on social media are more likely to be skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines. News literacy makes people less so. November 04, 2022 - 3:29pm Karen Michele Nikos /blog/curiosity/conversation-how-understand-connection-between-social-media-use-and-vaccine-hesitancy Most Twitter Users Don鈥檛 Follow Political Elites, Researchers Suggest /news/most-twitter-users-do-not-follow-political-elites-researchers-suggest <p><span><span>While social media platforms are the primary source of political information for a growing number of people, a majority of Twitter users do not follow either members of Congress, their president or news media, a new study suggests. </span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>They are much more likely to follow Tom Hanks or Katy Perry than an elected official.</span></span></span></p> September 30, 2022 - 11:00am Karen Michele Nikos /news/most-twitter-users-do-not-follow-political-elites-researchers-suggest Has Social Media Discourse Affected People鈥檚 Hesitancy to Get Vaccinated Against COVID? /curiosity/news/has-social-media-discourse-affected-peoples-hesitancy-get-vaccinated-against-covid Researchers from 嘿嘿视频 looked at how the politically polarized nature of COVID-19 information, and misinformation, on social media has given rise to anxiety, sadness, anger and hostility that feeds incivility. September 21, 2022 - 10:30am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/has-social-media-discourse-affected-peoples-hesitancy-get-vaccinated-against-covid How Automated YouTube Recommendations Foster Polarization /blog/how-automated-youtube-recommendations-foster-polarization 嘿嘿视频 computer scientists create YouTube Audit site, showing how recommendation algorithms steer left- or right-leaning users to more extreme content. August 25, 2022 - 11:58am Andy Fell /blog/how-automated-youtube-recommendations-foster-polarization COVID-19 Beliefs Influenced by Politicians, Not Scientists, Researchers Suggest /news/covid-19-beliefs-influenced-politicians-not-scientists-researchers-suggest As COVID-19 upended societal norms when it swept through the United States in 2020, a second pandemic 鈥 or 鈥渋nfodemic鈥濃 was also on the rise. March 09, 2022 - 9:20am Karen Michele Nikos /news/covid-19-beliefs-influenced-politicians-not-scientists-researchers-suggest New Episode of The Backdrop Podcast Released /news/new-episode-backdrop-podcast-released-1 <p>Conventional wisdom has held that as people are exposed to more partisan news, they become more polarized. But a new study finds that鈥檚 not so.&nbsp;On this month鈥檚 episode of <em>The Backdrop</em>, <strong><a href="https://communication.ucdavis.edu/people/mwojcie1">Magdalena Wojcieszak</a></strong> discusses a couple of new studies she has co-authored that found no correlation between media exposure and political polarization.</p> February 25, 2021 - 11:35am Soterios J Johnson /news/new-episode-backdrop-podcast-released-1 Vaccine Myths on Social Media Can Be Effectively Reduced With Credible Fact Checking /curiosity/news/vaccine-myths-social-media-can-be-effectively-reduced-credible-fact-checking <p>Social media misinformation can negatively influence people鈥檚 attitudes about vaccine safety and effectiveness, but credible organizations 鈥 such as research universities and health institutions 鈥 can play a pivotal role in debunking myths with simple tags that link to factual information, University of California, Davis, researchers, suggest in a new study.</p> <p>Researchers found that fact-check tags located immediately below or near a post can generate more positive attitudes toward vaccines than misinformation alone, and perceived source expertise makes a difference.</p> January 07, 2021 - 10:12am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/vaccine-myths-social-media-can-be-effectively-reduced-credible-fact-checking