6 papers
Billions of Sketches Reveal Hidden Cultural Variation in Human Concepts
Arianna Pera, Mauro Martino, Nima Dehmamy +3
Claims about the universality of human concepts have been predominantly assessed through linguistic similarity across languages and cultures. However, words are effective as commun…
AI Persuasive Framing in Collective Dilemmas
Anders Giovanni Møller, Alessia Galdeman, Arianna Pera +1
AI agents are promising tools that can act as flexible behavioral nudges to enhance human cooperation in addressing large-scale societal problems. However, evidence on whether AI a…
Framing Unionization on Facebook: Communication around Representation Elections in the United States
Arianna Pera, Veronica Jude, Ceren Budak +1
Digital media have become central to how labor unions communicate, organize, and sustain collective action. Yet little is known about how unions' online discourse relates to concre…
Measuring Online Behavior Change with Observational Studies: a Review
Arianna Pera, Gianmarco de Francisci Morales, Luca Maria Aiello
Exploring online behavior change is imperative for societal progress in the context of 21st-century challenges. We analyze 148 articles (2000-2023) focusing on behavior change in t…
Podcasts as a Medium for Participation in Collective Action: A Case Study of Black Lives Matter
Theodora Moldovan, Arianna Pera, Davide Vega +1
We study how participation in collective action is articulated in podcast discussions, using the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement as a case study. While research on collective act…
Extracting Participation in Collective Action from Social Media
Arianna Pera, Luca Maria Aiello
Social media play a key role in mobilizing collective action, holding the potential for studying the pathways that lead individuals to actively engage in addressing global challeng…