4 papers
Persona-Assigned Large Language Models Exhibit Human-Like Motivated Reasoning
Saloni Dash, Amélie Reymond, Emma S. Spiro +1
Reasoning in humans is prone to biases due to underlying motivations like identity protection, that undermine rational decision-making and judgment. This \textit{motivated reasonin…
Rabble-Rousers in the New King's Court: Algorithmic Effects on Account Visibility in Pre-X Twitter
Alexandros Efstratiou, Kayla Duskin, Kate Starbird +1
Algorithmic effects on social media platforms have come under recent scrutiny, with several studies reporting that right-leaning accounts tend to receive more exposure. In this pap…
AI summaries in online search influence users' attitudes
Yiwei Xu, Saloni Dash, Sungha Kang +2
This study examined how AI-generated summaries, which have become visually prominent in online search results, affect how users think about different issues. In a preregistered ran…
The Role of Follow Networks and Twitter's Content Recommender on Partisan Skew and Rumor Exposure during the 2022 U.S. Midterm Election
Kayla Duskin, Joseph S. Schafer, Alexandros Efstratiou +2
Social media platforms shape users' experiences through the algorithmic systems they deploy. In this study, we examine to what extent Twitter's content recommender, in conjunction…