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20122026
most citedComputational Paremiology: Charting the temporal, ecological dynamics of proverb use in books, news articles, and tweets

5 citations · 7 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

physics.soc-ph2026

Localized, unstable, and entangled: Exploring `Us vs. Them' bias in Large Language Models

Tabia Tanzin Prama, Julia Witte Zimmerman, Christopher M. Danforth +1

Large language models (LLMs) exhibit us-vs.-them bias: A behavioral asymmetry in which prompts framed around an ingroup (``we''/``us'') receive systematically more positive continu…

cs.CL2026

Self-reported archetypes and behavioral failures in Large Language Models

Tabia Tanzin Prama, Calla Glavin Beauregard, Christopher M. Danforth +1

Every large language model (LLM) has behavioral traits and moral preferences that comprise its character. Whether by design or as an emergent property of training, these systems ex…

physics.soc-ph2026

Archetypometrics of 'Friends'

Shun Zhang, Tabia Tanzin Prama, Christopher M. Danforth +1

Storytelling inherently revolves around characters. Using the television sitcom `Friends' as a case study, we investigate how well archetype vectors capture both individual charact…

cs.SI2026

Stop using Media Bias/Fact Check in research

Alejandro Javier Ruiz Iglesias, Julia Witte Zimmerman, Ashley M. A. Fehr +2

Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) purports to quantify the bias, credibility, and factuality of reporting for roughly 10,000 media sources, and the resulting data is commonly used in mi…

cs.CY2026

The queer Hero versus the Fool bias of the queer trait: An archetypometric analysis of the collective portrayal of queerness in fictional stories

Ashley M. A. Fehr, Calla Glavin Beauregard, Julia Witte Zimmerman +4

Visibility in media is pivotal for identity development and for broadening societal views of gender and sexuality. Queer representation has increased in recent years, yet damaging…

cs.CY2026

Buffy versus Bella: An archetypometric analysis and comparison

Calla Glavin Beauregard, Julia Witte Zimmerman, Ashley M. A. Fehr +6

Fictional stories and characters embody and encode social norms, and their study is a powerful tool through which to understand culture and society. Vampire stories and folklore, i…