2 papers
cs.SI2026
Can Platform Design Encourage Curiosity? Evidence from an Independent Social Media Experiment
Marie Neubrander, Markus Reiter-Haas, Ben Rochford +4
Social media platforms are often criticized for fostering antisocial behavior rather than prosocial behavior. Yet, testing interventions to encourage prosocial dispositions, such a…
stat.ME2025
A Design-based Solution for Causal Inference with Text: Can a Language Model Be Too Large?
Graham Tierney, Srikar Katta, Christopher Bail +2
Many social science questions ask how linguistic properties causally affect an audience's attitudes and behaviors. Because text properties are often interlinked (e.g., angry review…