Since last year, the US has publicized a visa policy that targets & threatens people who study & report on online harms.
Yesterday @knightcolumbia.org & @protectdemocracy.org filed a lawsuit challenging this censorship policy on behalf of @thecoalition.bsky.social knightcolumbia.org/content/tech...
I am on the job market!
Looking for postdocs and/or teaching-focused roles
I study explanations for inequality & what motivates civic engagement, at the intersection of cognitive, social, and developmental psychology with philosophy and policy
I appreciate any leads! lewry.princeton.edu/home
Hi there social psychologists- excited to pop in on SPSP for a workshop in the use of AI in social science tomorrow morning with @mjcrockett.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social & Alexis Palmer.
Ping me if you want to say hi!
Last year at SPSP we had some great discussions about research with LLMs. This time #spsp2026 we're back with a whole workshop!
Friday 2/27 at 8am, + informal drinks at 6pm to continue the conversation
More info, plus a chance to submit discussion topics, here:
spsp2026.carrd.co
Interested in why moral conflict is so common on social media?
Join us at #SPSP 2026 for our symposium. We’ll present new findings on how platforms shape digital discourse and explore pathways toward healthier online environments
🗓 Saturday, the 28th | 9:30–10:40 AM
📍 Room E270, Level 2
Are you a grad student who wants to give a talk at Princeton’s psychology department (in-person or on Zoom)?
Nominate yourself or someone you know: forms.gle/WN2ybYMuZiW3...
Priority given to non-Ivy and URM students. International applicants welcome.
Deadline is this Friday (Feb 6)!
✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, what they infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. Led by @felix-chenwei.bsky.social 🧵👇
New preprint! We developed new measurement tools to examine moralization in ~2B Twitter/X & Reddit posts and ~5M traditional media texts.
Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
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Grateful for the chance to share my thoughts on responsible use of LLMs in psychology research @spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025. Here's a summary of my presentation for those who missed it. Thanks to @ashwinia.bsky.social for organizing this panel!
How should LLMs be used in psychology research? 🧵
👀New preprint! In 3 prereg experiments we study how engagement-based algorithms amplify ingroup, moral and emotional (IME) content in ways that disrupt social norm learning (and test one solution!) w/ @joshcjackson.bsky.social and my amazing lab managers
@merielcd.bsky.social
& Silvan Baier 🧵👇
How politicians communicate shapes online discourse in ways we might overlook.
Our new paper shows that their choice between a fact-based (evidence-driven) and a belief-based (sincerity-driven) honesty creates a "contagion" effect, influencing how users engage and respond. ⬇️(1/8)
Is it Bad to leave Twitter? No. Here are 7+ years of insights from my lab’s research that explain why.
Featuring work w/ @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
lol messed up the tags here...This is with: @mjcrockett.bsky.social @klonick.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social
