polarizationlab @polarizationlab

The Polarization Lab at Duke brings together the tools of social science and data science to counter political tribalism on social media. polarizationlab.com Durham, NC Joined September 2018

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

I’ll be sharing my favorite shots of the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science from around the world each day on Insta #sicss2022 #datascience #computationalsocialscience instagram.com/p/CftrD0Hu5af/…

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

Showing off my #freshink for #SICSS2022 …. God I love this conference/community. Learn more at sicss.io

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

This is some of the best public writing I've seen on the impact of social media on politics; it captures both the complexity of the problem *as well as* the reality that crises can't wait for randomized controlled trials-- one of many things the great @JonHaidt has taught me.

Princeton University Press @PrincetonUPress

3 years ago

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

1/ Before you share this, please learn about how the bot detection used works: it counts people as bots if they don’t post messages regularly to Twitter BUT most Twitter users are lurkers who do not post… nypost.com/2022/05/17/hal…

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

1/ How do fringe ideas become mainstream? In 2015, I wrote a book about this subject. A lot has changed, but I still think what I learned can help us answer this question today-TLDR, we need to map the information ecosystem, & both the right *and* the left help fringe ideas grow.

Barack Obama @BarackObama

3 years ago

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

Is @elonmusk a bot? One of *the* most advanced algorithms for bot detection thinks so, which illustrates just how difficult it might be to clean up this bird place. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ try the tool: botometer.osome.iu.edu and technical references here: botometer.osome.iu.edu/publications

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

3 years ago

1/n People often ask me how to regulate social media…the answer is actually pretty simple:

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

4 years ago

What is my biggest concern about the new U.S. census results? We continue to under-produce Jedi knights compared to the United Kingdom.

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The Purple Principle Podcast @purpleprincipl

4 years ago

Where have all the moderates gone? They’re still out there, but seldom heard on social media. On our latest episode, @DukeSanford prof and polarization expert @chris_bail shares insight into the nature of this endangered species online: bit.ly/3qTc08x

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

4 years ago

How can we stop Facebook’s decision about Trump from launching a new round of partisan warfare on social media? In this piece for CNN, I introduce new apps, bots, and tools that social media users can use to fight political tribalism from the bottom up. cnn.com/2021/05/04/opi…

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Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer

4 years ago

Fresh Off the Pod Press- my fascinating conversation w @chris_bail about his new book, Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing thecycle.substack.com/p/through-the-…

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Paul Rosenberg @PaulHRosenberg

4 years ago

Existing social media platforms are politically dysfunctional because they were never supposed to be otherwise... No one's really tried to build a platform that would actively and intentionally promote the practice of democracy. Me on new @chris_bail book: salon.com/2021/04/10/why…

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polarizationlab @polarizationlab

4 years ago

For your #FridayReads on #polarization, @McLemee reviews @chris_bail’s BREAKING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRISM for @insidehighered: insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/… @PrincetonUPress

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

4 years ago

After studying social media users and polarization for more than a decade, I think I finally found the biggest troll on the internet. tldr: he's a middle aged man that lives with his mom. Meet the trolls who walk among us, and learn what their behavior means for everyone else:

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polarizationlab @polarizationlab

4 years ago

An interview about the latest research in the Polarization Lab: today.duke.edu/2021/03/fighti…

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

5 years ago

1/ Do you feel hopeless about political polarization on social media? Introducing a new suite of apps, bots, and other tools that you can use to make this place less polarizing from our Duke Polarization Lab: polarizationlab.com/our-tools

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

6 years ago

1/4 Had fun talking to NPR about some new research on incivility and politics in our @polarizationlab, as well as my recent article in @ASR_Journal with @TayWhittenBrown and @MannMarcus: npr.org/2019/04/11/712…

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polarizationlab @polarizationlab

7 years ago

Twitter’s Flawed Solution to Political Polarization nyti.ms/2MWnQhn

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Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) @chris_bail

7 years ago

1/8 Did you know that Twitter is experimenting with new features that would expose its users to opposing political views? In this @nytimes piece, I describe why this idea could backfire based upon a large online experiment recently conducted by my lab: nyti.ms/2Nu45gL