Flash Talks

Short video presentations of my published work

Linking self-reported social distancing to real-world behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

How well do self-reported social distancing measures align with behavioral distancing metrics?

COVIDSelfrReport_Prez.mov

Perverse downstream consequences of debunking: Being corrected by another user for posting false political news increases subsequent sharing of low quality, partisan, and toxic content in a Twitter field experiment

What are the potential consequences of correcting misinformation on subsequently shared content?

DownstreamConseq_Video.mov

Shared partisanship dramatically increases social tie formation in a Twitter field experiment

How does shared partisanship causally affect the formation of new social ties on social media?

PartisanTwitter_Video.mov

You're definitely wrong, maybe: Correction style has minimal effect on corrections of misinformation online

Does hedging increase effectiveness of misinformation correction? How about greater explanatory depth?

CorrectionStyle_Video.mov

Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news

Believing false news: a crime of passion? Also see blog here.

EmotionFalseNews_Video.mov

Partisan differences in physical distancing are linked to health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Do partisan differences during the COVID-19 pandemic translate to differences in social distancing behavior & health related outcomes?

COVIDPartisan_Video.mov

Aversion towards simple broken patterns predicts moral judgment

Does aversion towards nonsocial broken patterns predict greater condemnation & punishment of moral transgressions?

PDAmoral_Video.mov

Autism spectrum traits predict higher social psychological skill

How do autism spectrum traits relate to individuals' abilities to predict social psychological phenomena?

Autism_Video.mov