Journal Articles & Working Papers

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Visualizing Paired Image Similarity in Transformer Networks

The lack of explainability or interpretability is often cited as one of the main drawbacks of deep neural networks used in computer vision and machine learning.

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Research note: Examining how various social media platforms have responded to COVID-19 misinformation

Efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have been complicated by a parallel infodemic, defined as an overabundance of information, including misinformation, which occurs during a disease outbreak.

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Viruses, Vaccines, and COVID-19: Explaining and Improving Risky Decision-making

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, risky decision-making has determined its trajectory, from deciding whether to socially distance or wear a mask to whether to get vaccinated.

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Questioning the Yelp Effect: Mixed Methods Analysis of Web-Based Reviews of Urgent Cares

The World Health Organization has deemed antibiotic resistance, which is primarily caused by antibiotic overuse, to be one of the world's most pressing health problems.

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“We Don’t Know” Means “They’re Not Sure”

The most familiar approach to handling respondent uncertainty about survey questions, the “don’t know” (DK) response, has an inconvenient feature.

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Misinformation or Activism: Mapping Networked Moral Panic Through An Analysis of #SAVETHECHILDREN

When looking at the recent social-political history of America it is difficult to avoid references to QAnon, a widespread, conservative-leaning conspiracy that amalgamates numerous conspiracies into...

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The global effectiveness of fact-checking: Evidence from simultaneous experiments in Argentina, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United Kingdom

Little evidence exists on the global effectiveness, or lack thereof, of potential solutions to misinformation.

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Effectiveness of an optimized text message and Internet intervention for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial

Internet interventions are effective for smoking cessation and a recommended treatment approach.

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Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a text messaging intervention for smoking cessation in Vietnam

Text messaging (SMS) smoking cessation programs can reach a large amount of cigarette smokers and are effective in increasing quit rates, but their efficacy has not yet been explored in Vietnam.

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Trump sympathy in the Balkans: cross-border populist appeal

Do populist leaders tend to win support from the same kinds of people abroad as they do at home?