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Katherine Ognyanova

@ognyanova.bsky.social

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Associate Professor at the School of Communication & Information, Rutgers University | Research on politics, tech, trust, misinformation network science, computational social science | PI at http://chip50.org, http://covidstates.org, http://naiom.net .. more

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 10

We just released a new report on AI trust and knowledge in America: naiom.net/reports/
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · 19d

Video of our conversation at ICA's special anniversary session on Generative AI. Many thanks to @noshir.bsky.social for organizing! With @claesdevreese.bsky.social, @teachguz.bsky.social, Winson Peng, Yingdan Lu, and Jörg Matthes #GenerativeAI #LLM -- at @icahdq.bsky.social

ICA@75 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION: Generative AI: Transforming Disrupting Communication Scho

YouTube video by ICA

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Aug 29

“If your work speaks to challenges that go beyond a single field, this is the place for it.” – Katherine Ognyanova, PNAS Nexus Reviewing Editor 🌍 @pnasnexus.org is open access & interdisciplinary, connecting rigorous research with broad audiences.

Publish with us: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/pa...

“If your work speaks to challenges that go beyond a single field, this is the place for it.” – Katherine Ognyanova, PNAS Nexus Reviewing Editor
Discover what members of the Editorial Board have to say about PNAS Nexus as an interdisciplinary journal.

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · Oct 1

You might *discover* a conspiracy theory on social media — but you’re more likely to *believe* it if you hear it from a friend

You might discover a conspiracy theory on social media — but you’re more likely to believe it if you hear it from a friend

Partisanship, conspiratorial thinking, and IRL connections make for a potent mix — on both the left and the right.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Nov 9

Not going to argue against this. Certainly can't point the finger at one specific disinfo campaign & say, "this had an impact." But the long theory of disinformation is that it erodes the ability to know/trust information, which can lead to apathy towards democracy and a preference for autocracy.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Nov 9

I said on the podcast yesterday that I don't think "disinformation" had that big an impact on the election. What did was a huge portion of the populace just ignoring all news because there's just too much, and it's too much work to figure out what's legit. This seems to agree...

Ryan O'Donnell @rodonnell.bsky.social · Nov 8

looking at some unweighted dfp data by how much attention voters pay to political news

-a great deal: harris +8
-a lot: harris +5
-a moderate amount: trump +1
-a little: trump +8
-none at all: trump +15

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Feb 7

APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January,…

APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the termination of federal support for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This was followed by a memorandum to temporarily pause a wide range of federal grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance, to allow for a review of federal grants and awards and to enforce compliance with the executive order.

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Jul 25

Yeah, I'm just watching OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT Agent power through my Qualtrics survey. I have thoughts about the future of human subject research.

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Jul 15

New paper from our team, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jonathanschulman.bsky.social @royperlis.bsky.social and other smart people who keep off social media.

PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · Jul 10

People were more likely to believe in conspiracy theories about the attempted assassination of President Trump if they heard them from people they knew than if they heard them on social media, according to a study. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Belief in conspiracy theories about the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Regressions include demographic controls for gender, age, race, education, income, parental status, geographic region, and urbanicity

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HKS Misinformation Review @misinforeview.bsky.social · Jul 11

Now live: “Declining information quality under new platform governance” by Burak Özturan, Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Nir Grinberg, Katherine Ognyanova, and David Lazer. misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/decl...

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PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · Jul 10

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jul 3

Support for maintaining or increasing research support remains largely bipartisan. Which raises the question: what exactly is the WH and Congress doing here?

Source, CHIP50:
www.chip50.org/reports/amer...

Led by @ognyanova.bsky.social, @davidlazer.bsky.social, @royperlis.bsky.social + more.

Federal investment in Scientific + Medical Research by D, R, and Independent via CHIP50 - https://www.chip50.org/reports/american-attitudes-toward-government-interventions-in-science

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Jul 1

Average approval of science-related government actions is highest among Republicans (42%), men (28%), graduate degree holders (30%), and high-income respondents (31%). Disapproval is strongest among Democrats (74%), African Americans (56%), women (53%), and those aged 65 and older (55%).

Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Jun 30

New CHIP50 report on public approval of government interventions in science -- funding cuts, mass layoffs, etc. On average, twice as many Americans disapprove of these actions as approve #science @aaas.org @science.org @sciam.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @sciencenews.bsky.social

American Attitudes Toward Government Interventions in Science | The COVID States Project

Report #115

www.chip50.org

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David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · Jun 23

We just posted an interactive on changes in approval for Trump from right before he was inaugurated to the present. We have very large samples (30k), and the interactive allows you to look at changes within very small slices of the public.

www.chip50.org/blog/whose-a...

Whose approval/disapproval of Trump has shifted the most?

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jun 15

How does generative AI transform/ disrupt communication scholarship?

Happy to be part of this great #ica25 panel. With answers and many more questions

@noshir.bsky.social @teachguz.bsky.social @ognyanova.bsky.social and Peng, Lu, Matthes and 🙋

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Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang @angelhwang.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣 Calling all #CHI2025 attendees who work with human participants: Join our panel discussion on #LLM, #simulation, #syntheticdata, and the future of human subjects research on Apr 30 (Wed), 2:10 - 3:40 PM (JP Time)

Post your questions for panelists here: forms.gle/m2mXY3xFafAX...

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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · Apr 21

LAST CHANCE for early registration to #WebSci25! Early reg closes TODAY, April 21!

We hope you'll join us at #Rutgers this May for this interdisciplinary conference!

Register at: www.websci25.org

cc:
@websciencetrust.bsky.social, @noshir.bsky.social

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UW-Madison LSC @uw-lsc.bsky.social · Apr 10

Next week, @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social Associate Professor @ognyanova.bsky.social will be presenting on "False beliefs in unusual times: The role of trust, technology, and social ties" at LSC's #Scicomm Colloquium! #UWLSC700

Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Apr 9

Princeton's president on the US government's attack on research universities in @nytimes.com's The Daily podcast: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...

The University President Willing to Fight Trump

Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.

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Ted Chen @tedhchen.com · Mar 21

Reminder! CFP and workshop registration for the Political Networks and Computational Social Science Conference.

We have a great lineup of network analysis workshop instructors: @michaeltheaney.bsky.social, @ognyanova.bsky.social, Shahryar Minhas, & Cassie McMillan.

sites.google.com/view/confpol...

Poster for the 2025 Political Networks and Computational Social Science Conference.

Workshop information for the PolNet-PaCSS conference.

The workshops will be August 11 and August 12, 2025. There are four sessions: Introduction to Network Analysis in R taught by Michael Heaney; Network Visualization with R taught by Katya Ognyanova; Introduction to Latent Variable Models for Networks taught by Shahryar Minhas; and Introduction to Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) taught by Cassie McMillan.

More information: https://sites.google.com/view/confpolinetworks/political-networks-conference/2025-polnet-workshops

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Mar 20

Friends, the 2025 ACM Web Science conference is coming up at #Rutgers this May. We have fantastic presenters and keynote speakers lined up. The schedule and registration just went live on www.websci25.org. Do come and join us! cc @websciencetrust.bsky.social @shugars.bsky.social

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Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Digital inequalities and U.S. undergraduate outcomes over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major and rapid changes to undergraduate student learning conditions, but the longer-term consequences of those changes have yet to be fully understood. We assess ho...

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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · Mar 4

Join us for the 2025 Political Networks & Computational Social Science Conference (sites.google.com/view/confpol...), Aug 11-14 at Harvard & Northeastern, with Duncan Watts delivering the keynote. Workshops: Aug 11-12; panels: Aug 13-14. Submit by March 28:

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 27

New Jersey bookstore, but I'm sure they sell them online!

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 27

How it's going.

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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · Feb 26

Save the date! PolNet & PaCSS 2025 are joining forces at Harvard and Northeastern on August 11–14, 2025—workshops on Aug 11–12, conference on Aug 13–14. Stay tuned for details on CFP, registration, and more. See you at #PolNetPaCSS2025!

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Science News @sciencenews.bsky.social · Feb 16

U.S. scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers gathering at the 2025 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science shared their fears and hopes for the future.

The mood is ‘uncertain, anxious’ at 2025’s first big U.S. science meeting

Scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers at the AAAS meeting shared fears and coping strategies.

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Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 11

Many of us have had a very rough few weeks. But I am told, in no uncertain terms, that nobody has suffered more than this good boy who had to endure a haircut today. #dogsky #dogsofbluesky

Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 10

Trust in AI is highest among those with moderate knowledge (57%) but lower among those with very high or very low knowledge (38%).
Novices and experts are skeptical, while those with some knowledge might be overconfident. (🧵6 of 6)

Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 10

We tested Americans on basic AI knowledge with 8 questions. The results:
- Only 23% answered more than half of the questions correctly.
- Less than 1% got all answers right.(🧵5 of 6)

Katherine Ognyanova @ognyanova.bsky.social · Feb 10

While 62% of Americans trust news from journalists, 48% trust AI-generated content. (🧵4 of 6)