looks awesome!

Thank you, Jin! 😊

link to paper:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thanks to our coauthors, Amir Sepehri and Reihane Boghrati. I'd also like to thank the editorial team of Psych Science (especially the STAR editors). See the editorial below:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Results of our experiments corroborated our computational analyses. To test alternative mechanisms for this effect, we examined two accounts: stereotyping and fluency. We found evidence for both to varying degrees. Stereotyping and processing disfluency reduced engagement.

In Study 2, to complement our computational findings, we ran a social-psych experiment among English-speaking US adults, and a direct replication(N=916). We wanted to use an accent that is clearly "non-standard" but not widely recognizable by US adults. We chose Persian accent!

In Study 1, we analyzed 5,367 TED Talks using computational methods--voice recognition, natural language processing, and vision models. We examined the relationship between speakers’ accents and engagement (likes, views). After controls, accent was linked to less engagement.

Congratulations!!

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