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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D.
@ophiryotam.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Communication at the University at Buffalo. Head of the Media Effects, Misinformation, and Extremism (MEME) lab.
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Annenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · Sep 3
@apnews.com spoke to Prof. Jessa Lingel and Annenberg alum @ophiryotam.bsky.social about wplace. The digital space allows people to express themselves over a map of the world, one pixel at a time. "In a way, every person is zooming in on what reflects them and who they are,” Ophir said. Read more:
Welcome to wplace: A chaotic, collaborative digital canvas where users 'paint the world'
A new online platform called wplace invites users to “paint the world” on a massive digital canvas. This ever-evolving map allows people to create art using a limited number of pixels over time.
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The Podcast Where Headlines Meet Media Literacy @thedisinfodetox.bsky.social · Aug 28
🚨 New Episode Drop! 🎙️
Can You Really Trust Yourself Online? The Hidden Science of Misinformation
This week on The Disinfo Detox, Nolan Higdon sits down with Yotam Ophir, author of Misinformation and Society (Full episode link in comments) @nolanhigdon.bsky.social @ophiryotam.bsky.social
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Jul 9
I haven't read it yet, but for those of us concerned about disinformation (which is all of us, maybe?) this new book looks of interest:

www.wiley.com/en-us/Misinf...
Misinformation and Society
<p><b>A comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing political and scientific misinformation</b></p> <p>In our increasingly interconnected world, misinformation spreads faster than ever, influ...
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Jun 17
🚨 new paper out in PNAS Nexus 🚨 Good news? AI science is not politicized (yet). Bad news? It's because everybody hates it and fears its unintended consequences. Stability over time suggests it's not just novelty/moral panic. Open access here:
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Public perceptions of AI science and scientists relatively more negative but less politicized than general and climate science
Abstract. Using a weighted 2023–2025 national probability panel of US adults, we compared the perceived Credibility, Prudence, Unbiasedness, Self-Correctio
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Apr 9
Ta da!
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Apr 9
When will the rest of the papers from the SI be published ?
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Apr 8
Pre-ordered mine weeks ago :) can't wait to dive in
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Mar 21
And also the process could be weaponized if done by partial people with conflict of interest
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Mar 21
Our new paper, my 50th 😬, is out now. Led heroically by @wangrui.bsky.social it combines two novel methods for thematic analysis and engagement capacity to identify content that encourages deliberation. We validate the method on political discourse. paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1...
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Mar 11
שמע. אני פרופסור לתקשורת עם 25 שנות השכלה ולא שמתי לב למרכאות בפעם הראשונה שהעפתי מבט (באפליקציה. בלי לפתוח כי לא עניין אותי). האדם הממוצע ישים לב?
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Mar 11
שים לב שבשביל תשומת לב וקליקים, עיתון הארץ משתמש בכותרת מטעה וסנסציונית. אישה בגיל העמידה נפלה קורבן להונאה. לא "משהו גרם לאישה לתת מלא כסף לבראד פיט". וזה העיתון הכי טוב שיש לנו. עצוב
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Feb 26
I spoke with Huffington Post about the Joy Reid firing from MSNBC. We need strong independent and diverse media to hold power to account, but the failure of the commercialized advertising-based model in the last 15 years put us at a disadvantage: www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel...
Rachel Maddow's Searing Remarks About Joy Reid's MSNBC Exit Touched On This Big Media Problem
Experts weigh in on Maddow's remarks and one glaring issue that's been plaguing news media organizations for years.
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Feb 19
🚨New paper out today🚨 in these trying times, we must protect and support the vulnerable, and remember and practice who we are, what we believe in. Our new work identifies educational and protective gaps in healthcare solutions around STIs for lesbians. #LoveIsLove 🏳️‍🌈
Discourse and Misconceptions About Sexually Transmitted Infections in Lesbian Subreddits: A Health Belief Model Analysis
Despite the increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among lesbians, sex education and health services are often heterosexual-focused, leading them to be misinformed about their personal ...
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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · Dec 26
New AVMA guidance highlights the dangers of feeding cats raw food. Unfortunately, we find that public H5N1 concern is low, which may impede our public health response.

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · Aug 12
NEW (Pre-Reg!) WP. Few Americans are concerned about H5N1, or recognize dangers of raw milk (43%!), which in turn motivates opp. to policies to mitigate avian flu.

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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 25
🚨New publication out today🚨 led by my former advisee, Emily Andrews, this meta-analysis highlights the importance of trust and conspiracy theories in vaccine hesitancy, and the nuanced role each plays. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Epistemic Antecedents: A Meta-Analysis
Although much attention has been given to vaccine hesitancy, there is still considerable ambiguity regarding its epistemological antecedents. The current meta-analysis addresses this theoretical an...
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 21
Where is Plato, on behalf of Socrates: Writing is gonna f*ck us all?
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 21
When I find myself in times of trouble, I sit down and write.

My new book, Misinformation and Society, is now available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon and all other retailers!!
www.amazon.com/Misinformati...
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 19
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 19
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 17
Can you say a bit more, Siva about what you liked about it for a media intro class? I'm teaching one, too, so curious
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 16
My American Airlines pilot just said "Welcome to Buffalo, where the Chiefs gonna defeat the Bills tomorrow afternoon" and it went as well as you'd expect
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 15
In what could be described as both a perfect and horrifying timing, I will give a talk today at Penn Medicine on the politicization of science, the role of media, and the implications for vaccines and other health behaviors. Zoom link below if you're interested
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 15
I talked to the AP about why celebrating The Onion's purchase of Infowars misses the point; the trolling and the court cases against Alex Jones will just make some of his most dedicated fans even more sure of his righteousness, seeing him as a martyr for free speech apnews.com/article/onio...
Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That's what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory. The comic website the Onion buys Alex Jones' misinformation empire, Infowars, at a bankruptcy auction?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Nov 13
"The difference between X and a known hateful site such as Gab are people like myself... We are the human shield of respectability that keeps Musk’s disastrous $44 billion investment from being little more than an algorithmically powered Stormfront." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
X Is a White-Supremacist Site
Elon Musk has made one of Twitter’s most glaring problems into a core feature on X.
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Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social · Nov 11
Academic book covers used to look really ugly back in the day, but man do I love spending some time with Innis!
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