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Session Overview
Session
Day 2 Session 3: Charles Perkins Centre Truth Decay Node Presents: The psychology of online arguments and narratives
Time:
Thursday, 03/Oct/2024:
1:45pm - 3:15pm

Session Chair: Bill Wyman
Location: R.D. Watt Building

Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia

This session presents the latest interdisciplinary research on online influence including a series of talks that will examine how online arguments, images and narratives shape beliefs, and guidelines for countering the spread of dangerous belief systems. The session includes talks from:

Micah Goldwater (University of Sydney, School of Psychology) on ‘Psychology: How do political memes persuade?’

J. Hunter Priniski (University of California Los Angeles) on ‘Online network topology shapes personal narratives and hashtag generation’

Tom van Laer and Sheena Shidu (University of Sydney, Business School) on ‘The Unmoderated Zeitgeist - Learnings from Self-Published e-Books’

Zach Horne (University of Edinburgh) on ‘Crowdsourcing persuasive arguments’

Marco Castelli and Paulina Kowalicka (University of Milan) on ‘Guidelines to Reduce the Spread of Online Extremism and Disinformation Among Middle-Aged Individuals: Insights from Project SMIDGE’.



 
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