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I keep saying this to my grad students. The most interesting thing about my own theoretical takes is why they might be wrong … and way better for me to discover it than a failed conceptual replication. "Advancing one's own theory should be approached with the view that at least some parts of the theory being proposed are likely to be wrong and that these errors will be exposed by others in the public domain of journals and books...." Today we published a data brief highlighting our analysis of how people explain why they haven't gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. We compare our findings to @kff data & find lots of overlap. Here's the overview graph - https://mosaic.mdi.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MOSAICVaccineDataBrief_Oct2021.pdf This can be true AND it can also be true that the interaction of FB logics & economics WITH the American historical and political context accelerates these phenomena. How can Facebook take credit for Tahrir Square 2011 and wash its hands of responsibility for January 6, 2021? https://twitter.com/claesdevreese/status/1444643933292834820 Interesting read w full, internal Facebook Nick Clegg memo: “But what evidence there is simply does not support the idea that Facebook, or social media more generally, is the primary cause of polarization.” We are now in the midst of an assault on democracy unlike any our country has ever seen. Any journalist who doesn’t frame their reports in that context is doing a grievous disservice to our country. 9/9
via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/technology/whistle-blower-facebook-memo.html?referringSource=articleShare
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