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On October 21 at 4 PM, I hope you will join me, @gwiddp.bsky.social and The New Republic at GW for "The State of Democracy in Trump's America: Year One," featuring @ryanenos.bsky.social + others discussing U.S. democracy. Ro Khanna is keynoting! Space is limited. RSVP: lnkd.in/euqqNB9s

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Some people find politics interesting. Others do not. In a new paper, I show that appealing to MEANING increases political interest. In 6 experiments, connecting what people find meaningful in their lives to politics increases political interest. Link: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Lots of discussion about fact-checks--but what do they actually DO? In a new working paper, Jacob Ausubel, Annika Davies and I show that they improve belief accuracy + penalize leaders who spread misinfo--*IF* the leader is unknown bit.ly/3WraNGs

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

New WP! What are the effects of encouraging people to read IPCC reports? Knowledge of climate change + support for gov action increase BUT no effects on donating real $ to fight climate change. With @thomasjwood.bsky.social and @brendannyhan.bsky.social. Link: bit.ly/3VfsvfN

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

What happens when misinfo about Russia/Ukraine is corrected IN Russia & Ukraine (+ Belarus, Estonia and Kazakhstan)? Accuracy improves, but war attitudes remain the same! With Raushan Zhandayeva, @thomasjwood.bsky.social and Bailey Scott. In @plos.bsky.social: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

In a new article in Political Communication, @mattgraham.bsky.social and I study how to increase readership of fact-checks. It's hard! Social pressure, civic duty and small payments help; leveraging Party ID doesn't. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Ungated: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Now at @jepsjournal.bsky.social, @catiebailard.bsky.social, @mattgraham.bsky.social, @rebekahtromble.bsky.social, Kim Gross and I describe a treatment that reduces antisemitic attitudes & behaviors. Open access: bit.ly/3RqclyC

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

NEW WP! What happens when wartime misinfo is corrected? To find out, @thomasjwood.bsky.social, Raushan Zhandayeva, Bailey Scott and I evaluate corrections in Russia, Ukraine, BLR, EST and KAZ. Overall: Corrections improve accuracy but don't affect which side people support: osf.io/efvsd/

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

What do we know--and what don't we know--about corrections of misinfo? Now at Current Opinion in Psychology, @thomasjwood.bsky.social and I offer answers. TLDR: Corrections improve accuracy across groups (see figure); tiny fx on attitudes; open questions about durability + exposure. bit.ly/3Qt0IVD

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

🚨New WP! Fact-checks make people more accurate, but not many people who read misinfo read fact-checks. What can we do to increase demand? @Matt__Graham and I investigate and find 3 promising treatments: social pressure, civic duty and $. Link: osf.io/wdahm/

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