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Josh Nguyen

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PhD Student in Computational Social Science @csspenn.bsky.social joshnguyen.net

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Samar Haider @samarhaider.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New paper out in Science Advances @science.org! News organizations shape public understanding through the choices they make about what to cover and how to cover it. How can we measure these differences across publishers systematically and at scale? We present the Media Bias Detector!
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CSSLab at Penn @csspenn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What happens when scientific claims go beyond what a study can establish? In new Nature Human Behaviour research, Calvin, Timothy, Neil, Grace, and Duncan find causal claims in 46% of 194,631 cross-sectional studies and show that causal wording makes readers more likely to infer causation
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Quantifying the prevalence and impact of overreaching causal claims in social science - Nature Human Behaviour
An analysis of 194,631 social science articles found causal overclaiming in 46% of cases, increasing over time. This language shaped reader interpretations; AI-generated summaries often amplified over...
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CSSLab at Penn @csspenn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What have we been working on at the CSS Lab? 👀 A quick look inside our Spring Showcase, with lightning talks, posters, new tools, and works in progress across computational social science. A few highlights from the day 🎥 And of course, more to come!
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SICSS-Penn @sicsspenn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Two more days to apply for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science at Penn! We look forward to welcoming you to Philadelphia. sicss.io/2026/penn/ap...
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SICSS-Penn @sicsspenn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🗓️ One more week to submit your application to SICSS-Penn 2026! Don't miss the chance to learn about the latest research in computational social science this summer. 👉 sicss.io/2026/penn
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Josh Nguyen @joshnguyen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Benchmarks of LLM common sense overwhelmingly rely on correct labels to report an accuracy score. But what if your "ground truth" genuinely differs from mine? In a new @pnasnexus.org paper, @duncanjwatts.bsky.social, @whiting.me and I explore the implications of this intriguing question. 🧵⤵️
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Lexing Xie @lexingxie.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Identifying human morals and values in language is crucial for analysing lots of human- and AI-generated text. We introduce "MoVa: Towards Generalizable Classification of Human Morals and Values" - to be presented at @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social oral session next Thu #CompSocialScience #LLMs 🧵 (1/n)
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SICSS-Penn @sicsspenn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Welcome to SICSS-Penn 2025! We are excited to have our faculty organizers, @xisong.bsky.social and @dhopkins1776.bsky.social, deliver opening remarks this morning.
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SICSS-Penn @sicsspenn.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The application deadline for SICSS-Penn is extended for one week. Submit your application by March 14 to attend our amazing program!
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SICSS-Penn @sicsspenn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
One more week until applications are due. Don't miss your chance to attend SICSS-Penn this summer!
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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations
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CSSLab at Penn @csspenn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
📣New Paper 📝 in PNAS: Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube | PNAS
An enormous body of literature argues that recommendation algorithms drive political polarization by creating “filter bubbles” and “rabbit holes.” ...
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SICSS-Penn @sicsspenn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
SICSS-Penn application is open! Deadline March 7, 2025. More information can be found ➡️ sicss.io/2025/penn/ap... @duncanjwatts.bsky.social @dhopkins1776.bsky.social #computational #socialscience #SICSS
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Josh Nguyen @joshnguyen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Join us at @upenn.edu this summer! Applications are due on March 7.
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