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Prosocial Design Research Compendium

Our Science Board curates and assesses emerging research on prosocial design interventions. The below compendium allows you to see which papers we have found, and how they relate to interventions in our library.

Thread with Caution: Proactively Helping Users Assess and Deescalate Tension in Their Online Discussions.

Authors

Chang, J. P., Schluger, C., & Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, C.

Journal

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Date Published

November 12, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3555603

Flagging fake news on social media: An experimental study of media consumers' identification of fake news.

Authors

Dongfang Gaozhao

Journal

Government Information Quarterly

Date Published

July 1, 2021

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101591

Birdwatch: Crowd wisdom and bridging algorithms can inform understanding and reduce the spread of misinformation

Authors

Stefan Wojcik, Sophie Hilgard, Nick Judd, Delia Mocanu, Stephen Ragain, M. B. Hunzaker, Keith Coleman, and Jay Baxter

Journal

arXiv

Date Published

October 27, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

arXiv:2210.15723

Conservation of Procrastination: Do Productivity Interventions Save Time or Just Redistribute It?

Authors

Geza Kovacs, Drew Mylander Gregory, Zilin Ma, Zhengxuan Wu, Golrokh Emami, Jacob Ray, Michael S. Bernstein

Journal

CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Date Published

May 2, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3290605.3300560

Achieving Digital Wellbeing Through Digital Self-control Tools: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors

Alberto Monge Roffarello, Luigi De Russis

Journal

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Date Published

September 12, 2023

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3571810

AI Chat Assistants can Improve Conversations about Divisive Topics

Authors

Lisa P. Argyle, E. Busby, J. Gubler, C. Bail, Thomas Howe, C. Rytting, D. Wingate

Journal

ArXiV

Date Published

February 14, 2023

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.48550/arXiv.2302.07268

Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation

Authors

Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden

Journal

Palgrave Communications

Date Published

June 25, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1057/s41599-019-0279-9

Promoting Online Civility Through Platform Architecture

Authors

Jisu Kim, Curtis McDonald, Paul Meosky, Matthew Katsaros, Tom Tyler

Journal

Journal of Online Trust and Safety

Date Published

September 20, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.54501/jots.v1i4.54

Accuracy prompts are a replicable and generalizable approach for reducing the spread of misinformation

Authors

Gordon Pennycook, David Rand

Journal

Nature

Date Published

April 28, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1038/s41467-022-30073-5

“I Think This News Is Accurate”: Endorsing Accuracy Decreases the Sharing of Fake News and Increases the Sharing of Real News

Authors

Valerio Capraro, Tatiana Celadin

Journal

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Date Published

July 22, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1177/01461672221117691

Timing matters when correcting fake news

Authors

Nadia M. Brashier, Gordon Pennycook, A. Berinsky, David G. Rand

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Date Published

January 25, 2021

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1073/pnas.2020043118

The Implied Truth Effect: Attaching Warnings to a Subset of Fake News Headlines Increases Perceived Accuracy of Headlines Without Warnings

Authors

Gordon Pennycook, Adam Bear, Evan T. Collins, David G. Rand

Journal

Management Sciences

Date Published

February 21, 2020

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.2139/ssrn.3035384

Effects of Credibility Indicators on Social Media News Sharing Intent

Authors

Waheeb Yaqub, Otari Kakhidze, Morgan L. Brockman, N. Memon, & al.

Journal

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Date Published

April 21, 2020

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3313831.3376213

Does Transparency in Moderation Really Matter?: User Behavior After Content Removal Explanations on Reddit

Authors

Shagun Jhaver, A. Bruckman, Eric Gilbert

Journal

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Date Published

November 7, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3359252

How Background Images Impact Online Incivility

Authors

Jinkyung Park, Vivek K. Singh

Journal

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Date Published

November 11, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3555545

Automated Content Moderation Increases Adherence to Community Guidelines

Authors

Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Justin Cheng, Robert West

Journal

ArXiV

Date Published

October 19, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.48550/arXiv.2210.10454

Like, recommend, or respect? Altering political behavior in news comment sections

Authors

N. Stroud, Ashley Muddiman, Joshua M. Scacco

Journal

New Media & Society

Date Published

April 20, 2016

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1177/1461444816642420

Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization

Authors

Christopher A. Bail, Lisa P. Argyle, Taylor W. Brown, & al.

Journal

PNAS

Date Published

August 28, 2018

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1073/pnas.1804840115

Content Removal as a Moderation Strategy

Authors

Kumar Bhargav Srinivasan, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Lillian Lee, Chenhao Tan

Journal

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Date Published

November 7, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3359265

Highlighting High-quality Content as a Moderation Strategy: The Role of New York Times Picks in Comment Quality and Engagement

Authors

Yixue Wang, Nicholas Diakopoulos

Journal

ACM Transactions on Social Computing

Date Published

January 29, 2022

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3484245

Reconsidering Tweets: Intervening During Tweet Creation Decreases Offensive Content

Authors

Matthew Katsaros, Kathy Yang, Lauren Fratamico, Yale Law School, Twitter Inc.

Journal

International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2022)

Date Published

December 1, 2021

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

abs/2112.00773v1

Social media governance: can social media companies motivate voluntary rule following behavior among their users?

Authors

Tom Tyler, Matt Katsaros, Tracey Meares & Sudhir Venkatesh

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

December 27, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1007/s11292-019-09392-z

"Did You Suspect the Post Would be Removed?": Understanding User Reactions to Content Removals on Reddit

Authors

Shagun Jhaver, Darren Scott Appling, Eric Gilbert, Amy Bruckman

Journal

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Date Published

November 7, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/3359294

Real Solutions for Fake News? Measuring the Effectiveness of General Warnings and Fact‑Check Tags in Reducing Belief in False Stories on Social Media

Authors

Katherine Clayton, Spencer Blair, Jonathan Busam, Samuel Forstner, & al.

Journal

Political Behavior

Date Published

December 15, 2020

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1007/s11109-019-09533-0

Countering Misinformation and Fake News Through Inoculation and Prebunking

Authors

Stephan Lewandowsky, Sander van der Linden

Journal

European Review of Social Psychology

Date Published

February 22, 2021

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1080/10463283.2021.1876983

Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence

Authors

John Cook, Stephan Lewandowsky, Ullrich K. H. Ecker

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

May 5, 2017

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1371/journal.pone.0175799

The Humanizing Voice: Speech Reveals, and Text Conceals, a More Thoughtful Mind in the Midst of Disagreement

Authors

Juliana Schroeder, Michael Kardas, Nicholas Epley

Journal

Association for Psychological Sciences

Date Published

October 25, 2017

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1177/0956797617713798

A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India

Authors

Andrew M. Guess, Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, & al.

Journal

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A

Date Published

June 20, 2020

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1073/pnas.1920498117

Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter?

Authors

Maksym Gabielkov, Arthi Ramachandran, Augustin Chaintreau, Arnaud Legout

Journal

Proc. of ACM SIGMETRICS'16

Date Published

April 13, 2016

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1145/2896377.2901462

Warm thanks: gratitude expression facilitates social affiliation in new relationships via perceived warmth

Authors

Williams, L. A., & Bartlett, M. Y

Journal

Emotion

Date Published

January 1, 2015

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1037/emo0000017

The Benefits of Cognitive Disfluency

Authors

Adam L. Alter

Journal

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Date Published

November 14, 2013

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1177/0963721413498894

Preventing harassment and increasing group participation through social norms in 2,190 online science discussions.

Authors

J. Nathan Matias

Journal

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A

Date Published

April 29, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1073/pnas.1813486116

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

Authors

Gordon Pennycook, Ziv Epstein, Mohsen Mosleh, Antonio Arechar, Dean Eckles, David Rand

Journal

Nature

Date Published

November 13, 2019

Paper ID (DOI, arXIV, &c.)

10.1038/s41586-021-03344-2