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My recent study (OA) found that people's perceived surveillance did not differ as a function of exposure to ad transparency info, but it was related to various cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes of personalized advertising. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interesting take by the late Daniel Kahneman that algorithmic bias is preferable to human bias because it eliminates noise (i.e., random inconsistency in judgment). But given that many algorithms aren’t static (i.e., LLMs), how true is that? open.spotify.com/episode/3slKVW…

New Pub Alert! A three-wave panel study by Hyun Suk Kim, Soela Kim, & Eun-Ju Lee finds that greater spending on avatar customization in the metaverse predicts increased identity confusion and lower self-esteem over time. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

Przybylski & Orben’s preregistered study provides great support for teens with mental health conditions use social media more, feel less happy about online friends, & differ by condition type. Highlighting that recent claims and policies around media need nuance (& more research)

Incredibly honored to receive the UCSB GSA Excellence in Teaching Award — and even more proud that a third of the winners came from UCSB COMM! Congrats to Musa Malik, Lindsay Miller, and Alan Crawley 👏

So excited to share my research using drift diffusion modeling to understand how algorithmic bias influences decision making in human-in-the-loop contexts at #ica25. Read more about it here 👇

📢 UCSB Communication is hiring a temporary lecturer! Check it out here 👇 recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02966