Simply platforming right-wing activists via interviews can increase public support for right-wing views and perceptions of the popularity of such views. Really cool use of audio as a stimulus by @dianebolet.bsky.social@florianfoos.bsky.socialosf.io/preprints/so...
Thanks for engaging with the paper and sharing, Ross!
“Light is the best disinfectant” except when it causes a small army of disaffected voters to embrace autocratic thugocracy
The "anti-woke" mind virus, unfortunately.
Your top line and abstract make this seem like a right-wing phenomenon. But you seem to believe it's an extremism phenomenon generally. You note at the end that, based on your results, you'd expect the same from left-extremism. Probably worth emphasizing as this risks being politicized.
Yep. Supernodes.
Not really surprising, but nice to see it confirmed - again. Being presented on radio / tv lends a certain degree of "perceived competence" to the speaker - the media bonus. ("Surely, they must know what they're talking about.") It's not true by itself, but it works on the brains.
We sort of knew this after the BBC platformed Nigel Farage countless times (on BBB Question time and elsewhere) with a subsequent growth of uninformed/misinformed anti-EU sentiment. Great to have evidence to support our hunch. Thank you