Birth of a scapegoat: An actor‐affect‐affordance model of symbolic attribution in the digital age
Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract How do scapegoating narratives emerge, diffuse, and solidify within digital media ecosystems? This paper introduces an actor‐affect‐affordance (3A) model to explain how complex social problems become symbolically attributed to marginalized groups.
Jack Gabriel Risien Wippell
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Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Pro-Ana Discourse on X: A Linguistic Analysis for Counseling Practice. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Elrod K, Trifonopoulos A.
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 7, Page 891-906, July 2026.Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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Evaluating Large Language Models for Post-Publication Promotion: A Blinded Comparative Study of Social Media Posts in Public Health. [PDF]
J Korean Med SciDoskaliuk B +3 more
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Exploiting Emotional and Moral Knowledge for Moral Values Detection in Text
Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT Despite the remarkable success of language models, they still encounter difficulties in accurately performing tasks related to morality intelligence. Moral values vary across cultures and contexts, and are highly subjective. This work focuses on evaluating the ability of transformer models to assess morality in text by exploiting their ...
Anny Álvarez +2 more
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Network structure shapes consensus dynamics through individual decisions. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APriniski JH +7 more
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Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT Fault‐tolerant monitoring and reliable node identification are essential requirements in modern hierarchical communication systems such as IoT–Fog–Cloud architectures and distributed sensing networks. The fault‐tolerant metric dimension (FTMD) provides an effective graph‐theoretic framework for resilient localization and monitoring in such ...
Ghulam Haidar +5 more
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Mapping the Conversation: A Network Analysis of World Continence Week on Twitter/X. [PDF]
Int Urogynecol JBilir E +6 more
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The Power of Posting: An Examination of CEO Social Media Celebrity
Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 5, Page 2123-2155, July 2026.Abstract The increasing prevalence of social media has prompted discussions regarding its impact on the social evaluations of organizational leaders. In this study, we develop the construct of CEO social media celebrity, which arises when a CEO obtains high levels of attention and positive emotional responses from audiences on social media.
Ann Mooney +2 more
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