Brian Guay
Asst. Professor @ Stony Brook polisci, incoming Asst. Professor @ UNC Chapel Hill polisci. Past: @Duke PhD, @MIT postdoc | misinformation, polarization, social media | last named pronounced without the u | brianguay.com
- New paper on misperceptions out in PNAS @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Why do people overestimate the size of politically relevant groups (immigrant, LGBTQ, Jewish) and quantities (% of budget spent on foreign aid, % of refugees that are criminals)?🧵👇
- Reposted by Brian GuayThis is not a time for passive citizenship. Silence means approval. So what to do?
- I'm very happy to share that I'll be joining the Department of Political Science at UNC Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor this fall. I'm excited for this next chapter and will always be incredibly grateful for my amazing experience at Stony Brook.
- I haven't been on bsky for almost a year. It's nice over here!
- *Less than half* of misinformation studies expose people to both false and true info, and ONLY 7% measure discernment (the difference between believing/sharing true and false info)!! misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/what... Short 🧵 on why you should be measuring discernment👇
- Headed to SPSP2024 in San Diego to talk about how we should measure whether misinformation interventions work! Let me know if you're gonna be there (DM/email/text).
- Reposted by Brian GuayLess then a week until the 2nd Misinformation and Belief Science preconference at SPSP!! Really excited for the lineup Rakoen Maertens and I have put together. We've got ...
- Reposted by Brian GuayPlease share and apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups. Deadline: Jan. 22 politicalsciencenow.com/call-for-app...
- Reposted by Brian GuayApparently ~40% of crowdsource workers use LLMs when completing surveys Relatively simple fix for text responses: Add Javascript to Qs to prevent pasting Credit to Jiabi Wang for idea + Kaushal Addanki for code below github.com/rafmbatista/...
- The last time there was a "presidental alert" Jesse Lopez & I wrote a POQ paper (doi.org/10.1093/poq/...) about it. Back then I thought it was crazy that this was being framed as such a polarizing issue. Enter 2023...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Brian GuayVery happy to share a new working paper with some great coauthors! 97% of climate scientists agree that human-caused climate change is occurring. But how do people interpret this consensus? Is it a testament to expertise or a signal of bias? psyarxiv.com/ezua5/
- In addition to the junior line in American Politics, we have a senior line in political psychology at Stony Brook! apply.interfolio.com/131893 polisky psjminfo
- Job alert! We're hiring an assistant professor (American Politics) in the Department of Political Science at Stony Brook! Drew Englehardt and I started this semester and it's been great! apply.interfolio.com/130609 10/13 deadline polisky psjminfo poliSciJobs
- Reposted by Brian GuayKids: Study statistics
