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Duncan Watts Co-Authors Study on Designing Social Media to Foster Prosocial Behavior, Annenberg
A new study co-authored by Duncan Watts, reported by Annenberg, outlines how social media platforms can be intentional
March 27, 2025
Duncan Watts Co-Develops AI-Powered Media Bias Detector to Transform News Analysis, Annenberg
Penn computational social scientist Duncan Watts and his team developed the AI-powered Media Bias Detector as reported by Annenbe
January 1, 2025
Duncan Watts Launches "The Common Sense Project" to Measure Individual and Collective Common Sense, CSS Lab
CSS Lab writes that the Common Sense Project platform, a new initiative based on research by Mark Whiting and Dunca
October 4, 2024
Duncan J. Watts Is Quoted in an Article about the Launch of Penn’s New Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy, Penn Today.
The University of Pennsylvania has launched a $10 million Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy, with Duncan Watts<
September 5, 2024
Duncan J. Watts Was Mentioned in an Article That Critiques the Overemphasis on Misinformation, Financial Times
The Financial Times article featuring Duncan J. Watts challenges the common belief that misinformation is both widespread and a major threat.
August 30, 2024
Duncan Watts Is Quoted in an Article about Using AI to Analyze and Classify News Articles from Major Media Outlets to Uncover and Measure Media Bias, the Pennsylvania Gazette
“Everything that you learn about the world represents a choice that someone has made,” Duncan Watts says in The Pennsylvania Gazette.
August 26, 2024
Duncan Watts Uses the Debate to Test His Media Bias Detector, Penn Today
“The debates offer a real-time, high-stakes environment to observe and analyze how media outlets present and potentially skew the same event,” says Watts.
June 28, 2024
Duncan Watts Quoted on Fake and Misleading News in the Media, Penn Today
“Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, many thousands of papers have been published about the dangers of false information propagating on social media,” says Watts.
June 7, 2024
Duncan Watts' new study is featured, Penn Today & Annenberg School for Communication
Penn Today and the Annenberg School for Communicati
February 20, 2024
Duncan Watts' study on Common sense is featured, Knowledge at Wharton
Knowledge at Wharton features Duncan Watts for his study on quantifying individual and collective common sense.&
January 30, 2024
Duncan Watts address a critical gap in how knowledge is understood, Penn Today
Penn Today features research associate Duncan Watts for his study on individual and collective
January 23, 2024
Duncan Watts co-op-eds on self-serving fiction of ‘objective’ political news, Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review publishes an op-ed by research associate Duncan Watts, where he and other researchers&n
November 20, 2023
Duncan Watts published the 'Watts-Strogatz' mathematical model 25 years ago, Cornell Chronicle
In commemoration of its 25th anniversary, the Cornell Chronicle highlights Duncan Watts and his
May 31, 2023
Duncan J. Watts study shows television news to be a driver of partisan politics in Penn Today
PSC Research Associate Duncan J. Watts and colleagues found that 17% of American rely on television news from left or right leaning sources.
July 26, 2022
Duncan Watts featured in Penn Today
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February 10, 2022
Duncan Watts featured in Penn Today
Duncan Watts (PSC Research Associate) was featured in Penn Today
January 23, 2022
Duncan Watts featured in Penn Today and Knowledge@Wharton
Duncan J.
October 11, 2021