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Social psychology PhD, media habits researcher. Also a poet.

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Power User w/ Taylor Lorenz: Overestimates of Social Media Addiction

News Articles

People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed
People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed
Digital Addiction is a Myth (Wash Post)

Scholarship

Overestimates of social media addiction are common but costly | Scientific Reports
Overestimates of social media addiction are common but costly | Scientific Reports
Tension in Attention: Hyper-vigilance helps explain why Marginalization leads to Doomscrolling (PoPM)
Sharing Misinformation is Habitual (PNAS)
Posting = Habitual and Reward-Insensitive (MoSci)
Google Scholar (All academic articles)

Poetry Links

Instagram (Poetry)
Death & LA (Poetry Chapbook)
Website (All essays & poem links here)

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