Docket+ 15 January

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Highlights

1. Complexity of the online distrust ecosystem and its evolution (Frontiers, 9 January)
2. Global Risks Report 2024 (World Economic Forum, 10 January)
3. Emotional language reduces belief in false claims (OSF, 12 January)
4. Diaspora Communities and Computational Propaganda on Messaging Apps (CIGI, 11 January)

1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. The Need to Look Deeper and Investigate Big Tech Algorithms and How Users Consume Online Information (RStreet, 4 January)
2. Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training (ArXiv, 10 January)

1.2 World News 

1. Unlocking the persuasive power of virtual influencer on brand trust and purchase intention: a parallel mediation of source credibility (T&F, 9 January)
2. Exploring the causes to unfollow social media influencers: A qualitative study (T&F, 9 January)
3. Experts react: Taiwan just elected Lai Ching-te as president despite China’s opposition. What’s next? (Atlantic Council, 13 January)

Russia & Ukraine

1. Groundhog Day of Evil (EUvsDisinfo, 11 January)

1.3 Elections & Democracy

1. Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics (Pew, 9 January)
2. Partisans are more likely to entrench their beliefs in misinformation when political outgroup members correct claims (OSF, 9 January)
3. The new political ad machine: Policy frameworks for political ads in an age of AI (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024)
4. Examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa (University of Washington, 14 January)