Farnaz Jahanbakhsh
@farnazj.bsky.social
assistant prof in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan, prev postdoc at Stanford HAI, PhD at MIT CSAIL, research in HCI and Social Computing
Reposted by Farnaz Jahanbakhsh
📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
New Directions in Social Algorithms Research on October 16-17, 2025 at Yale University
As social media algorithms increasingly mediate social experiences, there has been a rapid increase in research on the effects of how these algorithms are configured, alternatives to engagement-centri...
yalefds.swoogo.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
📢📢I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025 to join my research lab at the University of Michigan!
Interested in doing research in social computing systems? Consider applying! 📢📢
Application deadline: Dec 15
cse.engin.umich.edu/academics/gr...
Interested in doing research in social computing systems? Consider applying! 📢📢
Application deadline: Dec 15
cse.engin.umich.edu/academics/gr...
Graduate Admissions | Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan
cse.engin.umich.edu
December 10, 2024 at 2:06 AM
📢📢I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025 to join my research lab at the University of Michigan!
Interested in doing research in social computing systems? Consider applying! 📢📢
Application deadline: Dec 15
cse.engin.umich.edu/academics/gr...
Interested in doing research in social computing systems? Consider applying! 📢📢
Application deadline: Dec 15
cse.engin.umich.edu/academics/gr...
Reposted by Farnaz Jahanbakhsh
New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization?
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
November 25, 2024 at 8:32 PM
New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization?
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
My work was featured in the MIT News today!
Read more on empowering users to assess the accuracy of content and see assessments from their trusted sources everywhere on the web:
news.mit.edu/2024/new-too...
Read more on empowering users to assess the accuracy of content and see assessments from their trusted sources everywhere on the web:
news.mit.edu/2024/new-too...
New tool empowers users to fight online misinformation
In an effort to decentralize the fight against online misinformation, MIT researchers developed the Trustnet browser extension, which empowers individuals to assess the accuracy of any content on any ...
news.mit.edu
May 16, 2024 at 7:37 PM
My work was featured in the MIT News today!
Read more on empowering users to assess the accuracy of content and see assessments from their trusted sources everywhere on the web:
news.mit.edu/2024/new-too...
Read more on empowering users to assess the accuracy of content and see assessments from their trusted sources everywhere on the web:
news.mit.edu/2024/new-too...
🚨 Paper alert!🚨
We show how enabling users to moderate misinformation can be deployed everywhere on the web, in a platform-agnostic manner and without support from the social platforms or individual web sites arxiv.org/pdf/2403.114...
#CHI24
With @karger.bsky.social
🧵
We show how enabling users to moderate misinformation can be deployed everywhere on the web, in a platform-agnostic manner and without support from the social platforms or individual web sites arxiv.org/pdf/2403.114...
#CHI24
With @karger.bsky.social
🧵
March 20, 2024 at 6:40 AM
🚨 Paper alert!🚨
We show how enabling users to moderate misinformation can be deployed everywhere on the web, in a platform-agnostic manner and without support from the social platforms or individual web sites arxiv.org/pdf/2403.114...
#CHI24
With @karger.bsky.social
🧵
We show how enabling users to moderate misinformation can be deployed everywhere on the web, in a platform-agnostic manner and without support from the social platforms or individual web sites arxiv.org/pdf/2403.114...
#CHI24
With @karger.bsky.social
🧵