Marianne Aubin Le Quéré
@mariannealq.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow @ Princeton CITP. ex-Cornell PhD, future UIUC asst prof (fall 2026).
Looking at AI's impact on information ecosystems and news consumption. social computing, computational social science & journalism
mariannealq.com
Looking at AI's impact on information ecosystems and news consumption. social computing, computational social science & journalism
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The #iSchoolUI is pleased to announce that Marianne Aubin Le Quéré (@mariannealq.bsky.social) will join the faculty as an assistant professor in August 2026. Her work traces how AI and other emerging technologies impact online news and civic information ecosystems. ▶️ bit.ly/4kObZ0l
It's finally public! 🎉
Excited to announce I'll be joining UIUC's iSchool as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026. My lab will focus on AI information ecosystems, computational social science, and social computing. I will start recruiting PhD students this cycle, so please reach out if interested.
Excited to announce I'll be joining UIUC's iSchool as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026. My lab will focus on AI information ecosystems, computational social science, and social computing. I will start recruiting PhD students this cycle, so please reach out if interested.
This is so disappointing.
I was just talking with an aspiring PhD student last week about how the primary function of papers is to clearly communicate the crisp truth of what you did and found. We can produce other forms of writing, but papers must be the ground truth.
Consider my face slapped.
I was just talking with an aspiring PhD student last week about how the primary function of papers is to clearly communicate the crisp truth of what you did and found. We can produce other forms of writing, but papers must be the ground truth.
Consider my face slapped.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is so disappointing.
I was just talking with an aspiring PhD student last week about how the primary function of papers is to clearly communicate the crisp truth of what you did and found. We can produce other forms of writing, but papers must be the ground truth.
Consider my face slapped.
I was just talking with an aspiring PhD student last week about how the primary function of papers is to clearly communicate the crisp truth of what you did and found. We can produce other forms of writing, but papers must be the ground truth.
Consider my face slapped.
Nothing like a polar vortex to make you EXTREMELY happy you decided to go to Miami for a conference... I am at C+J this week if anyone wants to catch up!
events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
C+ J Symposium 2025 12/11+12
events.miami.edu
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nothing like a polar vortex to make you EXTREMELY happy you decided to go to Miami for a conference... I am at C+J this week if anyone wants to catch up!
events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
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Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
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Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society - School of Information Science
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
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New study finds that down-ranking hostile political content in people’s social media feeds decreases political polarization.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New study finds that down-ranking hostile political content in people’s social media feeds decreases political polarization.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I can think of no more important time to be doing work with this extraordinary community at UW
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
Apply - Interfolio
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November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I can think of no more important time to be doing work with this extraordinary community at UW
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Cornell Information Science is hiring a Teaching Professor! Apply this week for full consideration:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
Cornell University, Information Science
Job #AJO30763, 2025-2026 CORNELL INFORMATION SCIENCE FULL-TIME TEACHING FACULTY SEARCH (OPEN-RANK TEACHING PROFESSOR), ITHACA CAMPUS , Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Cornell Information Science is hiring a Teaching Professor! Apply this week for full consideration:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
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As of June 2025, 66% of Americans have never used ChatGPT.
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As of June 2025, 66% of Americans have never used ChatGPT.
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
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Following last week's thread on using gen AI for news, this one looks at our research on AI search results based on data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸.
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Following last week's thread on using gen AI for news, this one looks at our research on AI search results based on data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸.
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
It's already true that most people (54%) say that they have seen AI search results in the last week.
It's more common than the use of all chatbots combined (34%).
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🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
'There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing': Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Generative AI is altering how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online communities. How might online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing this question, we focused on online community moderators' experiences with AI-...
dl.acm.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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📣 Attention science + tech journalists!
Trying to keep up with the flood of research papers that come out every day? Attempting to track what research has already been covered by others, and what may benefit from deeper exploration?
You are invited to participate in our research study!
[1/3]
Trying to keep up with the flood of research papers that come out every day? Attempting to track what research has already been covered by others, and what may benefit from deeper exploration?
You are invited to participate in our research study!
[1/3]
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📣 Attention science + tech journalists!
Trying to keep up with the flood of research papers that come out every day? Attempting to track what research has already been covered by others, and what may benefit from deeper exploration?
You are invited to participate in our research study!
[1/3]
Trying to keep up with the flood of research papers that come out every day? Attempting to track what research has already been covered by others, and what may benefit from deeper exploration?
You are invited to participate in our research study!
[1/3]
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One week away from our CSCW panel on applying LLMs in conversation-based research! Excited to engage in another methodological discussion with my amazing co-organizers and panelists @mariannealq.bsky.social @hopeschroeder.bsky.social Alejandro @stevenpdow.bsky.social Shivani and Eugenia!
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
One week away from our CSCW panel on applying LLMs in conversation-based research! Excited to engage in another methodological discussion with my amazing co-organizers and panelists @mariannealq.bsky.social @hopeschroeder.bsky.social Alejandro @stevenpdow.bsky.social Shivani and Eugenia!
Come join my wonderful colleagues at Princeton next year!
CITP is now accepting applications for the 2026–27 Fellows Program. We're looking for the following:
➡️ Postdoctoral Research Associate
➡️ Visiting Research Scholar (Visiting Professional)
➡️ Microsoft Visiting Research Scholar (Visiting Professor)
Apply online: citp.princeton.edu/news/2025/no...
➡️ Postdoctoral Research Associate
➡️ Visiting Research Scholar (Visiting Professional)
➡️ Microsoft Visiting Research Scholar (Visiting Professor)
Apply online: citp.princeton.edu/news/2025/no...
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Come join my wonderful colleagues at Princeton next year!
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Come work with us 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Come work with us 🚨
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.
Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.
Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.
DL 🗓️ November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
My first Princeton AND my first systems paper!
In this work, we develop a system (Bonsai 🌱) to enable users to design intentional social media feeds. Our findings identify trade-offs between engagement- and intention-driven social feeds. Can we build towards hybrid approaches in the future?
In this work, we develop a system (Bonsai 🌱) to enable users to design intentional social media feeds. Our findings identify trade-offs between engagement- and intention-driven social feeds. Can we build towards hybrid approaches in the future?
Social media feeds today are optimized for engagement, often leading to misalignment between users' intentions and technology use.
In a new paper, we introduce Bonsai, a tool to create feeds based on stated preferences, rather than predicted engagement.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10776
In a new paper, we introduce Bonsai, a tool to create feeds based on stated preferences, rather than predicted engagement.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10776
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My first Princeton AND my first systems paper!
In this work, we develop a system (Bonsai 🌱) to enable users to design intentional social media feeds. Our findings identify trade-offs between engagement- and intention-driven social feeds. Can we build towards hybrid approaches in the future?
In this work, we develop a system (Bonsai 🌱) to enable users to design intentional social media feeds. Our findings identify trade-offs between engagement- and intention-driven social feeds. Can we build towards hybrid approaches in the future?
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Great job at the Pew Research Center for a Computational Social Science Assistant: pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
Computational Social Science Assistant, Data Labs
Position Summary The Computational Social Science Assistant works with other staff at Data Labs to produce original research that expands on the work of the Pew Research Center using new methods, data...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Great job at the Pew Research Center for a Computational Social Science Assistant: pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
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T&S / Red Teaming folks!
I'm trying a new thing at @cornelltech.bsky.social: A Red Team Clinic for non profits / public interest groups who want an additional layer of scrutiny for their AI tools.
Please share with organizations that might be interested: mailchi.mp/tech/sets-ai...
I'm trying a new thing at @cornelltech.bsky.social: A Red Team Clinic for non profits / public interest groups who want an additional layer of scrutiny for their AI tools.
Please share with organizations that might be interested: mailchi.mp/tech/sets-ai...
September 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
T&S / Red Teaming folks!
I'm trying a new thing at @cornelltech.bsky.social: A Red Team Clinic for non profits / public interest groups who want an additional layer of scrutiny for their AI tools.
Please share with organizations that might be interested: mailchi.mp/tech/sets-ai...
I'm trying a new thing at @cornelltech.bsky.social: A Red Team Clinic for non profits / public interest groups who want an additional layer of scrutiny for their AI tools.
Please share with organizations that might be interested: mailchi.mp/tech/sets-ai...
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Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
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New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
I find this feed to be a consistently good way to see relevant papers and thinkpieces here!
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August 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I find this feed to be a consistently good way to see relevant papers and thinkpieces here!
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My co-authors, Jana Diesner, @tedunderwood.me, @zoeleblanc.bsky.social, @gworthey.bsky.social and
@profdownie.bsky.social, and I are excited to share our paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" on book review sponsorship, open access at doi.org/10.1177/2053....
@profdownie.bsky.social, and I are excited to share our paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" on book review sponsorship, open access at doi.org/10.1177/2053....
August 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My co-authors, Jana Diesner, @tedunderwood.me, @zoeleblanc.bsky.social, @gworthey.bsky.social and
@profdownie.bsky.social, and I are excited to share our paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" on book review sponsorship, open access at doi.org/10.1177/2053....
@profdownie.bsky.social, and I are excited to share our paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social "Who decides what is read on Goodreads?" on book review sponsorship, open access at doi.org/10.1177/2053....
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Exciting work coming from @pranavgoel.bsky.social looking at the effect of ChatGPT and similar tools on web browsing habits.
When people use these tools do they tend to stay on the platform instead of being referred elsewhere? Could this lead to the end of the open web? #pacss2025 #polnet2025
When people use these tools do they tend to stay on the platform instead of being referred elsewhere? Could this lead to the end of the open web? #pacss2025 #polnet2025
August 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Exciting work coming from @pranavgoel.bsky.social looking at the effect of ChatGPT and similar tools on web browsing habits.
When people use these tools do they tend to stay on the platform instead of being referred elsewhere? Could this lead to the end of the open web? #pacss2025 #polnet2025
When people use these tools do they tend to stay on the platform instead of being referred elsewhere? Could this lead to the end of the open web? #pacss2025 #polnet2025
Northeast #CSCW rise up!!!
I'm co-organizing #CSCW NE, an in-person regional gathering for people in Northeast America, alongside some folks from Stevens, Rutgers, and Princeton. If you want to come hang out (especially if you can't make it out to the full conference in Bergen this year), RSVP at cscw-ne.hci.social!
August 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Northeast #CSCW rise up!!!
Does your work explore mis/disinformation, scams, hate speech, or other forms of harmful information online?
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 8th.
Cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 8th.
Cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
August 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Does your work explore mis/disinformation, scams, hate speech, or other forms of harmful information online?
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 8th.
Cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app
We are convening a CSCW workshop to bring together a global community focused on information disorder. We welcome 2-6 page submissions, due August 8th.
Cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app