Katherine Ognyanova
@ognyanova.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the School of Communication & Information, Rutgers University | Research on politics, tech, trust, misinformation network science, computational social science | PI at http://chip50.org, http://covidstates.org, http://naiom.net
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We just released a new report on AI trust and knowledge in America: naiom.net/reports/
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)
Talked to @politifact.bsky.social about Trump & AI. Deepfakes from the Oval Office create: 1) higher epistemic uncertainty, tough to know what’s true; 2) tacit permission for others to use deepfakes in public comms; 3) excuse for liar’s dividend: public figures dismiss stuff they don't like as fake
How Trump and the White House use AI on social media
President Donald Trump has normalized sharing AI-generated content, largely without disclaimers. His posts glorify himself and attack his opponents.
www.politifact.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Talked to @politifact.bsky.social about Trump & AI. Deepfakes from the Oval Office create: 1) higher epistemic uncertainty, tough to know what’s true; 2) tacit permission for others to use deepfakes in public comms; 3) excuse for liar’s dividend: public figures dismiss stuff they don't like as fake
We just launched a new project tracking public attitudes to higher ed. First report is out: we find the public trusts universities and opposes funding cuts, but worries about tuition costs and free speech on campus. With @davidlazer.bsky.social, M. Baum, J. Druckman, & M. Santillana edbarometer.org
American Higher Education Barometer
Measuring American Attitudes Towards Higher Education
edbarometer.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We just launched a new project tracking public attitudes to higher ed. First report is out: we find the public trusts universities and opposes funding cuts, but worries about tuition costs and free speech on campus. With @davidlazer.bsky.social, M. Baum, J. Druckman, & M. Santillana edbarometer.org
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Happy to release the first report from the American Higher Education Barometer (edbarometer.org), a 50 state survey re opinion on higher education. Key takeaways:
1) Generally, people see a universities as important to various high priority domains (economic growth, health, etc)
1) Generally, people see a universities as important to various high priority domains (economic growth, health, etc)
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy to release the first report from the American Higher Education Barometer (edbarometer.org), a 50 state survey re opinion on higher education. Key takeaways:
1) Generally, people see a universities as important to various high priority domains (economic growth, health, etc)
1) Generally, people see a universities as important to various high priority domains (economic growth, health, etc)
Video of our conversation at ICA's special anniversary session on Generative AI. Many thanks to @noshir.bsky.social for organizing! With @claesdevreese.bsky.social, @teachguz.bsky.social, Winson Peng, Yingdan Lu, and Jörg Matthes #GenerativeAI #LLM -- at @icahdq.bsky.social
ICA@75 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION: Generative AI: Transforming Disrupting Communication Scho
YouTube video by ICA
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September 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Video of our conversation at ICA's special anniversary session on Generative AI. Many thanks to @noshir.bsky.social for organizing! With @claesdevreese.bsky.social, @teachguz.bsky.social, Winson Peng, Yingdan Lu, and Jörg Matthes #GenerativeAI #LLM -- at @icahdq.bsky.social
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“If your work speaks to challenges that go beyond a single field, this is the place for it.” – Katherine Ognyanova, PNAS Nexus Reviewing Editor 🌍 @pnasnexus.org is open access & interdisciplinary, connecting rigorous research with broad audiences.
Publish with us: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/pa...
Publish with us: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/pa...
August 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“If your work speaks to challenges that go beyond a single field, this is the place for it.” – Katherine Ognyanova, PNAS Nexus Reviewing Editor 🌍 @pnasnexus.org is open access & interdisciplinary, connecting rigorous research with broad audiences.
Publish with us: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/pa...
Publish with us: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/pa...
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Now live: “Declining information quality under new platform governance” by Burak Özturan, Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Nir Grinberg, Katherine Ognyanova, and David Lazer. misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/decl...
July 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Now live: “Declining information quality under new platform governance” by Burak Özturan, Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Nir Grinberg, Katherine Ognyanova, and David Lazer. misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/decl...
Yeah, I'm just watching OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT Agent power through my Qualtrics survey. I have thoughts about the future of human subject research.
July 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Yeah, I'm just watching OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT Agent power through my Qualtrics survey. I have thoughts about the future of human subject research.
New paper from our team, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jonathanschulman.bsky.social @royperlis.bsky.social and other smart people who keep off social media.
People were more likely to believe in conspiracy theories about the attempted assassination of President Trump if they heard them from people they knew than if they heard them on social media, according to a study. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
July 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New paper from our team, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jonathanschulman.bsky.social @royperlis.bsky.social and other smart people who keep off social media.
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Support for maintaining or increasing research support remains largely bipartisan. Which raises the question: what exactly is the WH and Congress doing here?
Source, CHIP50:
www.chip50.org/reports/amer...
Led by @ognyanova.bsky.social, @davidlazer.bsky.social, @royperlis.bsky.social + more.
Source, CHIP50:
www.chip50.org/reports/amer...
Led by @ognyanova.bsky.social, @davidlazer.bsky.social, @royperlis.bsky.social + more.
July 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Support for maintaining or increasing research support remains largely bipartisan. Which raises the question: what exactly is the WH and Congress doing here?
Source, CHIP50:
www.chip50.org/reports/amer...
Led by @ognyanova.bsky.social, @davidlazer.bsky.social, @royperlis.bsky.social + more.
Source, CHIP50:
www.chip50.org/reports/amer...
Led by @ognyanova.bsky.social, @davidlazer.bsky.social, @royperlis.bsky.social + more.
New CHIP50 report on public approval of government interventions in science -- funding cuts, mass layoffs, etc. On average, twice as many Americans disapprove of these actions as approve #science @aaas.org @science.org @sciam.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @sciencenews.bsky.social
American Attitudes Toward Government Interventions in Science | The COVID States Project
Report #115
www.chip50.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
New CHIP50 report on public approval of government interventions in science -- funding cuts, mass layoffs, etc. On average, twice as many Americans disapprove of these actions as approve #science @aaas.org @science.org @sciam.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @sciencenews.bsky.social
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We just posted an interactive on changes in approval for Trump from right before he was inaugurated to the present. We have very large samples (30k), and the interactive allows you to look at changes within very small slices of the public.
www.chip50.org/blog/whose-a...
www.chip50.org/blog/whose-a...
Whose approval/disapproval of Trump has shifted the most?
www.chip50.org
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We just posted an interactive on changes in approval for Trump from right before he was inaugurated to the present. We have very large samples (30k), and the interactive allows you to look at changes within very small slices of the public.
www.chip50.org/blog/whose-a...
www.chip50.org/blog/whose-a...
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How does generative AI transform/ disrupt communication scholarship?
Happy to be part of this great #ica25 panel. With answers and many more questions
@noshir.bsky.social @teachguz.bsky.social @ognyanova.bsky.social and Peng, Lu, Matthes and 🙋
Happy to be part of this great #ica25 panel. With answers and many more questions
@noshir.bsky.social @teachguz.bsky.social @ognyanova.bsky.social and Peng, Lu, Matthes and 🙋
June 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
How does generative AI transform/ disrupt communication scholarship?
Happy to be part of this great #ica25 panel. With answers and many more questions
@noshir.bsky.social @teachguz.bsky.social @ognyanova.bsky.social and Peng, Lu, Matthes and 🙋
Happy to be part of this great #ica25 panel. With answers and many more questions
@noshir.bsky.social @teachguz.bsky.social @ognyanova.bsky.social and Peng, Lu, Matthes and 🙋
Reposted by Katherine Ognyanova
📣 Calling all #CHI2025 attendees who work with human participants: Join our panel discussion on #LLM, #simulation, #syntheticdata, and the future of human subjects research on Apr 30 (Wed), 2:10 - 3:40 PM (JP Time)
Post your questions for panelists here: forms.gle/m2mXY3xFafAX...
Post your questions for panelists here: forms.gle/m2mXY3xFafAX...
April 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📣 Calling all #CHI2025 attendees who work with human participants: Join our panel discussion on #LLM, #simulation, #syntheticdata, and the future of human subjects research on Apr 30 (Wed), 2:10 - 3:40 PM (JP Time)
Post your questions for panelists here: forms.gle/m2mXY3xFafAX...
Post your questions for panelists here: forms.gle/m2mXY3xFafAX...
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LAST CHANCE for early registration to #WebSci25! Early reg closes TODAY, April 21!
We hope you'll join us at #Rutgers this May for this interdisciplinary conference!
Register at: www.websci25.org
cc:
@websciencetrust.bsky.social, @noshir.bsky.social
We hope you'll join us at #Rutgers this May for this interdisciplinary conference!
Register at: www.websci25.org
cc:
@websciencetrust.bsky.social, @noshir.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
LAST CHANCE for early registration to #WebSci25! Early reg closes TODAY, April 21!
We hope you'll join us at #Rutgers this May for this interdisciplinary conference!
Register at: www.websci25.org
cc:
@websciencetrust.bsky.social, @noshir.bsky.social
We hope you'll join us at #Rutgers this May for this interdisciplinary conference!
Register at: www.websci25.org
cc:
@websciencetrust.bsky.social, @noshir.bsky.social
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Next week, @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social Associate Professor @ognyanova.bsky.social will be presenting on "False beliefs in unusual times: The role of trust, technology, and social ties" at LSC's #Scicomm Colloquium! #UWLSC700
Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...
Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...
April 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Next week, @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social Associate Professor @ognyanova.bsky.social will be presenting on "False beliefs in unusual times: The role of trust, technology, and social ties" at LSC's #Scicomm Colloquium! #UWLSC700
Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...
Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...
Princeton's president on the US government's attack on research universities in @nytimes.com's The Daily podcast: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Princeton's president on the US government's attack on research universities in @nytimes.com's The Daily podcast: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
Reposted by Katherine Ognyanova
Reminder! CFP and workshop registration for the Political Networks and Computational Social Science Conference.
We have a great lineup of network analysis workshop instructors: @michaeltheaney.bsky.social, @ognyanova.bsky.social, Shahryar Minhas, & Cassie McMillan.
sites.google.com/view/confpol...
We have a great lineup of network analysis workshop instructors: @michaeltheaney.bsky.social, @ognyanova.bsky.social, Shahryar Minhas, & Cassie McMillan.
sites.google.com/view/confpol...
March 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reminder! CFP and workshop registration for the Political Networks and Computational Social Science Conference.
We have a great lineup of network analysis workshop instructors: @michaeltheaney.bsky.social, @ognyanova.bsky.social, Shahryar Minhas, & Cassie McMillan.
sites.google.com/view/confpol...
We have a great lineup of network analysis workshop instructors: @michaeltheaney.bsky.social, @ognyanova.bsky.social, Shahryar Minhas, & Cassie McMillan.
sites.google.com/view/confpol...
Friends, the 2025 ACM Web Science conference is coming up at #Rutgers this May. We have fantastic presenters and keynote speakers lined up. The schedule and registration just went live on www.websci25.org. Do come and join us! cc @websciencetrust.bsky.social @shugars.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Friends, the 2025 ACM Web Science conference is coming up at #Rutgers this May. We have fantastic presenters and keynote speakers lined up. The schedule and registration just went live on www.websci25.org. Do come and join us! cc @websciencetrust.bsky.social @shugars.bsky.social
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Join us for the 2025 Political Networks & Computational Social Science Conference (sites.google.com/view/confpol...), Aug 11-14 at Harvard & Northeastern, with Duncan Watts delivering the keynote. Workshops: Aug 11-12; panels: Aug 13-14. Submit by March 28:
forms.gle
March 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Join us for the 2025 Political Networks & Computational Social Science Conference (sites.google.com/view/confpol...), Aug 11-14 at Harvard & Northeastern, with Duncan Watts delivering the keynote. Workshops: Aug 11-12; panels: Aug 13-14. Submit by March 28:
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🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Digital inequalities and U.S. undergraduate outcomes over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major and rapid changes to undergraduate student learning conditions, but the longer-term consequences of those changes have yet to be fully understood. We assess ho...
journals.plos.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
How it's going.
February 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How it's going.
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Save the date! PolNet & PaCSS 2025 are joining forces at Harvard and Northeastern on August 11–14, 2025—workshops on Aug 11–12, conference on Aug 13–14. Stay tuned for details on CFP, registration, and more. See you at #PolNetPaCSS2025!
February 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Save the date! PolNet & PaCSS 2025 are joining forces at Harvard and Northeastern on August 11–14, 2025—workshops on Aug 11–12, conference on Aug 13–14. Stay tuned for details on CFP, registration, and more. See you at #PolNetPaCSS2025!
Reposted by Katherine Ognyanova
U.S. scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers gathering at the 2025 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science shared their fears and hopes for the future.
The mood is ‘uncertain, anxious’ at 2025’s first big U.S. science meeting
Scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers at the AAAS meeting shared fears and coping strategies.
bit.ly
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
U.S. scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers gathering at the 2025 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science shared their fears and hopes for the future.
Many of us have had a very rough few weeks. But I am told, in no uncertain terms, that nobody has suffered more than this good boy who had to endure a haircut today. #dogsky #dogsofbluesky
February 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Many of us have had a very rough few weeks. But I am told, in no uncertain terms, that nobody has suffered more than this good boy who had to endure a haircut today. #dogsky #dogsofbluesky
We just released a new report on AI trust and knowledge in America: naiom.net/reports/
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)
February 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
We just released a new report on AI trust and knowledge in America: naiom.net/reports/
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)
We examine trust in AI, the companies that use it, and the content it generates. We also measure how much people know about it. (🧵1 of 6)