Communication

Sumer Vaid

Computing Social Media Sensitivity across People and Places

2021 CSS Fellowship

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Vaid, Sumer S., Lara Kroencke, Mahnaz Roshanaei, Sanaz Talaifar, Jeffrey T. Hancock, Mitja D. Back, Samuel D. Gosling, Nilam Ram, Gabriella M. Harari. Variation in Social Media Sensitivity across People and Contexts. Scientific Reports 14, 6571 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55064-y

The Psychological Drivers and Effects of Exposure to Text-Based Fake News and Deepfake Videos

2020 American Democracy Fellowship

Sumer's project at the Center for American Democracy examines the psychological characteristics that predispose individuals to share fake news articles and deepfake videos with others and the impact that exposure to deceptive media has on the psychological wellbeing of victims. Sumer holds a BA in Psychology, a MA in Social Sciences and a graduate certificate in Computational Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.

Dissertation

Social Media Sensitivity: Probing Heterogeneity across People, Places, Platforms, Types of Use and Time

2023

Sumer Vaid

Dissertation

Social Media Sensitivity: Probing Heterogeneity across People, Places, Platforms, Types of Use and Time

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