Alexandra Siegel
- Outgroup AvoidanceBy: Chagai Weiss, Alexandra Siegel, Alexandra ScaccoAbstract:ÌýEncouraging engagement with outgroup perspectives is a popular strategy to improve intergroup relations. But in deeply divided societies, individuals often actively
- How Threats of Exclusion Mobilize Palestinian Political Participation-A Response to Bochkareva, Silagadze and StephanBy: Chagai M Weiss, Alexandra Siegel, David RomneyAbstract:ÌýIn our article, "How Threats of Exclusion Mobilize Palestinian
- Using natural language processing to analyse text data in behavioural scienceBy: Stefan Feuerriegel, Abdurahman Maarouf, Dominik Bär, Dominique Geissler, Jonas Schweisthal, Nicolas Pröllochs, Claire E Robertson, Steve Rathje, Jochen Hartmann, Saif M
- Towards global equity in political polarization researchBy: Max Falkenberg, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi, Christopher A Bail, Rosa M Benito, Axel Bruns, Anatoliy Gruzd, David Lazer, Jae K Lee, Jennifer McCoy, Kikuko Nagayoshi, David G Rand,
- Shooting the MessengerBy: Alexandra A Siegel, Chagai M WeissAbstract:Government attacks on the press are increasingly common in polarized societies, yet their effects remain underexplored. We theorize that such attacks polarize politics by
Can Exposure to Celebrities Reduce Prejudice? The Effect of Mohamed Salah on Islamophobic Behaviors and AttitudesÌýBy:ÌýAla Alrababah,ÌýWilliam Marble, Salma Mousa,ÌýAlexandra SiegelÌýAbstract:ÌýCan exposure to celebrities
Professor Alex Siegel was featured in a new article,Ìý"A billion tweets suggest Trump rhetoric didn’t boost Twitter hate". The article explores the political discourse on social media and its influence in the past two presidential elections.
Dr. Siegel work uses original datasets of hundreds of millions of social media posts, text and network analysis, machine learning methods, and experiments to study mass and elite political behavior in the Arab World and other comparative contexts