Rathje, Steve

Out-group animosity drives engagement on social media

Rathje, S., Van Bavel, J. J., & van der Linden, S. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Social Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 560

Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media

Roozenbeek, J., van der Linden, S., Goldberg, B., Rathje, S., & Lewandowsky, S. (2022) · Science Advances

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSpam and Phishing Detection

Cited by 472

GPT is an effective tool for multilingual psychological text analysis

Rathje, S., Mirea, D.-M., Sucholutsky, I., Marjieh, R., Robertson, C. E., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2024) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningComputational and Text Analysis Methods

Cited by 297

Political Psychology in the Digital (mis)Information age: A Model of News Belief and Sharing

Van Bavel, J. J., Harris, E. A., Pärnamets, P., Rathje, S., Doell, K. C., & Tucker, J. A. (2021) · Social Issues and Policy Review

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 213

How social media shapes polarization

Van Bavel, J. J., Rathje, S., Harris, E., Robertson, C., & Sternisko, A. (2021) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Social Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 192

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M., Chu, J., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L., et al. (2023) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 174

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J. Y., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L. G., et al. (2024) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 174

Using natural language processing to analyse text data in behavioural science

Feuerriegel, S., Maarouf, A., Bär, D., Geissler, D., Schweisthal, J., Pröllochs, N., Robertson, C. E., Rathje, S., Hartmann, J., Mohammad, S. M., et al. (2025) · Nature Reviews Psychology

Computational and Text Analysis MethodsSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining

Cited by 140

Social Media and Morality.

Van Bavel, J. J., Robertson, C. E., del Rosario, K., Rasmussen, J., & Rathje, S. (2024) · Annual Review of Psychology

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 121

Social media behavior is associated with vaccine hesitancy

Rathje, S., He, J. K., Roozenbeek, J., Van Bavel, J. J., & van der Linden, S. (2022) · PNAS Nexus

Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyMisinformation and Its Impacts

Cited by 100

Generative language models exhibit social identity biases

Hu, T., Kyrychenko, Y., Rathje, S., Collier, N., van der Linden, S., & Roozenbeek, J. (2024) · Nature Computational Science

Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 100

How Can Psychological Science Help Counter the Spread of Fake News?

van der Linden, S., Roozenbeek, J., Maertens, R., Basol, M., Kácha, O., Rathje, S., & Traberg, C. S. (2021) · The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDeception detection and forensic psychology

Cited by 71

People think that social media platforms do (but should not) amplify divisive content

Rathje, S., Robertson, C., Brady, W. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2024) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 59

How social identity shapes conspiratorial belief

Robertson, C. E., Pretus, C., Rathje, S., Harris, E. A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2022) · Current Opinion in Psychology

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 57

The Costs of Polarizing a Pandemic: Antecedents, Consequences, and Lessons

Van Bavel, J. J., Pretus, C., Rathje, S., Pärnamets, P., Vlasceanu, M., & Knowles, E. D. (2024) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Communication and COVID-19 ImpactElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 29

People think that social media platforms do (but should not) amplify divisive content

Rathje, S., Robertson, C., Brady, W. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2022)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 11

Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Mimic Human Collective Behaviour

He, J., Wallis, F., Gvirtz, A., & Rathje, S. (2024) · Research Square

Opinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceEthics and Social Impacts of AI

Cited by 4

Unfollowing hyperpartisan social media influencers durably reduces out-party animosity

Rathje, S., Pretus, C., He, J. K., Harjani, T., Roozenbeek, J., Gray, K., Linden, S. V. D., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2025)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and Politics

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