Research
What Have We Learned So Far?
Online hate and misinformation is not spread by ”accident”
Online hate is a form of political activism, fueled by status-loss
Lasting solutions require policies that remedy the offline frustrations
ROPH Research in the News
Selected International Coverage:
The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else - New York Times
The Summer of Chaos and God - Slate
A Shocking Number of Americans Want to 'Just Let Them All Burn' - Vice
Selected Danish Coverage:
Portræt: Forsker leder efter f...fingre på nettet - Aarhus Stiftstidende
'Jeg kommer og nakker dig': Forskere kaster sig over dine hadefulde kommentarer - DR.dk
- Mytedræber: Hadefulde netbrugere er også hadefulde offline. Og mænd er de værste - Politiken
Politikere kan bekæmpe online-had bedre end Zuckerberg kan - Kommunen.dk
The Science Behind
Publications:
Petersen, M. B. (2018). Falske nyheders magt: Hvorfor tror vi på dem, hvorfor spreder vi dem?. Økonomi & Politik, 91(1)
Osmundsen, M., & Petersen, M. B. (2019). Danskernes tro på politiske konspirationsteorier: Om sammenhængen mellem politisk ideologi og konspirationsteorier i Danmark. Økonomi Og Politik.
Preprints:
Petersen, M. B., Osmundsen, M., & Arceneaux, K. (2018). A “Need for Chaos” and the Sharing of Hostile Political Rumors in Advanced Democracies. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6m4t
Bor, A., & Petersen, M. B. (2019). Origins of Online Political Hostility: A Cross-National Test of the Psychological Mismatch Hypothesis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
Petersen, M. B., & Mitkidis, P. (2019). A Sober Second Thought? A Pre-Registered Experiment on the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Political Tolerance. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ksy37