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General Social Sciences

Interdisciplinary social science research, including mixed methods approaches, social theory, comparative studies, and research addressing complex social issues

6 papers

Papers

Media Influence and Spatial Voting: The Role of Perceived Party Positions

This quasi-experiment investigated the long-term effects of reduced exposure to right-wing media using the Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper. Lower working class residents in Liverpool, who were the most affected by the boycott, were more likely to perceive the Labour party as moderate, adopt left-leaning positions on union power, and vote for the Labour party compared to similar groups in other parts of Northern England who continued reading The Sun.

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General Social Sciences Aug 16, 06:16 AM

Mortality Attributable to Low Levels of Education in the United States

This study found that lower educational attainment is strongly associated with higher mortality in the US. If educational disparities observed in the 1945 birth cohort were applied to the 2010 US population, over half a million deaths annually could be attributed to having less than a baccalaureate degree. The study highlights the potential public health impact of policies and interventions aimed at improving educational attainment.

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General Social Sciences Aug 09, 12:13 PM

Surface Fairness, Deep Bias: A Comparative Study of Bias in Language Models

This study investigates bias in several large language models (LLMs) across knowledge assessments and simulated salary negotiations. While limited persona variety, noisy evaluation, and narrow scenarios limit generalizability, the study finds LLMs exhibit more pronounced bias in socio-economic contexts, like suggesting lower salaries for certain demographics, than in knowledge tests.

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General Social Sciences Jul 21, 06:54 AM

"So what if ChatGPT wrote it?" Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy

This editorial paper presents 43 expert opinions on the opportunities, challenges, and implications of ChatGPT and generative AI for research, practice, and policy. The experts acknowledge ChatGPT's potential benefits, such as enhanced productivity and knowledge access, but also raise concerns about biases, misuse, misinformation, and job displacement. The paper identifies key research questions across three thematic areas: knowledge, transparency, and ethics; digital transformation; and teaching, learning, and research.

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General Social Sciences Jul 14, 05:18 PM

Demographic analysis of difficulties related to remote education in Poland from the perspective of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Polish adolescents experienced increased demands from teachers, lack of consultation opportunities, and poor organization of remote learning as major challenges during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Older students and those in rural areas faced greater difficulties, particularly with technical issues and access to resources. Girls reported higher levels of increased demands from teachers compared to boys.

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General Social Sciences Jul 14, 06:45 AM

A Topic Modeling Comparison Between LDA, NMF, Top2Vec, and BERTopic to Demystify Twitter Posts

This study compared four topic modeling techniques (LDA, NMF, Top2Vec, and BERTopic) to analyze Twitter data related to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that BERTopic and NMF are most effective in identifying distinct and interpretable topics from short, unstructured social media posts due to their ability to effectively utilize contextual information and handle noisy data, respectively.

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General Social Sciences Jul 14, 06:45 AM