Research and Publications
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Image credits: Swati Vats for the SMOL project. The Social Media, Online behavior and Language project focuses on online human behavior and computer mediated communication. SMOL is also internet lingo for something that's small and cute. Founding member and PI: Dr. Kokil Jaidka, Assistant Professor, NUS Research Areas: The role of affordances in computer-mediated communication:... Continue Reading →
In Singapore's Redditverse, power users and upvotes sustain bubbles, but lurkers and exiles keep it breathing. Image credit: XKCD Kokil Jaidka & Taara Kumar Singapore's Reddit communities reveal a digital ecosystem shaped by tight moderation, power-user dominance, and a hunger for unfiltered expression. Drawing from Kai Xiang Teo's data collection for the Straits Times [1]... Continue Reading →
Tenure dossiers are strange documents. They are not quite autobiographies, not quite grant proposals, and not quite research statements. They are arguments about identity. They ask a deceptively simple question: What have you built, and why does it matter? In computational social science, that question can be especially difficult to answer. Our work spills across... Continue Reading →
Response to Simon Chesterman's article (written for an ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute panel)- Chesterman, S. (2024). Lawful but Awful: Evolving Legislative Responses to Address Online Misinformation, Disinformation, and Mal-Information in the Age of Generative AI. American Journal of Comparative Law, 72(4), 933–965. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avaf020 🧩 1. On users and the platform business model Question:What else should users... Continue Reading →
written for the BBC, Image by Perplexity The US-China deal likely involves TikTok divesting its US operations to a US buyer, but it will license its algorithm. What are some ways this licensing agreement can work? The US government's concerns came from fears that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, could be forced by Chinese national security... Continue Reading →
(Researched and compiled for a CNA 938 interview) (Image credits Dall-E) In Singapore, the government has implemented regulations requiring social media platforms, such as Meta's Instagram, to establish robust age verification systems to protect young users from harmful online content. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) mandates that these platforms put in place systems and... Continue Reading →
In the past year I've done a few things around creating new benchmarks for ethical research in computational social science and computational linguistics, and I'd like to talk about them. I co-wrote the pre-submission ICWSM Ethics checklist for authors to include at the end of their manuscript submissions. It is intended to promote a culture... Continue Reading →
Art on the walls of South Delhi in support of the women of Shaheen Bagh (image: VICE) Are social media platforms still relevant spaces for discussing social issues, or have they devolved into a hotbed for trolls and misinformation? It’s a question worth asking, especially when we look at the role these platforms have played during... Continue Reading →
You've just been nominated program chair of your favorite conference! Congrats! Now what? Panic now so that you can chill later. Make boundaries. Plan. Don't expect people to do their best - trust them only if they can handle things at their worst. I've just had the most grueling year of my life, organizing two... Continue Reading →
In today's digital age, social media has become our go-to platform for connecting, sharing, and expressing ourselves. However, the impact of these platforms on our well-being can be a mixed bag. While they offer incredible opportunities for connection, they can also lead to stress, anxiety, and misinformation. So, how do we create social media environments... Continue Reading →
Hi, long time! I've been busy working on other things, but today I compiled several resources about online longitudinal experiments. The resources and Zoom recording are all at http://tinyurl.com/nus-jc-olew We talked about Amazon Mechanical Turk, CloudResearch, otree, Empirica, and SMOLProject's own Twilly and SMOLgram. In code-based approaches, we talked about MTurkR, pyMTurk, and planOut.
Dr. Kokil Jaidka 