With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has rapidly become a crucial
communication tool for information generation, dissemination, and consumption. In this …

This literature review examines social scientific evidence regarding the existence, causes,
and effects of online echo chambers in the context of concerns about digital platforms …

Despite calls for political consensus, there is growing evidence that the public response to
the COVID-19 pandemic has been politicized in the US. We examined the extent to which …

Major crises can act as critical junctures or reinforce the political status quo, depending on
how citizens view the performance of central institutions. We use an interrupted time series …

During international crises, trust in government is expected to increase irrespective of the
wisdom of the policies it pursues. This has been called a 'rally-round-the-flag'effect. This …

Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an
important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large …

How can we explain the rise in diffuse political support during the Covid‐19 pandemic?
Recent research has argued that the lockdown measures generated political support. In …

In times of severe international crises, such as wars and terrorist attacks, citizens tend to
'rally-around-the-flag'and increase their support for political leaders. We ask if the rallying …

Widespread misperceptions about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus threaten to
exacerbate the severity of the pandemic. We conducted preregistered survey experiments in …

What are the psychological consequences of the increasingly politicized nature of the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States relative to similar Western countries? In a two …