Partisan Bias
Partisan bias in language and information dissemination is a growing area of research focusing on how political affiliation shapes the perception and communication of information. Current studies utilize large language models and natural language processing techniques to analyze vast datasets of text from social media, news articles, and other sources, identifying patterns of biased language use and information sharing across different political groups. This research is crucial for understanding the mechanisms driving political polarization and developing strategies to mitigate the spread of misinformation and improve public discourse, with implications for journalism, political science, and the design of more robust online information ecosystems.
Papers
Inducing Political Bias Allows Language Models Anticipate Partisan Reactions to Controversies
Zihao He, Siyi Guo, Ashwin Rao, Kristina Lerman
The Wisdom of Partisan Crowds: Comparing Collective Intelligence in Humans and LLM-based Agents
Yun-Shiuan Chuang, Siddharth Suresh, Nikunj Harlalka, Agam Goyal, Robert Hawkins, Sijia Yang, Dhavan Shah, Junjie Hu, Timothy T. Rogers