Resources
This page has various research and theory tools that my collaborators and I have developed
ALGORITHM RESPONSIVENESS
Perceived Algorithm Responsiveness and Insensitivity Scale (PARIS) is available here. This 15-item scale measures two variables: perceived algorithm responsiveness (PAR) and perceived algorithm insensitivity (PAI). The scale is validated for Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram. More information available in the original study:
Taylor S. H., & Choi, M. (2022). An initial conceptualization of algorithm responsiveness: Comparing algorithm perceptions across social media platforms. Social Media + Society.
SOCIAL MEDIA SIMULATION
The social media simulation, named Truman, is a fake social networking site where participants are randomly assigned to different conditions upon signing up for the platform. Participants interact with pre-programmed bots that the researcher controls. All resources to replicate our experiments or run your own experiment with Truman are available on GitHub. The use of Truman requires technical skills, especially Javascript. Dominic DiFranzo may be able to provide more technical support. Read more in these papers:
Taylor, S. H., DiFranzo, D., Choi, Y. H., Sannon, S., & Bazarova, N. N. (2019). Accountability and empathy by design: Encouraging bystander interventions to cyberbullying on social media. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’19). Austin, TX. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359220.
DiFranzo, D., Taylor, S. H., Kazerooni, F. K., Wherry, O., & Bazarova, N. N. (2018). Upstanding by design: Bystander intervention in cyberbullying. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). Montreal, CA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173785.
THEORY INFOGRAPHICS
These infographics explain a handful of (mostly interpersonal) communication theories. I made these in 2015-2016, so most of them are a bit outdated. I recommend using them as a starting point or an example for a class assignment rather than as a resource.