WILLIAM SCHULZ
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View article: The Tip of the Iceberg: How the Social Media Production-Consumption Gap Distorts Public Opinion for Citizens and Researchers
The Tip of the Iceberg: How the Social Media Production-Consumption Gap Distorts Public Opinion for Citizens and Researchers Open
The production–consumption gap on social media is a consistent finding across time, platforms, and cultural contexts: A small minority of highly active users produce the majority of online political content, while the majority of users con…
View article: A Collective Field Experiment Disentangling Participation in Online Political Discussions
A Collective Field Experiment Disentangling Participation in Online Political Discussions Open
Online discussions are often dominated by a small group of active users, while the majorityremain silent. To investigate what differentiates active from silent users, whether participation inequality can be mitigated, and the downstream ef…
View article: What Would You Say? Estimating Causal Effects of Social Context on Political Expression
What Would You Say? Estimating Causal Effects of Social Context on Political Expression Open
I develop a survey method for estimating social influence over individual political expression, by combining the content-richness of document scaling with the flexibility of survey research. I introduce the “What Would You Say?” question, …
View article: Introducing ReChat: A Lab-in-the-Cloud for Text Discussions
Introducing ReChat: A Lab-in-the-Cloud for Text Discussions Open
Text is a major medium of contemporary interpersonal communication but is difficult for social scientists to study unless they have significant resources or the skills to build their own research platform. In this paper, we introduce a clo…
View article: Four-dimensional surface motions of the Slumgullion landslide and quantification of hydrometeorological forcing
Four-dimensional surface motions of the Slumgullion landslide and quantification of hydrometeorological forcing Open
Landslides modify the natural landscape and cause fatalities and property damage worldwide. Quantifying landslide dynamics is challenging due to the stochastic nature of the environment. With its large area of ~1 km2 and perennial motions …
View article: Dorothy Day's Distributism and Her Vision for Catholic Politics
Dorothy Day's Distributism and Her Vision for Catholic Politics Open
This dissertation is a study of Dorothy Day’s political ideas, her creation of the Catholic Worker movement, and her relationship with Distributism, the official socio-economic teaching of the Catholic Church. In order to fully understand …
View article: Vaccine Hesitancy: Clarifying a Theoretical Framework for an Ambiguous Notion
Vaccine Hesitancy: Clarifying a Theoretical Framework for an Ambiguous Notion Open
Today, according to many public health experts, public confidence in vaccines is waning. The term "vaccine hesitancy" (VH) is increasingly used to describe the spread of such vaccine reluctance. But VH is an ambiguous notion and its theore…