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The Video Manipulation Effect (VME): A Quantification of the Possible Impact that the Ordering of YouTube Videos Might Have on Opinions and Voting Preferences [published in PLOS ONE, November 2024, link: https://VideoManipulationEffect.com]

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 02 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2024

Robert Epstein and Alex Flores

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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The Search Suggestion Effect (SSE): How Autocomplete Search Suggestions Can Be Used to Impact Opinions and Votes [Computers in Human Behavior, accepted for publication, June 2024]

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 09 Aug 2023

Robert Epstein, Savannah Aries, Kelly Grebbien, Alyssa M. Salcedo and Vanessa R. Zankich

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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What Would Happen If Twitter Sent Consequential Messages to Only a Strategically Important Subset of Users? A Quantification of the Targeted Messaging Effect (TME) [Published in PLOS ONE, July 2023]

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Sep 2022

Robert Epstein, Christina Tyagi and Hongyu Wang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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Can Biased Search Results Change People’s Opinions About Anything at All? A Close Replication of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME) [PLOS ONE, in press, March 2024]

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2024

Robert Epstein and Ji Li

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

Downloads 193 (328,504)

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The "opinion matching effect" (OME): A subtle but powerful new form of influence that is apparently being used on the internet [PLOS ONE, in press]

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 09 Aug 2023

Robert Epstein, Yunyi Huang, Miles Megerdoomian and Vanessa R. Zankich

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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The 'Digital Personalization Effect' (DPE): A Quantification of the Possible Extent to which Personalizing Content Can Increase the Impact of Online Manipulations (PUBLISHED Feb. 2, 2025, final version at https://DigitalPersonalizationEffect.com)

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 04 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2025

Robert Epstein, Amanda Newland and Li Yu Tang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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How a Daily Regimen of Operant Conditioning Might Explain the Power of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME) [Published in Behavioral and Social Issues, January 2024]

Epstein, R., Lothringer, M., & Zankich, V. R. (in press). How a daily regimen of operant conditioning might explain the surprising power of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME). Behavior and Social Issues. https://SEMEandOperantConditioning.com

Number of pages: 93 Posted: 28 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2024

Robert Epstein, Michael Lothringer and Vanessa R. Zankich

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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All You Need Is Love: Validating a New Test of 10 Parenting Competencies That Predict Good Outcomes with Young Children

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2025

Robert Epstein, Hannah Kim, Priyanka Nanayakkara, Patricia Natalie, Lucy Ryall, Zoë Scandalis, Ning Wang, Ivy Wong and Vanessa R. Zankich

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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The "multiple exposure effect" (MEE): How multiple exposures to similarly biased online content can cause increasingly larger shifts in opinions and voting preferences

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2024

Robert Epstein, Amanda Newland and Li Yu Tang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

Downloads 107 (531,978)

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Toward the search for the perfect blade runner: a large-scale, international assessment of a test that screens for “humanness sensitivity” [Published in AI and Society, 2022]

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 28 Sep 2021

Robert Epstein, Maria Bordyug, Ya-Han Chen, Yijing Chen, Anna Ginther, Gina Kirkish and Holly Stead

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), affiliation not provided to SSRN, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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How SARS-CoV-2 and Comparable Pathogens Can Be Defeated in a Single Day: Description and Mathematical Model of the Carrier Separation Plan (CSP) [Published in Frontiers in Public Health, March 2021]

Epstein, R., Houser, C., & Wang, R. (2021, March 5). How SARS-CoV-2 and comparable pathogens can be defeated in a single day: Description and mathematical model of the Carrier Separation Plan (CSP). Frontiers in Public Health, 9:640009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.640009

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2024

Robert Epstein, Connan Houser and Ruixiao Wang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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On the importance of proactive stress management: A rank ordering and analysis of four cognitive-behavioral competencies of stress management using a large international sample

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Dec 2023

Robert Epstein, Jessica Aceret, Ciara Giordani, Vanessa R. Zankich and Lynette Zhang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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Preventing the Misuse of Digital Influence: The Development of Systems for Preserving and Analyzing Potentially Harmful Online Content, and Why Such Systems Are Essential for Democracy

Number of pages: 208 Posted: 16 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2025

Robert Epstein

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

Downloads 76 (659,006)

Citation 1

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Multiple searches increase the impact of similarly biased search results: An example of the “multiple exposure effect” (MEE)

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 30 Nov 2023

Robert Epstein, Miki Ding, Christine Mourani, Amanda Newland, Emily Olson and Felix Tran

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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Which Assertiveness Competencies Count Most? Assessing Assertiveness, Passiveness, and Aggressiveness with a Large Online Sample

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 30 Oct 2024

Robert Epstein, Krystie Xiaowen Mei, Amanda Newland, Leah Rivera, Shreya Singhi and Ning Wang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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Which Parenting Competencies Are Most Helpful in Raising Teens?

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 30 Apr 2024

Robert Epstein, Teddy Caligiuri, Alexis Knipp and Vanessa R. Zankich

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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The Multiple Platforms Effect (MPE): A Quantification of How Exposure to Similarly Biased Content on Multiple Online Platforms Might Interact

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Sep 2024

Robert Epstein, Amanda Newland, Thomas Peeler and Basil Thaddeus

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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Which Resilience Competencies Count Most? Analysis of Data from a New Online Questionnaire

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2025

Robert Epstein, Sophia Godoy and Ning Wang

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

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Extended Childhood Disorder (ECD): Proposal and Empirical Support for a New Ecologically-Based Diagnostic Category of Teen Dysfunction

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Oct 2024

Robert Epstein, Savannah Aries, Teddy Caligiuri and Camille Karner

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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The “Differential Demographics Effect” (DDE): A Theoretical Quantification of How Online Platforms Might Invisibly Influence Opinions and Votes by Exploiting Demographic Characteristics of Their User Population

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 12 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2025

Robert Epstein, Hailey Howitt and Sophia Alderman

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT), American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT) and American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology (AIBRT)

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