Personal profile
Primary fields of research
- Computational social science
- Judgment and decision making
- Collective intelligence
- Social computing
Short presentation
I am a computational social scientist studying how digital technologies — like social media algorithms and large language models — affect the way people think and behave.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Participatory approaches should be used to address the ethics of social media experiments
Straub, V. J. & Burton, J. W., 21 Feb 2025, In: Communications Psychology. 3, 5 p., 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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The governance & behavioral challenges of generative artificial intelligence’s hypercustomization capabilities
Abels, C. M., Lopez-Lopez, E., Burton, J. W., Holford, D. L., Brinkmann, L., Herzog, S. M. & Lewandowsky, S., Apr 2025, In: Behavioral Science & Policy. 11, 1, p. 22-32 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Algorithmically mediating communication to enhance collective decision-making in online social networks
Burton, J. W., Almaatouq, A., Rahimian, M. A. & Hahn, U., 2024, In: Collective Intelligence. 3, 2, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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How large language models can reshape collective intelligence
Burton, J. W., Lopez-Lopez, E., Hechtlinger, S., Rahwan, Z., Aeschbach, S., Bakker, M. A., Becker, J. A., Berditchevskaia, A., Berger, J., Brinkmann, L., Flek, L., Herzog, S. M., Huang, S., Kapoor, S., Narayanan, A., Nussberger, A.-M., Yasseri, T., Nickl, P., Almaatouq, A. & Hahn, U. & 8 others, , 20 Sept 2024, In: Nature Human Behaviour.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Public attitudes towards social media field experiments
Straub, V. J., Burton, J. W., Geers, M. & Lorenz-Spreen, P., 30 Oct 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 26110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Towards more ethical social media field experiments
Straub, V. J., Burton, J. W., Geers, M. & Lorenz-Spreen, P., 6 Mar 2024Research output: Other contribution › Research
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Algorithmic Amplification for Collective Intelligence
Burton, J. W., 21 Sept 2023, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research › peer-review
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Beyond Algorithm Aversion in Human-Machine Decision-Making
Burton, J. W., Stein, M.-K. & Jensen, T. B., 2023, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)