Is Social Media Manipulation Altering What We Think and Comment?
An Instagram Field Experiment in Indonesia
Take a look at Moses' latest multi-award working paper that utilizes a novel randomized field experiment to assess the impact of social media manipulation in comment sections on the commenting behaviors, and first and second order beliefs of 912 Instagram users in Indonesia, and his most up to date activities on this project.
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Moses is a political scientist and communications consultant. He is currently an experiment advisor for CampaignLab, UK, an upcoming delegate of the Republic of Indonesia for Youth 20 (Y20) 2026 in Washington DC, USA, and PhD candidate in the London School of Economics and Political Science on September 2026. He has helped with several research and consultancy projects across both the public and private sector, and is a founder to youth civic mobilization organization, MIDGround Project. Contact Moses at:
What is Moses advocating for Y20 2026 USA?
Moses has been called to represent Indonesian youths at Y20 2026 on innovation and digital transformation, with issues pertaining to AI, cybersecurity, online harm, privacy, technological advancements, etc.
What can we mobilize first-time voters to become responsible democratic citizens?
Moses found a youth-based organization in Bogor City, Indonesia, called MIDGround Project, whereby MID in the Indonesian language stands for young, information and democracy. Since 2022, MIDGround has mobilized and educated over 1,000 teachers, youths and policymakers.
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