Newswise — George Bizer is a professor of psychology specializing in opinions and evaluations, with a special focus on social media, including why people “like” so many things on Facebook.

He has also conducted research on political communication, including negatively framed messages, messages relying on the straw man technique, and messages containing innuendos.

His expertise has been quoted by dozens of media outlets, including The New York Times, Boston Globe, CNN and MSNBC.

He is a member of the Association for Psychological Science, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and Society of Experimental Social Psychology.

He can be reached at [email protected] or (518) 388-6228.