{"id":6774,"date":"2026-04-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=6774"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:45:26","slug":"bit-resources-vaccines-social-media-financial-decisions-youth-violence-healthier-cities-local-media-online-harms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2026\/04\/17\/bit-resources-vaccines-social-media-financial-decisions-youth-violence-healthier-cities-local-media-online-harms\/","title":{"rendered":"BIT Resources: Vaccines, Social Media, Financial Decisions, Youth Violence, Healthier Cities, Local Media, &amp; Online Harms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New set of case studies and resources from BIT! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From BIT:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=2b5df12116&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\">Boosting vaccine uptake with behavioural science and social media<\/a>: <\/strong>Our new report brings together evidence from 100+ studies and insights from more than 30 vaccination projects across a dozen countries, including work with UNICEF, WHO, Gavi, and national health authorities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=a999560958&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\">How social media shapes young European\u2019s world views<\/a>: <\/strong>BIT was commissioned by the Finnish innovation fund Sitra to study young people\u2019s experiences on social media, particularly the political content they encounter. We analysed over 1,700 recommended political posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=ef56dc4e5c&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\">What shapes financial decisions: more information, or how it\u2019s presented?<\/a><\/strong> To support the Bank of Thailand\u2019s Responsible Lending regulation, BIT tested whether redesigning a loan product sheet could improve consumer understanding and decision-making.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=0fdcb5a2ea&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\">Can boxing reduce youth violence?<\/a> <\/strong>BIT&#8217;s Ending Youth Violence Lab has launched a 6-month trial to test the impact of boxing on youth crime prevention in the UK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Building healthier cities:<\/strong> We\u2019re proud to lead the global evaluation for the Cities for Better Health initiative, tackling childhood obesity in urban communities. See how our consortium is co-creating sustainable health solutions in Mississauga, Canada. <a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=8176e2f9aa&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch the film.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Local media in a crisis:<\/strong> Following the 2024 UK riots, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport commissioned BIT to explore how communities consumed local news. Our research\u2014now featured in the Government&#8217;s Local Media Plan\u2014highlights how local reporting uniquely reassures the public and helps de-escalate tensions. <a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=7b5910cb66&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Explore the findings<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tackling online harms in Singapore: <\/strong>BIT\u2019s Serene Koh teamed up with SG Her Empowerment to apply the EAST framework to the behavioural barriers of reporting online abuse. <a href=\"https:\/\/team.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8cdb18d899017fd1ee9804a22&amp;id=cd1907036d&amp;e=5fbb60a14b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read the article.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to the BIT by bit newsletter at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.team\/newsletter\/\">https:\/\/www.bi.team\/newsletter\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIT shares case studies, recordings, and reports about some of their behavioural science work around the world [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6794,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6774\/revisions\/6794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}