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NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics works to strengthen democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars.
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Our Research
CSMaP publishes rigorous, policy-relevant research in top academic journals.
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Our Team
Drawing from politics, data science, biology, and sociology, we host a diverse community of scholars.
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Our Impact
Our work advances evidence-based public policy and discourse in the digital age.
Strengthening Democracy
Policymakers across the world are reshaping the laws and regulations governing online spaces. But without access to high-quality empirical evidence, legislators risk operating in the dark. That's where we come in.
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News
Researchers Follow the Money to Illuminate US House Candidates’ Ideological Movement
New social media study finds safe incumbents move from primary extremes to general-election center when facing well-funded primary challenger
March 17, 2025
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Policy
When it Comes to Understanding AI’s Impact on Elections, We’re Still Working in the Dark
Greater transparency around AI-generated political advertising would transform researchers' ability to understand its potential effects on democracy and elections.
March 4, 2025
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A Commitment to Open Science
As part of our project to construct comprehensive data sets and to empirically test hypotheses related to social media and politics, we have developed a suite of open-source tools and modeling processes.
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