Russian Foreign Influence
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In a new paper, we find exposure to tweets from Russian trolls in 2016 didn’t change attitudes or voting behavior — but the disinformation effort may still have had consequences.
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
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Drawing from politics, data science, biology, and sociology, we host a diverse community of scholars.
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Our work advances evidence-based public policy and discourse in the digital age.
Misinformation & Information
Public Opinion
Elite & Mass Political Behavior
Media Consumption
Foreign Influence Campaigns
Political Polarization
Politics of Authoritarianism
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2022 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
December 19, 2022
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Analysis
Latinos Who Use Spanish-Language Social Media Get More Misinformation
That could affect their votes — and their safety from covid-19.
November 8, 2022
About Us
Our Co-Director Joshua A. Tucker explains the importance of CSMaP's work.
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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