Latinos, Social Media, and Misinformation
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Latino people who rely on Spanish-language social media are more likely to believe misinformation about election issues, according to our latest survey results.
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.
Featured Work
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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.
Misinformation & Information
Public Opinion
Elite & Mass Political Behavior
Media Consumption
Foreign Influence Campaigns
Political Polarization
Politics of Authoritarianism
Data Science MethodologyWork With Us
We’re currently hiring across a number of positions. We’re always looking for people to join our talent pool, too.
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News
Siegel Family Endowment Renews Support for CSMaP Research
The grant will help us conduct cutting-edge research and advance evidence-based public policy. It also supports research from Tiago Ventura, a CSMaP postdoc who will join the latest cohort of Siegel Research Fellows.
November 16, 2022
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Commentary
Musk’s Twitter Shake-Up Could Deliver a Critical Blow to Social Media Research
We still don’t know the extent of what Musk has actually changed within Twitter. But without mandated data access for researchers, we risk never knowing their impact on society as well.
November 9, 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.
Explore and download our data collection and analysis tools.