TikTok's Not the Problem
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Although TikTok’s API requirements present many challenges for researchers, they're fundamentally the same as other platform APIs. The problem isn't TikTok. It's that researchers have to rely on platforms to access data in the first place.
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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Events
Foreign Interference & Propaganda: What We Know and What to Expect
Leading scholars participated in a virtual discussion about Russian and Chinese influence operations.
March 1, 2023
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Commentary
Globally, Russia May Actually Not Be Losing the Information War
In the modern digital information era, information wars are always global.
February 24, 2023
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.