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In the Media
CSMaP informs public discourse in the digital age. See a selection of news stories citing our experts.
Media Inquiries
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The New Yorker: How Harmful is Social Media?
The New Yorker cites a CSMaP study in a story analyzing research on social media and democracy.
June 3, 2022
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Creative Control: Social media regulation needs to happen—but how?
Joshua A. Tucker joins a Fast Company podcast to discuss social media transparency and data access.
May 26, 2022
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Intel on AI: AI, Social Media, and Political Influence
In this episode of Intel on AI, host Amir Khosrowshahi talks with Joshua A. Tucker about using artificial intelligence to study the influence social media has on politics.
May 25, 2022
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The Washington Post: The midterms are here. Critics say Facebook is already behind
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the disinformation problems we'll face in the 2022 election.
May 19, 2022
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Politico: Elon Musk could soon have a Trump-sized headache
Joshua A. Tucker talks about Elon Musk's continued waffling on what he would do with Twitter.
May 13, 2022
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Nieman Lab: Do browser extensions keep anyone away from fake news sites? Maybe a tiny bit
Kevin Aslett and Andy Guess discuss their new study on source credibility labels.
May 11, 2022
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Tech Policy Press: Researchers Query Misinformation and Interventions to Address It
A roundup of recent misinformation research, including our paper on news credibility labels.
May 10, 2022
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Popular Science: The biggest consumers of fake news may benefit from this one tech intervention
Kevin Aslett discusses findings from our study on the efficacy of source credibility labels.
May 9, 2022
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Protocol: Labeling junk news sites doesn't steer away most readers
Coverage of our paper on the impact of news source credibility labels.
May 6, 2022
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TIME: What Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Means for Trump's TRUTH Social
What Musk's Twitter purchase ultimately means for TRUTH Social is a bit opaque, says Jonathan Nagler.
April 28, 2022
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Politico: How Musk could — and couldn't — transform Twitter
Zeve Sanderson analyzes whether Elon Musk will end Twitter deplatforming.
April 26, 2022
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Newsweek: Why Creating a Liberal Twitter Alternative is Doomed to Fail
Joshua A. Tucker discusses Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and what would happen if liberal users flee the platform.
April 26, 2022
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Al Jazeera English: Elon Musk’s Twitter deal stirs free speech, disinformation debate
Zeve Sanderson discusses the pros and cons of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter.
April 25, 2022
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Undark Magazine: Why Researchers Want Broader Access to Social Media Data
Joshua A. Tucker explains why researchers need more access to social media data to better understand the impact of platforms on society.
April 18, 2022
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Mashable: The public doesn't agree with Elon Musk's 'freedom of speech' Twitter crusade
Jonathan Nagler discusses a new study showing a strong majority of Americans want social media companies to take action to reduce the spread of misinformation.
April 15, 2022
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Spectrum News: Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the implications Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter has on content moderation and free speech.
April 14, 2022
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The Guardian: Harsh truth: Trump’s social media app follows long line of failed ventures
Joshua A. Tucker explains why Truth Social seems to be failing.
April 9, 2022
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BBC: Trump's Truth Social app branded a disaster
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the flawed roll out of Trump's new social media app.
April 3, 2022
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MSNBC: Female journalists face gender-based online harassment
Megan A. Brown talks to MSNBC about our recent studying showing spikes in online harassment against female journalists after prominent media attacks.
April 1, 2022
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Social Media and Politics Podcast: Social Media and the War in Ukraine, with Prof. Joshua Tucker
Joshua A. Tucker discusses social media's impact on the invasion of Ukraine and how "information theaters" differ across the West, Ukraine, Russia, and China.
March 27, 2022
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NewsNation: Should Reuters continue to partner with a Russian-owned news agency?
Joshua A. Tucker joins Dan Abrams Live to discuss why Reuters is being criticized for partnering with TASS.
March 22, 2022
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The Washington Post: Social platforms’ bans muffle Russian state media propaganda
A Washington Post analysis using CSMaP data finds that traffic to state media sites tanked on YouTube and Facebook following action by the companies.
March 16, 2022
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Wisconsin Public Radio: Combating misinformation from the Russian war on Ukraine
Joshua A. Tucker looks at how misinformation spreads and how it's influencing the conflict in Eastern Europe.
March 15, 2022
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Brut: How Russian media is covering the war in Ukraine
Joshua A. Tucker talks about the difference between Russian and western media coverage of the war.
March 5, 2022
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Bloomberg: Putin Propaganda Machine Undercut by Social Media Blackout
Joshua A. Tucker talks about efforts to block Russian propaganda on social media.
March 4, 2022