In the Media

Zeve Sanderson discusses the attention that platforms, like YouTube, received after trying to institute content moderation policies.

A CSMaP study found a significant rise in election fraud YouTube videos shared on Twitter immediately following the Nov. 3 election.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the power of name recognition and its ability to help celebrity politicians to succeed.

A CSMaP study found that Trump’s messages that were labeled for misinformation by Twitter spread further than tweets that receive no intervention at all. 

A CSMaP study found that tweets flagged for misinformation on Twitter, still spread on Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit.

Zeve Sanderson talks about a CSMaP study that found that misinformation flagged on one platform, continues to spread on other ones through screenshots and other posts.

A new CSMaP study found that Trump tweets, either blocked or labeled as false on Twitter, still spread on other platforms -- sometimes out performing tweets with no flags.

A CSMaP study found that it's unlikely that social media is the main driver of polarization, however, it's often a key facilitator.

Jonathan Nagler discusses a recent Yale paper that found that social media platforms like Twitter, amplify our collective moral outrage.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about sensitivity filters getting better over time, making it unclear how Instagram's new policy will affect the majority of its users.

Joshua A. Tucker and Kevin Aslett discuss how Googling fake news can actually increase one's belief in it.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about how people are generally not good at spotting fake news, and how the COVID-19 and vaccine rollout further hindered people's ability to spot misinformation online.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about how countries can prevent false information from derailing societies.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the city's low voter turnout and the difference in voter participation between local and presidential elections in the US.

A CSMaP research paper talks about the use of Facebook in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the complex social dynamics that are intertwined.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the rise of "the big lie" and how this creates a situation where the process of ceding power becomes more difficult for the right.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about Facebook's affirmation to maintain Trump's suspension from the platform and the growing criticism from conservatives.

Jonathan Nagler talks about Twitter's intervention around Trump and the effects that it might have on his future messaging.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the misinformation of 2020 and how it made some question the integrity of the election.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the events of Jan. 6 and how social media was used to organize the group attending the rally and the effects this might have on the future of our democracy.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about the use of the term "civil war" and how this phrase generated on Parler and then lent itself to the Jan. 6 moment.

Joshua A. Tucker talks about social media and its influence on democracy.

Joshua A. Tucker discusses online influence campaigns and their strategies around fake news.

Joshua A. Tucker discusses foreign influence campaigns and their role in domestic political campaigns and the changing dynamic around domestic actor influence.

A CSMaP survey found that those who voted for Trump in 2016 thought he broke fewer than one in five campaign promises.