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How to Fix Social Media? Start with Independent Research.
Congress should mandate an unprecedented corporate data-sharing program to enable outside, independent researchers to conduct the kinds of analysis on social media platforms that firm insiders routinely perform.
December 1, 2021
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Warnings May Reduce Hate Speech on Twitter, New Study Finds
Warning users of the potential consequences of their behavior can temporarily reduce their hateful language.
November 22, 2021
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Academic Researchers Need Access to the Facebook Papers
With access to these documents, scholars could support the media, public, and policymakers in identifying where Facebook’s internal research is conclusive, what inferences can be drawn, which topics require more evidence and future research, and what that research should be.
November 4, 2021
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New Study: Can Ordinary Users Effectively Fact Check Fake News in Real Time?
Social media companies have suggested using ordinary users to assess the veracity of news articles and combat misinformation, but a new paper finds this is likely not a viable solution.
October 28, 2021
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Facebook, Open Your Data Trove
As the Facebook Papers revelations continue, it’s critical for the government, through legislation or regulation, to require social media platforms to be more transparent and open up more data to outside researchers.
October 5, 2021
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Launching Multilingual Research Project Studying Election Disinformation
Craig Newmark Philanthropies donates $350,000 to fund new multilingual research on the types of disinformation communities are exposed to during elections.
September 13, 2021
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Despite Warning Labels, Trump’s Election Misinformation Tweets Spread Widely Across Social Media Platforms, New Study Finds
The paper’s findings reveal how misinformation spreads across networks and point to need to improve content-moderation techniques.
August 24, 2021
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Our Craig Newmark Philanthropies Graduate Students
In 2020, Craig Newmark Philanthropies donated $400,000 to support our PhD students, ensuring they could continue their research projects examining some of the biggest questions at the intersection of social media and democracy. Here is an update on what they've been working on this past year thanks to Craig's generous support.
July 1, 2021
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Influential Users in the Common Core and Black Lives Matter Social Media Conversation
We analyzed Twitter discussions around two very different topics and found striking similarities in how political discussions evolve online.
June 30, 2021
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Did Hate Speech on Twitter Rise During and After Trump’s 2016 Election Campaign?
Our research shows that the amount of hate speech on Twitter did not systematically increase during and immediately after the 2016 presidential campaign.
June 9, 2021
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Does What We Know About Fake News Hold Up in a Pandemic?
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the future of social media research as false information about COVID-19 spreads alongside the disease itself.
January 12, 2021
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Why We Desperately Need More Research on Social Media’s Effects on Democracy
A new book argues academic researchers should have more access to the data locked inside Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms.
January 12, 2021
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We Analyzed Public Discussion of Unproven COVID-19 Treatments. Here’s What We Found.
Tweets mentioning hydroxychloroquine peaked when President Trump touted the drug — without evidence — as a cure to the disease.
July 15, 2020
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CSMaP Awarded National Science Foundation COVID-19 RAPID Grant
With the support of an NSF Grant, we’re studying susceptibility to false and misleading news around COVID-19.
June 25, 2020
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You’re More Likely to Protest if Your Friends Are Protesting, Too
Our research shows protesters are far more connected to each other — via direct and indirect social ties — than are non-protesters.
June 24, 2020
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Who’s Attracted to a Clickbait Headline?
Older adults, Republicans, and independents, according to our research.
June 8, 2020
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How Many People Live in Echo Chambers on Social Media?
Our research shows political bubbles, or echo chambers, are not as widespread as many pundits make them out to be.
May 18, 2020
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House Testimony: The Impact of Social Media on Congressional Communications Strategy
Our co-director Joshua A. Tucker testified before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.
October 31, 2019
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NYU Launches Center for Social Media and Politics
NYU has established the Center for Social Media and Politics, which will examine the production, flow, and impact of social media content in the political sphere, as well as support research that uses social media data to study politics.
October 10, 2019
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Tweeting Tragedy: From Prayer to Politics
Initial emotional responses on Twitter gave way to a call for more political responses in the wake of Newtown massacre.
December 12, 2012
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