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CSMaP informs public discourse in the digital age. See a selection of news stories citing our experts.
Media Inquiries
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TIME: Why Trump's TRUTH Social Platform Will Struggle to Compete With Mainstream Social Media
Joshua A. Tucker discusses the future of Trump's new social media platform.
February 15, 2022
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Podcast: Why Are We So Angry?
Joshua A. Tucker joins a new podcast to discuss whether there is a deep fundamental divide within our country.
February 15, 2022
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Democracy Nerd Podcast: Americans are "awful" at spotting fake news
Jonathan Nagler discusses social media's impact on democracy, the fallout of the Facebook Papers, and explains why Americans are awful at identifying fake news.
February 7, 2022
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Utah Public Radio's UnDisciplined Podcast: Dog whistlers
Megan A. Brown discusses recent research about spikes in gender-based online violence after prominent media attacks.
February 3, 2022
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San Francisco Examiner: Can California’s Devin Nunes help Trump slay Facebook and Twitter?
Joshua A. Tucker talks about the challenges that Trump’s app faces.
January 20, 2022
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The Washington Post: Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after.
Megan A. Brown talks about the effects of deplatforming political figures online.
January 20, 2022
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NPR: Why is the 'Big Lie' proving so hard to dispel?
Joshua A. Tucker talks about political sectarianism and how it makes it difficult for people to dispel misinformation because they become impervious to facts.
January 4, 2022
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National Journal: Senators lean on fake accounts for social-media insight
Joshua A. Tucker explains why 'finstas' aren't a good way to create policy.
December 13, 2021
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Popular Science: A look inside TikTok’s seemingly all-knowing algorithm
Joshua A. Tucker talks about TikTok's algorithm in comparison to Facebook and Twitter.
December 7, 2021
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Daily Mail: A polite warning on Twitter can help reduce hate speech by up to 20 percent because messages that 'appear legitimate in the eyes of the target' are the most effective, study finds
A CSMaP study found that users who received suspension warnings generally declined their racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise prohibited language on the platform by 10 percent.
November 22, 2021
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Protocol: Can Twitter warnings actually curb hate speech? A new study says yes.
A CSMaP study found that warning Twitter users that someone they follow had been suspended -- and that they could also face suspension -- cut down on the amount of hate speech.
November 22, 2021
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Engadget: Personalized warnings could reduce hate speech on Twitter, researchers say
A CSMaP study found that personalized warnings alerting Twitter users to the consequences of their behavior, reduced the amount of tweets with hateful language.
November 22, 2021
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Popular Science: Polite warnings are surprisingly good at reducing hate speech on social media
A CSMaP study tested different ways to limit hate speech on platforms like Twitter, and found that just sending users suspension warnings about their behavior, greatly limited the amount of hate speech from those accounts.
November 22, 2021
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Tech Policy Press: “Suspension Warnings” Can Reduce Hate Speech on Twitter
A CSMaP study found that giving Twitter users "suspension warnings" seriously reduced the amount of hate speech that the users used on the platform.
November 22, 2021
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Gizmodo: Twitter's Best Strategy to Combat Hate Speech Is Politely Asking People to Knock It Off, Study Finds
A CSMaP study found that "politely phrased" warnings can go a long way toward shaming people into better behavior on platforms like Twitter.
November 22, 2021
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Los Angeles Times: Gov. Newsom returns to public eye after sudden absence sparked social media speculation
Joshua A. Tucker discusses how a void of information can help lead to misinformation.
November 9, 2021
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The Washington Post: New research casts doubt on Twitter's crowdsourced fact-checking plans
Joshua A. Tucker talks about Twitter's new approach to fact-checking and whether research backs up its effectiveness.
October 29, 2021
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Rolling Stone: Twitter May Be Amping Conservative Accounts Because People Can’t Stop Dunking on Them
A CSMaP study found that lawmakers whose tweets cause the most outrage online, received the most amount of interactions with their tweets by other users -- mostly in the form of "dunking".
October 27, 2021
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Popular Science: Facebook might rebrand as a ‘metaverse’ company. What does that even mean?
Zeve Sanderson talks about how quickly the media environment norms and standards change. He also discusses the new possibilities tech companies have with the metaverse.
October 20, 2021
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The New York Times: YouTube Sued Over Animal Abuse Videos, Accused of Not Enforcing Ban
Zeve Sanderson discusses the attention that platforms, like YouTube, received after trying to institute content moderation policies.
October 19, 2021
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The New York Times: YouTube’s stronger election misinformation policies had a spillover effect on Twitter and Facebook, researchers say.
A CSMaP study found a significant rise in election fraud YouTube videos shared on Twitter immediately following the Nov. 3 election.
October 14, 2021
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CNN: California's Political Circus
Joshua A. Tucker talks about the power of name recognition and its ability to help celebrity politicians to succeed.
September 22, 2021
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Spectrum News 1: Despite labels, Trump's election misinformation tweets spread widely
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.
August 26, 2021
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CNET: Trump's tweets blocked for election misinformation still spread to other sites
A CSMaP study found that tweets flagged for misinformation on Twitter, still spread on Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit.
August 25, 2021
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Popular Science: Twitter’s efforts to tackle misleading tweets just made them thrive elsewhere
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.
August 25, 2021