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2022 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
December 19, 2022
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Siegel Family Endowment Renews Support for CSMaP Research
The grant will help us conduct cutting-edge research and advance evidence-based public policy. It also supports research from Tiago Ventura, a CSMaP postdoc who will join the latest cohort of Siegel Research Fellows.
November 16, 2022
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Commentary
Musk’s Twitter Shake-Up Could Deliver a Critical Blow to Social Media Research
We still don’t know the extent of what Musk has actually changed within Twitter. But without mandated data access for researchers, we risk never knowing their impact on society as well.
November 9, 2022
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Analysis
Latinos Who Use Spanish-Language Social Media Get More Misinformation
That could affect their votes — and their safety from covid-19.
November 8, 2022
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Analysis
Republicans Are Increasingly Sharing Misinformation
Republican candidates have dramatically increased how much they share from unreliable sources in just two years.
August 29, 2022
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Commentary
The Social Media Data We Need to Answer Key Research Questions
Ahead of a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on platform transparency, we submitted a letter outlining the type of research questions we want to answer — and the social media data we need to answer them.
May 4, 2022
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Commentary
How to Evaluate Elon Musk’s (Potential) Impact On Twitter
There are three areas — content moderation, transparency, and data access — to watch closely as Musk takes ownership of Twitter.
April 26, 2022
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Analysis
Gender-Based Online Violence Spikes After Prominent Media Attacks
Our research finds that after a prominent male media personality targets a female journalist, the prevalence of hateful speech targeting those journalists increases in the immediate aftermath, often taking days to decrease.
January 26, 2022
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Analysis
Twitter Banned Marjorie Taylor Greene. That May Not Hurt Her Much.
She’s gaining followers and ‘likes’ on other social media platforms, our research finds.
January 14, 2022
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Analysis
Trendless Fluctuation? How Twitter’s Ethiopia Interventions May (Not) Have Worked
Twitter’s decision to deactivate trending topics in Ethiopia did not reduce the volume or toxicity of tweets about the civil war.
January 11, 2022
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2021 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
January 5, 2022
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A Conversation About Reducing Harm on Social Media
Recap of our recent event with academic, policy, and tech experts on how to make social media a safer and more civil place.
December 20, 2021
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Analysis
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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Commentary
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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Analysis
Twitter Amplifies Conservative Politicians. Is it Because Users Mock Them?
Our research suggests conservative politicians are ‘ratioed’ more often, which may explain why they’re in your timeline.
October 27, 2021
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Commentary
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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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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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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Analysis
Which Republicans Are Most Likely to Think the Election Was Stolen?
Those who dislike Democrats and don’t mind white nationalists. That includes plenty of Republicans with college educations.
January 19, 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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Analysis
Is Social Media to Blame for Violence at the U.S. Capitol?
This explains how social media can both weaken — and strengthen — democracy. Groups opposed to fundamental tenets of liberal democracy also have found their megaphone.
January 7, 2021
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Analysis
How Trump Impacts Harmful Twitter Speech: A Case Study in Three Tweets
We examined three recent tweets from the president and found that harmful speech on Twitter spiked in their immediate aftermath, but soon returned to baseline.
October 22, 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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