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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.

In the aftermath of a violent terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, the government shut down access to social media sites, with widespread implications.

In general, people don't tend to share a lot of links to fake news websites, but those that do are more likely to be older and more politically conservative.

We find that IRA-operated Twitter accounts shared less junk news than one might have expected — relying instead on local news sources.

Last week, Taylor Swift endorsed two candidates on Instagram, speaking to a group that could use encouragement: young people, who often fail to vote in midterm elections.

Our research suggests it might be because Trump is delivering the traditional conservative policies that large shares of his voters wanted all along.

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union caused a dramatic surge in Brexit-related tweets. Our analysis of millions of them provides key insights into the success of the “leave” campaign, the surprising dominance of economic issues in the online debate, and the referendum’s increasingly global audience.

The meager voter turnout at Egypt's first parliamentary elections since 2012 has been chalked up to apathy and frustration among Egyptian citizens, but an analysis of 500,000 tweets indicates that citizens’ distrust, exclusion and alienation from Egyptian politics is to blame.

Did John Kasich’s “grown up” strategy work? Could moderate Republicans be warming to Rand Paul? To answer these questions and more, we analyze 426,717 tweets from the fourth Republican debate.

Although social media may have given dissidents a temporary advantage over repressive governments, now that Twitter is a mature platform, repressive regimes can and do use social media to solidify their grip on power.

Our analysis of Twitter and Facebook data suggests that social media continues to be a pivotal organization tool for those in Kiev and also the most relevant mechanism for disseminating and exchanging information both within Ukraine and abroad.

Social media continues to play an important role in the protests in Ukraine. As the situation changes, social media users are adapting their strategies online to meet shifting needs as they emerge on the ground.

We collected tweets mentioning the most common Twitter hashtags and available Facebook data of the Kiev protest since the morning of November 25, and found that Ukrainian social media users are strategically using the tools available to them to organize and spread information about the protests.

This trend suggests that Turkish protesters are replacing the traditional reporting with crowd-sourced accounts of the protest expressed through social media.

Initial emotional responses on Twitter gave way to a call for more political responses in the wake of Newtown massacre.