Andrew M. Guess - NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics

Andrew (Andy) M. Guess is an Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and a faculty research affiliate with NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics. He is also the founding co-editor of the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, with Kevin Munger and Eszter Hargittai. In 2015, Guess began working with CSMaP after working as a postdoctoral student at the Social Media and Political Participation Lab.

Guess’s research sits at the intersection of political communication, public opinion, and political behavior. When conducting research, he uses a combination of experimental methods, large datasets, machine learning, and innovative measurement to study how people choose, process, spread, and respond to information about politics.

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Journal Article
The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook During the U.S. 2020 Election
- Sandra González-Bailón,
- David Lazer,
- Pablo Barberá,
- William Godel,
- Hunt Alcott,
- Taylor Brown,
- Adriana Crespo-Tenorio,
- Deen Freelon,
- Matthew Gentzkow,
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Shanto Iyengar,
- Young Mie Kim,
- Neil Malhotra,
- Devra Moehler,
- Brendan Nyhan,
- Jennifer Pan,
- Carlos Velasco Rivera,
- Jaime Settle,
- Emily Thorson,
- Rebekah Tromble,
- Arjun Wilkins,
- Magdalena Wojcieszak,
- Chad Kiewiet De Jong,
- Annie Franco,
- Winter Mason,
- Natalie Jomini Stroud,
- Joshua A. Tucker
Sociological Science, 2024
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The Effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 Election: A Deactivation Experiment
- Hunt Alcott,
- Matthew Gentzkow,
- Winter Mason,
- Arjun Wilkins,
- Pablo Barberá,
- Taylor Brown,
- Juan Carlos Cisneros,
- Adriana Crespo-Tenorio,
- Drew Dimmery,
- Deen Freelon,
- Sandra González-Bailón,
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Young Mie Kim,
- David Lazer,
- Neil Malhotra,
- Devra Moehler,
- Sameer Nair-Desai,
- Houda Nait El Barj,
- Brendan Nyhan,
- Ana Carolina Paixao de Queiroz,
- Jennifer Pan,
- Jaime Settle,
- Emily Thorson,
- Rebekah Tromble,
- Carlos Velasco Rivera,
- Benjamin Wittenbrink,
- Magdalena Wojcieszak,
- Saam Zahedian,
- Annie Franco,
- Chad Kiewiet De Jong,
- Natalie Jomini Stroud,
- Joshua A. Tucker
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024
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Journal Article
Like-Minded Sources On Facebook Are Prevalent But Not Polarizing
- Brendan Nyhan,
- Jaime Settle,
- Emily Thorson,
- Magdalena Wojcieszak,
- Pablo Barberá,
- Annie Y. Chen,
- Hunt Alcott,
- Taylor Brown,
- Adriana Crespo-Tenorio,
- Drew Dimmery,
- Deen Freelon,
- Matthew Gentzkow,
- Sandra González-Bailón,
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Edward Kennedy,
- Young Mie Kim,
- David Lazer,
- Neil Malhotra,
- Devra Moehler,
- Jennifer Pan,
- Daniel Robert Thomas,
- Rebekah Tromble,
- Carlos Velasco Rivera,
- Arjun Wilkins,
- Beixian Xiong,
- Chad Kiewiet De Jong,
- Annie Franco,
- Winter Mason,
- Natalie Jomini Stroud,
- Joshua A. Tucker
Nature, 2023
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Journal Article
How Do Social Media Feed Algorithms Affect Attitudes and Behavior in an Election Campaign?
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Neil Malhotra,
- Jennifer Pan,
- Pablo Barberá,
- Hunt Alcott,
- Taylor Brown,
- Adriana Crespo-Tenorio,
- Drew Dimmery,
- Deen Freelon,
- Matthew Gentzkow,
- Sandra González-Bailón,
- Edward Kennedy,
- Young Mie Kim,
- David Lazer,
- Devra Moehler,
- Brendan Nyhan,
- Jaime Settle,
- Calos Velasco-Rivera,
- Daniel Robert Thomas,
- Emily Thorson,
- Rebekah Tromble,
- Beixian Xiong,
- Chad Kiewiet De Jong,
- Annie Franco,
- Winter Mason,
- Natalie Jomini Stroud,
- Joshua A. Tucker
Science, 2023
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Journal Article
Reshares on Social Media Amplify Political News But Do Not Detectably Affect Beliefs or Opinions
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Neil Malhotra,
- Jennifer Pan,
- Pablo Barberá,
- Hunt Alcott,
- Taylor Brown,
- Adriana Crespo-Tenorio,
- Drew Dimmery,
- Deen Freelon,
- Matthew Gentzkow,
- Sandra González-Bailón,
- Edward Kennedy,
- Young Mie Kim,
- David Lazer,
- Devra Moehler,
- Brendan Nyhan,
- Carlos Velasco Rivera,
- Jaime Settle,
- Daniel Robert Thomas,
- Emily Thorson,
- Rebekah Tromble,
- Arjun Wilkins,
- Magdalena Wojcieszak,
- Beixian Xiong,
- Chad Kiewiet De Jong,
- Annie Franco,
- Winter Mason,
- Natalie Jomini Stroud,
- Joshua A. Tucker
Science, 2023
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Journal Article
Asymmetric Ideological Segregation In Exposure To Political News on Facebook
- Sandra González-Bailón,
- David Lazer,
- Pablo Barberá,
- Meiqing Zhang,
- Hunt Alcott,
- Taylor Brown,
- Adriana Crespo-Tenorio,
- Deen Freelon,
- Matthew Gentzkow,
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Shanto Iyengar,
- Young Mie Kim,
- Neil Malhotra,
- Devra Moehler,
- Brendan Nyhan,
- Jennifer Pan,
- Caros Velasco Rivera,
- Jaime Settle,
- Emily Thorson,
- Rebekah Tromble,
- Arjun Wilkins,
- Magdalena Wojcieszak,
- Chad Kiewiet De Jong,
- Annie Franco,
- Winter Mason,
- Joshua A. Tucker,
- Natalie Jomini Stroud
Science, 2023
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Journal Article
News Credibility Labels Have Limited Average Effects on News Diet Quality and Fail to Reduce Misperceptions
Science Advances, 2022
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Journal Article
What’s Not to Like? Facebook Page Likes Reveal Limited Polarization in Lifestyle Preferences
Political Communication, 2021
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Journal Article
Cracking Open the News Feed: Exploring What U.S. Facebook Users See and Share with Large-Scale Platform Data
Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2021
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How Many People Live in Political Bubbles on Social Media? Evidence From Linked Survey and Twitter Data
SAGE Open, 2019
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Less Than You Think: Prevalence and Predictors of Fake News Dissemination on Facebook
Science Advances, 2019
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Analysis
Who Was Most Likely to Share Fake News in 2016? Seniors.
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.

January 9, 2019
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Journal Article
How Accurate Are Survey Responses on Social Media and Politics?
Political Communication, 2019
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Working Paper
Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature
- Joshua A. Tucker,
- Andrew M. Guess,
- Pablo Barberá,
- Cristian Vaccari,
- Alexandra A. Siegel,
- Sergey Sanovich,
- Denis Stukal,
- Brendan Nyhan
Hewlett Foundation, 2018
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Analysis
This is What Twitter Can Teach Us About John Kasich’s (And Everyone Else’s!) Debate Performance
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.

November 12, 2015
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Report
The Fourth GOP Debate: Going Beyond Mentions
Continuing previous work, we want to measure viewers' impressions of presidential candidates in real time, specifically around the fourth GOP debate.

November 10, 2015
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Report
The Third Republican Debate: During and After
We want to better understand how people of differing ideological backgrounds, specifically Republicans and Democrats, respond within and to political discussions.

October 28, 2015
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