Maggie Macdonald
Maggie Macdonald is a Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Emory University in August 2020 after completing her Bachelors at Elon University in 2015.
Macdonald’s research focuses on political communication and American politics, specifically elections. Her main area of interest is how political actors, such as politicians and their campaigns, strategically use new technologies like social media to achieve their goals and what the effect (if any) of these behaviors are.
Related Research & News
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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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Working Paper
To Moderate, Or Not to Moderate: Strategic Domain Sharing by Congressional Campaigns
Working Paper, April 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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Data Report
Issue Discussion in the Georgia Senate Elections
Data Report, NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics, 2020