William Godel
William Godel was a Graduate Research Associate at NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics. He received his Ph.D. from the Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University. He holds a B.A. from NYU and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
His research is focused on applying machine learning methods to questions in social science. He’s also done work on estimating the ideology of members of congress as well as the consumption and identification of misinformation.
Related Research & News
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Journal Article
Moderating with the Mob: Evaluating the Efficacy of Real-Time Crowdsourced Fact-Checking
Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2021
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Analysis
It’s Not Easy for Ordinary Citizens to Identify Fake News
In 2020, even small amounts of fake news about the coronavirus can have dire consequences. Unfortunately, it seems quite difficult for people to identify false or misleading news.
April 7, 2020