Zeve Sanderson - NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics

Zeve Sanderson is the founding Executive Director of NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics. His research, which uses computational and experimental methods to study the digital information environment, has been published in Nature, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Journal of Online Trust & Safety, and more. He speaks regularly to the media, civil society organizations, and tech companies. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Slate, The Hill, and Brookings, among other popular outlets. Outside of NYU, he consults for international NGOs supporting information integrity efforts.

Related Research & News

Analysis
Do Twitter Warning Labels Work?
Twitter put warning labels on hundreds of thousands of tweets. Without a hard block, tweets continue to spread — especially tweets by President Trump.

December 9, 2020
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Analysis
How Trump Impacts Harmful Twitter Speech: A Case Study in Three Tweets
- Megan A. Brown,
- Zeve Sanderson
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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Analysis
It’s Not Easy for Ordinary Citizens to Identify Fake News
- Zeve Sanderson,
- Kevin Aslett,
- William Godel,
- Nathaniel Persily,
- Jonathan Nagler,
- Richard Bonneau,
- Joshua A. Tucker
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
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