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Facebook Papers: The radical chiropractor Facebook banned and then studied. | Slate
by Nitish Pahwa
January 12, 2022
On Sept. 28, 2006, a young chiropractor, then about 30 years old, signed up for Facebook, where he posted about…
Social media as a crisis discipline | Institute for Rebooting Social Media
by Emily Hong and Neeraj Chandra
December 20, 2021
How can the science of catastrophic collective behavior provide insight into the woes of social media platforms? On Thursday, November…
Research note: Lies and presidential debates: How political misinformation spread across media streams during the 2020 election | HKS Misinformation Review
by Jaren Haber, Lisa Singh, Ceren Budak, John Pasek, Meena Balan, Ryan Callahan, Rob Churchill, Brandon Herren, Kornraphop Kawintiranon
December 17, 2021
When U.S. presidential candidates misrepresent the facts, their claims get discussed across media streams, creating a lasting public impression. We…
Job Opportunity: Research Post Doc: Dynamics of Misinformation | Syracuse University
by Syracuse University
December 15, 2021
The School of Information at Syracuse University seeks a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Scholar to assist with NSF-funded research…
Digital literacy is associated with more discerning accuracy judgments but not sharing intentions | HKS Misinformation Review
by Antonio A. Arechar, Nathaniel Sirlin, Ziv Epstein, and David G. Rand
December 14, 2021
It has been widely argued that social media users with low digital literacy—who lack fluency with basic technological concepts related…
Call for Proposals: The Mercury Project | Social Science Research Council
by Social Science Research Council
December 13, 2021
Evidence-based strategies to combat health mis- and disinformation and to increase the uptake of reliable health information are critical to…
A Standard for Universal Digital Ad Transparency | Knight First Amendment Institute
by Laura Edelson, Jason Chuang, Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael M. Franz, and Travis Ridout
December 10, 2021
Election meddling and public health misinformation have fueled calls for greater transparency around online advertising on social media platforms. In…
Investigating Facebook: A Fractious Relationship with Academia | Financial Times
by Madhumita Murgia, Cristina Criddle, and Hannah Murphy
December 6, 2021
Last March, Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, a researcher at Princeton University, applied to use a special data access tool that allows academics…
Facebook is blocking access to data about how much misinformation it spreads and who is affected | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Ethan Zuckerman
November 3, 2021
Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook — which recently renamed itself Meta — is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation…