Within days of Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, several social media companies took steps to reduce the circulation of Russian…
Focus Tag: Research Methods
Who is afraid of fake news? Modeling risk perceptions of misinformation in 142 countries | HKS Misinformation Review
Using survey data from 154,195 respondents in 142 countries, we investigate internet user perceptions of the risks associated with being exposed to misinformation. We find that: 1)…
Lateral reading and monetary incentives to spot disinformation about science | Scientific Reports
In Experiment 1, we tested separately the efficacy of pop-up and monetary incentives, and compared their effects to a control…
The Social Media Summit | MIT
The Social Media Summit @ MIT (SMS @ MIT) brings together the world’s leaders in social technology to examine one…
I Shared Fake News About a Fake-News Study | The Atlantic
Okay this is embarrassing: The news I shared the other day, about the sharing of fake news, was fake. That…
Studying mis- and disinformation in Asian diasporic communities: The need for critical transnational research beyond Anglocentrism | HKS Misinformation Review
Drawing on preliminary research about the spread of mis- and disinformation across Asian diasporic communities, we advocate for qualitative research methodologies…
Mapping Political Trends Through Twitter | IPL Webinar
Join us for a webinar to launch IPL’s latest tool: the Congressional Tweet Tracker. We’ll show you how the tool can…
Request for Information: Call for Stories and Research on Health Misinformation | Office of the Surgeon General
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for research, data, and personal experiences related to health misinformation, in an…
CSMaP Second Annual Conference | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
We convened 50 leading scholars for a two-day virtual conference to present research on a range of topics at the…
The Future of Social Media: Covering, Researching, and Regulating Platforms | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics
Social media platforms generate mountains of data — about what we like, what news we read, and who we talk…