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Volunteers Still Needed

We are still recruiting volunteers for studies on human behavior. We are interested in people from anywhere in the world. Link: https://volunteerscience.com/

Major Award for Dr. Briony Swire-Thompson

Briony Swire-Thompson has won a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the NIH National Cancer Institute. The objective of this five year award is to help researchers transition to an independent position.

Trump's kingmaking plan threatens GOP's Congress hopes in 2022

David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences and Co-Director of NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, was interviewed by Bloomberg on the upcoming 2022 midterm elections and how the influence of the former President

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Recent Publications

Journal Article
Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing
Publication date: 07/2023
Authors: Brendan Nyhan, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Pablo Barberá, Annie Chen, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Andrew Guess, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Jennifer Pan, Daniel Robert Thomas, Rebekah Tromble, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Arjun Wilkins, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet De Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua Tucker
Many critics raise concerns about the prevalence...
Journal Article
Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions
Publication date: 07/2023
Authors: Andrew Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Daniel Robert Thomas, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet De Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua Tucker

We studied the effects of exposure to reshared content on Facebook during the 2020 US election by assigning a random set of consenting...

Journal Article
How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?
Publication date: 07/2023
Authors: Andrew Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Daniel Robert Thomas, Emily A. Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet De Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua Tucker

We investigated the effects of Facebook’s and Instagram’s feed algorithms during the 2020 US election...

Journal Article
Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook
Publication date: 07/2023
Authors: Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, David Lazer, Pablo Barberá, Meiqing Zhang, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Andrew Guess, Shanto Iyengar, Young Mie Kim, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer Pan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Chad Kiewiet De Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua Tucker

Does Facebook enable ideological segregation in political news consumption? We analyzed exposure to news during the US 2020 election...

Journal Article
"The CDC Won’t Let Me Be:’ The Opinion Dynamics of Support for Health Agencies’ Regulatory Authority.”
Publication date: 07/2023
Authors: Matthew Motta, Timothy Callaghan, Kristin Lunz Trujillo

The CDC's ability to respond to communicable disease threats has recently met significant political and legal...

Journal Article
“Americans in former Confederate states more likely to say violent protest against government is justified, 160 years after Gettysburg.”
Publication date: 06/2023
Authors: Alauna Safarpour

Over the July Fourth long weekend, people will pour into the small town of ...

COVID-19
Erroneous Consonance. How inaccurate beliefs about physician opinion influence COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Publication date: 02/2023
Authors: Matt Motta, Timothy Callaghan, Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Alee Lockman

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied how Americans' attitudes toward health...

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