Post-Truth American Politics: False Stories and Current Crises
How do the many crises reverberating across American politics intersect with a popular sense of living in a “post-truth” world? Much recent research has looked at political crises and misinformation...
Back to Basics: Studying Digital Campaigning While Our Objects of Analysis Are in Flux
It seems to me that 2024 will be a year when we, as a research community, get back to basics. Three interlocking trends are undermining the foundations of empirical research.
Post-January 6th deplatforming reduced the reach of misinformation on Twitter
The social media platforms of the twenty-first century have an enormous role in regulating speech in the USA and worldwide.
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of social distancing practices to stem the spread of the virus.
We conduct an exploratory analysis of the structure and nature of the group’s presence on the platform.
Counterspeech: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Countering Dangerous Speech
Chapter 4: Counterspeech as Persuasion and Media Effects
Inequalities in Online Representation: Who Follows Their Own Member of Congress on Twitter?
Members of Congress increasingly rely on social media to communicate with their constituents and other members of the public in real time.
Anti-Black Political Violence and the Historical Legacy of the Great Replacement Conspiracy
Racial violence is central to the American polity.
Book Chapter: Counterspeech as Persuasion and Media Effects
Counterspeech is a communicative response to hate speech that aims to reduce its harmful effects and negative externalities.
