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The science of fake news
David M. J. Lazer, Matthew A. Baum, Yochai Benkler +13
Fake news emerged as an apparent global problem during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Addressing it requires a multidisciplinary effort to define the nature and extent of the…
Subscriptions and external links help drive resentful users to alternative and extremist YouTube videos
Annie Y. Chen, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler +2
Do online platforms facilitate the consumption of potentially harmful content? Using paired behavioral and survey data provided by participants recruited from a representative samp…
Political audience diversity and news reliability in algorithmic ranking
Saumya Bhadani, Shun Yamaya, Alessandro Flammini +3
Newsfeed algorithms frequently amplify misinformation and other low-quality content. How can social media platforms more effectively promote reliable information? Existing approach…
The "Unfriending" Problem: The Consequences of Homophily in Friendship Retention for Causal Estimates of Social Influence
Hans Noel, Brendan Nyhan
An increasing number of scholars are using longitudinal social network data to try to obtain estimates of peer or social influence effects. These data may provide additional statis…