4 papers
A conceptual framework for ideology beyond the left and right
Kenneth Joseph, Kim Williams, David Lazer
NLP+CSS work has operationalized ideology almost exclusively on a left/right partisan axis. This approach obscures the fact that people hold interpretations of many different compl…
DomainDemo: a dataset of domain-sharing activities among different demographic groups on Twitter
Kai-Cheng Yang, Pranav Goel, Alexi Quintana-Mathé +5
Social media play a pivotal role in disseminating web content, particularly during elections, yet our understanding of the association between demographic factors and information s…
Diffusion of complex contagions is shaped by a trade-off between reach and reinforcement
Allison Wan, Christoph Riedl, David Lazer
How does social network structure amplify or stifle behavior diffusion? Existing theory suggests that when social reinforcement makes the adoption of behavior more likely, it shoul…
Towards global equity in political polarization research
Max Falkenberg, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +18
With a folk understanding that political polarization refers to socio-political divisions within a society, many have proclaimed that we are more divided than ever. In this account…