The Science behind Social Media and Political Behavior - Livestream

This talk introduces a collection of studies recently published in Science and Nature about the effects of algorithms and virality on political attitudes and behavior in the 2020 US election campaign. The findings are among the first published studies stemming from the most comprehensive research project to date examining the role of social media in American democracy.  What are the effects of social media algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram in shaping users’ on-platform experiences as well as offline attitudes and behaviors?

Speaker: Jennifer Pan, Stanford University

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