When researchers label social media posts using only their text and ignore multimodal content (e.g., videos, images, links), how much do they miss? Our answer: Not much. New paper with James Bisbee Jonathan Nagler Joshua Tucker at NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2…

If this piece in @Journal of Politics @[email protected] sounds interesting to you, you find yourself in Atlanta, and you're not opposed to waking up early: I'll be presenting a related working paper on WhatsApp usage in India, Brazil, and South Africa tomorrow at #PolMeth! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u…

🚨Publication alert!! Our WhatsApp multimedia deactivation paper is now "just accepted" at Journal of Politics @[email protected]. NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics has published a full thread summarizing the paper! Check it out below 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

In addition to the original UK results, we have now 👏replicated👏 this (TWICE) in the US. The main findings hold strong: information diets are a lot more diverse in attention than in engagement.

How much can a social media messaging app influence elections through misinformation? McCourt's Assistant Professor Tiago Ventura offers critical insights in a new paper 👇