Launched as a partnership between Meta and independent external researchers, the U.S. 2020 Facebook & Instagram Election Study has led to groundbreaking social science scholarship on social medias political effects. Professors Natalie Stroud and Joshua Tucker led the 17-person team of external researchers, which has published four studies in Science and Nature and has additional papers currently undergoing peer-review. Prof. Stroud and Prof. Tucker join RSM for a discussion on the projects findings and the process that generated them.
Read the studies at the links below:
How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?
Asymmetric Ideological Segregation in Exposure to Political News on Facebook
Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions
Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing
