Why do Americans have such animosity for people who identify with the opposing political
party? Jaime E. Settle argues that in the context of increasing partisan polarization among …

Using Facebook's release in a given language as an exogenous source of variation in
access to social media where the language is spoken, we show that Facebook has had a …

We study the impact of fake news on votes for populist parties in the Italian elections of 2018.
Our empirical strategy exploits the historical variation in Italian-speaking and German …

We study the effect of Facebook and Instagram access on political beliefs, attitudes, and
behavior by randomizing a subset of 19,857 Facebook users and 15,585 Instagram users to …

Governance of misinformation is a serious concern in social media platforms. Based on
experiences gathered from different case studies, we offer insights for the policymakers on …

Theories of symbolic bordering highlight how xenophobic media coverage and
humanitarian messaging create boundaries between migrants and receiving communities …

In past years, a large amount of research was conducted to determine whether the use of
social media causes political polarization. This research field, however, lacks clear …

In response to online misinformation, source rating services evaluate thousands of popular
websites, mark them as reputable or disreputable, and provide detailed information …

Social media is frequently an arena of intense competition among major political actors
across the world. We argue that a fruitful way of understanding this competition is as …

As network structure of virtual communities related to suicide and school shooting still
remains unaddressed in scientific literature, we employed basic demographics analysis and …