Political science is fascinated with networks. This fascination builds on networks' descriptive
appeal, and descriptions of networks play a prominent role in recent forays into network …

What are the relational dimensions of politics? Does the way that people and organizations
are connected to each other matter? Are our opinions affected by the people with whom we …

Does Facebook enable ideological segregation in political news consumption? We
analyzed exposure to news during the US 2020 election using aggregated data for 208 …

There is mounting concern that social media sites contribute to political polarization by
creating “echo chambers” that insulate people from opposing views about current events …

It is often claimed that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are profoundly
shaping political participation, especially when it comes to protest behavior. Whether or not …

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 …

With news pushed to smart phones in real time and social media reactions spreading across
the globe in seconds, the public discussion can appear accelerated and temporally …

We leveraged exogenous variation in weather patterns across geographies to identify social
contagion in exercise behaviours across a global social network. We estimated these …

We predict that people with different political orientations will exhibit systematically different
levels of political homophily, the tendency to associate with others similar to oneself in …

The number of independent voters in America increases each year, yet they remain
misunderstood by both media and academics. Media describe independents as pivotal for …