One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

How do the Internet and social media affect political outcomes? We review empirical
evidence from the recent political economy literature, focusing primarily on work that …

We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

The rise of social media has provoked both optimism about potential societal benefits and
concern about harms such as addiction, depression, and political polarization. In a …

The scale, volume, and distribution speed of disinformation raise concerns in governments,
businesses, and citizens. To respond effectively to this problem, we first need to …

Anti-Chinese sentiment increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting as a
considerable spike in overt violence and hatred directed at Asian American individuals …

The present paper contributes to the research on the activities of far-right actors on social
media by examining the interconnections between far-right actors and groups on Telegram …

National governments now recognize online hate speech as a pernicious social problem. In
the wake of political votes and terror attacks, hate incidents online and offline are known to …

Despite heightened awareness of the detrimental impact of hate speech on social media
platforms on affected communities and public discourse, there is little consensus on …

Social network based applications have experienced exponential growth in recent years.
One of the reasons for this rise is that this application domain offers a particularly fertile …