We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media
erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate …

With more than 3 billion users, online social networks represent an important venue for
moral and political discourse and have been used to organize political revolutions, influence …

The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive
coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …

A guide for using computational text analysis to learn about the social world From social
media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers …

There is a substantial and ever-growing corpus of evidence and literature exploring the
impacts of Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on society, politics, and humanity as a …

Advances in technology and communication platforms have enabled the open exchange of
knowledge within online communities. In these communities individuals voluntarily share …

Affective polarization is pervasive in modern US politics, and can be intensified by strategic
messaging from members of Congress. But there are gaps in our knowledge of the …

Information manipulation is widespread in today's media environment. Online networks have
disrupted the gatekeeping role of traditional media by allowing various actors to influence …

The online sphere allows people to be personally anonymous while simultaneously being
socially identifiable. Twitter users can use a pseudonym but signal allegiance to a political …

Significant research has examined social media users' self-presentation strategies, both
within a single account and across multiple platforms. Few studies, however, have …