Science rarely proceeds beyond what scientists can observe and measure, and sometimes
what can be observed proceeds far ahead of scientific understanding. The twenty-first …

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica controversy, social media platform providers
such as Facebook and Twitter have severely restricted access to platform data via their …

The rise of “fake news” is a major concern in contemporary Western democracies. Yet,
research on the psychological motivations behind the spread of political fake news on social …

So-called “fake news” has renewed concerns about the prevalence and effects of
misinformation in political campaigns. Given the potential for widespread dissemination of …

Not long ago, the rise of social media inspired great optimism about its potential for flattening
access to economic and political opportunity, enabling collective action, and facilitating new …

Following a host of high-profile scandals, the political influence of platform companies (the
global corporations that that operate online 'platforms' such as Facebook, WhatsApp …

The field of computational social science (CSS) has exploded in prominence over the past
decade, with thousands of papers published using observational data, experimental …

Alarmist narratives about online misinformation continue to gain traction despite evidence
that its prevalence and impact are overstated. Drawing on research examining the use of big …

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies have the potential
to significantly disrupt labor markets. While AI and automation can augment the productivity …

The integration of social science with computer science and engineering fields has
produced a new area of study: computational social science. This field applies …