The ability of humans to create and disseminate culture is often credited as the single most
important factor of our success as a species. In this Perspective, we explore the notion of …

Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties
of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans …

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 …

An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age. In just the
past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile …

It has been the historic responsibility of the social sciences to investigate human societies.
Fulfilling this responsibility requires social theories, measurement models and social data …

Recommendation systems are ubiquitous and impact many domains; they have the potential
to influence product consumption, individuals' perceptions of the world, and life-altering …

The level of antagonism between political groups has risen in the past years. Supporters of a
given party increasingly dislike members of the opposing group and avoid intergroup …

Digital media platforms are reshaping our habits, how we access information, and how we
interact with others. As a result, algorithms used by platforms, for example, to recommend …

As social recommendations such as friend suggestions and people to follow become
increasingly popular and influential on the growth of social media, we find that prominent …

Can online trackers and network adversaries de-anonymize web browsing data readily
available to them? We show---theoretically, via simulation, and through experiments on real …