Human Centered

Analyzing Social Media Influence - Sandra González-Bailón

Episode Summary

John Markoff chats with Sandra González-Bailón, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and 2019-20 CASBS fellow, about the influence of social media platforms on news and political activism.

Episode Notes

Sandra González-Bailón

A great thread on her recent paper “Exposure to News Grows Less Fragmented with an Increase in Mobile Access”

“Bots are Less Central than Verified Accounts during Contentious Political Events”

Her book Decoding the Social World

Facebook 2020 Election Research portal

 

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