Despite widespread interest in the fake news phenomenon, we know very little about who actually shares fake news. Now, in newly-published research, Andy Guess and co-authors (NYU) find that in general, the proportion of people on Facebook who shared links to fake news websites...
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Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019
Patricia Kirkland, assistant professor of politics and public affairs and CSDP faculty associate, is interviewed by Matt Grossmann (Michigan State University) for the Niskanen Center's Political Research Digest: ...
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2018
The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics is pleased to announce the launch of a new two-year research and policy initiative to address the timely, and challenging, issue of “Congress and US Political Institutions in an Age of Mistrust.”
Monday, Dec 10, 2018
Fred Greenstein, professor of politics emeritus, one of the nation's leading experts on the American presidency, and a long-time faculty associate of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, died on December 3, 2018 at the age of 88.
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018
In a "WWS Reacts" piece, several CSDP faculty, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Julian Zelizer, and Lauren Wright, offer reflections on George H.W. Bush, his presidency and the person: WWS Reacts: Remembering President George H.W. Bush.
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018
Does hate on social networks translate into hate in real life? What was the impact of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal on voters' opinions and behavior?
Monday, Nov 26, 2018
Rachel Augustine Potter evaluates the Trump administrations' regulatory policy in her Brookings piece, The Trump administration’s regulatory corner-cutting isn’t just bad for democracy—it’s...
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018
The CSDP community of faculty, fellows, graduate students, and postdocs gathered to watch midterm election returns, sharing predictions and reactions to the races called on election night.
Friday, Nov 9, 2018
The Woodrow Wilson School featured CSDP faculty members' reactions to the midterm elections in a "WWS Reacts" piece out just the day after the election.
