To what extent are democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation? The
fractured state of research and evidence on this most important question facing democracy …

We study the effect of social media on xenophobic attitudes in Russia. We build a model
where social media increases the likelihood of meeting like-minded people locally and in …

We provide a guide to the burgeoning literature on the economics of social media. We first
define social media platforms and highlight their unique features. We then synthesize the …

Although clickbait is a ubiquitous tactic in digital media, we challenge the popular belief that
clickbait systematically leads to enhanced sharing of online content on social media. Using …

News production requires investment, and competitors' ability to appropriate a story may
reduce a media's incentives to provide original content. Yet, there is little legal protection of …

Do mass media bias content in favor of advertisers? If so, what market conditions limit or
exacerbate this bias? We examine the relationship between advertising by auto …

We run a field experiment to quantify the economic returns to data and informational ex-
ternalities associated with algorithmic recommendation relative to human curation in the …

The emergence of next generation users has reshaped the use and impact of internet in our
society. Now users can access internet from multiple devices (Smartphone, PC/Laptops …

Social media affects not only the way we consume news, but also the way news is produced,
including by traditional media outlets. In this paper, we study the propagation of information …

Media is critical for gender equality. I analyze Wikipedia, one of the prominent examples of
new media. Using data from a survey and a randomized survey experiment, I study why …