We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media
erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate …

Nearly five billion people around the world now use social media, and this number
continues to grow. One of the primary goals of social media platforms is to capture and …

We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

How do the Internet and social media affect political outcomes? We review empirical
evidence from the recent political economy literature, focusing primarily on work that …

We study how social media affects election outcomes in the United States. We use variation
in the number of Twitter users across counties induced by early adopters at the 2007 South …

Recent scholarship has suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) technology and autocratic
regimes may be mutually reinforcing. We test for a mutually reinforcing relationship in the …

Can digital information and communication technology foster mass political mobilization?
We use a novel georeferenced data set for the entire African continent between 1998 and …

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 …

A growing body of evidence suggests that digital literacy is an important barrier constraining
adoption and use of Internet and digital technologies in the develo** world. By enabling …

What is the geography of political trust? Influential studies point to a growing urban-rural
cleavage between low-trust authoritarian populists in rural areas and higher-trust liberal …