Were those Russian social media ads powerful enough to influence us? Let’s look at the evidence. Babak Bahador - November 14, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66209" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Some of the Facebook ads linked
The Internet isn’t saving local news. Here’s how that’s hurting democracy. Jennifer Lawless and Danny Hayes - November 13, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this Nov. 1, 2016, photo,
Chief Justice Roberts and other judges have a hard time with statistics. That’s a real problem Anthony Fowler - October 31, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65617" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (far left),
Homegrown ‘fake news’ is a bigger problem than Russian propaganda. Here’s a way to make falsehoods more costly for politicians. Yusaku Horiuchi and Brendan Nyhan - October 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65227" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg at the
This is how social media data can help NGOs Henry Farrell - October 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65197" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Stefaan Verhulst is
Congress doesn’t know enough to stop people enriching themselves at the public expense. Here’s how to fix this. Henry Farrell - October 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65109" align="aligncenter" width="334"] (Courtesy of Oxford University Press)[/caption] Brink
People are hyperventilating over a study of Russian propaganda on Facebook. Just breathe deeply. David Karpf - October 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64764" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A 3D plastic representation of the
Politicians reject evidence that conflicts with their beliefs. And if you give them more evidence, they double down. Bjørn Petersen and Casper Dahlmann - October 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64149" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump has tweeted that he
Justice Roberts said political science is ‘sociological gobbledygook.’ Here’s why he said it, and why he’s mistaken. Philip Rocco - October 4, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64491" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called
We know that evidence-based medicine works. So why don’t politicians support it? Henry Farrell - October 3, 2017 Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber and Conor M. Dowling's