New voices join Good Authority
We welcome nine political scientists to our team of experts in our latest cohort of Good Authority fellows.
Who has a policy that would benefit you? More voters say Trump.
Jan Zilinsky, Christopher Schwarz, Jonathan Nagler, and Joshua Tucker - November 2, 2024
Fewer voters say this of Harris – a challenge for Clinton in 2016 but not Biden in 2020.
Is the FBI impartial? Over half of Republicans say ‘no.’
Jan Zilinsky, Sean Kates, Jonathan Ladd, and Joshua Tucker - September 14, 2022
Allegations of political biases in law enforcement can hurt democracy
Republicans are increasingly sharing misinformation, research finds
Megan A. Brown and Maggie Macdonald - August 28, 2022
Republican candidates have dramatically increased how much they share from unreliable sources in just two years
Twitter banned Marjorie Taylor Greene. That may not hurt her much.
Megan A. Brown and Maggie Macdonald - January 13, 2022
She’s gaining followers and ‘likes’ on other social media platforms, our research finds
Twitter amplifies conservative politicians. Is it because users mock them?
Megan A. Brown, Joshua Tucker, and Jonathan Nagler - October 26, 2021
Our research suggests conservative politicians are ‘ratioed’ more often. That may explain why they’re in your timeline.
Which Republicans are most likely to think the election was stolen? Those who dislike Democrats and don’t mind white nationalists.
Jan Zilinsky, Jonathan Nagler, and Joshua Tucker - January 19, 2021
That includes plenty of Republicans with college educations
Twitter put warning labels on hundreds of thousands of tweets. Our research examined which worked best.
Megan A. Brown, Zeve Sanderson, Jonathan Nagler, Richard Bonneau, and Joshua Tucker - December 8, 2020
Without a hard block, tweets continue to spread — especially tweets by President Trump
Are influence campaigns trolling your social media feeds?
Meysam Alizadeh, Cody Buntain, Jacob N. Shapiro, and Joshua Tucker - October 12, 2020
New research shows how citizens can know in real time.
It’s not easy for ordinary citizens to identify fake news
Zeve Sanderson, Kevin Aslett, Will Godel, Nathaniel Persily, Jonathan Nagler, Richard Bonneau, and Joshua Tucker - April 7, 2020
And fake coronavirus news is no exception.