Brendan Nyhan
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Brendan Nyhan is a Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. His research focuses on Political Analysis, Political Behavior, Political Psychology and Social Networks.
Brendan Nyhan
6M ago
90. Are American politics more polarized than ever? Brendan Nyhan thinks social media just helps us see it more ..read more
Brendan Nyhan
7M ago
89. Facebook scores your politics with a number. Brendan Nyhan figured out what they do with it. (Part 1 of 2 ..read more
Brendan Nyhan
9M ago
I'm one of the lead authors on a new article in Nature titled "Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing" that was published today. It's one of four articles published today from the US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study on which I was coauthor (the other three were published in a special issue of Science).
We also just released a new Bright Line Watch report on expert and public perceptions of the legal cases against Donald Trump.
I talked about both of them with Mike Pesca on The Gist ..read more
Brendan Nyhan
1y ago
New podcast with Mike Pesca talking about the latest Bright Line Watch report and the state of American democracy ..read more
Brendan Nyhan
1y ago
From our new Bright Line Watch report:
The gap between Republicans and Democrats in confidence in American elections remains large, but has diminished in the past year. Compared to November 2021, somewhat more Republicans recognize the legitimacy of Biden’s 2020 victory and express confidence in the integrity of the vote count in the upcoming midterm elections.
Both experts and the public, including four in five Republicans, say it is important for candidates who lose fair elections to publicly acknowledge defeat, but hundreds of 2022 Republican candidates for Congress or statewide office con ..read more
Brendan Nyhan
2y ago
From our new piece in Scientific American:
Social media platforms are where billions of people around the world go to connect with others, get information and make sense of the world. These companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok and Reddit, collect vast amounts of data based on every interaction that takes place on their platforms.
And despite the fact that social media has become one of our most important public forums for speech, several of the most important platforms are controlled by a small number of people. Mark Zuckerberg controls 58% of the voting share of Meta, th ..read more