European Studies

Frontiers of Science in Social Media: Studying Digital Democracy with Automation, Experiments, and Ethics – A Marcus Wallenberg Symposium

The rise of extremist politicians, disinformation, and hate speech all relate to widespread social media use. But how do researchers study the impact of social media on democracy? This international symposium brings together leading social media scholars to share their approaches to answering this question. The presentations focus on the cutting-edge methods used to study the intersection of social media and politics.