Brendan Nyhan

Oct 17, 2024 | science.org | Jan G. Voelkel |Matthew Jones |Ervin Ascic |Brendan Nyhan

Demonstrators promote voting rights outside the US Capitol on 19 January 2022. Across countries, civil liberties and free and fair elections are cited as being key to democracy. PHOTO: TOM WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAGESHow can liberal democracies be prevented from descending into illiberalism and autocracy? Scholars hope to use the tools of science and technology not only to prevent democratic backsliding but also to strengthen support for democratic norms and practices.

Jun 17, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Brendan Nyhan |Thomas Zeitzoff |Shun Yamaya

IntroductionIt is commonly argued that education promotes greater openness and political diversity and decreases prejudice (Golebiowska, 1995). For example, previous research finds that higher levels of education are associated with reduced prejudice and outgroup hostility (e.g., Borgonovi, 2012; Easterbrook et al., 2016). These findings suggest that education can challenge prejudice and promote critical thinking and tolerance.

Jun 5, 2024 | nature.com | Ceren Budak |Brendan Nyhan |David Rothschild |Emily Thorson

AbstractThe controversy over online misinformation and social media has opened a gap between public discourse and scientific research. Public intellectuals and journalists frequently make sweeping claims about the effects of exposure to false content online that are inconsistent with much of the current empirical evidence.

Dec 12, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Scott Clifford |D. J. Flynn |Brendan Nyhan |Kasey Rhee

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Nov 1, 2023 | nature.com | Brendan Nyhan |Emily Thorson |Pablo Barberá |Taylor Brown |Deen Freelon |Matthew Gentzkow | +7 more

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06297-w Published online 27 July 2023In the version of this article initially published, the variable described in Supplementary Table 36 as measuring Facebook “strikes” for violations of content policies against “Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior” (CIB) is inaccurate and does not reflect enforcement of the actual CIB policy, which is not a content-level policy. We therefore removed this row from Supplementary Table 36.