Mar 30, 2020 | Article, News, PennMAP
Lab Director Duncan Watts and co-authors David Rothschild and Baird Howland explore a popular and important behavior that is frequently measured in public opinion surveys: news consumption. They validate earlier findings that, despite large shifts in news consumption...
Mar 9, 2019 | Article, News, PennMAP
Co-authors David Rothschild and Lab Director Duncan Watts discuss extant social and computer science research regarding the belief in and spread of fake news. They focus on unanswered scientific questions raised by the proliferation of fake news’ most recent,...
Dec 5, 2017 | Article, News, PennMAP
Lab Director Duncan Watts and David Rothschild discuss the media’s role in fueling polarization and skepticism toward traditional sources of authority during the 2016 election. They explain how the volume of reporting around fake news, along with tech companies’...
Jan 17, 2017 | Article, News, PennMAP
Lab Director Duncan Watts and co-author David Rothschild discuss the challenges of a post-truth age, in which evidence, scientific understanding, or mere logical consistency have grown increasingly irrelevant to political argumentation. They argue that, while the...
