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The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment.
Allcott, Hunt; Gentzkow, Matthew; Mason, Winter; Wilkins, Arjun; Barberá, Pablo; Brown, Taylor; Cisneros, Juan Carlos; Crespo-Tenorio, Adriana; Dimmery, Drew; Freelon, Deen; González-Bailón, Sandra; Guess, Andrew M; Kim, Young Mie; Lazer, David; Malhotra, Neil; Moehler, Devra; Nair-Desai, Sameer; Nait El Barj, Houda; Nyhan, Brendan; Paixao de Queiroz, Ana Carolina; Pan, Jennifer; Settle, Jaime; Thorson, Emily; Tromble, Rebekah; Velasco Rivera, Carlos; Wittenbrink, Benjamin; Wojcieszak, Magdalena; Zahedian, Saam; Franco, Annie; Kiewiet de Jonge, Chad; Stroud, Natalie Jomini; Tucker, Joshua A.
  • Allcott H; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Gentzkow M; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Mason W; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Wilkins A; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Barberá P; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Brown T; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Cisneros JC; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Crespo-Tenorio A; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Dimmery D; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Freelon D; Data Science Lab, Hertie School, Berlin 10117, Germany.
  • González-Bailón S; University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
  • Guess AM; Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
  • Kim YM; Department of Politics and School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540.
  • Lazer D; School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
  • Malhotra N; Northeastern University Lab of Texts, Maps, and Networks, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
  • Moehler D; Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Nair-Desai S; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Nait El Barj H; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Nyhan B; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Paixao de Queiroz AC; Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
  • Pan J; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Settle J; Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Thorson E; Department of Government, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
  • Tromble R; Department of Political Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244.
  • Velasco Rivera C; School of Media and Public Affairs and Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052.
  • Wittenbrink B; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Wojcieszak M; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Zahedian S; Department of Communication, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616.
  • Franco A; Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 15791, Netherlands.
  • Kiewiet de Jonge C; Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
  • Stroud NJ; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
  • Tucker JA; Meta, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 121(21): e2321584121, 2024 May 21.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38739793
ABSTRACT
We study the effect of Facebook and Instagram access on political beliefs, attitudes, and behavior by randomizing a subset of 19,857 Facebook users and 15,585 Instagram users to deactivate their accounts for 6 wk before the 2020 U.S. election. We report four key findings. First, both Facebook and Instagram deactivation reduced an index of political participation (driven mainly by reduced participation online). Second, Facebook deactivation had no significant effect on an index of knowledge, but secondary analyses suggest that it reduced knowledge of general news while possibly also decreasing belief in misinformation circulating online. Third, Facebook deactivation may have reduced self-reported net votes for Trump, though this effect does not meet our preregistered significance threshold. Finally, the effects of both Facebook and Instagram deactivation on affective and issue polarization, perceived legitimacy of the election, candidate favorability, and voter turnout were all precisely estimated and close to zero.
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Política / Medios de Comunicación Sociales Límite: Female / Humans / Male País como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Política / Medios de Comunicación Sociales Límite: Female / Humans / Male País como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article