(Mis)representing Ideology on Twitter: Examining Spirals of Conformity Using Twitter and Survey Data

• In Event: Political Communication: Methods

Brief Overview

Using linked Twitter and survey data combined with neural networks, we offer the first rigorous evidence of social conformity effects on social media.

Authors

• William Schulz, Princeton University

• Andrew Guess, Princeton University

• Pablo Barbera, London School of Economics

• Simon Munzert, Hertie School of Governance

• JungHwan Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign