Measuring Internet and Politics: Introducing the Digital Society Project

• In Event: Social Media and Division

Brief Overview

This paper presents the DSP dataset of 35 indicators on polarization of social media, misinformation campaigns and coordinated information operations, and foreign influence in and monitoring of domestic politics for 180 countries from 2000 to 2020.

Authors

• Steven Wilson, Brandeis University

• Valeriya Mechkova, V-Dem Institute

• Dan Pemstein, North Dakota State University-Main Campus

• Brigitte Seim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill