The Effects of WhatsApp on Politics: Evidence from a Multimedia Deactivation Experiment

• In Event: Experiments in Elections and Partisanship

Brief Overview

We provide experimental evidence on the effects of WhatsApp usage during elections in developing countries on exposure to political misinformation and on political attitudes.

Authors

• Rajeshwari Majumdar, New York University

• Tiago Augusto Ventura, Georgetown University

• Joshua A. Tucker, New York University

• Jonathan Nagler, New York University