Brendan Nyhan
Scientific American
Hanover, NH, United States
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It’s Time to Open the Black Box of Social Media
Social media companies need to give their data to independent researchers to better understand how to keep users safe → Read More
YouTube still hosts extremist videos. Here’s who watches them.
Nearly 1 in 10 people in our study viewed at least one piece of extremist content. → Read More
Five myths about misinformation
Assertions about “filter bubbles” are often overstated. → Read More
The debate showed that treating Trump ‘fairly’ only helps him cheat
You can't be neutral in the face of lies and rule-breaking. → Read More
Damned if they do, doomed if they don’t: Why Sanders rivals don’t go negative
Democrats should worry about what happens when Republicans take the gloves off. → Read More
You could teach a political science class on all of Tom Steyer’s bad ideas
His good-government “reforms” get bad reviews from scholars. → Read More
Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited.
A growth in impostor local news that promotes ideological agendas. → Read More
What Really Makes a Difference in Vaccination Rates?
Social media platforms play a role in spreading misinformation, but state legislatures have the power of law. → Read More
Vaccine Misinformation vs. Tighter State Laws: Guess What Wins
Social media platforms are effective in spreading falsehoods, but they can’t make the rules. → Read More
A Politician’s Authenticity Doesn’t Matter – Member Feature Stories –
Criticism around Kirsten Gillibrand’s fried chicken gaffe is just the latest effort by pundits to forgo meaningful analysis for cheap examination around a politician’s “authenticity.” → Read More
Here’s why confirming Kavanaugh could seriously undermine the Supreme Court’s public standing
Along with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would have been appointed by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by senators representing a minority of the U.S. population. → Read More
Fake News and Bots May Be Worrisome, but Their Political Power Is Overblown
It’s very hard to change people’s minds, especially when so many are already committed partisans. → Read More
Homegrown ‘fake news’ is a bigger problem than Russian propaganda. Here’s a way to make falsehoods more costly for politicians.
We're more easily misled than we know. → Read More
Why the Fact-Checking at Facebook Needs to Be Checked
Some of the measures Facebook has taken to fight the influence of fake news may not work all that well, research suggests. → Read More
Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know Puerto Ricans Are Fellow Citizens
A new poll suggests many Americans don’t realize that what happened in Puerto Rico is a domestic disaster, not a foreign one. → Read More
Why Trump’s Base of Support May Be Smaller Than It Seems
His approval rating remains strong among self-described Republicans, but a new paper suggests the number of such people could be shrinking. → Read More
How Marching for Science Risks Politicizing It
If science begins to be seen as a “liberal” pursuit, one researcher said, it risks losing public favor. → Read More
Why Objectively False Things Continue to Be Believed
Partisan polarization has come to affect the way that people consume and understand information. → Read More
Why more Democrats are now embracing conspiracy theories
Even as Democrats decry the false claims streaming regularly from the White House, they appear to have become more vulnerable to unsupported claims and conspiracy theories that flatter their own political prejudices. → Read More
Why More Democrats Are Now Embracing Conspiracy Theories
Since the election, there has been an increase in dubious claims among liberals. Psychology offers an explanation. → Read More