Social Media and American Elections: Cutting through the Hype (Lecture)
Channel: Social Media and Politics
Date: 2020-10-08

Lecture for The Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund. We break down the latest research on social media and elections from political science and political communication. 


We discuss differences in Facebook and television advertising, show new data science tools for classifying emotions in images, and talk about fake news, Russian trolls, and deepfakes. 


For more discussions on social media and elections, check out the Social Media and Politics podcast: https://socialmediaandpolitics.org/