An International Look at Affective Polarization
Not Another Politics Podcast, December 7, 2022 |
How
Harmful is Social Media?
The New Yorker, June 3, 2022 |
 Cell
Phone Data Adds New Detail to Our Picture of Urban Segregation
Stanford Business
School , March 11, 2022 |
 How
to Break a Phone Addiction
The Atlantic , October 7, 2021 |
 An
Economist’s Advice On Digital Dependency
NPR , August 9, 2021 |
 Germany
Found a Way to Reduce Polarization. Could It Work in the U.S.?
The
Atlantic , July 30, 2021 |
 New
study finds that smartphones really are addictive. But skeptics remain cautious
Fast
Company , June 30, 2021 |
 Why
The Two-Party System Is Effing Up U.S. Democracy
FiveThirtyEight , June 16,
2021 |
 We
See the Left. We See the Right. Can Anyone See the ‘Exhausted Majority’?
The New York
Times , March 24, 2021 |
 A
polarized America: How the partisan divide grew over decades, and why liberals and conservatives
just can’t get along
Cleveland.com , August 30, 2020 |
 The
Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live
The New York Times , May 25, 2020
|
 Gun-toting
Republicans ignoring quarantine orders? Yes, even coronavirus has become part of the culture
wars
Los Angeles Times , April 17, 2020 |
 Trump
Voters Aren’t Staying In As Much As Everybody Else
Wired , April 15, 2020 |
 How do political
beliefs impact the response to coronavirus?
CNN , April 15, 2020 |
 CNN
Tonight with Don Lemon
CNN , April 15, 2020 |
 Hoaxes:
The Original Fake News
Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson , February 13, 2020
|
 Not
all democracies are experiencing American-style tribalism
The
Economist , February 7, 2020 |
 What
polarization data from 9 countries reveals about the US
Vox , January 24, 2020
|
 The Kids Are
All Right
Scientific American , November 1, 2019 |
 Fake
news is less of a threat to democracy than we imagine
CBC , October 4, 2019
|
 Democrats
focus on victims, Republicans on perpetrators after mass shootings, study finds
The
Washington Post , June 26, 2019 |
 What
We Want Doesn’t Always Make Us Happy
Bloomberg , May 1, 2019 |
 Facebook’s
Outages Reveal Its Value to Society
Bloomberg , March 14, 2019 |
 Here’s
how much you’d have to pay people to deactivate Facebook for a
month
CNBC , March 1, 2019 |
 What
happens when you get off Facebook for four weeks? Stanford researchers found
out.
Recode , February 27, 2019 |
 What
would happen if Facebook were turned off?
The Economist , February 12, 2019
|
 Facebook
Bums Us Out But We’ll Pay for It Anyway
Bloomberg , February 4, 2019 |
 Delete
your account: leaving Facebook can make you happier, study finds
The
Guardian , February 1, 2019 |
 A
“gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great for your mental
health
Salon , January 31, 2019 |
 Leaving
Facebook makes people happier but less informed, study says
CNN , January 31,
2019 |
 How
Quitting Facebook Could Change Your Life
Fortune , January 31, 2019 |
 Deactivating
Facebook leaves people less informed but happier, study finds
The Washington
Post , January 31, 2019 |
 This Is Your
Brain Off Facebook
The New York Times , January 30, 2019 |
 In
Facebook’s Effort to Fight Fake News, Human Fact-Checkers Struggle to Keep Up
The Wall
Street Journal , October 18, 2018 |
 Hutchins
Roundup: Economic overheating, local opioid supply, and more
The Brookings
Institution , October 18, 2018 |
 Facebook’s
attempts to fight fake news seem to be working. (Twitter’s? Not so much.)
Nieman
Lab , September 21, 2018 |
 Facebook
is finally making progress against fake news
Yahoo! News , September 17, 2018
|
 Facebook
beats Twitter at fighting fake news, a new study found
The Verge , September
15, 2018 |
 Facebook’s
Crackdown on Misinformation Might Actually Be Working
Slate , September 14,
2018 |
 Regional
variation in US healthcare use: evidence from patient migration
Microeconomic
Insights , September 5, 2018 |
 Maybe
Trump Isn’t the Internet’s Fault, After All
Slate , July 24, 2018 |
 Classy Classes: ECON 47
examines media, social good
Stanford Daily , April 16, 2018 |
 Fake
news flourishes when partisan audiences crave it
The Economist , April 5, 2018
|
 The
case for charging rich and poor shoppers different prices
CNN , November 28,
2017 |
 Retailers
are charging the same prices across US, boosting income inequality, new research
shows
CNBC , November 9, 2017 |
 Political
polarisation has grown most among the old
The Economist , April 20, 2017 |
 Polarization
Is Growing Most Among Older Adults
Forbes , April 16, 2017 |
 Social
media “filter bubbles” aren’t actually a thing, research suggests
Vice , April
14, 2017 |
 Social
Media Is Not Contributing Significantly to Political Polarization, Paper Says
New York
Times , April 13, 2017 |
 Something
is breaking American politics, but it’s not social media
Vox , April 12, 2017
|
 The
Filter Bubble Revisited
Slate , April 5, 2017 |
 Study:
social media bubbles might not be making us more polarized after
all
Vox , March 29, 2017 |
 It’s
not the internet’s fault you’re a jerk about politics
Washington Post , March
22, 2017 |
 No
one really knows what’s causing US political polarization, but it’s not the
internet
Quartz , March 21, 2017 |
 It’s
Time to Stop Blaming Social Media for Political Polarization
Esquire , March
21, 2017 |
 Mad
Dogs and
Obamacare Repealers
Vox’s Weeds Podcast , March 21, 2017 |
 Don’t
Blame Your Social Media Feed for the Growing Political Divide
Bloomberg , March
20, 2017 |
 Is
Social Media to Blame for Political Polarization in America?
U.S. News , March
20, 2017 |
 Hard truths
about fake
news
Financial Times , February 28, 2017 |
 A
new study kills the notion that fake news swung the US election to
Trump
Quartz , January 29, 2017 |
 Real
research suggests we should stop freaking out over fake news
Washington
Post , January 24, 2017 |
 The
Numbers Are In: Fake News Didn’t Work
Bloomberg View , January 23, 2017 |
 Economist
Calculates Impact Of Fake News On Trump’s Election
NPR , January 23, 2017 |
 ‘Fake
news’ didn’t change US election outcome: study
Agence France Presse , January
19, 2017 |
 A
flood of false headlines
probably did not swing America’s election
The Economist , January 19, 2017 |
 Did
fake news help elect Trump? Not likely, according to new
research
Poynter , January 18, 2017 |
 Stanford
study examines fake news and the 2016 presidential election
Stanford
University , January 18, 2017 |
 Researchers
Created Fake News. Here’s What They Found.
New York Times , January 18, 2017
|
 Stanford
economist’s algorithm reveals increasing polarization in American political
speech
Stanford Daily , August 31, 2016 |
 In
plain words: Republican or Democrat? Just listen
The Economist , August 4, 2016
|
 The
Way We Talk About Things Is More Partisan Than Ever
Chicago Magazine , July 26,
2016 |
 The
new language of U.S. politics: polarization
The Globe and Mail , July 25, 2016
|
 Reps
and Dems in Congress Speak in Completely Different Languages
New York
Times , July 22, 2016 |
 Why
Democrats and Republicans Literally Speak Different Languages
The
Atlantic , July 22, 2016 |
 However
divided you think our politics are, this chart shows that it’s actually way
worse
Washington Post , July 22, 2016 |
 Why Pay More for
Medicine in Some Places?
Science , July 15, 2016 |
 Interview
with Matthew Gentzkow
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis , May 23, 2016 |
 How
Stanford Took On the Giants of Economics
New York Times , September 10, 2015
|
 Why
Do We Really Follow the News?
Freakonomics Radio Podcast , August 5, 2015 |
 Mega data
The University of
Chicago Magazine , March 15, 2015 |
 Media
bias? Not such a big deal, economist says
The Boston Globe , February 18, 2015
|
 40 under
40
Crain’s Chicago Business , November 29, 2014 |
 Patient
Health Doesn’t Explain Cost Differences
Bloomberg View , September 30, 2014
|
 Making
Headlines
Chicago Booth Magazine , September 15, 2014 |
 How
to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
Freakonomics
Radio Podcast , September 11, 2014 |
 Generation
Next
International Monetary Fund , September 1, 2014 |
 Smart Money
Buys Brand X
Bloomberg View , July 21, 2014 |
 Breaking
News: Online Ads Can Support Good Journalism
Capital Ideas, The University of Chicago
Booth School of Business , June 17, 2014 |
 Betting
on a Brand When Politics Is the Family Business
New York Times , May 29, 2014
|
 Media
Slant: A Question of Cause and Effect
New York Times , May 3, 2014 |
 The economics of
the press
The Economist , April 30, 2014 |
 Q&A:
Clark Medal winner Matthew Gentzkow says the Internet hasn’t changed news as much as we
think
Nieman Lab , April 29, 2014 |
 The
late edition
The Economist , April 26, 2014 |
 The
economist who revealed how media bias works
Quartz , April 25, 2014 |
 Robert
Samuelson: Media bias explained in two studies
Washington Post , April 23, 2014
|
 U
of C, land of big ideas
Chicago Tribune , April 21, 2014 |
 Do Prizes Dent
Productivity?
The Wall Street Journal , April 18, 2014 |
 The
hottest young economist in America studies the media, not monetary
policy
Quartz , April 18, 2014 |
 There
Is A Media Slant, And Readers Might Be Responsible
NPR , April 18, 2014 |
 University
of Chicago Economist Who Studies Media Receives Clark Medal
New York
Times , April 17, 2014 |
 Economist
Honored for Work on Media Slant
The Wall Street Journal , April 17, 2014 |
 Chicago’s
Gentzkow Wins John Bates Clark Young Economist Award
Bloomberg , April 17, 2014
|
 Handicapping
the John Bates Clark Medal
The Wall Street Journal , April 16, 2014 |
 Generic
Pain Relievers Work. So Why Do I Buy Name Brands for My Children?
New York
Times , July 5, 2013 |
 Why
Doesn’t Everybody Buy Cheap, Generic Headache Medicine?
NPR , July 4, 2013 |
 Step
Away from the Tylenol
Slate , June 27, 2013 |
 Who’s Smart
Enough to Buy Generic?
The Wall Street Journal , June 20, 2013 |
 Why
Americans Pointlessly Pay Up for Brand-Name Drugs
The Atlantic , June 20, 2013
|
 The
Big Question: Does the Web Cause Political Polarization?
Capital Ideas, The University of
Chicago Booth School of Business , June 17, 2013 |
 Liberal
or Conservative, the Problem is Ignorance
New York Times , November 12, 2011
|
 The
Internet Isn’t Killing Our Culture or Democracy
Forbes , June 5, 2011 |
 The
Best 40 B-School Profs Under the Age of 40
Poets & Quants , February 15,
2011 |
 The Marmite
Effect
The Economist , September 23, 2010 |
 Does the
Internet Help
or Hurt Democracy?
PBS Newshour , June 1, 2010 |
 In
Search of Hard Facts About Media Bias
Financial Times , May 21, 2010 |
 Do
Liberals Read Only Liberal Blogs?
Ars Technica , April 19, 2010 |
 Riders
on the Storm
New York Times , April 19, 2010 |
 Researchers:
The Internet isn’t Polarizing America
The Wall Street Journal , April 19, 2010
|
 The Price Of
Bias
NPR Planet Money podcast , December 28, 2009 |
 What
Newspapers Do, Have Done and Will Do
New York Times , February 13, 2009 |
 A Biased
Market
The Economist , October 30, 2008 |
 TV
Can Be Good For You
Chicago Tribune , October 22, 2008 |
 A New View
on TV: Economists Probe the Data in Television Watching and Find It’s Not All Bad; Better Test
Scores?
The Wall Street Journal , September 6, 2008 |
 Economists
Look at How TV Affects Time Use
The Wall Street Journal , September 6, 2008
|
 Measuring
media slant
The Economist Executive Briefing , February 5, 2008 |
 Why
You Didn’t Pay To Read This: Should newspaper Web sites really be
free?
Slate , October 27, 2007 |
 Undercover
Economist: Did you pay to read this?
Financial Times , October 20, 2007 |
 Murdoch
Overwhelmed by Rival for Control of News: Amity Shlaes
Bloomberg , July 5, 2007
|
 Hot
Economist Probes Newspapers and ‘Bias’
Editor & Publisher , March 25, 2007
|
 Newspapers Cater to Readers’
Politics
NPR , December 13, 2006 |
 Lean
Left? Lean Right? News Media May Take Their Cues From Customers
New York
Times , December 7, 2006 |
 It’s Not
Me, It’s You
CBS News , December 7, 2006 |
 How
To Speak Republican…
Slate , December 6, 2006 |
 Managing
for Success: Do Papers Slant to Audience?
Investor’s Business Daily , October
30, 2006 |
 Use Your
Noggin: Let the Kids Watch Cartoons
The Wall Street Journal , July 14, 2006
|
 Long Live the Boob
Tube: Television Makes Kids Smarter. D’oh!
Forbes , April 10, 2006 |
 A Fresh
Take On Media Bias
CBS News , April 4, 2006 |
 I
Agree With You, Completely
Slate , April 3, 2006 |
 Dear
Economist
Financial Times , March 25, 2006 |
 Kids’
problems may not be due to too much TV
Chicago Tribune , March 8, 2006 |
 Go
Ahead, Turn That Thing On
New York Times , March 5, 2006 |
 Study Finds Test
Scores Not Lowered by Television
New York Times , February 27, 2006 |
 The
Benefits of Bozo
Slate , February 16, 2006 |