News and Impact
New Findings on Stated vs Revealed Preferences in Social Media
Do Won Kim, a PhD student under GEIS researchers Giovanni Ciampaglia and Cody Buntain, have a new paper accepted: “Understanding the Gap Between Stated and Revealed Preferences in Social Media News Feeds”. Social media algorithms learn from users’ past behavior, but what people engage with often doesn’t match what they actually value. This study demonstrates…
GEIS Affiliate Named Non-Resident Fellow at Cornell’s Center on Global Democracy
Nejla Asimovic, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science, at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, has been named a non-resident fellow at Cornell University’s Center on Global Democracy!
GEIS Affiliates Awarded Best Paper in Political Behavior at MPSA
GEIS-affiliated professors Rajeshwari Majumdar and Tiago Ventura, along with co-authors Shelley Liu, Carolina A. Torreblanca, and Joshua A. Tucker, received the Best Paper in Political Behavior Award at the Midwest Political Science Association for their study, Reducing Social Media Usage During Elections: Evidence from a Multi-Country WhatsApp Deactivation Experiment. OSF Link: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/zrsqw_v1 This paper studies…
Directions from March 2026
GEIS’s last meeting highlighted several key directions: New Work on Platform Governance Ongoing research, including a new preprint on the partisan effects of social media bans led by Tiago Ventura, continues to explore how platform-level interventions influence political attitudes and polarization. Narratives Around AI Disinformation Members emphasized a growing priority, going beyond identifying AI-generated misinformation…
GEIS Prepares Annual Impact Report Reviewing a Highly Productive First Year
GEIS is compiling its first annual impact report, documenting research, collaborations, community partnerships, and metrics.
The ZeitGEIS of Election and Information Security: Insight, Trust, and Resilience from 2025 to 2026
Join members of the GEIS research group as we reflect on an impactful first year advancing the integrity and security of election and online information systems. This two-hour event will highlight key 2025 achievements—from research breakthroughs to community collaborations—and unveil GEIS’s 2026 initiatives aimed at supporting local and state partners in preparation for the midterm…
GEIS Members Featured Across National Media Discussing AI, Elections, and Content Moderation
GEIS continues to inform international conversations on AI governance and democratic resilience.
GEIS Publishes New Study on Post–January 6 Deplatforming and Political Polarization
New PNAS Nexus research from GEIS highlights the long-term impacts of deplatforming extremist accounts after January 6.
GEIS Members Release New Research on BLM, Gun-Purchase Interest, and Public Behavior
New Social Forces study sheds light on how protest movements influence public reactions and behavioral responses.
GEIS Publishes New Study on WhatsApp Deactivation and Misinformation Diffusion
GEIS members publish groundbreaking work on how WhatsApp deactivation affects misinformation exposure and political information flows.
