This Monthly Active Population (MAP) dataset contains aggregated metrics for the proportion of Facebook friends, Pages, and groups that are categorized as like-minded or cross-cutting.
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Funding Information
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Citation
Meta Platforms, Inc. Ideological Alignment of Users' Facebook Networks. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-07-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/nvh0-jh41
See the codebook for details on the experimental design.
Variables
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Additional Notes
The U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study (US 2020 FIES) is a partnership between Meta and academic researchers to understand the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes and behaviors during the US 2020 election.
Related Resources
Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing, Journal Article, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06297-w, DOI
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Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing
