The metrics in this dataset measure users who potentially viewed posts with links to civic news domains that were shared by one of their connections. The dataset contains domain-level metrics from Facebook activity data for adult U.S. monthly active users, aggregated over the study period. Includes potential audience size, content attributes, user attributes, political interest.
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Title
Potential Exposure to Facebook Posts with Civic News Domains
Citation
Meta Platforms, Inc. Potential Exposure to Facebook Posts with Civic News Domains. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-07-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/n197-rt86
Design
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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.
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Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook, Journal Article, DOI, (https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade7138)
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