The metrics in this dataset measure participants' views of posts with links to civic news domains over the study period. The dataset contains domain-level metrics from Facebook activity data for the subset of participants in the platform intervention experiment control groups who consented to have their internet browsing behavior tracked by an external partner for the purpose of this study, aggregated over the study period. Includes content views, content attributes, user attributes.
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Title
Passive-Tracking Participants’ Views of Facebook Posts with Civic News Domains
Citation
Meta Platforms, Inc. Passive-Tracking Participants’ Views of Facebook Posts with Civic News Domains. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-07-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/8mrs-7n80
Design
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Variables
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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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