Diffusion of Facebook Posts with 100 or More Reshares
2024
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Description

This dataset contains information about all content reshared 100 times or more from July 1, 2020 through February 1, 2021. Each row of the dataset corresponds to properties of an individual reshare tree. Each column contains a value, or set of values, that aggregates data for that specific reshare tree over the study period.

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Title
Diffusion of Facebook Posts with 100 or More Reshares
Creator
Meta Platforms, Inc. Data Collector
Subject
Issued Date
2024-12-10
Version
v1
Alternate Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3886/s6tx-d739
Status
Published
Access Rights
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Funding Information
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Citation
Meta Platforms, Inc. Diffusion of Facebook Posts with 100 or More Reshares. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-12-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/s6tx-d739
Record Appears in
U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study
Datasets
Facebook
Time Period
2020-07-01, 2021-02-01
Geographic Coverage
United States
Platform
Facebook
Collection Modes
user behavior tracking
Data Formats
web platform data
Design
This table is used to analyze the spread of different types of content on Facebook before and after the 2020 election, as part of the U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study. See the codebook for additional details.
Variables
Download the data dictionary for variables present in this dataset.
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.
Software Description
The data in this study were analyzed using R (version 4.4.1). The analysis code imports several R packages available on CRAN, including renv (1.0.11), dplyr (1.1.4), ggplot2 (3.5.1), xtable (1.8-4), and quantreg (5.98).
Programming Language
R
Environment and Dependencies
R 4.4.1, R packages available on CRAN, including renv (1.0.11), dplyr (1.1.4), ggplot2 (3.5.1), xtable (1.8-4), and quantreg (5.98)
Related Resources
The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook during the US 2020 Election, Journal Article, https://doi.org/10.15195/v11.a41, DOI
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