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Making the invisible visible — PoliDashboard is an open-source app for tracking political advertisements on Meta-owned advertising platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. https://polidashboard.org/
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In some way, social media is like a weather vane in a storm: it spins quickly to show where the wind’s blowing, but you can’t tell how fierce the storm really is.
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In some way, social media is like a weather vane in a storm: it spins quickly to show where the wind’s blowing, but you can’t tell how fierce the storm really is.
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The Cracker Barrel story should serve as a reminder that "What a journalist can discern from publicly available social media data is not exactly what is typically thought of as 'public opinion.'”
We & our colleagues outlined this problem back in 2018. policyoptions.irpp.org/2018/09/when...
We & our colleagues outlined this problem back in 2018. policyoptions.irpp.org/2018/09/when...
When journalists report social media as public opinion
As digital data about people grows, journalists are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to find information. One trend in journalism, particularly in political ...
policyoptions.irpp.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Cracker Barrel story should serve as a reminder that "What a journalist can discern from publicly available social media data is not exactly what is typically thought of as 'public opinion.'”
We & our colleagues outlined this problem back in 2018. policyoptions.irpp.org/2018/09/when...
We & our colleagues outlined this problem back in 2018. policyoptions.irpp.org/2018/09/when...