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Presenting today at ICWSM our Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media paper "Analyzing Support for U.S. Presidential Candidates in Twitter Polls" (w Stephens_AI, Vijayalakshmi V, Mattia Samory, JungHwan Yang). Twitter polls are straw polls users can create and interact with. journalqd.org/article/view/5… 🧵1/3

Thrilled to share this press release of UMass Amherst about our research revealing questionable votes and biases in tens of thousands of US presidential #election polls on X (conducted w Stephens_AI, Vijayalakshmi V, Mattia Samory, Kevin Yang, JungHwan Yang).

El País, a top high-quality newspaper in Spain, wrote about our research that reveals political biases and inauthentic/purchased votes in US presidential election polls on X. (I'll present this work, w Kevin Yang and JungHwan Yang, today at IC2S2 at 2:30pm in Williams Hall 723!)

Our study revealing and explaining biases in politically-relevant social media polls is at the top of r/Science subreddit! 🎊 reddit.com/r/science/comm…

😲 Trump is leading, according to bias-corrected estimates of public support from X polls (screenshot from socialpolls.org)! 😲... His support dipped after the debate but rebounded in mid-October. Here’s why this trend suggests he could win the election... 🧵1/3

In the season of thanks, I'm thankful to have amazing former students like Eunji Kim. Everyone should pre-order her new book. Come for the fantastic cover, stay for the incredible results and insights: amazon.com/dp/0691267197/…

We welcome submissions to our International Journal of Communication special issue on "Presidential Debates Across the Americas." CfP is open until April 30, 2025. Email me ([email protected]) or my co-editors w/ questions and share with others in your network. Link to full call below. mcrc.journalism.wisc.edu/2024/12/13/mcr…

Delighted and thankful that our study "Election Polls on Social Media: Prevalence, Biases, and Voter Fraud Beliefs" (attached thread) received Best Paper Honorable Mention at @ICWSM'25! Congratulations Stephens_AI Vijayalakshmi V Mattia Samory Kevin Yang JungHwan Yang! 🙏🎊