Center for Information Networks and Democracy
Committed to excellence in research on the benefits and risks that information networks have for democracy.
Mission
Led by Sandra González-Bailón and Yphtach Lelkes, CIND brings together researchers developing creative, evidence-driven work at the intersection of political communication and computational social science. We aim to advance our understanding of information networks and their impact on democracy.
News
Balancing Quantity and Quality: How X/Twitter’s Algorithm Influences Our Consumption of News
A new paper by Penn researchers, including Annenberg doctoral candidate Shengchun Huang, explores the dissemination of news on X/Twitter.