Exhibit 728 ยท Peer-reviewed study
The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment
the effects of both Facebook and Instagram deactivation on affective and issue polarization, perceived legitimacy of the election, candidate favorability, and voter turnout were all precisely estimated and close to zero.
Randomized 6-week deactivation of 19,857 Facebook and 15,585 Instagram users before the 2020 election.
- Source
- Allcott, Gentzkow, Mason, Wilkins, Barbera et al. (PNAS)
- Date
- 13 May 2024
- Quoted from
- Abstract
- Grade
- Peer-reviewed
- Document
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2321584121
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
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