Episode 101: Xinming Du on social media content and offline violence

Probable Causation

Xinming Du talks about how aggressive posts on social media affect offline violence.

“Symptom or Culprit? Social Media, Air Pollution, and Violence” by Xinming Du.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Experimental Evidence of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion Through Social Networks” by Adam Kramer, Jamie Guillory, and Jeffrey Hancock.

• “Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia” by Ruben Enikolopov, Alexey Makarin, and Maria Petrova.

• “Fanning the Flames of Hate: Social Media and Hate Crime” by Karsten Muller and Carlo Schwarz.

• Episode 35 of Probable Causation: Erich Muehlegger

• “Toxic Content and User Engagement on Social Media: Evidence from a Field Experiment” by George Beknazar-Yuzbashev, Rafael Jiménez Durán, Jesse McCrosky, and Mateusz Stalinski.

• “Social Media and Mental Health” by Luca Braghieri, Ro’ee Levy, and Alexey Makarin.