Taylor W Brown

Computational Sociologist (PhD)
Research Engineer @ Meta (Central Applied Science + Central Social Impact)
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[Emily Thorson @emilythorson]

During the 2020 election, we conducted a 23k-person pre-registered field experiment on Facebook, reducing exposure to content from politically like-minded sources: https://t.co/UGH4RcAp3g. The article has a wealth of other information, including stats on platform "echo chambers."

[Andy Guess @andyguess]

Today is publication day for the first 4 papers resulting from a unique collaboration between Meta researchers and outside academics to study the political effects of Facebook and Instagram in the 2020 U.S. election! 🧵 1/N

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

Now updated with a full tweet thread on our findings - please read!

Thread: https://t.co/OwFKMGi3NA
Paper: https://t.co/SRLyGB50Fa

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

Studies combine FB/IG platform data with data from a 6-wave panel survey administered to a very large, representative sample of US adults.

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

(ﾉo‿o)ﾉ✧.*･｡ﾟ Publication day!! First four articles from the US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election study (FIES) are out! 3 in Science and 1 in Nature

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

All studies included pre-registration, IRB approval, code review, and data sharing for reproducibility + future research via ICPSR: https://t.co/MbHxdfdd6n

[Xiao Ma @infoxiao]

Following my new life motto that never write a paper that could have been a tweet. Here is the tweet.

The Social Exchange Machine: Crypto as Society Made Scalable
Why HCI folks should pay more attention to crypto

https://t.co/hKS2HXkNt1

[Dr. Patricia Homan @pa_homan]

JUST PUBLISHED online this morning! My new @JofHSB article coauthored with @tysonbrown & @brittanym_king "Structural Intersectionality as a New Direction for Health Disparities Research" https://t.co/7yE4rzttEY

[Dr. Patricia Homan @pa_homan]

I am thrilled and honored to share that my @ASR_Journal article has been selected as the winner of the @ASASexandGender Distinguished Article Award!

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

@cbarrie Big props coming from you! I can't wait to see it out either ;)

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

@fmerhout merci Dr. Merhout. I'm glad to be in such impressive alumni company ;)

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

@SocSciMcAndrew thanks @SocSciMcAndrew! Keep an eye out, bc I'll to share more soon. Always happy to chat.

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

@HajYazdiha @chris_bail @DukeSociology Thanks Dr. Yazdiha :) Come give at talk in NYC plsss

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

@pa_homan @chris_bail @informor @vaiseys merci Dr. Homan!!

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

It's an honor to have had @chris_bail, Jim Moody, @informor, @vaiseys, Martin Ruef, and Lynn Smith-Lovin as my committee! I'm so stoked about this milestone + to share my findings! More to come 🙏✨

[Chris Bail @chris_bail]

Can machine learning explain why gender inequalities persist in contemporary art markets? You'll have to ask @DukeSociology's newest PhD: @taywbrown, who successfully defended her outstanding dissertation yesterday! https://t.co/m3NYHsH5Cs

[Taylor W Brown @taywbrown]

I received my MA @UNCSociology + my PhD @DukeSociology -- so part of my acknowledgments section is a house divided but much loved: