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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

David Lazer is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and works primarily within the Social Sciences field, having produced 122 publications focused on this area. Their research spans multiple subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Clinical Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main topics of study include misinformation and its impacts, social media and politics, media influence and politics, COVID-19 and mental health, opinion dynamics and social influence, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Their frequent co-authors include Katherine Ognyanova, Roy H. Perlis, James Druckman, Jon Green, and Matthew Baum, indicating ongoing collaborative work within their research network.

David Lazer has published extensively across several venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Science
  • Nature

Selected recent papers illustrate the breadth and focus of their work:

  • "Prevalence and Correlates of Long COVID Symptoms Among US Adults," 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • "Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities," 2020, Science
  • "Searching for the backfire effect: Measurement and design considerations," 2020, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • "Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook," 2023, Science
  • "How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?" 2023, Science

David Lazer has authored a book titled Black Networks Matter, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • Computational Social Science

    David M. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Lada Adamic;Sinan Aral;Sinan Aral

  • The science of fake news

    David M. J. Lazer;Matthew A. Baum;Yochai Benkler;Adam J. Berinsky

  • The Parable of Google Flu: Traps in Big Data Analysis

    David Lazer;Ryan Kennedy;Ryan Kennedy;Ryan Kennedy;Gary King;Alessandro Vespignani;Alessandro Vespignani

  • Inferring friendship network structure by using mobile phone data

    Nathan Eagle;Alex Sandy Pentland;David Lazer

  • Structure and tie strengths in mobile communication networks

    J.-P. Onnela;J. Saramäki;J. Hyvönen;G. Szabó

  • Fake news on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

    Nir Grinberg;Nir Grinberg;Kenneth Joseph;Lisa Friedland;Briony Swire-Thompson;Briony Swire-Thompson

  • Machine behaviour

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  • Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations

    Briony Swire-Thompson;David Lazer;David Lazer

  • The Network Structure of Exploration and Exploitation

    David Lazer;Allan Friedman

  • Management-Based Regulation: Prescribing Private Management to Achieve Public Goals

    Cary Coglianese;David Lazer

  • Network theory and small groups

    Nancy Katz;David Lazer;Holly Arrow;Noshir Contractor

  • Who Wants To Deliberate—And Why?

    Michael A. Neblo;Kevin M. Esterling;Ryan P. Kennedy;David M. J. Lazer

  • Exploration versus exploitation in space, mind, and society

    Thomas Trenholm Hills;Peter M. Todd;David Lazer;David Lazer;A. David Redish

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Long COVID Symptoms Among US Adults

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  • Measuring personalization of web search

    Aniko Hannak;Piotr Sapiezynski;Arash Molavi Kakhki;Balachander Krishnamurthy

  • Measuring Price Discrimination and Steering on E-commerce Web Sites

    Aniko Hannak;Gary Soeller;David Lazer;Alan Mislove

  • Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities.

    David M. J. Lazer;David M. J. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Duncan J. Watts;Sinan Aral

  • The strength of strong ties: A model of contact-making in policy networks with evidence from U.S. health politics

    Daniel Carpenter;Kevin Esterling;David Lazer

  • Searching for the Backfire Effect: Measurement and Design Considerations.

    Briony Swire-Thompson;Briony Swire-Thompson;Joseph DeGutis;Joseph DeGutis;David Lazer;David Lazer

  • Data ex Machina: Introduction to Big Data

    David Lazer;David Lazer;Jason Radford;Jason Radford

  • Social sensing for epidemiological behavior change

    Anmol Madan;Manuel Cebrian;David Lazer;Alex Pentland

  • The Coevolution of Networks and Political Attitudes

    David Lazer;Brian Rubineau;Carol Chetkovich;Nancy Katz

  • Life in the network: The coming age of computational social science: Science

    D. Lazer;A. Pentland;A. Adamic;S. Aral

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary King
Gary King Harvard University
Noshir Contractor
Noshir Contractor Northwestern University
Daniel Carpenter
Daniel Carpenter Harvard University
Duncan J. Watts
Duncan J. Watts University of Pennsylvania
Michael W. Macy
Michael W. Macy Cornell University
James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler University of California, San Diego
Miriam J. Metzger
Miriam J. Metzger University of California, Santa Barbara
Gordon Pennycook
Gordon Pennycook Cornell University
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University

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