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Matthew A. Baum is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Communication, Health, and Neurology.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to COVID-19 and mental health, misinformation and its impacts, and the intersection of social media and politics. Additional areas of focus include long-term effects of COVID-19, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, media influence and politics, and vaccine coverage and hesitancy.

Matthew A. Baum has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Political Behavior
  • PNAS Nexus

Significant recent papers authored by or related to their collaborations include:

  • "Prevalence and Correlates of Long COVID Symptoms Among US Adults," 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • "The role of race, religion, and partisanship in misperceptions about COVID-19," 2021, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • "Trust in Physicians and Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a 50-State Survey of US Adults," 2024, JAMA Network Open
  • "Association of Acute Symptoms of COVID-19 and Symptoms of Depression in Adults," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "Social Debunking of Misinformation on WhatsApp: The Case for Strong and In-group Ties," 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

In their collaborative efforts, Matthew A. Baum has worked frequently with the following co-authors:

  • James Druckman
  • Roy H. Perlis
  • Katherine Ognyanova
  • David Lazer
  • Mauricio Santillana

Best Publications

  • The science of fake news

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

  • Schizophrenia risk from complex variation of complement component 4

    Aswin Sekar;Aswin Sekar;Allison R. Bialas;Heather de Rivera;Heather de Rivera;Avery Davis;Avery Davis

  • Molecular Diversity and Specializations among the Cells of the Adult Mouse Brain.

    Arpiar Saunders;Arpiar Saunders;Evan Z. Macosko;Evan Z. Macosko;Alec Wysoker;Alec Wysoker;Melissa Goldman;Melissa Goldman

  • The Invisible Hand of Democracy: Political Control and the Provision of Public Services

    David A. Lake;Matthew A. Baum

  • Sex, Lies, and War: How Soft News Brings Foreign Policy to the Inattentive Public

    Matthew A. Baum

  • The Relationships Between Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis

    Matthew A. Baum;Philip B.K. Potter

  • Soft news goes to war

    Matthew Baum

  • Soft News Goes to War: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age

    Matthew A. Baum

  • The Political Economy of Growth: Democracy and Human Capital

    Matthew A. Baum;David A. Lake

  • New Media and the Polarization of American Political Discourse

    Matthew A. Baum;Tim Groeling

  • Soft News and Political Knowledge: Evidence of Absence or Absence of Evidence?

    Matthew A. Baum

  • The Constituent Foundations of the Rally-Round-the-Flag Phenomenon

    Matthew A. Baum

  • The Oprah Effect: How Soft News Helps Inattentive Citizens Vote Consistently

    Matthew A. Baum;Angela S. Jamison

  • Talking the Vote: Why Presidential Candidates Hit the Talk Show Circuit

    Matthew A. Baum

  • Crossing the Water's Edge: Elite Rhetoric, Media Coverage, and the Rally-Round-the-Flag Phenomenon

    Tim Groeling;Matthew A. Baum

  • War Stories: The Causes and Consequences of Public Views of War

    Matthew A. Baum;Tim J. Groeling

  • Has Cable Ended the Golden Age of Presidential Television

    Matthew A. Baum;Samuel Kernell

  • Shot by the Messenger: Partisan Cues and Public Opinion Regarding National Security and War

    Matthew A. Baum;Tim Groeling

  • How Public Opinion Constrains the Use of Force: The Case of Operation Restore Hope

    Matthew A. Baum

  • Reality Asserts Itself: Public Opinion on Iraq and the Elasticity of Reality

    Matthew A. Baum;Tim Groeling

  • Combating fake news: an agenda for research and action

    David Lazer;Matthew Baum;Nir Grinberg;Lisa Friedland

  • War and Democratic Constraint: How the Public Influences Foreign Policy

    Matthew A. Baum;Philip B. K. Potter

  • In the Eye of the Beholder: How Information Shortcuts Shape Individual Perceptions of Bias in the Media

    Matthew A. Baum;Phil Gussin

  • Barbarians Inside the Gates: Partisan New Media and the Polarization of American Political Discourse

    Matthew A. Baum;Tim Groeling

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lazer
David Lazer Northeastern University
James N. Druckman
James N. Druckman University of Rochester
Steven A. McCarroll
Steven A. McCarroll Harvard University
David A. Lake
David A. Lake University of California, San Diego
Beth Stevens
Beth Stevens Boston Children's Hospital
Robert E. Handsaker
Robert E. Handsaker Harvard University
Giulio Genovese
Giulio Genovese Broad Institute
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University

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