Andrew M. Guess

Andrew M. Guess

Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Biography

Welcome! I am an associate professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University. I use quantitative and computational methods to study the relationship between digital media and politics.

Please see the Papers page for more information about my research, which explores questions such as:

  • To what extent do digital and social media facilitate encounters with political perspectives that differ from one’s own?
  • How prevalent is online misinformation, how commonly do people encounter it on social media, and what are its effects?
  • What is the relationship between social media and political outcomes such as polarization and trust?
  • How can social platforms improve knowledge and promote news diet quality?
  • How can researchers use survey and digital trace data to measure concepts related to digital media and politics?

I’m also a founding co-editor of the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, with Kevin Munger and Eszter Hargittai. You can read our essay introducing the journal’s philosophy and goals here.

Recent Publications

Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube

An enormous body of literature argues that recommendation algorithms drive political polarization by creating “filter bubbles” and …

Analysis of Web Browsing Data: A Guide

The use of individual-level browsing data, i.e., the records of a person’s visits to online content through a desktop or mobile …

Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing

Many critics raise concerns about the prevalence of ‘echo chambers’ on social media and their potential role in increasing political …

Working Papers

Online Discourse is Falsely Polarized by Self-Selection

We present comprehensive evidence quantifying the magnitude and scope of false polarization (i.e. the impression that opinions on …

Contact

  • aguess [at] princeton.edu