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Our bimonthly journal of research

The ANNALS of the AAPSS addresses society’s most important problems and concerns with high-quality research.

First published in 1890, The ANNALS took its current form in 1914. Each of our bimonthly volumes takes up a particular social challenge or phenomenon, mustering research and evidence to illuminate it in ways that advance science and public policy.

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Platform Governance: The Challenges of Building Healthy Online Ecosystems

Volume 715, September 2024

Special Editors: Tracey L. Meares and Sudhir Venkatesh

In the past two decades, technology platforms have evolved from infrastructure tools into social institutions that actively shape speech, behavior, and participation online. Yet this evolution has not been accompanied by proportional development of oversight, understanding, or public accountability, and many platforms’ governance techniques continue to be deployed with little scrutiny. This volume examines the ways in which online platform governance unfolds across domains and charts possibilities for reshaping it toward more socially beneficial outcomes.

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Toward Computational Social Science: Big Data in Digital Environments

Volume 659, May 2015

Special Editors: Dhavan V. Shah, Joseph N. Cappella, and W. Russell Neuman

This volume explores new data made available by the internet and social media and its implications for the social sciences and political research. Digital media provides vast amounts of information about online consumers, including their online behavior, interests, personal connections, and political sentiment. The volume questions the reliability of this data in representing the real world and highlights challenges to interpretation. It also demonstrates, though, how data from digital media can be valuable in social research. Articles address potential biases in big data, propose improved models for analysis, and examine online data for patterns in political expression and behavior.

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