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Brendan Nyhan

James O Freedman Presidential Professor; Professor of Government

Dartmouth College

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Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Quantitative Social Science Program

Brendan Nyhan is currently serving as a Faculty Of Arts And Sciences James O Freedman Presidential Professor; Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.

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Dartmouth College

James O Freedman Presidential Professor; Professor of Government

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political science political analysis misinformation public opinion political behavior journalism public policy fake news disinformation detection politics mass communication media studies social sciences online information preventive medicine public integrity vaccine hesitancy political studies fact checking digital mediums post-truth social media vaccine safety democracy communicable diseases medium culture vaccine efficacy political competition content analysis governance election forecasting popular medium data journalism liberal democracy citizen journalism government information public health preparedness research policy covid-19 pandemic political process video article user-generated content institutional change political agendas smart voting e-democracy imperfect institutions public administration public management public choice trust management journalism history posttreatment variables urgent recommendations academic ethic institutional environment institutional innovations informal institutions social medium monitoring quality review news semantics social bias implicit memory youtube videos external links resentful users election credibility credible source corrections replication data perceived tweet accuracy state media public support two-wave dataset vaccine nudges ’ 24 legitimate 2024 political methodology quantitative social science social science research quantitative social science research political communication behavioral statistic conspiracy theories

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Debunking Nimby Myths Increases Support for Affordable Housing, Especially Near Respondents’ Homes. Journal of Experimental Political Science (2025)

community developmentpolicy analysisurban affairssocial science researchresidential developmentlivabilityurban studiesrespondents ’ homessocial sciencesaffordable housinghousingnimby mythssociologypublic policyhousing studiessustainable urban housing

Partisanship Unmasked? the Role of Politics and Social Norms in Covid-19 Mask-Wearing Behavior – Corrigendum. Journal of Experimental Political Science (2025)

political analysissocial distancingglobal health crisispolitical behaviorcovid-19 pandemicsocial normssocial sciencessars-cov-2political communicationcommunicable diseasespolitical sciencepolitical sociologysociologycovid-19biopoliticspolitics

Prebunking and Credible Source Corrections Increase Election Credibility: Evidence From the Us and Brazil. Science Advances (2025)

political analysismisinformationdisinformation detectionfact checkingpolitical behaviorpublic integrityelectionsgovernment informationcredible source correctionspolitical communicationpublic opinionpolitical scienceelection credibilityfake newspublic policypolitics

State Media Tagging Does Not Affect Perceived Tweet Accuracy: Evidence From a U.S. Twitter Experiment in 2022. (2025)

Claire BetzerMontgomery BoothBeatrice CappioAlice CookMadeline GocheeBenjamin GrayzelLeyla JacobySharanya MajumderMichael MandaJennifer QianMitchell RansdenMiles RubensMihir SardesaiEleanor SullivanHarish TekriwalRyan WaalandBrendan Nyhan

perceived tweet accuracysocial mediasocial network analysisstate mediacommunicationsocial medium monitoring

The Effects of Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud on Confidence in Elections – Corrigendum. Journal of Experimental Political Science (2025)

political analysiselections – corrigendumelection forecastingmisinformationfraudbiaspublic integrityelectionspolitical behaviorvoting ruleunsubstantiated claimspublic opinionpolitical sciencevoter fraudjournalism

What Nudges You to Take a Vaccine? Understanding Behavioural Drivers of Covid-19 Vaccinations Using Large-Scale Experiments in the G-7 Countries. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (2025)

Manu M. SavaniSanchayan BanerjeeAndrew HunterPeter JohnRichard KoenigBlake Lee-WhitingPeter LoewenJohn McAndrewsBrendan Nyhan

public healthepidemiologyvaccine efficacyvaccinespreventive medicinevaccinationcovid-19 pandemicvaccine hesitancytwo-wave datasetglobal healthpublic supportcommunicable diseasesvaccine nudgescovid-19population healthpublic health preparedness

24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 U.S. Elections.. UCLA Law (2023)

political analysisurgent recommendationslegitimate 2024lawpolitical studies’ 24electionssmart votinginformation policypolitical communicationpolitical sciencepolitical agendaspolitics

Don’t Believe Everything You Read Online? Social Media Platform and Spillover Effects on News Credibility and Engagement.. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2023)

digital mediumsmisinformationdisinformation detectionsocial mediasocial sciencescommunicationsocial medium newspost-truthmass communicationsocial media platformnews credibilityspillover effectsfake newsjournalismonline information

Disinformation, Media, and Democracy. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University (2022)

political analysismedium ownershipdemocracymisinformationpolitical behaviordemocratic theorymedium culturepolitical communicationmass communicationpolitical sciencejournalismmedia studies

Information From Same-Race Experts Online Does Not Increase Vaccine Interest or Intention to Vaccinate.. Milbank Quarterly (2022)

health communicationpublic healthepidemiologyvaccine efficacyvaccinesmedical internet researchpreventive medicinevaccinationvaccine hesitancypublic health ethicsincrease vaccine interestcommunicable diseasespopulation health

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Brendan Nyhan

James O Freedman Presidential Professor; Professor of Government

Dartmouth College

Affiliations

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Quantitative Social Science Program

Brendan Nyhan is currently serving as a Faculty Of Arts And Sciences James O Freedman Presidential Professor; Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Brendan Nyhan

Dartmouth College

James O Freedman Presidential Professor; Professor of Government

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Debunking Nimby Myths Increases Support for Affordable Housing, Especially Near Respondents’ Homes. Journal of Experimental Political Science (2025)

Partisanship Unmasked? the Role of Politics and Social Norms in Covid-19 Mask-Wearing Behavior – Corrigendum. Journal of Experimental Political Science (2025)

Prebunking and Credible Source Corrections Increase Election Credibility: Evidence From the Us and Brazil. Science Advances (2025)

State Media Tagging Does Not Affect Perceived Tweet Accuracy: Evidence From a U.S. Twitter Experiment in 2022. (2025)

perceived tweet accuracysocial mediasocial network analysisstate mediacommunicationsocial medium monitoring

The Effects of Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud on Confidence in Elections – Corrigendum. Journal of Experimental Political Science (2025)

What Nudges You to Take a Vaccine? Understanding Behavioural Drivers of Covid-19 Vaccinations Using Large-Scale Experiments in the G-7 Countries. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (2025)

Manu M. SavaniSanchayan BanerjeeAndrew HunterPeter JohnRichard KoenigBlake Lee-WhitingPeter LoewenJohn McAndrewsBrendan Nyhan

24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 U.S. Elections.. UCLA Law (2023)

political analysisurgent recommendationslegitimate 2024lawpolitical studies’ 24electionssmart votinginformation policypolitical communicationpolitical sciencepolitical agendaspolitics

Don’t Believe Everything You Read Online? Social Media Platform and Spillover Effects on News Credibility and Engagement.. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2023)

Disinformation, Media, and Democracy. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University (2022)

political analysismedium ownershipdemocracymisinformationpolitical behaviordemocratic theorymedium culturepolitical communicationmass communicationpolitical sciencejournalismmedia studies

Information From Same-Race Experts Online Does Not Increase Vaccine Interest or Intention to Vaccinate.. Milbank Quarterly (2022)

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