EPISODE 197- Bots on the Ballot: NYU's Professor Joshua Tucker on How Tech & Marketing are Throwing Democracies Into a Spin

Joshua Tucker is a Professor of Politics at New York University, where he is also an affiliated Professor of Data Science, Russian, and Slavic Studies. He serves as the Director of NYU’s Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and co-director of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics. His research focuses on comparative politics, mass politics, and the impact of social media on political behavior. On The Menu: 1. Generative AI reduces content production costs, influencing election campaigns and foreign interference. 2. Importance of cross-disciplinary partnerships in digital democracy research. 3. Difficulties in changing entrenched political attitudes and affective polarization. 4. Changes in Twitter data access for academic research under new ownership. 5. A shift from social graphs to engagement-maximizing algorithms in content delivery. 6. Implications and concerns of banning TikTok in the US from a democratic perspective. 7. Zelensky's efforts to garner international support through diplomacy and technology. Click here for a free trial: https://bit.ly/495qC9U Follow us on social media to hear from us more - Facebook- https://bit.ly/3ZYLiew Instagram- https://bit.ly/3Usdrtf Linkedin- https://bit.ly/43pdmdU Twitter- https://bit.ly/43qPvKX Pinterest- https://bit.ly/3KOOa9u Happy creating! #JoshuaTucker #NewyorkUniversity #Outgrow #Tech #MarketerOfTheMonth #Marketing #MarketingTactics #Outgrow #Democarcy #Podcastoftheday #MarketingPodcast