A Proposal for Understanding Social Media’s Impact on Elections: Peer-Reviewed Scientific Research | by 2020 Election Research Project | Aug, 2020 | Medium

The second problem was that it is hard to conduct a rigorous scientific study on social media’s impact after the fact. With the US 2020 election upon us, it is clear we need a new approach. For this election, we are integrating Facebook researchers’ intimate knowledge and access to internal Facebook data with the expertise of independent scholars to conduct scientifically rigorous research that allows these academics to ensure that the research asks the right questions and that the questions are answered with the right methods.