The MDDC is a collaboration among researchers and research centers using digital data to study democracy and politics.

Institutional Members

Institutional members include university-based research centers that study political communication.

  • Center for Media Engagement (CME); University of Texas at Austin
  • Center for an Informed Public (CIP); University of Washington
  • Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP); George Washington University
  • Social Media & Democracy (SMAD) and the Center for Communication & Civic Renewal (CCCR); University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Media Forensics Lab; Clemson University
  • Edward R. Murrow College of Communication; Washington State University
  • Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP); New York University

Individual Members

Individual members include researchers studying political communication that are not affiliated with an aformentioned institutional member.

  • Cody Buntain, University of Maryland
  • Bin Chen, The University of Hong Kong
  • Ross Dahlke, Stanford University
  • Sang Jung Kim, Uniersity of Iowa
  • Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Boston University
  • Maggie Macdonald, University of Kentucky
  • Meredith Pruden, Kennesaw State University
  • Sarah Shugars, Rutgers University
  • Jiyoun Suk, University of Connecticut
  • Yunkang Yang, Texas A&M
  • Yini Zhang, University of Buffalo

External Collaborators

In addition to our membership, MDDC also works with external collaborators, which include non-profit organizations, industry researchers, and archivists.

  • Pushshift
  • Q Origins
  • Algorithmic Transparenct Institute