Quello Search Project

The Quello Search Project project investigates the roles of social media, search, and personal influence in people’s political opinion formation process. Housed at the Quello Center at Michigan State University (MSU), this was a collaboration between researchers at MSU, the University of Oxford and the University of Ottawa.

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Methods:

• Nationally representative web-based surveys in seven nations (N= 14000, 2000 per nation)

• Google Trends data analysis

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Outputs:

• Dubois, E. and Blank, G. (2018). The echo chamber is overstated: The moderating effect of political interest and diverse media. Information, Communication & Society, 21(5), 729-745. 

• Dubois, E., Paquet-Labelle, A., Minaeian, S. and Beaudry, S. (in press, 2019). Who to trust on social media: How opinion leaders and seekers avoid disinformation and echo chambers. Social Media and Society.

• Dutton, William H. and Reisdorf, Bianca and Dubois, Elizabeth and Blank, Grant, Search and Politics: The Uses and Impacts of Search in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United States (May 1, 2017). Quello Center Working Paper No. 5-1-17.

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Project leads:

Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, Dr. Grant Blank, Dr. W.H. Dutton, Dr. Bianca Reisdorf