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As of: 27 Jul 2017 - 25 Sep 2017

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Robert Faris, Hal Roberts, Bruce Etling, Nikki Bourassa, Ethan Zuckerman and Yochai Benkler Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Harvard University Date Posted: 21 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2017	723
2.	On Cyber-Enabled Information/Influence Warfare and Manipulation Herbert S. Lin and Jaclyn Kerr Center for International Security and Cooperation and Georgetown University Date Posted: 11 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2017	147
3.	User-Generated Content: An Examination of Users and the Commodification of Instagram Posts June Macon University of Illinois at Chicago Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2017	33
4.	A Field Guide to Fake News: A Collection of Recipes for Those Who Love to Cook with Digital Methods (Chapters 1-3) Liliana Bounegru, Jonathan Gray, Tommaso Venturini and Michele Mauri University of Groningen, University of Bath, médialab Sciences Po and Polytechnic University of Milan - Density Design Date Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2017	33
5.	Social Network Sanctions to Against the Retail Business Monopolies Tanpat Kraiwanit and Wanchalerm Sornsrimai Rangsit University Thailand and Rangsit University Date Posted: 05 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2017	32
6.	Discovery of Social Beliefs About Ethnic Structure from Survey Data Thomas B. Pepinsky Cornell University - Department of Government Date Posted: 10 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017	32
7.	Dating Markets and Love Stories: Freedom and Fairness in the Pursuit of Intimacy and Love Nina Varsava Stanford University, Students Date Posted: 10 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017	29
8.	A Theory of Information Biases on Healthcare Platforms Zhenhua Wu, Zhijie Lin and Yong Tan Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Nanjing University - School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business Date Posted: 01 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017	16

All Time Top Papers

As of: 02 Jan 1997 - 25 Sep 2017

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Six Provocations for Big Data danah boyd and Kate Crawford Data & Society Research Institute and Microsoft Research Date Posted: 13 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2012	39,800
2.	The Nature of Man Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling SSRN and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased) Date Posted: 24 Nov 1997 Last Revised: 18 May 2013	32,018
3.	Social Networks that Matter: Twitter Under the Microscope Bernardo A. Huberman, Daniel M. Romero and Fang Wu Stanford University, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol and HP Labs Date Posted: 12 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 05 May 2013	15,922
4.	Social Privacy in Networked Publics: Teens’ Attitudes, Practices, and Strategies danah boyd and Alice E. Marwick Data & Society Research Institute and Data & Society Research Institute Date Posted: 10 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2013	11,236
5.	Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime Scott Cunningham, Benjamin Engelstätter and Michael R. Ward Baylor University, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics Date Posted: 09 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013	11,161
6.	Opening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring? Philip N. Howard, Aiden Duffy, Deen Freelon, Muzammil M. Hussain, Will Mari and Marwa Maziad University of Washington - Department of Communication, University of Washington, American University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Washington and University of Washington - College of Arts and Sciences Date Posted: 17 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2015	10,341
7.	Effects of Word-of-Mouth versus Traditional Marketing: Findings from an Internet Social Networking Site Michael Trusov, Randolph E. Bucklin and Koen H. Pauwels University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Ozyegin University Date Posted: 08 May 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014	9,995
8.	Consumer Acceptance and Use of Information Technology: Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Viswanath Venkatesh, James Y.L. Thong and Xin Xu University of Arkansas - Department of Information Systems, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University Date Posted: 10 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014	9,854
9.	Inferring App Demand from Publicly Available Data Rajiv Garg and Rahul Telang University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Date Posted: 09 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014	9,279
10.	What Makes Online Content Viral? Jonah A. Berger and Katherine L. Milkman University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Date Posted: 27 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012	8,660