Jason J. Jones
Stony Brook University · Psychology
Active 1939–2024
About
Jason J. Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University. He holds a diverse academic background, with a doctorate in Psychology, post-doctorate work in Political Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, embodying an interdisciplinary approach in his research. His work leverages massive data sets to re-examine human behavior, including collaborations with Facebook to conduct experiments involving millions of participants on social norms around voting. Additionally, he has contributed to redefining Granovetter's 'strength of weak ties' hypothesis by analyzing work histories and social networks of millions of individuals worldwide. Broadly, his research interests focus on the application of computational social science to predict political, health, and other social behaviors. His work exemplifies the integration of social science and computational methods to better understand complex social phenomena.
Research topics
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Art
- Art history
- Law
Selected publications
Tackling misinformation: What researchers could do with social media data
2020 · 87 citations
- Sociology
- Art history
- Art
Written by Michelle A. Amazeen, Fabrício Benevenuto, Nadia M. Brashier, Robert M. Bond, Lia C. Bozarth, Ceren Budak, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Lisa K. Fazio, Emilio Ferrara, Andrew J. Flanagin, Ales-sandro Flammini, Deen Freelon, Nir Grinberg, Ralph Hertwig, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Kenneth Jo-seph, Jason J. Jones, R. Kelly Garrett, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon McGregor, Jasmine McNealy, Drew Margolin, Alice Marwick, FiIippo Menczer, Miriam J. Metzger, Seungahn Nah, Stephan Lewan-dowsky, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Pablo Ortellado, Irene Pasquetto, Gordon Pennycook, Ethan Porter, David G. Rand, Ronald Robertson, Briony Swire-Thompson, Francesca Tripodi, Soroush Vosoughi, Chris Vargo, Onur Varol, Brian E. Weeks, John Wihbey, Thomas J. Wood, & Kai-Cheng Yang
Recent grants
Frequent coauthors
- 37 shared
Michael B. Nichol
University of Southern California
- 37 shared
Doug Stahl
Stanford University
- 36 shared
Joyce C. Niland
City of Hope
- 36 shared
Toshimitsu Hamasaki
- 36 shared
Tatsuya Isomura
- 36 shared
Stanley P. Azen
- 28 shared
Raleigh J. Robertson
Queen's University
- 25 shared
Robert M. Bond
Education
- 2011
Ph.D., Psychology
University of California, San Diego
- 2006
M.A., Psychology
University of California, San Diego
- 2000
B.S., Computer Science
Washington University in St. Louis
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