Culture After Computation

New Article on Political Polarization at The Guardian

We have a new study published today in the Guardian that shows ways of finding cultural commonality in our age of political polarization. Using the site... Read More
New Article on Gender Bias and Book Reviews at The New Republic

We're super excited that our new article on gender inequality and book reviews has just been published at The New Republic. The take away: even... Read More
New Article on Creative Writing at the Atlantic Monthly

We're very excited that our new culture analytics essay on creativity and MFA programs, as well as issues of gender and racial diversity in publishing, has... Read More
Quantifying the Weepy Bestseller

We have a new piece appearing in The New Republic today. In a number of recent book reviews, literary critics and novelists arrive at the consensus... Read More

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016

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New Article on Political Polarization at The Guardian

We have a new study published today in the Guardian that shows ways of finding cultural commonality in our age of political polarization. Using the site Goodreads, we identify collections of books that both liberals and conservatives like to read. We show how these books drive different kinds of reader behaviour, prompting readers to react less... Read More

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016

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New Article on Gender Bias and Book Reviews at The New Republic

We're super excited that our new article on gender inequality and book reviews has just been published at The New Republic. The take away: even as you increase the headcount of women in publishing and... Read More

March 6, 2016March 6, 2016

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New Article on Creative Writing at the Atlantic Monthly

We're very excited that our new culture analytics essay on creativity and MFA programs, as well as issues of gender and racial diversity in publishing, has been published at the Atlantic Monthly. We use text mining... Read More

January 13, 2016March 6, 2016

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The Devoir Challenge

When the books editor of Le Devoir, Catherine Lalonde, called to ask if my lab would supply a data-driven guide on how to write like a bestseller, I enthusiastically said yes. But I expected everyone else would say... Read More

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015

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Quantifying the Weepy Bestseller

We have a new piece appearing in The New Republic today. In a number of recent book reviews, literary critics and novelists arrive at the consensus that to be a great writer, one must avoid being... Read More

October 12, 2016October 14, 2016

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100 Books That Bring Readers Together

Here is a list of 100 books that liberals and conservatives like in equal measure. As we discuss in our article, these lists were derived by identifying readers on Goodreads as either conservative or liberal based on whether they positively rated a highly partisan book from a select list (titles like James Carville’s It’s the Middle... Read More

October 11, 2016October 12, 2016

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100 Books That Conservatives Love to Read

Here is a list of 100 books that conservatives like to read. As we discuss in our article, these lists were derived by identifying readers on Goodreads as either conservative or liberal based on whether they positively... Read More

October 11, 2016October 12, 2016

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100 Books That Liberals Like to Read

Here is a list of 100 books that liberals like to read. As we discuss in our article, these lists were derived by identifying readers on Goodreads as either conservative or liberal based on whether they... Read More