News

News

Selected Media Coverage

Selected Media Coverage

Featured: The Data Will Save Us,” Wharton Magazine
Berger, M. (2022, July 26). TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S. Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Duncan-Watts-Penn-TV-news-political-echo-chambers
Walton, M. (2022, May 26). Sociologist Duncan Watts Tackles Misinformation and Mistrust in Science and Society | American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS. https://www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/sociologist-duncan-watts-tackles-misinformation-and-mistrust-science
Murrell, D. (2022, April 15). The Data Will Save Us. Wharton Magazine. https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/spring-summer-2022/the-data-will-save-us/
Arsekin, E. (2022, February 11). Do success stories cause false beliefs about success? Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/do-success-stories-cause-false-beliefs-about-success
Sloane, J. (2022, January 27). Annenberg Faculty Elected to 2021 Class of AAAS Fellows. Annenberg School for Communication News. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/annenberg-faculty-elected-2021-class-aaas-fellows
Baillie, K. (2022, January 26). Ten from Penn elected 2021 AAAS Fellows. Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/ten-penn-elected-2021-aaas-fellows
Arsekin, E. (2022, January 24). Want to reduce political polarization? Start by looking beyond politics. Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/want-reduce-political-polarization-start-looking-beyond-politics
Are Teams Better Than Individuals at Getting Work Done? - Knowledge at Wharton. (2021, October 24). Knowledge at Wharton. https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/are-teams-better-than-individuals-at-getting-work-done/
Sloane, J. (2021, September 27). Duncan Watts Launches Computational Social Science Lab. Annenberg School for Communication News. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/duncan-watts-launches-computational-social-science-lab
Brockmeier, E. (2021, April 5). Toward a better understanding of ‘fake news.’ Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/towards-better-understanding-fake-news
Baillie, K., Brockmeier, E., & Berger, M. (2020, October 28). The role of data in a world reshaped by COVID-19. Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/role-data-world-reshaped-covid-19
Yount, A. (2020, May 12). Sarah J. Jackson and Duncan J. Watts Awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/sarah-j-jackson-and-duncan-j-watts-awarded-2020-andrew-carnegie-fellowships
Kirby, J. (2017, December 7). Study: Hillary Clinton’s emails got as much front-page coverage in 6 days as policy did in 69. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2017/12/7/16747712/study-media-2016-election-clintons-emails
Christakis, N. A. (2011, June 24). The Trouble With Common Sense. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/books/review/book-review-everything-is-obvious-once-you-know-the-answer-by-duncan-j-watts.html
The Story of Networks | Digital Tonto. (2010, September 26). Digital Tonto |. https://digitaltonto.com/2010/the-story-of-networks/
Bennett, D. (2009, January 9). Duncan Watts, Scholar - The All New Issue -- New York Magazine - Nymag. New York Magazine. https://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53364/
Carey, B. (2006, February 14). In Music, Others’ Tastes May Help Shape Your Own. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/health/in-music-others-tastes-may-help-shape-your-own.html

Selected writing

Selected writing

Watts, D. J. (2022). Five Feet at a Time. Sociologica, 16(1), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/14863
Watts, D. J., & Rothschild, D. M. (2017, December 5). Don’t blame the election on fake news. Blame it on the media. Columbia Journalism Review. https://www.cjr.org/analysis/fake-news-media-election-trump.php
Watts, D. (2017, November 6). The non-inevitability of Donald Trump (and almost everything). Medium. https://medium.com/@duncanjwatts/the-non-inevitability-of-donald-trump-and-almost-everything-2a78e764183f
Watts, D. (2017, February 10). Rebuilding legitimacy in a post-truth age. Medium. https://medium.com/@duncanjwatts/rebuilding-legitimacy-in-a-post-truth-age-2f9af19855a5
Watts, D. (2016, April 4). The Organizational Spectroscope. Medium. https://medium.com/@duncanjwatts/the-organizational-spectroscope-7f9f239a897c
Watts, D. (2016, February 10). How small is the world, really? Medium. https://medium.com/@duncanjwatts/how-small-is-the-world-really-736fa21808ba
Watts, D. J. (2014, July 7). Stop complaining about the Facebook study. It’s a golden age for research. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/07/facebook-study-science-experiment-research
Watts, D. J. (2014, June 17). Should You Go To Grad School? Buzzfeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/duncanwatts/should-you-go-to-grad-school
Watts, D. J. (2011, July 13). The human paradox that is common sense. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128210-100-the-human-paradox-that-is-common-sense/
Watts, D. J. (2011, June 24). Excerpt - Everything Is Obvious, Once You Know the Answer - By Duncan J. Watts - The New York Times. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/books/review/excerpt-everything-is-obvious-once-you-know-the-answer-by-duncan-j-watts.html
Watts, D. J. (2011, June 23). The real reason it’s so hard to predict bubbles. Slate. https://slate.com/business/2011/06/the-real-reason-it-s-so-hard-to-predict-bubbles.html
Watts, D. J. (2007, April 15). Is Justin Timberlake a Product of Cumulative Advantage? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15wwlnidealab.t.html
Watts, D., & Hasker, S. (2006, September 1). Marketing in an Unpredictable World. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2006/09/marketing-in-an-unpredictable-world