Research

You can also find my research on my Google Scholar profile.

Peer-reviewed articles

Lavigne, Mathieu, Éric Bélanger, Richard Nadeau, Jean-François Daoust, and Erick Lachapelle. 2022. Hide and seek: The connection between false beliefs and perceptions of government transparency. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. Replication files

Lavigne, Mathieu. 2021. Strengthening ties: The influence of microtargeting on partisan attitudes and the vote. Party Politics

Book chapters/Encyclopedia entries

Lavigne, Mathieu. 2022. Microtargeting. In Andrea Ceron (Ed.). Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics.

Research reports

Lavigne, Mathieu, Maxime Blanchard, Anne Imouza, Aengus Bridgman, Chloé Staller, Kaligirwa Namahoro, Ella Noel, Catherine Perron, Phaedra de Saint-Rome, and Taylor Owen. 2023. Analyse du rôle de la mésinformation lors de l’élection provinciale québécoise de 2022. Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy.

Bridgman, Aengus, Mathieu Lavigne, Melissa Baker, Thomas Bergeron, Danielle Bohonos, Anthony Burton, Katharine McCoy, Mackenzie Hart, Robert Hiltz, Mathieu Lavault, Ruppinder Liddar, Pangying Peng, Adelina Petit-Vouriot, Christopher Ross, Phaedra de Saint-Rome, Jaclyn Victor, Taylor Owen, and Peter Loewen. 2022. Mis- and disinformation during the 2021 Canadian federal election. Media Ecosystem Observatory.

Ruiz-Soler, Javier, Mathieu Lavigne, Colette Brin, and Aengus Bridgman. Disinformation Risk Assessment: The Online News Market in Canada. Global Disinformation Index. (Aussi disponible en français)

Working papers

[1] Lavigne, Mathieu and Éric Bélanger. The Case for Issue-Based Affective Polarization: Examining COVID-19 and Climate Change Affects.

[2] Lavigne, Mathieu. Understanding the Demand Side: Who Is Ready to Tolerate the Spread of Misinformation?

[3] Lavigne, Mathieu. L’inconfort ou l’indifférence ? Comprendre l’appui aux mesures visant à contrer la mésinformation au Québec.

[4] Lavigne, Mathieu and Aengus Bridgman. Une barrière linguistique? How Language Influences the Spread of U.S.-Based COVID-19 Misinformation.

[5] Lavigne, Mathieu. Fake, Frequent, Harmful: Unpacking and Explaining the Citizen View of Misinformation.

[6] Bridgman, Aengus and Mathieu Lavigne. Reach, Perceived Accuracy, and Engagement With Real and Fake Stories During the 2021 Canadian Federal Election.

[7] Lavigne, Mathieu, Aengus Bridgman, and Holly Ann Garnett. The Contagion of Electoral Disinformation Campaigns: American Style Vote Conspiracies in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election.