The study of social media involves interdisciplinary research that examines the creation, consumption, and impact of content on social networking platforms. Scholars in this field analyze patterns of communication, user behavior, the dissemination of information, and the social, cultural and political implications of social media interactions.
Cannabis use | TikTok social drama: UMSI Research Roundup
08/28/2024
Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.
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UMSI welcomes new 2024-25 faculty
08/23/2024
UMSI’s newest faculty bring industry experience and help expand course offerings and expertise in areas like health informatics, digital media studies and social media.
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First Paper Friday: Ghadir Awad
08/09/2024
UMSI PhD student Ghadir Awad’s first paper explores internal digital repression in Palestine.
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Andalibi: It’s important to instill digital literacy skills in teens
07/19/2024
UMSI assistant professor Nazanin Andalibi says teens need to “understand the content they’re encountering” on social media.
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Study: Transgender and nonbinary social media users experience disproportionate content removals on social media
07/08/2024
A new paper by UMSI researchers Samuel Mayworm and Oliver Haimson studies the consequences of biased social media content moderation decisions.
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Batool: Deepfake sexual content disproportionately harms women
07/05/2024
With deepfakes on the rise, UMSI PhD student Amna Batool discusses the reputational and economic harms women are facing.
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New social media tool measures hateful, offensive and toxic speech on social platforms
06/25/2024
Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Information have created the H|O|T Speech Metric, an interactive system for measuring hateful, offensive and toxic online speech.
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Paul Resnick and Eric Gilbert named visiting scholars at Harvard University
06/14/2024
Resnick and Gilbert will be conducting research at the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center.
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Eric Gilbert earns 2024 Test of Time Award from ICWSM
06/07/2024
The award recognizes papers that are at least 10 years old and have had an impact on the computational social science field.
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Where do Nextdoor communities exist—and what do they talk about?
05/30/2024
A new study by UMSI doctoral student Megan Brown provides new data about Nextdoor, America's most popular hyperlocal platform.
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