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Cliff Lampe

Cliff Lampe

Professor of Information and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Information Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/515-2494
Office: School of Information/North Quad 4323 Faculty Role: Faculty Potential PhD Faculty Advisor: Yes Personal website News About Cliff Lampe

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Biography

Cliff is a professor in the School of Information. Previously, he spent six years as an assistant professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University. He researches the social and technical structures of large scale technology mediated communication, working with sites like Facebook, Wikipedia, Slashdot and Everything2. He has also been involved in the creation of multiple social media and online community projects, usually designed to enable collective action. One of Cliff's core values is combining top quality research with community engagement.

Areas of interest

Social media, online communities, computer-mediated communication, socio-technical systems, social computing, community informatics, technology mediated social participation

Education

BA, Kalamazoo College

PhD, University of Michigan

News about Cliff Lampe

Quoted by Newsweek. Professor Cliff Lampe. Luigi Mangione resurfaces as symbol of anger against California insurers.
Lampe: Luigi Mangione posts speak to “broader societal dissatisfaction” against California insurers, corporate power

UMSI professor Cliff Lampe says people are “rebuilding a sense of agency” through social media amid income inequality and a “perceived sense of lack of agency.” 

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Quoted by Forbes. Professor Cliff Lampe. Luigi Mangione has become a social media folk hero.
Lampe: Luigi Mangione memes point to “broader discontent with growing wealth inequality”

UMSI professor Cliff Lampe discusses why Luigi Mangione memes have exploded on social media. 

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