Samuel Mayworm

Research Areas

Biography

Hi, I'm Samuel! I am a PhD student at UMSI, advised by Oliver L. Haimson and Michaelanne Thomas. I research marginalized communities' experiences with algorithmic content moderation on social media platforms, along with online folk theorization and alternative online infrastructures.

Pronouns

he/him/his

Areas of interest

content moderation, platform governance, folk theories, trans-centered online communities, social media

Education

M.S. in Information, University of Michigan, 2022
B.A. in Social Relations and Policy, Michigan State University, 2017

News about Samuel Mayworm

UMSI research roundup. 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW). Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

UMSI at CSCW 2024: Awards, Workshops and Papers

UMSI research and workshops for the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).

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UMSI Research. "Misgendered During Moderation: A Meta Oversight Board case." Samuel Mayworm, PhD student. Oliver Haimson, Assistant Professor.

Study: Transgender and nonbinary social media users experience disproportionate content removals on social media

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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