Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Understanding the risks, impacts, motivators, and benefits of online information sharing.
Research Projects
Detecting and Mapping War-induced Damage to Agricultural Fields in Ukraine using Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data
Principal Investigator(s): Sergii Skakun
Funder: NASA - Proposal Only Other Federal
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Human-Computer Interaction > Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval > Smart Cities and Connected Communities > Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Principal Investigator(s): Sergii Skakun
Funder: NASA - Proposal Only Other Federal
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Human-Computer Interaction > Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval > Smart Cities and Connected Communities > Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
DASS: Learning Code(s): Community-Centered Design of Automated Content Moderation
Principal Investigator(s): Katie Shilton
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval > Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Principal Investigator(s): Katie Shilton
Funder: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval > Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Reducing the gender gap in AfD discussions: an evidence scoring approach
Principal Investigator(s): Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia
Funder: Wikimedia Foundation Other Non-Federal
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Principal Investigator(s): Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia
Funder: Wikimedia Foundation Other Non-Federal
Research Areas: Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Faculty
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