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(Video) Search Mastery: Maps, Models, and Metrics for Influence in Conflict Zones
October 10, 2023 | INFO StaffFeaturing INFO assistant professor Cody Buntain
ARLIS: UMD Researchers Measure Social Media Sharing with Emotions (ft. Susannah Paletz)
October 6, 2023 | UMD ARLIS Staff4,000+ Facebook posts were analyzed to determine the ability of different emotion models to predict post sharing.
Dr. Cody Buntain | Photo Credit UMIACS
UMIACS: Keeping Up with the Crises: Buntain Builds Digital Tools to Combat Misinformation (ft. Cody Buntain)
July 25, 2023 | Melissa Brachfeld | UMIACSAn overview of one professor's research and areas of interest
Five Projects Awarded the Inaugural SoDa Seed Grant
July 12, 2023 | Info StaffFunding provided to projects that seek to solve social media misinformation, vulnerable community infrastructure, and racial injustice
Illustration by Valerie Morgan
Maryland Today: Why Is Everyone Joining Threads? (ft. Jen Golbeck)
July 11, 2023 | MD Today StaffTwitter’s new rival surges despite snags - a UMD social media expert explains why
NBC’s 11th Hour: Surgeon General Warns About Teens on Social Media (ft. Jen Golbeck)
June 2, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffProfessor Jen Golbeck joins a panel of guests on the 11th Hour to address social media’s influence on young people's mental health.
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Maryland Today: When a Cat Video Elicits More Than Warm Fuzzies (ft. Susannah Paletz)
May 10, 2023 | Maggie Haslam | UMDResearchers Look at Human Responses to ‘Cuteness’ in Social Media
Cracking the Privacy Code: Navigating the Condor Dataset while Safeguarding User Identities
April 28, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA Q&A with INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain
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ARLIS Researchers Find a Way to Measure the “Cute” Factor on Social Media Content (ft. Susannah Paletz)
April 13, 2023 | UMD ARLIS StaffSocial media measurements are key to Susannah Paletz's project funded by the Minerva Research Initiative and the Office of Naval Resear …