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Breaking the Loop: Creating a Trustworthy Social Media Platform
March 28, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonAs part of his NSF Career award, Assistant Professor Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia is designing a social media platform that will deliver us …
(Photos courtesy of Jen Golbeck and Rosie Grant)
Terp Magazine: The Secrets to Social Success (ft. Jen Golbeck)
February 3, 2023 | Karen Shih | Terp MagazineStudents Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class
Dr. Cody Buntain Appears on Voice of America to Discuss the Taliban’s Use of Twitter
August 18, 2022 | Mia K. HinckleResearch showing how the Taliban leveraged Twitter, and Twitter’s limited management of this, was shared with Voices of America’s g …
Dr. Cody Buntain Wins $999K DARPA Grant to Study Social Media in Conflict Zones
July 11, 2022 |Cody’s work will develop models to predict where influence efforts by actors might emerge online.
How Taliban Used Twitter to take over Afghanistan
July 11, 2022 |Dr. Cody Buntain looks at how the Taliban made effective use of Twitter to engage with and manipulate international and domestic audien …
Screenshot of an observation session on Zoom from the research study, with Dr. Emma Dixon, Ms. Diana Blackwelder, and a study participant (anonymized with an icon) viewing an NIH webpage reporting on risk factors for heart disease linked to dementia.
How People with Dementia Access Health Information
May 26, 2022 | Liz ZogbyDr. Amanda Lazar and her team examine the barriers faced by people with dementia to accessing relevant, accurate health information.
iSchool Hosts 5th Annual Info Challenge
April 7, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThis week-long event engaged students from across the region in cybersecurity, design, and data analytics projects to tackle real-world …
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“Drawing Conclusions” – Identity Formation in the Digital Age
March 11, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreiSchool undergraduate student uses art to present her research into technology’s influence on ethnic identity formation.
