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Predicting Popularity of Polish Facebook Posts Using Author and Content Features
August 18, 2021 | iSchool NewsUMD iSchool Research Professor Susannah Paletz researches content-based factors associated with sharing political and social posts on …
UMD Professor Says College Athletes Will Need to Learn to Manage Brands Before Profiting off Their Likeness
August 16, 2021 | iSchool NewsAssociate Professor Tamara Clegg discusses the challenges associated with college athletes profiting off their names, images, and li …
University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, and Facebook Team Up to Forecast Coronavirus Spread
November 19, 2020 | Press ReleaseData shared by 30M+ Facebook users world-wide will enable earlier detection of COVID-19 outbreaks, help communities to prepare, inform …
UMD iSchool @ the ACM’s 2020 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
November 16, 2020 | Jessica VitakUMD iSchool's Dr. Jessica Vitak discusses the college's robust participation in the ACM's prestigious CSCW 2020 Conference.
PhD Student Spotlight: Xiaoyun Huang
November 10, 2020 | iSchool NewsXiaoyun is currently exploring how people present themselves across their social media ecosystems and what factors could influence the …
Social Media’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
November 3, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore Mia HinckleSocial media has been a tool for boosting civic engagement, but also a vehicle for surprisingly convincing fake news and videos.
SchoolCEO: Crash Course Q&As: Dr. Jen Golbeck
October 2, 2020 | iSchool NewsTo bring your district together online, Jen Golbeck suggests creating a safe space, setting guidelines and rules, gaining participation …
University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook
September 9, 2020 | Press ReleaseInitial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’
UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
August 26, 2020 | Mia K. HinckleWith strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …