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Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter dodge questions on social media and national security | TechCrunch
by Taylor Hatmaker
September 15, 2022
Executives from four of the biggest social media companies testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, defending their platforms…
Yunkang Yang
September 6, 2022
Dr. Yunkang Yang is Assistant Professor of Communication at the Department of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University. He received…
Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme | ProPublica
by Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis
September 6, 2022
To his more than 150,000 followers on Instagram, Dr. Martin Jugenburg is Real Dr. 6ix, a well-coiffed Toronto plastic surgeon…
Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism — then Elon arrived | The Verge
by Zoe Schiffer and Casey Newton
September 6, 2022
It had been a long pandemic for Twitter’s research team. Tasked with solving some of the platform’s toughest problems around…
Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor | University of Maryland, College Park
by University of Maryland
August 15, 2022
In particular candidates whose scholarship speaks to the following broad substantive topics are encouraged to apply: Social media politics Information…
Cable news has a much bigger effect on America’s polarization than social media, study finds | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Homa Hosseinmardi
August 15, 2022
The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a narrow set of…
Job Opportunity: Research Data Scientist | NYU Center for Social Media & Politics
by NYU | CSMaP
July 29, 2022
We are seeking a Researcher - Data Scientist to join our growing team. You will leverage our large scale data…
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urge Facebook, Twitter to better fight Russian disinformation | Reuters
by Reuters
July 29, 2022
A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators urged Meta's Facebook, Twitter and Telegram to do a better job of stopping…
Very Online | Columbia Journalism Review
by Karen Maniraho
July 21, 2022
“Ours is a period of increasing noise,” Jason Parham wrote earlier this year, for Wired. “Everything is bleeding into everything…