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Undergraduate News

Undergrads Make Meaning Out of Memes

COMM 384 gives students the opportunity to explore the relationship between internet memes and society at large.

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Faculty News

Desmond Patton Receives Award from the Society for Social Work and Research

The Early Career Achievement Award recognizes the beginning of Dr. Patton's research career in the field of social work.

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Faculty News

New Study: Responses to Grief Predict Aggressive Tweets Among Gang-Involved Chicago Youth

An analysis of thousands of tweets identified two main themes in Twitter usage among gang-involved youth in Chicago.

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Research

Digital Propaganda or 'Normal' Political Polarization? Case Study of Political Debate on Polish Twitter

The researchers collected and analyzed nearly one million tweets.

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Undergraduate News

Bevan Cohen C'20: Comm Major by Day, Instagram Influencer by Night

Cohen is co-founder and CEO of popular Instagram account @eastcoastfoodies.

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Sam Chan Named 2018-20 Gerbner Fellow

Chan will study the lived experiences of gay and lesbian dating app users in urban China.

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Research

Using Research in Digital Rights Advocacy: Understanding the Research Needs of the Internet Freedom Community

An Internet Policy Observatory report seeks to understand how research is used within advocacy efforts.

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Faculty News

New Book by Sandra González-Bailón: Decoding the Social World

The book examines how our digital footprints can help solve paradoxes that have long intrigued social thinkers.

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Faculty News

Price Publishes New Edited Volume, Speech and Society in Turbulent Times

The book considers how societies address the relationship between expression, traditional and societal values, and new technologies.

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Faculty News

Is Social Media Surveillance the Virtual Stop-and-Frisk?

A new study by Desmond Patton develops a theory of everyday racism in digital policing.