Social Media: Its Effect On Human Health and Politics

Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the Business Insider article “Unlicensed medical ‘cures’ are flourishing in closed Facebook groups, where cancer treatments – and even surgery – are sold beyond the reach of the law,” the Fast Company story “6 of the 2020 Democrats now list their pronouns in their Twitter bios” and the Rolling Stone article “Far-Right ‘Memesmith’ Carpe Donktum Suspended From Twitter, Then Reinstated Following Censorship Cries.” In each of the articles, Grygiel touches on  recent social media news and it’s effect on human health and the current political landscape