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Professor Discusses Social Media Platform Outages
Meta’s outage yesterday, and now LinkedIn today, reminded many of AT&T’s outage from the other week. Professor Lee McKnight shared his thoughts on the outage below. McKnight is an associate professor in the iSchool at Syracuse University, faculty advisor to…
Syracuse University News Launches LinkedIn Channel
Looking for another way to stay connected to all the news happening at Syracuse University? Syracuse University News is now on LinkedIn. Catch up on highlights from Syracuse University News on its newest channel with stories, profiles and podcasts about…
Roundup: Must-Follow Social Accounts and Helpful Websites to Bookmark
We get it, there is often an abundance of information, resources, email and must-do tasks communicated at the beginning of the semester. One easy way to stay connected with news, campus happenings and need-to-know information is to follow Syracuse-affiliated accounts…
New Research Examines Echo Chambers and Political Attitudes on Social Media
What is the role of social media in shaping our political attitudes? New research published in Nature sets out to understand whether and how the information people see on social media shapes their political views. Entitled “Like-minded Sources on Facebook…
Nurturing Children’s Mental Health During Summer Break
Syracuse University associate professor Matthew Mulvaney provides actionable guidance to parents as children and teenagers head into summer break. Mulvaney is a parenting researcher who joined the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics in 2012 following a series of…
Banning TikTok: national security or national censorship?
At least 25 US states have banned the popular social media site TikTok, mainly on state-owned devices and bills have been introduced in Congress for the federal government to do the same. The reason is national security fears of the…
How Exactly Did ‘The Harlem Shake’ Get So Big?
Bill Werde, director of the Bandier Program at Newhouse, was interviewed for the MTV News article “What Makes A Hit? The Legacy Of ‘Harlem Shake’ And No. 1 Memes.” This article highlights the tendency of songs that trend across a…
Prof. McKelvie Offers Expert Advice About All Things Entrepreneurship
Alex McKelvie, professor of entrepreneurship in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the International Finance Magazine article “Some of the best entrepreneurs started later in life: Alex McKelvie.” In the article, Prof. McKelvie offers his expert insight and talks in…
Wave Of Layoffs Results In Huge Surge In LinkedIn Posts
Jennifer Grygiel, associate professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the CNN article “LinkedIn is having a moment thanks to a wave of layoffs.” In this article, Prof. Grygiel talks about the recent surge of LinkedIn posts…
Elon Musk Has The Potential To Completely Change Twitter
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, was featured in the Quartz article “The ways in which Elon Musk could change Twitter on the inside…