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Misinformation About the Coronavirus Is Spreading Faster Than Virus Itself
Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Rolling Stone story “Coronavirus Is Spreading — And So Are the Hoaxes and Conspiracy Theories Around It.” In the story, Grygiel discusses the spread of misinformation about…
Youtube Fails to Flag State-Sponsored Media Channels
Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Pro Publica article “YouTube Promised to Label State-Sponsored Videos But Doesn’t Always Do So.” In the article, Grygiel points criticized Youtube’s failure to flag state-sponsored videos…
FTC Guidelines Aim to Promote Transparency in Online Advertising
Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was featured in the ABC News story “Popular YouTuber chimes in on federal product disclosure guide for influencers.” In the story, Grygiel explains the Federal Trade Commissions’s guidelines for social…
Facebook: Election Interference, Cryptocurrency and the First Amendment
Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the ABC News story “Facebook takes on election interference,” for The Hill story “Zuckerberg set for grilling over Facebook cryptocurrency,” and on WBUR’s On Point for “Facebook…
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…
Syracuse Student and Youtube Star Teaches Pop-Up Class on Internet Success
Corey Takahashi, Associate Professor of Magazine, News and Digital Journalism in the Newhouse School and senior Margot Lee were highlighted by Business Insider for the feature, “Syracuse University has an ‘unofficial pop-up class’ on becoming a YouTube star taught by…
Research Paper Wins ‘Best Methods’ Social Media Conference Award
School of Information Studies Associate Professor Lu Xiao has been recognized for research that employs multiple methodologies to examine the factors surrounding a comment’s persuasive power on social media, and the ability of those comments to change viewpoints that have…
The Role of Social Media in Mass Shootings
Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted by several outlets in articles about the role of social media in mass shootings including the Wall St Journal, AFP, USA Today, CNET and EuroNews. Professor Grygiel was…
The Relationship Between Social Media and Terror Attacks
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the school of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed by several outlets for stories about social media and terror attacks including the Washington Post, NBC News, Wired, BuzzFeed, Motherboard, The Sydney Morning Herald and EuroNews….
Massive Facebook Outage Reveals Bigger Issue For Social Media Giant
Today, Facebook officials reported the technical issue that triggered a widespread outage earlier this week had been fixed. The interruption also impacted Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, and is believed to be the biggest interruption ever for the massive social media…