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SSRC Offers Social Media and Democracy Research Grants

By Social Science Research Council | Published: August 22, 2018

The Social Science Research Council's Social Data Initiative, which aims to provide the social science research community with secure, reliable access to proprietary social media data, is seeking the first requests for proposals for its Social Media and Democracy Research Grants competition in collaboration with Social Science One.

Posted in Impact | Also tagged Opportunities, SSRC | Leave a comment

Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News

By Gleb Tsipursky | Published: May 18, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently acknowledged his company’s responsibility in helping create the enormous amount of fake news that plagued the 2016 election – after earlier denials. Yet he offered no concrete details on what Facebook could do about it. Fortunately, there’s a way to fight fake news that already exists and has behavioral science on its side: the Pro-Truth Pledge project.

Posted in News, Research, Research Ethics | Also tagged Behavioral Science, Fake News | Leave a comment

Humans Broke the Internet. Understanding Them Better Might Help Fix It

By Timo Hannay | Published: April 20, 2018

This stark contrast between the internet's light and dark sides has become a defining characteristic of the digital age, writes Timo Hannay founder SchoolDash, but is not an inevitable consequence of the mostly innocuous technologies on which it's built. Rather, it is the product of their bewilderingly diverse and eccentric user base – otherwise known as humanity.

Posted in Communication, Innovation, International Debate | Also tagged Cambridge Analytica, internet, SSRC, Timo Hannay | 1 Response

Facebook, SSRC Bravely Reinvigorate Research Collaboration

By Francie Diep | Published: April 20, 2018

We spoke with social-science ethicists about how well Facebook's initiative appears to protect users' privacy. They're skeptical, but still eager to see Facebook data studied.

Posted in Announcements, Communication, International Debate, News | Also tagged Gary King, SSRC | Leave a comment

No Longer the Age of Consent: Facebook’s Emotional Manipulation Study

By David Hunter | Published: July 1, 2014

Facebook's unannounced study using its users' newsfeeds offers a case study in research ethics: where did it lie of the spectrum from 'ho harm, no foul' or to an unacceptable violation of participants' rights? Ethicist David Hunter examines.

Posted in Research Ethics | Also tagged The Conversation | Leave a comment

A Sociologist’s Adventures in Social Media Land

By Deborah Lupton | Published: September 4, 2012

Like many academics, I was quite oblivious to the virtues of using digital social media for professional purposes for rather a long time. Then one day earlier this year the scales fell from my eyes.

Posted in Career, Communication, Featured, Impact, Public Engagement, Teaching | Also tagged Academic Blogging, Academics, conversations, Deborah Lupton, Digital Sociology, Social Media, Twitter | Leave a comment

Are Facebook, Twitter, fostering civic engagement?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: July 4, 2011

Emily Badger writes in Miller-McCune Magazine about the link between social media and civic engagement. Since the first days of the Arab Spring, social media has been celebrated for its role in helping to foment democracy in countries that don’t yet have it. An intriguing though less dramatic question back home is this: Can it […]

Posted in Communication, Featured, International Debate | Also tagged Democracy, Twitter | Leave a comment

Tag: Facebook

SSRC Offers Social Media and Democracy Research Grants

Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News

Humans Broke the Internet. Understanding Them Better Might Help Fix It

Facebook, SSRC Bravely Reinvigorate Research Collaboration

No Longer the Age of Consent: Facebook’s Emotional Manipulation Study

Are Facebook, Twitter, fostering civic engagement?

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