Social Media

How can Social Media Help After Terror Attacks?
News
June 13, 2019

How can Social Media Help After Terror Attacks?

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How to Make Your Networks a Force for Good
Reports
June 13, 2019

How to Make Your Networks a Force for Good

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Misinformation and Biases Affect Social Media, Intentionally and Accidentally
Research
June 3, 2019

Misinformation and Biases Affect Social Media, Intentionally and Accidentally

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Heard the One About a Politician Who Became a Friend on Facebook? New Political Communication
Research
May 31, 2019

Heard the One About a Politician Who Became a Friend on Facebook? New Political Communication

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SSRC, Social Science One Name Social Media Research Grantees

SSRC, Social Science One Name Social Media Research Grantees

As part of a pioneering effort to systematically use privacy-protected Facebook data to study the platform’s impact on democracy, the Social Science Research Council and its partner Social Science One have named the inaugural recipients of the Social Media and Democracy Research Grants.

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Fast Professor: WeChat and Future Academe

Fast Professor: WeChat and Future Academe

Daniel Nehring describes China’s social networking platform WeChat as ‘Facebook on steroids,’ and notes it has long surpassed e-mail as the main tool of mediating communication at Chinese universities while obliterating boundaries between work and home. Is this a cautionary tale for academe outside of China?

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Collecting Social Media Data for Research

Collecting Social Media Data for Research

How can researchers use social media data in their research? The digitalization of social life offers researchers an unprecedented world of data with which to study human life and social systems. However, accessing this data has become increasingly difficult. Jason Radford here is to help you figure out what approach is right for you.

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Hate Speech on Social Media Undermines Important UN Declarations

Hate Speech on Social Media Undermines Important UN Declarations

Evidence suggests that one effect of the growing phenomenon of online hate speech is that it fosters varied forms of inequalities (e.g. class, race, gender, and place of origin) and, consequently, also (in)directly undermines important United Nations declarations promoting human rights.

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Here Is the Science Behind Scheduling Social Media

Here Is the Science Behind Scheduling Social Media

Bringing science to science communications: Social media post scheduling long has been an art, not a science. A new study reveals the impact of time of day, targeted content advertising, and content type on link clicks and how these variables interact.

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Social Media in Brazil: Distilling Racism Against Black Women

Social Media in Brazil: Distilling Racism Against Black Women

Rather than a ‘racial democracy,’ racism and prejudice against black people and women in particular, remains strong in the minds of many Brazilians. Using his policy brief as ammunition, Dr. Luiz Valerio argues that social media platforms play an important role in the dissemination and reinforcement of such ideologies and offers recommendations that should not be overlooked.

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How Social Media Was Cited in Impact Case Studies?

How Social Media Was Cited in Impact Case Studies?

In their previous Impact Blog post, Katy Jordan and Mark Carrigan considered whether institutions have invested too much hope in social media as a solution to the problem of demonstrating research impact. Here they report on research analyzing how social media was cited in impact case studies submitted to the UK’s REF 2014.

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Social Media Used in Role its Not Equipped For

Social Media Used in Role its Not Equipped For

In a rapidly changing higher education landscape, where the meaning of “impact” are continually developing, benefits of social media seems obvious. Increasing numbers of institutions are encouraging researchers to take up social media to communicate to wider society. However, as Katy Jordan and Mark Carrigan explain, the possibilities social media offers may lead to foreseen problems.

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