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Social Media Public Opinion as Flocks in a Murmuration: Conceptualizing and Measuring Opinion Expression on Social Media
We propose a new way of imagining and measuring opinions emerging from social media. As people tend to connect with like-minded others and express opinions in response to current events on social media, social media public opinion is naturally…
“You Can Connect with Like, the World!”: Social Platforms, Survival Support, and Digital Inequalities for People Experiencing Homelessness
This study examines how people experiencing homelessness invest their efforts in locating survival support over social media and crowdfunding and the barriers they experience along the way. Reporting on ethnographic fieldwork with unstably housed…
Social Media Browsing and Adolescent Well-Being: Challenging the “Passive Social Media Use Hypothesis”
A recurring hypothesis in the literature is that “passive” social media use (browsing) leads to negative effects on well-being. This preregistered study investigated a rival hypothesis, which states
that the effects of browsing on well-being depend…
that the effects of browsing on well-being depend…
Beyond Anonymity: Network Affordances, Under Deindividuation, Improve Social Media Discussion Quality
The online sphere allows people to be personally anonymous while simultaneously being socially identifiable. Twitter users can use a pseudonym but signal allegiance to a political party
in their profile (e.g., #MAGA). We explore the interplay of…
in their profile (e.g., #MAGA). We explore the interplay of…
Expression of Concern: Digital Communication Media Use and Psychological Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis
Talking to Trolls—How Users Respond to a Coordinated Information Operation and Why They’re So Supportive
This research explored how users interacted with inauthentic social media accounts with the goal of
gaining insight into tactics employed by state-backed disinformation efforts. We combine hand
coding with natural-language processing to measure the…
gaining insight into tactics employed by state-backed disinformation efforts. We combine hand
coding with natural-language processing to measure the…