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Analysis and Theory

Analysis and Theory

Political Affiliation Influences Our Fear of Data Collection

Visiting scholar Elissa Redmiles and colleagues report on their original research: Americans’ fears about governmental data surveillance are changeable, based on which party is in power.

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Understanding Chilling Effects

Jon Penney blends legal and privacy theory with social theory to propose a new understanding of chilling effects in this award winning article.

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Announcing the Institute for Rebooting Social Media's 2022-2023 Visiting Scholars

RSM’s inaugural cohort of Visiting Scholars will be in residence at Harvard University to develop research on the social media landscape and potential interventions to improve our digital ecosystem.

Analysis and Theory

Telegram’s Embrace of Contradiction

Will Marks and David Nemer assess Telegram’s content moderation.

Analysis and Theory

Facebook’s Faces

Chinmayi Arun explores the different organizational stakeholders within Facebook and how they can contribute to oversight decisions.

Analysis and Theory

Social Media as a Crisis Discipline

Invited workshop brings activists, scholars, and practitioners together from across disciplines, sectors, and countries

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It Could Happen (T)here: Transnational Advocacy Strategies Around Social Media

Invited workshop brings activists, scholars, and practitioners together from across disciplines, sectors, and countries.

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Social media as a crisis discipline

Invited workshop brings experts together from across disciplines, sectors, and countries.

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A Herculean task: How do we save ourselves from social media?

RSM Research Assistant Dana Williams-Johnson compares modern issues of social media to the mythical, multi-headed hydra. 

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The online harassment of journalists poses a threat to democracy that demands systemic solutions

RSM Research Assistant Klaudia Jaźwińska argues that protection against online harassment of journalists must take a systemic approach rather than an individual approach.