RSM welcomes Ethan Zuckerman for a conversation with Faculty Director James Mickens on the future of social media research and third-party social media tools. Prof. Zuckerman and Prof. Mickens both serve on the board of the Coalition for Independent Tech Research, which works to advance, defend, and sustain the right to study the impact of technology on society, and they have written about the ways platform API changes will impact moderation and research. Prof. Zuckermans projects at UMass-Amhersts Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure include RedditMap.social and Gobo, and he has written extensively about the privacy implications of third-party social media tools.
