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Win lunch with a social media superstar
Think of it as a personal, one-on-one seminar over soup and salad with one of the shining stars of the social media world. You may not remember what you ate, but you’ll never forget what you discussed!...
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Attend a UMSI event
If you live in the New York, Washington, D.C., or Chicago metro areas, we hope you’ll be able to join us for a UMSI alumni reception and meet some current UMSI students participating in Alternative...
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Your ASB gift makes a difference
Spring break! Time to shake off those midwinter blues, shuck the down parka, and fly off to somewhere sandy and warm. Unless, that is, you’re a UMSI graduate student. In that case, your spring break is...
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Social media: active or ‘slacktive’ engagement?
Cliff Lampe is an assistant professor at the School of Information, where he also received his PhD. Before returning to Michigan, he taught for several years at Michigan State University. By Cliff...
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Parenting children’s social media use in the digital family
In February 1969, a young girl wrote the following letter to Ann Landers: Dear Ann Landers: I am a 14-year-old girl with average looks and a mother who is way above average when it comes to nosiness....
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The future of spam
Let’s talk VisiCalc. Let’s talk about the latest in cassette tape storage and leading-edge Kaypro technology. Let’s play Dark Castle and King’s Quest. Let’s swap files on this cool BBS I know – it’s in...
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Social media and marketing
By Tanya Rosenblat In 2009, the military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted a competition to find 10 moored red balloons at 10 secret locations within the continental United...
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Are social media researchers abusing you?
By Jeff MacKie-Mason There’s a good chance you heard about a firestorm in the social media research world this summer. How we researchers do our research generally isn’t front-page news…but this was....
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Family memory in the ‘age of things’
By Mark Ackerman The SocialWorlds research group is exploring new forms of family memory that are enabled by the Internet of Things. Our goal is to understand what the user experience might be when...
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Why tech alone won’t save the world
By Kentaro Toyama In a recent op-ed co-written with Bono, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg upped the ante for technological utopianism. He wrote, “If you want to help people feed, heal, educate and employ...
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Breaking down Detroit’s information barriers
For many people, ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft offer a convenient and inexpensive alternative to taxis. But to UMSI researcher Tawanna Dillahunt, “sharing economy” services like Uber could offer...
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Tech: What kids expect of parents
Put your phone away when I’m talking to you. Don’t text while you’re driving — not even at red lights. Stop posting photos of me without my permission. Assistant Professor Sarita Schoenebeck of the...
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