The majority of working adults routinely use social media during their workday and recent literature demonstrates that the purpose of that use varies (Olmstead et al., 20[...]

In September of 2017, BuzzFeed News launched a morning television show that airs live on Twitter five days a week. AM to DM represents one of the first disruptions of a 6[...]

The #metoo movement started in the United States but has spread across the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the sexual harassment women endure. This pape[...]

The black lives matter movement has risen in response to social injustices in the African-American community in the United States, specifically concerned with police shoo[...]

In this study, I create a measure of ideological bias as a means for U.S. news sources to differentiate their products in the growing digital space. In addition to tradit[...]

This thesis studies the relationship between extremists groups, their presence online, their ability to radicalize individuals, and the implications of this relationship.[...]

Social media platforms, such as Twitter, are attracting a growing number of people with diverse demographic characteristics to share and obtain information about various [...]

Social media is growing as a communication medium where people can express online their feelings and opinions on a variety of topics in ways they rarely do in person. Det[...]

Many large cities in the U.S. have a problem with violent crime, some of which is committed by gang affiliates. Those individuals use social media platforms like Twitter [...]