Media and Communication (2025) Authors: Yoo Ji Suh, Dhavan Shah, Mike Wagner. Abstract: We investigate how partisan media during and after the 2020 US presidential (Study 1) and 2022 midterm (Study 2) elections influenced preferences …
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Study Explores Impacts of Generative AI for STEM Learning in Higher Education
The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools like ChatGPT is becoming common in higher education. A research project led by IDS Affiliate Ran Liu and Graduate Fellow Carla Glave is offering insights about …
Please Say ”Shibboleth”: Socialization Through Language Adoption in Virtual Citizen Science
Proceedings of the Nineteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (2025) Author: Corey Jackson Abstract: Socialization is crucial for open collaboration projects as incumbent participants establish and build relationships within their community. However, …
“Think Global, Act Local”: How #MeToo Hybridized Across Borders and Platforms for Contextual Relevance
Information, Communication & Society (2023) Authors: Jiyoun Suk, Yibing Sun, Luhang Sun, Mengyu Li, Catalina Farías, Hyerin Kwon, Shreenita Ghosh, Porismita Borah, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Teresa Correa, Christine Garlough & Dhavan V. Shah Abstract: Beyond …
From Weinstein to Kavanaugh: Shifting Coverage of Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement Across U.S. News Media
Communication Monographs (2023) Authors: Min-Hsin Su, Jiyoun Suk, Porismita Borah, Shreenita Ghosha, Christine Garloughd, and Dhavan Shah Abstract: This study explores the framing strategies and language features of U.S. news coverage surrounding sexual violence and gender …
Platform Affordances, Discursive Opportunities, and Social Media Activism: A Cross-Platform Analysis of #MeToo on Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, 2017–2020
News Media & Society (2024) Authors: Mengyu Li, Jiyoun Suk, Yini Zhang, Jon C. Pevehouse, Yibing Sun, Hyerin Kwon, Ruixue Lian, Rui Wang, Xinxia Dong, and Dhavan V. Shah Abstract: This study proposes affordances for discursive …
Diverse Perspectives Can Mitigate Political Bias in Crowdsourced Content Moderation
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (2023). Authors: Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Sukrit Venkatagiri, Naomi Mine, and Kurt Luther Abstract: In recent years, social media companies have grappled with defining and enforcing content …
A Turn to Assets in Community-Based Computing Research: Tradeoffs, Deficits, and Neoliberalism in Technological Development
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2024) Authors: Jean Hardy and Jacob Thebault-Spieker Abstract: CSCW and HCI scholars are increasingly adopting asset-based approaches to community-based social computing research. Emerging from asset-based community development (ABCD), an …
New Study Highlights Impact of Social Inequalities and Location on Wisconsin’s “Digital Divide”
Access to high-speed internet has become crucial to staying connected—to jobs, medical care, social services, and many other parts of life. A new paper by Ashley Cate, Steven Moen, and IDS Affiliate Kaiping Chen suggests …
Media as a Locus for Family Ethnic-Racial Socialization: U.S. Youth Report on Discussions and Mutual Mediation
Media Psychology (2024) Authors: Marie-Louise Mares, Anne Marie McClain, Nicole Martins, McCall Booth, and Yuchi Anthony Chen Abstract: To examine the role of media in family discussions of race and ethnicity, we surveyed a U.S. …