Global Change from the #MeToo Movement
Megan Stubbs-Richardson, MacKenzie Paul, & Shelby Gilbreath – October 15, 2023
In late 2017, #MeToo flooded social media: Twitter timelines, Instagram feeds, Facebook pages, and beyond. It’s likely you may recall seeing #MeToo trending across your own social media networks. Just 24 hours after Alyssa Milano’s impactful tweet, the hashtag rapidly transcended international borders, garnering over 12 million mentions across 85 nations(B. Fileborn and R. Loney-Howes, 2019).
Using vaderSentiment to Intuitively Predict the Sentiment of Social Media Posts
Taylor Ray and Sujan Anreddy – January 14, 2021
During any global event, the medium through which individuals are getting updated news and information about that event is incredibly important—especially in a situation like the current COVID-19 pandemic, where failure to obtain information that is accurate and reliable can have serious effects on one’s overall health and potentially even their life.
In our digitally-driven world, social media plays a tremendous role as a media outlet for younger and older groups alike.
A sixth month overview of the geolocated Twittersphere surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic
Megan Stubbs-Richardson and Viswadeep Lebakula – July 29, 2020
Individuals across the globe have taken to social media to cope and express concerns or dismay over the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus has caused detrimental, life-threatening circumstances, and deaths globally. It has disrupted lives, the economy, the government, family institutions and the like from the start of the pandemic in January and its detrimental consequences continue into the present. But, have you ever wondered… what exactly are the most pressing topics surrounding this pandemic? And, how are they discussed in social media
Has the power of the Internet been a factor in crime reduction?
Megan Stubbs-Richardson – Feb. 1, 2019
One of the most challenging questions for criminologists is explaining how and why crime rates have plummeted. While there are many factors that explain drops in crime, a recent article published in Crime Science introduces a new question. Has the power of the Internet been a factor? Authors have focused on the impact of perhaps the most influential platform online, the Google Search Engine.
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