Illuminating & 2020 Presidential Election
There’s still a lack of transparency and knowledge about how campaigns attempt to reach out to and persuade voters using digital ads and posts.
Differentiated Information Flows: Social Media Curation Practices in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections
The CCDS is pleased announce that a paper co-authored by our Director, Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Co-Director, Jeff Hemsley is featured in the International Journal of Communication (IJoC).
TRACE Team selected as Innovation Awardee
The annual TechConnect Defense Innovation Awards recognize the top 15% of submitted Challenge technologies as ranked by the Selection Committee.
HCI Lab Technology Available to Faculty and Students
The iMotions software will be open to faculty and students across campus for use in research and teaching.
CCDS Seed Funding Highlights Presents: Jennifer Sonne
Sonne's goal is to better understand the complexities and influences of affect and emotions on work and technology.
iSchool Researchers to Study Election-Related Misinformation on WhatsApp
Postdoctoral researcher Patricia Rossini and Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley were selected to examine election related misinformation, specifically focusing on information sharing, political engagement, and discussion in the 2018 Brazilian elections.
iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality
In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations?
CCDS Welcomes New Research Assistant Professor, Brian McKernan!
Prior to joining the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Brian was an assistant professor of sociology at The Sage Colleges.
CCDS Seed Funding Highlights Presents: Jeff Hemsley
Jeff Hemsley’s research interests center on understanding information diffusion – or viral events, particularly in the context of politics in social media.
CCDS Seed Funding Highlights Presents: “Mook” Sikana Tanupabrungsun
Mook’s dissertation, titled “Microcelebrity Practices: A Cross-Platform Study Through a Richness Framework”, examined the uses of social media by celebrities for growing and maintaining an audience.