Social Media

  1. Climate change denial and belief relative to political affiliation. Image credit: Gounaridis and Newell in Scientific Reports, February 2024

    Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real, AI study finds

  2. Concept photo of social media likes. Image credit: iStock

    Business owners: Nostalgia sells on social media

  3. Upvote and downvote icons from Reddit.com.

    Tuning the tension: Negative feedback could moderate extreme views on social media, per U-M research

  4. Concept illustration of data annotators. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Building reliable AI models requires understanding the people behind the datasets

  5. A cell phone displaying social media icons. Image credit: dole777, Unsplash

    U-M releases data from Facebook, Instagram study on 2020 presidential election

  6. Concept illustration of a group of researchers at their computers. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Reviewing evidence improves crowdworkers’ misinformation judgments, reduces partisan bias

  7. Threads logo. Image courtesy: Meta

    Threads is latest social media option, but raises privacy concerns, U-M expert says

  8. Concept illustration of a teen using social media. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    U-M expert shares thoughts on next steps after US report on social media’s effects on youth

  9. Concept illustration of online harassment. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    More harm perceived globally regarding online harassment

  10. Concept illustration of a world covered in social media icons. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    New study shows social media content opens new frontiers for sustainability science researchers

  11. Concept illustration of a volunteer community manager. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Online content moderators likely to experience burnout, U-M study suggests

  12. U-M Block M Logo

    Biologist Carl Bergstrom will discuss social media disinformation in U-M talk

  13. Photo of the Twitter app icon. Image credit: Jeremy Marble

    Musk’s Twitter ownership is more complicated than he might have anticipated, U-M expert says

  14. Image of U.S. Flag on star background

    Voters must wade through political information for accuracy

  15. AI generated image depicting social media, democracy, elections

    As election draws near, U-M experts tackle interaction of social media and democracy, for good or ill

  16. I man sits leaning against the base a a tree with a backpack beside him. Image credit: josealbafotos, Pixabay.com

    In the digital era, you are not alone

  17. Social media tapped for insights into economics, political communication, parenting

    Social media tapped for insights into economics, political communication, parenting