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Netflix Series "Connected," featuring Jen Golbeck
Jen Golbeck discusses a groundbreaking discovery in an episode of Netflix's new series, Connected.
Confidence in Institutions in a Time of Mistrust
UMD iSchool faculty discuss having confidence in government and institutions despite growing mistrust caused by the Covid-19 pandemic …
Mic: The Bitcoin scam that hit Twitter could have been way worse, featuring Jen Golbeck
Recent Twitter hacks demonstrate how misusage of the platform can be detrimental depending on the goals and timing of the attackers. …
Medium: Engaging the Commons in Participatory Sensing
Research on participatory sensing, the practice of using human participants to gather data on their mobile devices from their environm …
Brookings: Where Would Racial Progress in Policing be Without Camera Phones? featuring Nicol Turner Lee
Technology is becoming part of the story regarding how marginalized populations in the U.S.
UMD Researchers Win $1.5M Minerva Grant to Understand Social Media Sharing and Information Campaigns
UMD iSchool Researcher, Jen Golbeck, Interprets Social Media Giant Facebook’s Ongoing Missteps
The Trouble With Facebook
Researcher Interprets Social Media Giant's Ongoing Missteps