A New Way of Communication
By Haiting Hu “A live and ephemeral iPhone-only, invite-only application” that launched last March is creating a considerable stir in the market. An article in The Wall Street Journal gives us... More
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Spontaneous social apps
An article on TechCrunch.com recently highlighted some new "spontaneous social apps" which are providing new ways for people to interact remotely during social isolation. Research has shown that people resist... More
Quarantine Fatigue
By Zhixin Fang As the weather warms up and more people are becoming eager to go outside, a research article picked up by the Washington Post found data proof that Americans... More
Communicating COVID-19: International news coverage analysis
Report by EMS Master's students Fengyan Wang, Wanchun Liu, and Yimeng Sun Since the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become the center of discussion around the world. The... More
Challenges and Countermeasures for Remote Working
Authors: Fengyan Wang, Yimeng Sun, Wanchun Liu It has been a month since President Brown announced the move to a remote campus in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we... More
Visit from Facebook in EM 757 User Producers 2.0: Developing Interactivity
Dr. Guo and the students in EM 757 recently welcomed Sushi Sutasirisap and Joy L. Hightower to their remote class. Sushi Sutasirisap is currently a senior product designer at Facebook, More
Filter Bubbles, Polarization and Fake News—How Social Media Behaviors Influence People’s Political Decisions
The relationship between social media usage, and populism & polarization in politics is a complex issue which needs to be studied and understood. Undoubtedly, social media make influence on people’s... More
Hybrid media: a comprehensive approach to interpret political and media world
How to understand hybrid media relates to two major elements, hybridity and media logic. By hybridity, the complex interdependent relationship of different forces, especially old and new, is addressed as the... More
Social media on mobile phones as an instrument of public discourse: a double-edged sword
Some would argue that technology is neutral and the real effect of it is decided by the people who are using it and by what means. However, internet, seems to be... More
Political Interaction with Revolution of Communication Technology
The development of the internet and SNSs (social networking sites) has greatly changed how the public discuss and participate political affairs. Before the invention of SNSs, people received political information... More