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The Associated Press: Despite Promise, Few in US Adopting COVID-19 Exposure Apps, featuring Jessica Vitak

December 9, 2020 | iSchool News

Dr. Jessica Vitak explains why Americans have been hesitant to use COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone tools. 

The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Conspiracy Theories, Math And The Presidential Election, featuring Jen Golbeck

November 20, 2020 | iSchool News

Dr. Jen Golbeck explains why Benford's Law cannot be used to identify voter fraud in the 2020 election.

UMD iSchool @ the ACM’s 2020 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)

November 16, 2020 | Jessica Vitak

UMD iSchool's Dr. Jessica Vitak discusses the college's robust participation in the ACM's prestigious CSCW 2020 Conference.

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Cogitatio Press: Strengthening Children’s Privacy Literacy through Contextual Integrity

November 13, 2020 | iSchool News

A team of UMD iSchool researchers aim to strengthen children's privacy literacy.

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Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor, Naeemul Hassan

November 10, 2020 | iSchool News

Naeemul is focused on computational journalism and social sensing, working on a number of projects with faculty and staff from the UMD …

PhD Student Spotlight: Xiaoyun Huang

November 10, 2020 | iSchool News

Xiaoyun is currently exploring how people present themselves across their social media ecosystems and what factors could influence the …

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Staff Spotlight: IT Coordinator, Allan Oliveros

November 10, 2020 | iSchool News

Allan is currently focused on providing tech support to faculty and staff to make sure they are able to use tech equipment just as effe …

Faculty Spotlight: Adjunct Lecturer, Nancy Roderer

November 10, 2020 | iSchool News

An "iSchool hanger-on," Nancy began a long association with the school as a student and has returned sporadically over the years to te …

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Social Media’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

November 3, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore Mia Hinckle

Social media has been a tool for boosting civic engagement, but also a vehicle for surprisingly convincing fake news and videos.