Cleaning up Online Bots’ Act – and Speech
April 21, 2022
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed algorithms to rid speech generated by online bots of offensive language, on social media and elsewhere.
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Data from Behind Enemy Lines: How Russia May have Used Twitter to Seize Crimea
January 23, 2020
Online discourse by users of social media can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities. New research suggests it can even be used by governments as a source of military intelligence to estimate prospective casualties and costs incurred from occupying foreign countries.
Study Finds X’s Community Notes Provides Accurate Responses to Vaccine Misinformation
April 24, 2024
A new study published in JAMA finds that X’s (formerly Twitter’s) Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to addressing misinformation, helped counter false health information in popular posts about COVID-19 vaccines by providing accurate, credible responses.
Twitter Co-founder Evan Williams to Make Rare Public Appearance at Innovation Conference
October 11, 2011
…most ubiquitous brands in social media, are his brainchildren. “Starting a company,” he wrote on his personal blog in 2008, “is like landing on the shore of a deserted island. You have a certain amount of provisions, which you have to make last until you find a way to make…
HDSI Appoints Bradley Voytek to Faculty Fellowship
October 30, 2018
…Science associate professor with a strong following in science-related social media, as a Faculty Fellow of the pioneering institute. Voytek works with students in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience and Data Science, and is a leader of the neuroscience graduate program as well as the HDSI undergraduate fellowship program.
Honoring Our ‘Library of Dreams’
December 10, 2020
…The pair took to social media to survey classmates, asking for individual stories or impressions of each of the eight floors. They then sorted and incorporated these responses into an outline for the album together, ending by each taking four floors or tracks that they would then produce solo. Weekends…
Political Scientist LaGina Gause Probes the Power of Protest
June 2, 2022
…in the School of Social Sciences. “And they help communicate what’s really important right now.” Gause discussed her book at a public forum May 25 at Art Produce, a nonprofit community space in North Park. The event was sponsored by the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research at UC San…
Rady Professor Ayelet Gneezy Receives Robert B. Cialdini Award
November 14, 2011
The UC San Diego Rady School of Management today announced that Professor Ayelet Gneezy is the recipient of this year’s Robert B. Cialdini Award for excellence in a published field study.
UC San Diego Participates in National #GivingTuesday for Second Year
November 21, 2013
Black Friday and Cyber Monday now have a philanthropic counterpart: #GivingTuesday. The national day of giving—currently in its second year—is slated for Dec. 3. UC San Diego is once again participating as an official partner of #GivingTuesday, which encourages charitable giving and celebrates the spirit of philanthropy.
Ready to Win? Founders Celebration Contests Offer Prizes to Campus Community
October 30, 2014
…is one of two social media contests held this year for Founders Celebration. In the next few weeks, trivia questions will be posted periodically to the UC San Diego Life Facebook page. UC San Diego students, staff, faculty, alumni and campus friends are invited to participate by providing their answer…
