tag - Social Media
The Role of Social Media in Iraq’s Tishreen ...
December 7, 2023
This report explores how Iraqis in the diaspora leveraged social media during the Tishreen movement to mobilize both online and offline activism. It also investigates how propaganda and false information shaped this activism....
Love Yourself or Just Your Selfie?
May 8, 2023
While Instagram used to be a casual platform to share quick snapshots with friends, it has turned into a perfectly curated stream of highlight reels. Like many young people, 21-year-old…...
Sprinting Towards Publication
February 27, 2023
Now that social media sites like Twitter allow news to spread like wildfire, journalists have been feeling more pressure than ever to get their stories published in accordance with stricter…...
Cancel Culture in Journalism?
February 20, 2023
2020 and 2021 were years marked by the concept of “cancelling.” To cancel someone or something means to stop supporting that person, business, or organization. It could also mean using…...
With Great Fame Comes Great Responsibility?
February 13, 2023
TikTok Influencers have a lot of power. Should they use it in ethical ways?...
Newsworthy Expression or Tragic Tea?
October 18, 2022
What happens when YouTube drama channels switch from influencer gossip to serious tragedies?...
Is Coordinated Political Activity on Social Media ...
October 13, 2022
Are coordinated political campaigns ethical?...
The Ethics of TikTok Trends
September 15, 2022
When do popular TikTok trends become unethical?...
More than a Fashion Faux Pas?
August 25, 2022
Can inclusive advertising survive the heavy hand of Facebook's able-biased AI?...
Bridging Political Divides with Facebook Memes
April 28, 2022
Previous research by the Center for Media Engagement found that a sense of common humanity – where people recognize that their own failings are common human experiences – can help bring people together. Now we examine whether this feeling can be fostered with something as simple as a meme....
“Act Like You’re Crying”
February 1, 2022
What are the ethics of influencers and kidfluencers on YouTube?...
Aiding the Cause or Enabling Performative Activism...
January 19, 2022
What are the ethics of sharing social justice posts on Instagram?...
Making Your Political Point Online Without Driving...
December 15, 2021
The Center for Media Engagement tested a tool that makes digital conversations across divides easier: expressing humility when sharing a political opinion. The results showed that writing online posts with humility can help bridge divides....
Political Talk in Private: Encrypted Messaging App...
December 1, 2021
The Propaganda Lab at the Center for Media Engagement expanded its research into the use of encrypted messaging apps (EMAs) for political talk, analyzing both how EMAs are used by people for everyday political talk and how EMA technology is being used for coordinated manipulation campaigns in Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Ukraine....
A Tool for Racial Equality or Cancel Culture?
April 26, 2021
Should Yelp be in the business of branding businesses as racist?...
Journalist Engagement in Facebook Comments: Try Ac...
March 24, 2021
We tested journalist responses to Facebook comments on news stories in order to find out which responses led to more positive perceptions regarding the news outlets and its comment moderation. The messages were tested in the U.S. and Germany to see how well they worked across different cultures....
What Americans Know and Don’t Know about Fac...
March 3, 2021
The Center for Media Engagement asked American adults to answer questions about how platforms like Facebook and Google operate. The answers we received revealed important gaps in what the American public knows about how these platforms work....
Civic Signals: The Qualities of Flourishing Digita...
January 12, 2021
Discussions of digital space often focus on eliminating troubling content or improving the user-friendliness of the design. We’re proposing that digital spaces, like the physical spaces we inhabit, should use public-friendly design....
TikTok, Time to Snitch
October 21, 2020
Is it ethical to use TikTok to shame fellow college students who violate COVID-19 guidelines?...
Quelling Interference or Dissent?
October 20, 2020
Did Tumblr's purge of Russian misinformation accounts go too far?...
Social Media Influencers and the 2020 U.S. Electio...
October 14, 2020
The Center for Media Engagement's propaganda research team reports on the phenomenon of social media influencers as an avenue for political campaign communications, describes the challenges this issue poses to platforms and governments, and briefly explores solutions....
Putting the President in Check
October 13, 2020
Is Twitter's decision to add a factcheck to Trump's voter fraud tweet a good thing?...
Ethics and E-Cigarette Advertising
January 20, 2020
What ethical concerns arise in regulating e-cigarette advertisements?...
Images That Generate Clicks Among Both Liberals an...
December 17, 2019
The Center for Media Engagement partnered with ProPublica to determine if news story headlines and images can be crafted in ways that appeal to both liberals and conservatives. We…...
Fighting the Amazon Fires with Misinformation
December 2, 2019
What are the ethical dilemmas posed by celebrity activists using not-so-accurate information on social media to save the environment?...
Secret Facebook Groups and the Ethics of Democracy
November 18, 2019
People are turning to secret Facebook groups to express their political opinions. What are the ethical implications of this trend for democracy?...
Social Media: The Good, The Bad, and How Platforms...
November 7, 2019
As part of the Civic Signals initiative, the Center for Media Engagement is releasing an excerpt from a series of reports aimed at achieving more public-friendly digital spaces....
Green is the New Color of Money
April 30, 2019
What are the ethical concerns with "greenwashing" in advertisements to sell products?...
Limiting or Lifesaving?
April 9, 2019
Are there any ethical problems with banning anti-vaccination content from social media platforms?...
Halloween Hijinks and Internet Shaming
April 3, 2019
What ethical decisions await those dressing up for Halloween--and those reacting to racially insensitive costumes?...
Netflix and Kill
March 14, 2019
What are the ethics of portraying heinous criminals in popular films?...
Sacking Social Media in College Sports
December 27, 2018
Should college athletes be limited in their use of social media?...
Defending Freedom of Tweets?
December 21, 2018
What are the ethical challenges that arise when professional athletes share their views on social media?...
Digital Immortality on an App
December 10, 2018
When AI chatbots let us talk with the dead, what ethical issues might haunt us?...
Filtering Out Cyberbullying
November 23, 2018
What are the ethical issues raised by Instagram's efforts to filter out cyberbullying?...
Political Coverage on Facebook
June 28, 2018
With the help of a national newsroom, we conducted 118 experiments on Facebook to test the success of different headlines, images, and status updates on Facebook....
Finsta Fad
April 30, 2018
What are the real ethical issues raised by fake Instagram accounts?...
Dying to Be Online
April 12, 2018
What could go wrong when you die on Facebook?...
Sharing the Pain
March 30, 2018
What ethical issues does the rapid sharing of information in emergencies raise?...
Bullying our First Amendment?
March 19, 2018
What are the legal and ethical implications of bullying by text message?...
Ethics and the Tweeter-in-Chief
March 5, 2018
What are the ethical issues with President Trump's use of Twitter?...
The Dark Side of Social Media
November 27, 2017
A panel of experts discusses the dark side of social media....
Panel Shines Light on the Dark Issues of Social Me...
November 16, 2017
[ARTICLE] What is the dark side of social media? A panel of experts discuss privacy concerns and more in our online lives....
Journalist Involvement in Comment Sections
September 10, 2014
Uncivil comments decreased when a journalist interacted with online commenters....
How the Public Views Deletion of Offensive Comment...
June 16, 2021