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How ad companies can ruin selfies for everyone
ThinkProgress Jacob Groshek, College of Communication The White House suggested it may ban selfies with President Obama after Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz took one that turned out to be a Samsung...
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Why The Oldest Member Of Congress Just Lost His Seat
ThinkProgress Jacob Groshek, College of Communication The oldest member of Congress, 91-year-old Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX), narrowly lost his primary runoff Tuesday night… Expert quote: “Reagan faced...
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While Polls Show Mass. Governor’s Race Too Close To Call, Twitter Data Shows...
WBUR By Jacob Groshek, College of Communication The race between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker appears all but tied going into the final two weeks of the 2014 gubernatorial...
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Heading Into Election Night, Coakley Still Leads Baker In Governor’s Race (On...
WBUR By Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Since the gubernatorial debate between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker on Oct. 21, a number of polls and media outlets have reported...
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‘Social media murder’ may be new normal
Boston Herald Jacob Groshek, College of Communication The man who gunned down two Virginia TV journalists in broad daylight showed the world what he did on Twitter and Facebook, sparking an unstoppable...
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Facebook’s getting a ‘dislike’ button
Boston Herald Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Facebook will soon be unveiling a “dislike” button allowing users to disapprove of posts they don’t care for, a feature one local expert says will...
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It’s a down Periscope for selfie-incriminating
Boston Herald Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Periscope, the wildly popular live-streaming video app used for news reports and regular people’s life updates, is now big among the stupid...
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How texting helped fuel the anti-austerity protests roiling Europe
The Conversation US By Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Protests against austerity continue to roil parts of Europe, most recently in Brussels earlier this month when 100,000 people took to the...
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The Conversation US Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Chelsea Cutino, Graduate student, College of Communication, Jill Walsh, Postdoc fellow, College of Arts & Sciences “Just thinking about...
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How social media can distort and misinform when communicating science
The Conversation US By Jacob Groshek, College of Communication When news breaks – whether the story of a disease outbreak, a terrorist attack or a natural disaster – people increasingly turn to the...
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How social media provides grist for the rumor mill during times of crisis
Kansas City Star Jacob Groshek, College of Communication The rumors ricocheted across social media: Three buses loaded with protesters were allegedly headed for the south Charlotte shopping centers of...
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Are we streaming into political participation through a personalized,...
The Conversation By Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Media and scholarly reports have linked the binge-watching of streaming television to personal health problems… View full article
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Social media giant’s new tools look to curb cyberbullying
Boston Herald Jacob Groshek, College of Communication Twitter has rolled out a new set of tools aimed at curbing abuse and harassment on the social media site in a move that’s geared toward stopping...
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Corporate social media ripe for political hacking
Boston Herald Jacob Groshek, College of Communication “McDonald’s blamed an “external source” for hacking into its corporate Twitter account to issue a tweet taunting President Trump yesterday — the...
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Google and Facebook are strangling the media business
Boston Herald Jacob Groshek Digital media companies are desperately trying to find a financial path forward as the shadows of the digital twin towers — Google and Facebook — continue to set the rules…...
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YouTube sharpens how it recommends videos despite fears of isolating users
Yahoo Finances Jacob Groshek Google’s YouTube has updated its recommendation feature to spotlight videos users are likely to find the most gratifying, brushing aside concerns that such an approach can...
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YouTube sharpens how it recommends videos despite fears of isolating users
Yahoo Finance Jacob Groshek Google’s YouTube has updated its recommendation feature to spotlight videos users are likely to find the most gratifying, brushing aside concerns that such an approach can...
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