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Mike Wagner Jul 2, 2023

Mike Wagner May 26, 2023

Fil Menczer May 26, 2023

Check out our latest tool, the Top FIBers dashboard, to track the worst disinformation superspreaders. (This is the kind of public service that is under attack by Twitter's anti-research API policies under Musk.) https://news.iu.edu/live/news/28277-top-fibers-dashboard-tracks-superspreaders-of

Play with the Top FIBers dashboard here and see who are the worst disinformation superspreaders of the month on Twitter and Facebook: https://osome.iu.edu/tools/topfibers/

The science behind it: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.09524

Credit to @mdeverna2 and the @OSoMe_IU @IUNetSci team!

Top FIBers dashboard tracks superspreaders of low-credibility information online

The Observatory on Social Media has launched the new tool that uses the “False Information Broadcaster index” or “FIB index,” which captures the c...

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Mike Wagner May 10, 2023

Brendan Nyhan May 10, 2023

The assault on higher ed in TX, FL, etc. will have substantial costs even if the tenure-stripping bills don't go through this time

Mike Wagner Mar 16, 2023

Kate Starbird Mar 16, 2023

Is this the end of the Twitter research era? The graph shows tweets over time coming into one of our V1 API data collections.

Mike Wagner Jan 20, 2023

Dhavan Shah Jan 20, 2023

Elated to have @NathanKalmoe return to Madison and join our team in the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Excited to see how he advances the missions and extends the work of the MCRC, SJMC, and UW L&S. I know @prowag shares my excitement. Forward!

https://journalism.wisc.edu/news/sjmc-alum-returns-will-help-lead-the-center-for-communication-and-civic-renewal/

SJMC alum returns, will help lead the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has welcomed distinguished alum Dr. Nathan Kalmoe back to Vilas Hall as the new executive administrative director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR).

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Mike Wagner Jan 20, 2023

Thrilled to welcome @NathanKalmoe to our team at the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Pinching ourselves. https://journalism.wisc.edu/news/sjmc-alum-returns-will-help-lead-the-center-for-communication-and-civic-renewal/

SJMC alum returns, will help lead the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal

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Mike Wagner Jan 14, 2023

Headed in to watch the 11y/o play basketball. Let me know if President Biden reports mishandling some more classified documents in the next hour.

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Mike Wagner Jan 7, 2023

@smotus Peter Gabriel votes “present.”

Mike Wagner Jan 6, 2023

McCarthy in danger of the Full Scaramucci: losing the job he was doing before the official start date.

Mike Wagner Dec 23, 2022

@subu_caps me too.