Social Media Data Stewardship

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• Companies are increasingly turning to social media to screen potential employees
  July 10, 2020
  Companies are increasingly turning to social media to screen potential employees Users’ online activities can be reviewed by potential employers as a way to pre-screen job candidates. (Shutterstock) Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University; Jenna […]
• ICYMI: #SMSociety 2019 Keynote by Tarleton Gillespie
  August 1, 2019
  “Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media” Content moderation can serve as a prism for examining what platforms are, and how they subtly torque public life. Our […]
• ICYMI: #SMSociety 2019 Keynote by Valerie Steeves
  August 1, 2019
  “Not So Social, Not So Networked: Teens’ Perspectives of Privacy and Trust on Social Media” In the past two years, The eQuality Project has conducted a series of research projects exploring how teens use social media in their daily […]
• Social media marketing: Who is watching the watchers? [New Study]
  June 5, 2019
  Jacobson, Gruzd & Hernandez-Garcia. (2019). Social media marketing: Who is watching the watchers? Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. [Download an open access pre-print copy]   Just because social media data is “public” does not […]
• Study: Majority of social media users in Canada avoid talking politics online for fear it might upset another person
  December 12, 2018
  58% of online Canadian adults say they choose not to post a political comment or link on social media because it might upset or offend another person, according to a new report Download the Free Report Here TORONTO, ON — Conventional wisdom […]