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University Communications talks TikTok

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill that would require the parent company of TikTok to sell the app or face a ban on all U.S. devices. Amid the hearings, FOX Carolina spoke...

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Wayt’s Instagram page goes viral

Sociology and philosophy graduate Virgina Wayt '23 set out to understand how the IG algorithm works through her page about knitting. Yarn bombing, anyone?

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Furman’s Shaniece Criss connects dots between social media and birth outcomes

Negative words and attitudes toward various ethnic groups matter when it comes to birth outcomes. Furman's Shaniece Criss explains in a TEDxFurmanU talk on YouTube.

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Students study race, COVID-19 in tweets

For more stories about student research, click here. For their Research and Evaluation in Health Sciences class in the fall of 2020, Samantha Norton ’23 and Imaya Virani ’22 wanted to know if they could...

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SC Republicans see donations rise by taking on culture war ahead of 2022 reelection bids

South Carolina Republican leaders are increasingly taking to Twitter to air their views on cultural issues in the social media void left by former President Donald Trump, says Furman University's Danielle Vinson '89. In an...

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Studying the health implications of racist tweets

Can the way people talk about race online impact health? Furman’s Shaniece Criss wants to know. An assistant professor of health sciences, Criss is part of a national research collaborative, called Big Data for Health...

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