Professor, Media & Information, Michigan State University
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Key findings on rural students pre-post pandemic:
✔️self-esteem returns to pre-pandemic levels
✔️sharp drop in education asperations
✔️ interest in STEM careers drop
✔️learning from home over COVID-19 pandemic boosted digital skills
✔️rural access inequalities are now reversing
A new study from researchers @michiganstateu shows one in three, or 32.5%, of rural students in Michigan still lack adequate, fast broadband home internet.
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@jm_bauer, @mysocnet, @GabeHales, @MediaInfoMSU, @QuelloCenter
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Rural students’ access to Wi-Fi is in jeopardy as pandemic-era resources recede, with major costs to academic achievement and educational outcomes
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Hiring Assoc/Full Prof in computational methods or/and quantitative social science. Consider joining us! #DataScience #AI #networksci #geospatial #MachineLearning #infosci #sociology @MSUComArtSci @MediaInfoMSU
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pre-post COVID-19 report on Broadband and Student Performance Gaps After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Change in rural Michigan digital inequality, student achievement, and adolescent well-being msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/m…
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Interesting article on "Kinwork revisited: The gendered work of keeping up with family through communication technology" (some older media are abandoned as gender norms change) by Lina Eklund at Uppsala University journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
Nice! "Detectable differences or functional equivalents?" validity of structural vs subjective measures of network diversity in political comm. I had not positive feedback when introducing position generators to this area @mbarni109 @MikeXenos @CynPeacock tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
If you haven't listened to this, you should. Great reporting by NPR.
Law enforcement organizations are promoting a troubling new documentary about child "sextortion."
But many of the film's key claims lack context. n.pr/3Ji5cLw
Concerns over the future of sociology of media & communication, and a field of digital media studies "Disciplinary brakes on the sociology of digital media: the incongruity of communication and the sociological imagination" #socialmedia tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Interesting paper by Rize Jing et al: digital inequality predicts depressive symptoms among older (especially rural) adults in China sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Postdoc opportunity at @MSUComArtSci open to scholars doing research on digital media (including sociologists like me). Two, 1-2 year positions for recent PhDs advancing research related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. More info: bit.ly/CASDEIpostdoc
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Video games can help teenagers feel less isolated by helping them socialize and build community. Read about the positive effects of video gaming and @michiganstateu Professor Keith Hampton @mysocnet’s study: lifestyle.livemint.com/healt…
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Being disconnected can hurt teen self-esteem more than heavy internet use bit.ly/3UCuqZu
A good summary of my recent work with @inyoung_shin looking at the small effect of screen time on teen self-esteem relative to "disconnection" and traditional inequalities. @QuelloCenter @MediaInfoMSU @MSUComArtSci
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Teens who are “excessive” users of screens report higher self-esteem than those who are disconnected, according to new research from MSU. go.msu.edu/WQp5
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I appreciate @ASAnews asking me to write this article for #ASAFootnotes. I hope others find it useful. @ASAMedSoc @CITAMS_ASA #AcademicTwitter @ClemsonUniv #technology #Health
Is Technology Use Leading to the Demise of Our Mental Health and Well-Being? asanet.org/technology-use-le…
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Join us on October 11 for the annual Hotelling Lecture with guest speaker Keith N. Hampton to address the digital divide among Michigan's rural youth.
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Interesting paper that ties together the research on network size and diversity w/ FOMO and social media fatigue by @terryzhou1979 and Yu Tian (@NewhouseSU) sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Join us via Zoom tomorrow at 11 AM EST as Amy S. Bruckman presents, "Should you believe Wikipedia? Social epistemology, virtue epistemology, & the practice of internet research." Register here: tinyurl.com/yc7ykmsm
@asbruckman @jm_bauer @mysocnet #internetresearch
Seeking students for fully-funded positions, Info & Media PhD program @MSUComArtSci to work w/ me & @jm_bauer. Pursuing research @QuelloCenter on taken for granted assumptions about new media & digital inequality. Due Dec 1 for 2023-24 start. For more info quello.msu.edu/phd/
Adolescents with poor home Internet & youth who parents actively control their media use have substantially lower self-esteem than even the heaviest "excessive" users of social media, video games, etc. New paper w/ @inyoung_shin journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… @QuelloCenter @MSUComArtSci
Important new research by @BeateVolker on change in the structure of core networks over the COVID-19 lockdown. The role of local ties, tie strength, social support, and loneliness. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…