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        <description><![CDATA[ A trial has gotten underway in California that accuses corporate giants Meta and YouTube of intentionally engineering their products to make children become addicted. Virginia Tech social media expert Megan Duncan and political communications expert Cayce Myers discuss the possible impacts of the case and the wider implications for consumers and public policy.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced a deal reached with Chinese negotiators that could allow TikTok to continue operating in America. Details remain scarce. Virginia Tech communications and social media experts Megan Duncan, James Ivory and Cayce Myers share insights on the multitude of issues informing the deal. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A journalist was inadvertently added to a group chat on the encrypted app Signal between high-level U.S government officials planning a military operation. Virginia Tech cybersecurity and social platform experts France Bélanger, Aaron Brantly, Jimmy Ivory and Anthony Vance explain what Signal is, how it works, and how such a breach of national security could happen. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Social media company Meta will end its fact-checking programs, with platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads shifting to a crowdsourcing model similar to X&#39;s Community Notes. Virginia Tech experts Megan Duncan, Cayce Myers, and Julia Feerrar offer insights as to how effective crowdsourced fact-checking could be, and how users can guard against misinformation.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This is the first research using artificial intelligence to empirically link social media linguistic patterns to real-world public health trends, highlighting the potential of these large language models to identify critical online discussion patterns and point to more effective public health communication strategies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jack Micallef &#39;24 spent the majority of his years at Virginia Tech creating social media content for University Libraries. The packaging systems and design major left his creative mark on the university, and he encourages all Hokies to step out of their comfort zones to discover new skills and opportunities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The vote this week by the U.S. House of Representatives, by an overwhelming 352-65 margin, could lead to a nationwide ban of the popular social media app TikTok. Virginia Tech expert Cayce Myers is a professor of public relations in the School of Communication at Virginia Tech. He shares his expertise on the motivations behind and potential ramifications of this bill on both TikTok and social media in general. ]]></description>
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        <title>Experts assess states’ case in lawsuit against Meta over youth mental health concerns</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Threads, faces federal lawsuits from 42 states’ attorneys general asserting that the company intentionally crafted features to make children and teens become addicted to their products. Virginia Tech experts Mike Horning and Donna Wertalik offer their perspectives on what the lawsuits mean for social media companies and users. ]]></description>
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        <title>Unlocking the power of the humanities: Virginia Tech Humanities Week returns Oct. 22-27</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From artificial intelligence to prison reform, Humanities Week sessions will explore critical issues and topics facing society. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Social media may have played a more significant role behind closed doors in the United Auto Workers (UAW) union negotiations. Members of the union received what purported to be a look behind the curtain when screenshots from a private social media group were leaked to the media. Virginia Tech social media expert Mike Horning answered questions about the role such leaks can serve moving forward.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ While it’s illegal to make hiring decisions based on appearance, potential employers will develop impressions of a job candidate’s internship or career readiness based on what a social media search uncovers — and these impressions will factor into hiring decisions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ National news coverage from the two largest broadcast outlets, CNN and Fox News, not only reflects growing political polarization in America, but in a recent publication, researchers at Virginia Tech have shown that partisan and inflammatory broadcast coverage has increased over time and can exacerbate growing divides in the new public square of social media. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Threads, the newest venture from Meta, has become Twitter’s biggest rival in less than a week. According to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Threads registered 100 million users within five days. “Threads has often been discussed as the app that could kill Twitter,” said Mike Horning, associate professor of multimedia journalism at Virginia Tech’s School of Communication. ]]></description>
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        <title>Twitter’s plummet in value highlights social network governance challenge; expert explains </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Revelation of a sharp decline in the valuation of Twitter “illustrates not just the consequences of [Elon]Musk’s stewardship, but the myriad challenges that exist for anyone managing a social media platform,” explains Virginia Tech media expert Megan Duncan.  “Buying a social media platform might be easy, but governing it is hard.”   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:00:34 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>DeSantis to launch 2024 presidential campaign on Twitter, expert discusses implications for democracy </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has selected an unusual, attention-grabbing way to announce his long-expected bid to become the Republican challenger in the 2024 presidential election. He plans to officially declare his candidacy using the social media platform Twitter during a scheduled conversation with tech mogul and Twitter owner Elon Musk.  Virginia Tech media expert Megan Duncan discusses the implications DeSantis&#39; choice has for democracy. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Mike Horning, an associate professor of multimedia journalism at Virginia Tech’s School of Communication, discusses Montana&#39;s ban of TikTok, Twitter&#39;s newly-appointed CEO, and what these developments could mean for these embattled yet still highly influential social media platforms.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Social media expert gives bird’s-eye view on Twitter spat with NPR, PBS </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The decision of social media platform Twitter under ownership of tech mogul Elon Musk to label National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service as “U.S. state-affiliated media” caused the prominent news outlets to respond by ending use of Twitter. Virginia Tech multimedia journalism professor Mike Horning provides perspective on Twitter’s increasingly volatile relationship with news organizations.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Mike Horning, an associate professor of multimedia journalism at Virginia Tech’s School of Communication, offers his perspective about the issues with TikTok that have federal lawmakers debating its potential threat to national security.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ While Michael Bazaco,  a graduate of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and now an epidemiologist at the University of Maryland, believes that social media has been instrumental in the spread of false or misleading info related to COVID-19, he also thinks that it can be used for good. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 10:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/social-roundup-02191.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/march-2019-virginia-tech-social-media-highlights.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/social-roundup-020119.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/01/social-roundup-120118111.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/01/social-roundup-01011911.html</link>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/social-roundup-110118111.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>10/1: This week&#39;s Virginia Tech social media highlights</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/social-roundup-09281811.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/social-roundup-0921181.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/social-roundup-090718.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/social-roundup-082718.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/social-roundup-082218.html</link>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/social-roundup-080718.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/07/social-roundup-072318.html</link>
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