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When thousands of fake accounts controlled by an unknown actor flood social media with some story, and platform algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing the opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried....

Our annual report is now available. The stories, achievements, and insights in this report are a testament to the dedication of our team and the support of our partners. Take a look at the highlights that made this year special.

The Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) at Indiana University has been awarded a new $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support its groundbreaking interdisciplinary research on the role of media and technology, building tools to analyze and counter manipulation on...

We are proud to celebrate three of our OSoMe PhD students as they prepare to graduate and take the next steps in their careers. Throughout their time with us, they have contributed not only to groundbreaking research but also to the vibrant, collaborative community that defines our center. We asked...

Conference season is here, and we’re hitting the road! Our team at the Observatory on Social Media will present 19 papers at summer conferences. International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) Oral presentations Do Won Kim, Bao Tran Truong, Ozgur Can Seckin, Saumya Bhad...

The Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe, pronounced “awesome”) is excited to introduce three new tools that will make it easier to study and engage with social media data: NewsBridge, Barney’s Tavern, and OSoMeNet. These tools build on OSoMe’s mission to support public understanding of online informa...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, named Filippo Menczer to its 2024 fellows’ class, a lifetime honor within the scientific community. Menczer is among 471 scientists,...

In Memoriam: Moe, Beloved Compute Cluster It is with a mix of sadness and gratitude that we announce the decommissioning of Moe, our steadfast compute cluster, which served the research community faithfully for over a decade (doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.87). Born from cutting-edge technology of its tim...

Our fourth OSoMe annual report highlights the many activities of the Observatory during the academic year 2023-2024, roughly, as well as updates on the growing OSoMe team.

The Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) at Indiana University - Bloomington invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow (one year term with expected renewals for up to 3 years). The Postdoctoral Fellow will work closely with Yong-Yeol “YY” Ahn and other researchers at the Observatory on modeli...