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Social media
platform governance
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online journalism
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United States
Gen Z (born 1997-2010)
LocationSyracuse, United States
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Sector ExpertColten Meisner
Social scientist studying how social-media platforms' policies shape online communities.
Colten Meisner is social scientist at Microsoft Research New England and a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. His research examines how the policy decisions made by social-media platforms shape online communities and platform-based work. At Microsoft he consults with a product team developing a news platform to provide them with social science research about news and online communities. His PhD research explores how platforms like Substack are reimagining the future of journalism and information communities. He has previously studied communities such as social-media creators, socially marginalized social-media users, and low-wage technical workers.Intrigued by questions like…
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