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Research Spotlight: “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit”

Published: | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research, Students

Kyle Rose, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology, was the lead author of “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit,” published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. This article was co-authored with Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., professor of Sociology at FSU. The following summary was written by Jyana O’Donnell (B.A. English ‘26) and Rachel Lechwar (M.S. Communication Science and Disorders ’26).

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FSU Research Team Receives $500,000 Grant from EPA Program to Revitalize Former Industrial Land

Published: | 11:15 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

A collaborative, interdisciplinary team with researchers from College of Social Sciences and Public Policy was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Revitalization Anti-Displacement Strategies (BRADs) Program.

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COSSPP Student Places Third at the Association of Private Enterprise Education 2024 Undergraduate Research Competition

Published: | 12:51 pm | Posted in: News, Research, Students

COSSPP Student Camila Aponte (Political Science and International Affairs ’24) placed 3rd out of 29 presentations at the Association of Private Enterprise 2024 Education Undergraduate Research Competition, representing 12 universities and colleges. The DeVoe L. Moore Center had four students presenting in the competition. 

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Research Spotlight: Does the Musk Twitter Takeover Matter? Political Influencers, Their Arguments, and the Quality of Information They Share

Published: | 4:31 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Florida State University Professor of Sociology Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., along with FSU Ph.D. candidate in Sociology Kyle Rose, Sarah Warren, and Stuart Shulman, Ph.D., co-authored the article, “Does the Musk Twitter Takeover Matter? Political Influencers, Their Arguments, and the Quality of Information They Share,” to investigate if permanently suspending accounts on Twitter improved the information circulating about important political issues. 

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Research Spotlight: Assessing the Role of Collectivism and Individualism on COVID-19 Beliefs and Behaviors in the Southeastern United States

Published: | 9:02 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research, Students

Rachel Sparkman, Ph.D. candidate, worked with FSU faculty, including Associate Professor of Sociology Patricia Homan, Ph.D., on the paper “Assessing the role of collectivism and individualism on COVID-19 beliefs and behaviors in the Southeastern United States,” finding that people’s perceptions about COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy are linked to cultural behaviors of individualism and collectivism. 

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Research Spotlight: Protest During a Pandemic: How Covid-19 Affected Social Movements in the United States

Published: | 8:07 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., authored the article, “Protest During a Pandemic: How Covid-19 Affected Social Movements in the United States,” to investigate how a global health crisis affects the causes and consequences of social movements. 

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