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Featured by The Washington Post. Professor Christian Sandvig. PhD Candidate Kevin Zheng. Social media users want more raw and unfiltered content on their feeds.

Sandvig: People are searching for authenticity on social media

12/06/2024

UMSI professor Christian Sandvig says people on social media are going to “great lengths to make themselves appear casual and unprofessional.”

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Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor of Information, Professor of Information, School of Information and Professor of Communication and Media, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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