Social Media

It can be anything from needing a cup of sugar to offering clothes and furniture. You can find these Buy Nothing groups throughout the country and the world — including here in Milwaukee.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee geography researchers recently found a link between the physical place of Twitter misinformation and the number of COVID-19 case spikes. They are hoping their findings will help inform policymakers in regulating public health misinformation.

UW-Milwaukee student Christina Boyd is using Instagram to educate her followers about Wisconsin history, social justice, and current events. Her account, called Woke Wednesdays 414, was created in June of 2020 with the goal of educating people on the current political landscape.

The website dontcallthepolice.com lists alternative resources to calling 911 for over 70 cities including Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha.

Social media allows information to be shared and connections to be made that would have never been possible before, but can social media activism achieve goals like increased accountability for police?

As a violent mob tore through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, questions about what could be done to those who were seen as inciting the crowd arose. While the…

In April, a TV news station in Bakersfield, Calif., interviewed two immediate care doctors about their views on the coronavirus outbreak. Within days, the…

If you post about this year's elections on a blog or on social media like Facebook, you may wind up being a tiny part of new Milwaukee-based study.…

A new study shows a rise in depression and stress among young people parallels the growth in smartphone and social media use.

You’ve probably seen the now-infamous photo of dozens of Baraboo high school boys making what appears to be a Nazi salute. The photo drew international…