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Jeff Hemsley is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. He is co-author of the book Going Viral (Polity Press, 2013 and winner of ASIS&T Best Science Books of 2014 Information award and selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2014), which explains what virality is, how it works technologically and socially, and draws out the implications of this process for social change. You can see Jeff talk about researching viral events on YouTube. You can also see his Benefunder Profile.
He is a founding member of the Behavior, Information, Technology and Society Laboratory (BITS lab) here at the Syracuse iSchool.
Jeff earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington’s Information School, where he was a founding member of the Social Media Lab at the University of Washington. The lab received RAPID and INSPIRE awards from NSF, an Amazon Web Services in Education research grant award, and a gift from Microsoft Research. His research has appeared in journals like Policy & Internet, American Behavioral Scientist and the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce.
Currently, Jeff teaches Information Visualization to amazing, dedicated and creative graduate students at the iSchool!
Research Interests
My research is about understanding how people are using social media, how their use influences the flow of information, and how information mediates user’s interaction online. I draw on theories and concepts like information gatekeeping, personal influence, status, presentation of self, social capital and viral events. I use exploratory data analysis (data visualization techniques), inferential statistics, social network analysis and content analysis to answer my questions.
Education
Information Science, Ph.D., University of Washington
Award Date: Aug 10 2014
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Net Zero Retrofit Campus Living Lab
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
1/15/21 → 1/15/24
Project: Research project
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Collaboration Capacity: A Framework for Measuring Data-Intensive Biomedical Research
Department of Health & Human Services
1/1/20 → 12/31/22
Project: Research project
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Cyberinfrastructure-Enabled Collaboration Networks: Their Impact and Policy Implications
9/1/16 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
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Not the Bots You Are Looking For: Patterns and Effects of Orchestrated Interventions in the U.S. and German Elections
Boichak, O., Hemsley, J., Jackson, S., Tromble, R. & Tanupabrungsun, S., 2021, In: International Journal of Communication. 15, p. 814-839 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differentiated information flows: Social media curation practices in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections
Stromer-Galley, J., Hemsley, J. & Jackson, S., 2020, In: International Journal of Communication. 14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Closer Look at Data Co-authorship: Team size trends in ‘big science’
Bratt, S., Qin, J. & Hemsley, J., 2019, 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings. Catalano, G., Daraio, C., Gregori, M., Moed, H. F. & Ruocco, G. (eds.). International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, p. 2664-2665 2 p. (17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings; vol. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Followers Retweet! The Influence of Middle-Level Gatekeepers on the Spread of Political Information on Twitter
Hemsley, J., Sep 2019, In: Policy and Internet. 11, 3, p. 280-304 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction to the 2019 International Conference on Social Media & Society
Gruzd, A., Mai, P., Kumar, P., Jacobson, J., Recuero, R., Hemsley, J., Kwon, K. H., Quan-Haase, A., Sloan, L. & Hodson, J., Jul 19 2019, 10th International Conference on Social Media and Society: Rethinking Privacy and Trust, SMSociety 2019. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1-4 4 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
1 Scopus citations
Press and Media
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NYSERDA ENERGY TO LEAD GRANT TO SUPPORT NET-ZERO ENERGY LIVING LAB ON SOUTH CAMPUS
Jeff Hemsley, Jason Dedrick, Bess Krietemeyer & Bing Dong
6/8/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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KNIGHT FOUNDATION FUNDS RESEARCH ON PAID POLITICAL ADS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Jeff Hemsley & Jennifer Stromer-Galley
1/8/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The Internet Made ‘Fake News’ a Thing—Then Made It Nothing
2/26/17 → 12/19/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Social media giants are restricting research vital to journalism
7/11/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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ILLUMINATING 2018' RECEIVES CONTINUING TOW CENTER JOURNALISM PROJECT FUNDING
Jeff Hemsley & Jennifer Stromer-Galley
10/4/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment