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Climate Misinformation

Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist

April 24, 2025

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Marketing & Communications

COM Set to Open New Center on Media Innovation for Social Impact

February 11, 2025

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Expert Take

Americans Expect Social Media Content Moderation

January 28, 2025

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Books

An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania

December 3, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language

November 27, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Vaping

E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds

September 13, 2024

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Business & Law

BU Experts on Boeing’s Legal and Technical Troubles

August 6, 2024

Business & Economics

My Big Idea: An App That Helps Journalists Find Diverse, Reliable Sources

July 8, 2024

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Misinformation

How Does Science Misinformation Affect Americans from Underrepresented Communities?

March 21, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

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Social Media

The YouTube Effect Chronicles Internet’s Good, Bad, and Ugly

October 27, 2023

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Communications

How to Talk to Kids about the Israel-Hamas War

October 24, 2023

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Disinformation

Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Israel-Hamas War

October 23, 2023

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Expert Take

Rebuilding Public Trust in Science

October 19, 2023

Social Media

Is Meta’s Threads Safe? Social Media Data Privacy Explained

July 6, 2023

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Accolades

Students Create Ads for Chobani, Celebrity Cruises, and More

June 8, 2023

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Fighting Climate Misinformation

Tweets, Ads, and Lies: Researchers Are Fighting against Climate Misinformation

May 23, 2023

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Communicating Science and Research—through Puppets

May 16, 2023

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College of Communication

COM Students Create Successful Marketing Campaigns for Night Shift Brewing and World Wildlife Fund

May 5, 2023

COM Students Create Successful Marketing Campaigns for Night Shift Brewing and World Wildlife Fund