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Tenant background checks: What’s missing from Renters’ Bill of Rights

By Monti Taylor Tenant screening companies like RealPage and RentGrow offer a variety of services and tech solutions to the entire rental...

QAnon’s allure to American fear

By Gretchen Deitrich QAnon, or “Q”, an online entity that started on the anonymous message board 8kun, now 4chan, has garnered national...

What you may have missed last year

Hello all, and welcome back to a new academic year. The Digital Sociology Lab has lots planned for the upcoming year, but here are some...

Come write for us!

The Digital Sociology Lab is now accepting blog post submissions! What is the Digital Sociology Blog? The Digital Sociology Blog is an...

Self-esteem from a screen

by Tara Stamm, Ph.D. Image Source When I was growing up in the mid-nineties, I collected pieces of my self-esteem off the cigarette...

Social media advertising changes amid pushback about digital spaces and teen mental health.

By Joshua J. Smith, M.S. Lawmakers, big tech companies and parents are thinking hard about the impact of social media and digital spaces...

Reflections on the Digital Sociology Lab’s launch

By: Gina Marie Longo, Ph.D. When I first found Digital Sociology as a Ph.D. student, I must admit that I felt a little adrift. I was...