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Wolfers counters Musk's claims about about Social Security beneficiaries

Feb 21, 2025

Elon Musk shared on social platform X, that almost 20 million people over age 100, with no death record, were receiving Social Security benefits. The Ford School's Justin Wolfers quickly jumped in to assert the falsehood in Musk's claims.Responding...

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Elon Musk's intentions for new leadership position might be "all talk" - Moynihan

Dec 13, 2024 The New York Times

Recently in the media, the Ford School's Don Moynihan has commented on Elon Musk's plan for his position as lead of the new Department of Government Efficiency. Speaking with The New York Times, Moynihan argued, “Part of Musk’s M.O. historically has...

Brendan Nyhan tells NPR that Trump's Twitter blitz obscures the truth

Sep 14, 2018

As President Trump continues to escalate his Twitter attacks in the wake of negative headlines and unflattering books, Ford School professor Brendan Nyhan told a National Public Radio reporter that the president "more and more is calling into...

Justin Wolfers’ social media engagement featured in University Record piece

Mar 19, 2018

A March 5 article by Safiya Merchant in The University Record, “#SocialScholars: Professors show power of public engagement,” highlights the growing use of social media among University of Michigan professors. Merchant writes that social media...

Social Media in political branding: Narendra Modi and the new Twitter technocrat

Oct 31, 2016, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

1014 Tisch Hall

Social Media in Political Branding: Narendra Modi and the New Twitter Technocrat Joyojeet Pal, U-M School of Information

Dick Costolo of Twitter (highlights)

Nov 20, 2012 0:04:13

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo spoke at the University of Michigan on November 16, 2012 on how Twitter brings people together. Here are some highlights of his talk.

Dick Costolo: The power of Twitter as a communication tool

Nov 16, 2012 1:16:31

Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, talks about the power of Twitter as a communication tool. November, 2012. This event was co-sponsored by the Ford School and the School of Information.