Clifford Lampe is a

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in the School of Information at the

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. He is best known for his research in the fields of human-computer interaction,

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, and

computer supported cooperative work Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) is the study of how people utilize technology collaboratively, often towards a shared goal. CSCW addresses how computer systems can support collaborative activity and coordination. More specifically, the ...

. Since 2018 he has been Executive Vice President for ACM SIGCHI. Lampe made foundational contributions in the areas of

social networking sites A social networking service or SNS (sometimes called a social networking site) is an online platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, act ...

, social capital, and

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, work that has been cited over 34,000 times according to

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Education

Cliff Lampe was born in

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and attended

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for his undergraduate studies. He received a

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at the

in 2006 in the School of Information where he was advised by Paul Resnick. His thesis examined the effects of comment ratings on site participation on the website Slashdot. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Lampe became an assistant

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at Michigan State University in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Research, teaching, and service

Lampe currently advises graduate and undergraduate students in the areas of online harassment, incivility online, and civic engagement online. He has developed a citizen interaction course that partners students with local communities to design technologies that support community needs. Lampe received a grant from the

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in 2009 to pursue his work on "the role of social network sites in facilitating collaborative processes". He received a grant from the

Third Century Initiative in 2013 to support his Citizen Interaction project. He is a frequent consultant, speaker, and guest lecturer on topics related to social media and online behavior. He is regularly cited in the press on topics like fake news, privacy, and trolling. He was the technical program chair for the 2016

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and the General Co-Chair for the 2022

Conference.

Awards

In 2014, Lampe received the Joan Durrance Community Engagement Award for his Citizen Interaction Design program. In 2013, Lampe (with Eytan Adar and Paul Resnick) received a Google Award for his "MTogether: A Living Lab For Social Media Research" project.

Selected works

* 2007. "The benefits of Facebook "friends:" Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites". (with

Nicole Ellison Nicole Ellison is the Karl E Weick Collegiate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. She is best known for her research in the fields of computer-mediated communication, social media, and social networking sites. He ...

and Charles Steinfeld) * 2008. "Social capital, self-esteem, and use of online social network sites: A longitudinal analysis". (with Charles Steinfeld and

) * 2004. "Slash (dot) and burn: distributed moderation in a large online conversation space". (with Paul Resnick)

References

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