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BU sociology department hosts HIV seminar with discussion on stigma, media exposure

Divya Sood March 4, 2021
Boston University's sociology department held an event Monday where researcher David Cort described how stigma around HIV can impact behavior.
A research team led by Sinan Aral, a management professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, looks to tap into the large network of social media sites to encourage HIV testing in South Africa. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MIT professor to promote HIV testing, public health issues via social media

Becca DeGregorio November 18, 2014

Eat this. Wear that. And make sure to do what? When faced with decisions of all sorts, defaulting to outside influence is natural: Well, what is everyone else doing? This “I’ll jump if you do” tendency...

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