Tag: Social media
‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online as off − here’s...
Carrie Ann Johnson, Iowa State University
Whisper networks are informal channels that women use to warn each other about...
TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social...
Kelley Cotter, Penn State
President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of...
How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to...
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of...
How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect...
Annie Margaret, University of Colorado Boulder
When graphic videos go viral, like the recent fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk,...
What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely...
Adam Nemeroff, Quinnipiac University
You’ve probably encountered images in your social media feeds that look like a cross between...
College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them...
Sam Wineburg, Stanford University
Mike Evans knew something had to change.
As the lead instructor for...
Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down...
Lisa Schirch, University of Notre Dame
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions,...
Why we fall for fake health information – and how it...
Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland
In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
