Tag: Social media
When ‘what’s on your mind’ is tragic, not happy – sharing...
Nazanin Andalibi, University of Michigan
It’s always wonderful to share happy news – in person and on social media. New jobs, weddings and becoming...
Why it matters that teens are reading less
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But today’s teens...
Facebook begins to shift from being a free and open platform...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
When Facebook recently removed several accounts for trying to influence the 2018 midterm elections, it was the company’s latest move...
Profit, not free speech, governs media companies’ decisions on controversy
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
For decades, U.S. media companies have limited the content they’ve offered based on what’s good for business. The decisions by...
How new fathers use social media to make sense of their...
Tawfiq Ammari, University of Michigan
A lawyer in Bermuda became internet-famous for dancing ballet alongside his two-year-old daughter, comforting her stage fright by being there...
How your social network could save you from a disaster
Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University and Danaë Metaxa, Stanford University
In early November 2017, Brooks Fisher’s neighbor in Sonoma, California, pounded on his door at...
Why ABC reacted so swiftly to Roseanne’s racist tweet
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
ABC Entertainment, which produced the revamped version of “Roseanne,” is the latest company to learn the challenge of doing business...
Federal judge rules Trump’s Twitter account is a public forum
Clay Calvert, University of Florida
A federal judge in New York has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block people from following or viewing his...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
