Tag: Social media
The UK’s plan to deny terrorists ‘safe spaces’ online would make...
Molly Land, University of Connecticut
In the wake of the recent attacks in Manchester and London, British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on social...
Before the digital age, how religious groups increased the numbers in...
Bruce T. Morrill, Vanderbilt University
A monastery of 10 nuns on the Italian island of Sardinia is using social media to share their community’s work...
Why Facebook may fuel new mothers’ insecurity
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, The Ohio State University
You haven’t showered in a few days, and you haven’t brushed your teeth yet this morning. ...
To have impact, the People’s Climate March needs to reach beyond...
Jill Hopke, DePaul University
Following closely on last week’s March for Science, activists are preparing for the People’s Climate March on Saturday, April...
How Facebook – the Wal-Mart of the internet – dismantled online...
Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania
Before the internet, people interested in body modification – not just tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, but those drawn...
Can Silicon Valley’s autocrats save democracy?
Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
In late February, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published an essay that laid out the social network’s vision for...
The challenge facing libraries in an era of fake news
Donald A. Barclay, University of California, Merced
Imagine, for a moment, the technology of 2017 had existed on Jan. 11, 1964 – the day Luther...
How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital...
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York
The circulation of fake news through social...
EXPLORING NATURE
I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...
Julian Resasco, University of Colorado Boulder
Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower.
This...
