Tag: Social media
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...
Since Boston bombing, terrorists are using new social media to inspire...
Mia Bloom, Georgia State University
Five years ago, a deadly attack during the Boston Marathon made America’s nightmare come true: the radicalized boy next door.
The...
Why not nationalize Facebook?
Blayne Haggart, Brock University
The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal is fast emerging as a watershed for our increasingly digitized society. For the first time, how to...
The ideal female body type is getting even harder to attain
Frances Bozsik, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Brooke L. Bennett, University of Hawaii
Day after day, we’re bombarded with so many media messages that rarely...
‘Big Tech’ isn’t one big monopoly – it’s 5 companies all...
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
Public concern about Facebook’s power in society – and in politics – has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations that...
Don’t quit Facebook, but don’t trust it, either
Denise Anthony, Dartmouth College and Luke Stark, Dartmouth College
Is it time to give up on social media? Many people are thinking about that in...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
