Tag: Social networks
The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust...
Kareem Clark, Virginia Tech
With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it’s finally time for those...
‘Wrong number? Let’s chat’ Maasai herders in East Africa use misdials...
Timothy D. Baird, Virginia Tech; Emily Woodhouse, UCL, and J. Terrence McCabe, University of Colorado Boulder
Sometimes wrong numbers...
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...
Craft beer is becoming the wine of New England by redefining...
Daina Cheyenne Harvey, College of the Holy Cross and Ellis Jones, College of the Holy Cross
The U.S. craft beer industry is exploding. Although two...
Why social media apps should be in your disaster kit
Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University and Courtney M. Page, Northeastern University
With floodwaters at four feet and rising, a family in Houston, Texas abandoned their...
Can Facebook be sued for live-streaming suicides?
Shontavia Johnson, Drake University
In January, two different suicides were streamed using Facebook Live, a service that allows Facebook users to create and broadcast real-time...
hree ways Facebook could reduce fake news without resorting to censorship
Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University
The public gets a lot of its news and information from Facebook. Some of it is fake. That presents a problem...
How Twitter gives scientists a window into human happiness and health
Lewis Mitchell, University of Adelaide
Since its public launch 10 years ago, Twitter has been used as a social networking platform among friends, an instant...
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Mainstream media outlets are dropping the ball with terrorism coverage
Philip Seib, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
News coverage of the Manchester terrorist attack was sadly familiar: cellphone videos of...
