Tag: Twitter
Rumors of Chris Pratt’s being a ‘MAGA Bro’ show how Twitter’s...
Aaron Duncan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
When actor Chris Pratt found himself trending on Twitter on Oct. 17, it wasn’t because of his new film or...
100 years ago, the first commercial radio broadcast announced the results...
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2,...
‘Quarantine envy’ could finally wake people up to the deep inequalities...
Jessica Rosenfeld, Washington University in St Louis
In recent months, mental health experts have been drawing attention to what they’ve dubbed “quarantine envy.”
Many people, they...
Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are...
Joe Roman, University of Vermont and Taylor Ricketts, University of Vermont
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is the deepest and longest period of...
Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society
Laura DeNardis, American University School of Communication
In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack...
How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media...
Jeanna Matthews, Clarkson University
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of...
Out-of-context photos are a powerful low-tech form of misinformation
Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University
When you think of visual misinformation, maybe you think of deepfakes – videos that appear real but have actually been created...
3 internet language trends from 2019, explained
Zachary Jaggers, University of Oregon and Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, University of Oregon
Social media has created an entirely new linguistic ecosystem, with new words, phrases...
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...
