Tag: Twitter
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...
People are increasingly interrupted at work, but it’s not all bad
Elana Feldman, University of Massachusetts Lowell
An email pops up on your screen. It’s a client sharing a project update. A Slack message appears. It’s...
Here’s what happens when political bubbles collide
Alexander J. Stewart, University of Houston and Joshua B. Plotkin, University of Pennsylvania
Social media has transformed how people talk to each other. But social...
The pitfalls of the narcissistic NBA player
Emily Grijalva, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Why do star players sometimes hurt their team’s performance?
Last season, the Boston Celtics...
How Twitter and other social media can draw the US into...
Eleonora Mattiacci, Amherst College
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has promised to resign by the end of the month. That announcement came after thousands of Algerians...
3 ways to be smart on social media
A. Trevor Sutton, Concordia Seminary
This past year, many people deleted their social media accounts following revelations about privacy violations on social media platforms and...
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
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
