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Social Sciences Apr 10, 2024

Economic wealth may be linked with happiness in China, if inequality is low

A country's economic prosperity is linked with improved well-being in its residents, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Feng Huang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues.

Social Sciences Feb 27, 2024

How Tumblr raised a generation of feminists

Like so many millennials, my teenage years on the multimedia microblogging platform, Tumblr, introduced me to feminist politics, which inspired my burgeoning interest in gender and feminism at university. My experiences as ...

Social Sciences Feb 28, 2023

Social media provides space for 'digital cosmopolitanism,' argue researchers

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have repeatedly been the subject of negative news coverage. As a result, the positive aspects associated with digital platforms have been overlooked. In light of this, a ...

Social Sciences Feb 9, 2023

Twitter cut off in Turkey amid earthquake rescue operations: The danger of losing the service in times of disaster

Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service NetBlocks. The outage came amid the massive rescue operation and humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the earthquakes in southern ...

Social Sciences Oct 20, 2022

Examining which factors have the biggest impact on influencer marketing effectiveness

About 70% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 use Instagram, and it's hard to spend much time scrolling without encountering a sponsored post from an influencer. The same holds true for just about any other social media ...

Economics & Business Oct 5, 2022

Beyond likes, shares, and comments: How can brands use social media to stimulate both engagement and sales?

Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam published a new article that examines the impact of owned social media on customer engagement and sales.

Social Sciences Sep 20, 2021

How cultural differences affect behavior on social media

Research published in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising has looked at how cultural differences affect behavior on social media. Myron Guftométros and João Guerreiro Instituto Universitário ...

Social Sciences Aug 23, 2021

Social emotion detector: Investigating emotional reactions to social events

Seemingly, half the world population now uses social media to share their thoughts and to experience the thoughts of others. There is no topic left unrepresented by users from opinions about technology, politics, society, ...

Economics & Business Feb 16, 2021

High-tech start-ups benefit from Twitter hype

The short message service Twitter has played a prominent role in US politics in recent weeks and months and attracted a lot of attention. Even in business, Twitter users' tweets are being closely followed and used as a basis ...

Space Exploration Feb 11, 2021

Mars mission inspires growing fan base back in China

Cui Tingting dyed her hair Mars red for the arrival of China's spacecraft at the planet known in Chinese as the Fire Star.

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