Before the internet, people commonly burned Polaroids and love letters in a fire as an act of closure following a breakup.
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Dec 15, 2022
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Twitter's decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site's rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2022
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The recent "Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories?" report on diversity in Australian newsrooms revealed some grim, but unsurprising figures. The report found most television news and current affairs presenters on major Australian ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2022
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Screenshots are as banal as they are ubiquitous. Nowadays, virtually all computer and digital mobile devices can generate a screenshot with a quick pair of key presses. Maybe that's why they have remained largely underappreciated ...
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Dec 2, 2022
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Agriculture in the developing world can reap considerable benefits from the use of modern information and communications technology. A mobile application launched by the government of Tamil Nadu is a case in point. Research ...
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2022
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One of the first and most controversial policy changes Elon Musk proposed after taking the helm at Twitter last week, was to overhaul Twitter's verification and identity systems by making users pay for Twitter's blue verification ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2022
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People living in the United States are more than three times more likely to share misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 than people in four other English-speaking countries, including Canada, a Simon Fraser ...
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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The question whether the rise in usage of digital media is contributing to the erosion of democracy is a source of popular debate, with tech companies arguing findings are inconclusive. But a team of international researchers ...
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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In person, people with disabilities often experience microaggressions—comments or subtle insults based on stereotypes. New types of microaggressions play out online as well, according to new Cornell-led research.
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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Social media are polarizing not because they isolate us with likeminded others, as often thought, but because they provide spaces where we create social identities that increasingly align with our political preferences. "This ...
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Oct 12, 2022
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