Study shows how Facebook's mutual-friends feature creates security risks, privacy concerns
The mutual-friends feature on social networks such as Facebook, which displays users' shared friendships, might not be so "friendly."
The mutual-friends feature on social networks such as Facebook, which displays users' shared friendships, might not be so "friendly."
Internet
May 30, 2013
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The larger the group, the smaller the chance of forming interracial friendships, a new University of Michigan study shows.Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study examines how the size of ...
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2013
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A memo to employers: Just because your workers live alone doesn't mean they don't have lives beyond the office.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2013
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Unfriending someone on Facebook may be as easy as clicking a button, but a new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows the repercussions often reach far beyond cyberspace.
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A Royal Veterinary College study has found that hens reared in commercial conditions do not form friendships and are not particular about who they spend time with.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2013
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Bonobos, those notoriously frisky, ardently social great apes of the Congo, value social networking so much, they share food with a stranger before an acquaintance.
Plants & Animals
Jan 2, 2013
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Not all video game players are destined for lives filled with failing relationships and dwindling friendships, according to Penn State researchers, who say that a lot depends on the role of the game-playing activity in the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The closer you live to another person, the more likely you are to be friends with them despite the growing use and impact of social media, according to a study that drew on data from the location-based social ...
Internet
Dec 7, 2012
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For the first time, the dynamics of how Facebook user communities are formed have been identified, revealing surprisingly few large communities and innumerable highly connected small-size communities. These findings are about ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 8, 2012
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Many young Jamaican immigrants are succeeding in the United States precisely because they remain strongly tied to Jamaican culture, said University of Illinois professor Gail M. Ferguson.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2012
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