In 2011, political uprisings were rampant throughout the world—from the Arab Spring that started in Tunisia and swept through more than 15 other Arab countries—to Occupy Wall Street protesters huddled in New York's Zuccotti ...
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2015
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The email address as we know it was born when Ray Tomlinson introduced the "@" sign in 1977, since which email has continually grown in popularity as a communication tool for work and pleasure – until last year. For the ...
Internet
Feb 13, 2015
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Facebook wants to increase its advertising and get more clicks on all kinds of ads. It believes tapping into the lucrative small business market will help it achieve those goals.
Business
May 6, 2014
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Digital activism is usually nonviolent and tends to work best when social media tools are combined with street-level organization, according to new research from the University of Washington.
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2013
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Social media such as YouTube videos provide a popular and flexible venue for online activism. How two different social protest movements—Occupy Wall Street and the Proposition 8 same sex marriage initiative—utilized YouTube, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2013
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Methods to extract knowledge from social media intelligently and automatically are currently being developed at MODUL University Vienna - and the latest advances have just been published in preparation of an international ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 28, 2013
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If you think keeping up with what's happening via Twitter, Facebook and other social media is like drinking from a fire hose, multiply that by 7 billion – and you'll have a sense of what Court Corley wakes up to every morning.
Computer Sciences
Jun 7, 2013
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University of Leicester-led research has shown that university students behave very differently when using social media as part of their academic learning.
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2013
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Critical situations are occurring with greater frequency at industrial workplaces – situations that could lead to serious job-related accidents. With the "4Save" toolbox from Fraunhofer, these dangers do not arise at all. ...
Engineering
Mar 27, 2013
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American diplomats around the world are embracing social media to better connect with people both at home and abroad.
Internet
Mar 7, 2013
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