Yahoo Inc. and Facebook Inc. are joining forces to test an iconic 1960s-era social experiment that showed there are just six degrees of separation between most people on the planet.
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2011
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A new study analysing interactions between players in a virtual universe game has for the first time provided large-scale evidence to prove an 80 year old psychological theory called Structural Balance Theory. The research, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2010
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Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else.
Internet
Sep 5, 2010
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Facebook helps people feel connected, but it doesn't necessarily make them happier, a new study shows. Facebook use actually predicts declines in a user's well-being, according to a University of Michigan study that is the ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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Google said Monday it will close the consumer version of its online social network sooner than originally planned due to the discovery of a new software bug.
Internet
Dec 10, 2018
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg wants people to be able to quickly express broader ranges of feelings at the leading online social network, but a "dislike" button doesn't make the cut.
Internet
Dec 12, 2014
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Social media are among the primary sources of news in the U.S. and across the world. Yet users are exposed to content of questionable accuracy, including conspiracy theories, clickbait, hyperpartisan content, pseudo science ...
Internet
Jun 20, 2018
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Fifteen years ago, the name "Aiden" was hardly on the radar of Americans with new babies. It ranked a lowly 324th on the Social Security Administration's list of popular baby names. But less than a decade later, the name ...
General Physics
Feb 2, 2015
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It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it's showing no signs of slowing down.
Other
Feb 4, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email that content ...
Economics & Business
Nov 26, 2009
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