Social networks act as political rallying sites, report says
A Pew Research Center report indicated that online social networks have become political hotspots in the United States.
Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Expert says 10,000 extremist websites on the web
There are more than 10,000 extremist websites on the Internet compared to fewer than 100 countering them, an analyst Tuesday told a conference which stressed the need to rebut militant propaganda.
Mar 26, 2013
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Mobile phones have given the Chinese a voice
Mobile technology has provided the Chinese with an opportunity to voice individual and collective popular protests. And with over 1 billion mobile subscribers in China, the voices are heard. A new PhD thesis from the University ...
Mar 08, 2013
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America's partisan divide: Not as simple as it seems
(Phys.org)—Is the United States a bitterly divided country, split along harsh partisan political lines, or are we a nation composed mostly of moderates trapped between the extremists yelling from either end of the ideological ...
Feb 08, 2013
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Social media rules Italy's austerity elections
Italy's election candidates have swapped street rallies for Obama-style social media campaigns, sparking feisty online debates among sceptical and irreverent younger voters.
Feb 07, 2013
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Assange: WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks
If you're making a movie about WikiLeaks, this is the kind of thing you probably see coming.
Jan 26, 2013
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Pope on social networking: the virtual is real
(AP)—Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to ...
Jan 24, 2013
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Greek hospitals, university hit in student server shutdown
Several Greek hospitals and one of the country's main universities have suffered an Internet blackout after students shut down a central server to thwart board elections, an official said on Tuesday.
Nov 13, 2012
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Barack Obama, Twitter, and the 'intimization' of politics
2012's been quite a year for tweeters. First we had the Twitter Olympics. Now, Barack Obama's first impulse, on hearing of his re-election as President of the United States, was to tweet out thanks to the ...
Nov 09, 2012
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Attitudes toward African-Americans have worsened since 2008, research finds
(Phys.org)—This might not be a "post-racial" era after all.
Nov 02, 2012
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Researchers measure debate reactions in real time
(Phys.org)—As Election Day draws nearer, many people are watching the presidential debates with interest. This fall, a team of media and communication professors and students at Texas Tech University are watching the debates ...
Oct 22, 2012
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Presidential candidate body language plays little role in voter perception
Viewer impressions of political candidates are heavily weighted to the content of their speech rather than the body language, a new study published in the Journal of Communication has found. The research, conducted by a t ...
Oct 16, 2012
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Presidential campaigns say as much about U.S. culture as candidates
(Phys.org)—American presidential campaigns provide a unique window into our society, according to a University of Michigan anthropologist.
Oct 16, 2012
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The GOP has a feminine face, study finds
At least when it comes to female politicians, perhaps you can judge a book by its cover, suggest two UCLA researchers who looked at facial features and political stances in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sep 27, 2012
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Study looks at use of social media in public diplomacy
(Phys.org)—The use of social media for the purpose of public diplomacy has increasingly drawn the attention of U.S. diplomacy professionals, observers and political analysts especially after the recent ...
Sep 18, 2012
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