News tagged with social scientists
Twitter buys startup that analyzes online sharing
Julpan on Wednesday announced that Twitter has bought the startup that specializes in sifting relevant or important data from blogs, tweets, and other online social content.
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Observations of climate change from indigenous Alaskans
Personal interviews with Alaska Natives in the Yukon River Basin provide unique insights on climate change and its impacts, helping develop adaptation strategies for these local communities.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Did the world really change? Marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks
A specially commissioned set of essays, published in the September 2011 issue of the Geographical Journal, argues that in the years following the 9/11 terrorist attacks the world did change, but not always in ways antici ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Facebook, Yahoo to test 'six degrees of separation'
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.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Why do pivotal cultural differences among countries exist?
In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 26, 2011 |
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Race in America: Scholars examine race, inequality and culture in a 21st-century landscape
Four Northwestern University scholars authored or co-authored three essays in "Race, Inequality, and Culture." In the new issue of Daedalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22 prominent social scientists ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 04, 2011 |
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Study shows disorder may cause an increase stereotyping
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study performed by Dutch social scientists Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, suggests that people may resort to stereotyping to cope with ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Economists say beautiful people are happier
(PhysOrg.com) -- Good-looking people are generally happier than their plain looking or unattractive counterparts, largely because of the higher salaries, other economic benefits and more successful spouses that come with ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Experimental philosophy opens new avenues into old questions
Philosophers have argued for centuries, millennia actually, about whether our lives are guided by our own free will or are predetermined as the result of a continuous chain of events over which we have no control.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Google backs research to improve social networks
Cornell researchers will collaborate with Google experts to improve group interaction in online social networks. The work will be supported by a grant of $800,000 from Google Inc.
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Left is mean but right is meaner, says new study of political discourse
While the tragic shooting in Arizona has spotlighted the vitriol that seems to pervade political commentary, objective research examining the scope of this disturbing phenomenon has been lacking. In the first published study ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Study: Charismatic leadership can be measured, learned
How do you measure charisma? That's the question UT professor Kenneth Levine seeks to answer.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Computer science researchers provide insight into how we understand social networking
The rise of social media has allowed people to connect and re-connect with friends, colleagues and family from across the world. A new paper by University of Minnesota computer scientists in the College of Science and Engineering ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Next generation of algorithms inspired by problem-solving ants
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ant colony is the last place you'd expect to find a maths whiz, but University of Sydney researchers have shown that the humble ant is capable of solving difficult mathematical problems.
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Not-so-confidential confidantes: Research shows that locations of online photos may reveal your friendships
Comparing the locations of photos posted on the Internet with social network contacts, Cornell University computer scientists have found that as few as three "co-locations" for images at different times and places could predict ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 08, 2010 |
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