Facebook's high-stakes dilemma over suicide videos
Amanda Hebert felt powerless as she watched a Facebook video of her 32-year-old friend taking her own life.
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In our dis-unified nation, healing must start from within, says psychologist
Our nation is divided, says Josh Klapow, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, perhaps more than any time since the Civil War. Klapow says partisan politics, the nonstop 24-hour news cycle ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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Analysis says social networking services may foster users' negative perceptions about their own popularity, happiness
A study led by computer scientists at Indiana University has found that people with the most connections on social media are also happier. This may cause most social media users to not only regard themselves as less popular ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2017
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Are friends better for us than family?
The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family relationships, indicates new research by a Michigan State University scholar.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2017
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After the death of a friend, healing in a human social network
Wounds heal - the cells in a body knit over a cut. When a neuron dies, the brain can rewire itself to make up for the loss. And now, new research suggests, something similar seems to happen within a human social network after ...
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2017
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More people than ever before are single – and that's a good thing
The 21st century is the age of living single.
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2017
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Using Instagram can increase adolescents' closeness to friends
Your food, your vacation, your carefully curated life—all posted for your friends in a filtered image. Some may scoff at adolescents' use of social media networks as they pine for likes. Is this just frivolous behavior? ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2017
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Boys secure in their racial identity seek more diverse friendships
Kids often seek answers from parents, friends and media to better understand their racial identity.
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2017
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Social information from friends, experts could help reduce uncertainty in crowdfunding
Social information gathered from friends and experts, depending on the complexity of the product, can decrease uncertainty in crowdfunding campaigns, according to research from Binghamton University, State University of New ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 22, 2017
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Major breakthrough in search for environmentally friendly pesticide
A 'new generation' of environmentally friendly pesticides is a step closer as researchers make an important breakthrough in pest control efficiency thanks to an insect-killing fungus.
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