In the weeks before and after the 2020 presidential election, researchers ran a number of tests to try to understand how much Facebook and its corporate cousin, Instagram, may be contributing to the nation's political divide.
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Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 27, 2023
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The Social Media Archive at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has released data focusing on the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes during the U.S. 2020 elections.
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2023
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A USC study of Instagram shows that a picture and a video are worth more than just a thousand words. They can fuel a human rights movement.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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Facebook's Instagram service is loosening its restraints on video in an attempt to lure younger viewers away from YouTube when they're looking for something to watch on their smartphones.
Internet
Jun 20, 2018
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Like them or not, there's more proof that selfies aren't going away any time soon. Georgia Institute of Technology and Yahoo Labs researchers looked at 1.1 million photos on Instagram and found that pictures with human faces ...
Internet
Mar 20, 2014
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Instagram on Thursday unveiled a new service allowing its 150 million members to send private photo and video messages to friends and loved ones in an increasingly competitive market.
Internet
Dec 12, 2013
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Instagram began displaying ads, as Facebook moved to start making money from the smartphone photo sharing service it bought in a billion-dollar deal last year.
Internet
Nov 2, 2013
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Twitter has overtaken Facebook as the most popular social network among US teens, according to a new survey.
Internet
Oct 9, 2013
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Facebook is adding video to its popular photo-sharing app Instagram, following in the heels of Twitter's growing video-sharing app, Vine.
Internet
Jun 20, 2013
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