Controlling the spread of misinformation on social media platforms has spurred important conversations about censorship and freedom of speech.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2022
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NASA is seeking suggestions from the public for a message to beam far, far out into space to the probe Voyager 1 in time for the 40th anniversary of its launch.
Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2017
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People take to Twitter to talk about everything from politics to breakfast to Justin Bieber in what feels like a chaotic stream of messages. So it may come as a surprise that the conversations on the short messaging service ...
Internet
Feb 21, 2014
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If you think keeping up with what's happening via Twitter, Facebook and other social media is like drinking from a fire hose, multiply that by 7 billion – and you'll have a sense of what Court Corley wakes up to every morning.
Computer Sciences
Jun 7, 2013
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The push for campaign finance reform may be driven by a tendency to overestimate the power of political messages to influence other people's opinions, according to researchers.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2011
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A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that Americans prefer to read political articles that agree with the opinions they already hold.
Social Sciences
May 28, 2009
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As the COVID-19 pandemic raged throughout the country in 2020, politics, memes and public messaging converged to dramatically influence individuals' decisions regarding the in-development COVID vaccines, according to a new ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2024
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Six weeks remain for you to add your name to a microchip that will ride aboard the spacecraft as it explores Jupiter's moon Europa.
Astronomy
Nov 13, 2023
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Keeping in touch via video, phone and instant messaging was little help in preventing a rise in people's anxiety and depression during the pandemic lockdowns, a major new U.K. study has found.
Social Sciences
May 23, 2023
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Social media sites that show a white person sharing a message about racial justice are more likely to convince other white people of the benefits of the cause, but they also limit the visibility of Black activists.
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2022
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