'Similar to ordering a pizza': How buy now, pay later apps influence young people's spending
Young people are often blamed for making irresponsible choices with money.
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2021
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What price influence?
Social media influencers can wield considerable power when it comes to advocating for brands and even causes specifically with the niche that is their following on a given platform. Among the various platforms, Instagram, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2021
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Why Twitter should share revenues with soccer players
High-profile social media users, such as actors, popstars or athletes, compete on social media for user attention, that can translate into ticket sales for concerts or movies, a better contract, or lucrative product endorsements. ...
Economics & Business
Oct 20, 2021
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Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking
Teens today have grown up on the internet, and social media has served as a space where LGBTQ youth in particular can develop their identities.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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Facebook's algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 election
An internal Facebook report found that the social media platform's algorithms—the rules its computers follow in deciding the content that you see—enabled disinformation campaigns based in Eastern Europe to reach nearly ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2021
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Abba: Who actually likes them?
It may have been almost 40 years since their last single, but Abba are now back in the charts with two new songs—I Still Have Faith in You and Don't Shut Me Down. The new songs form part of a ten-track album that will be ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2021
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New digital tools to track illegal wildlife trade online
As governments around the world turned to lockdowns and travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, smugglers used social media to find new ways to connect with potential customers.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2021
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Why companies invest in local social media influencers
Researchers from Emory University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that investigates whether geographical distance still matters when word of mouth is disseminated online.
Economics & Business
Aug 26, 2021
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Photo posts reveal huge interest in real coastal nature
What do people want when they set out to experience the world around them in coastal areas? Is it amusement parks with water slides and water skiing? Or do they value nature 'on the rocks' like in marine protected areas, ...
Ecology
Aug 20, 2021
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'Likes' and 'shares' teach people to express more outrage online
Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn such language gets rewarded with an increased number of "likes" and "shares," a new Yale University study shows.
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2021
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