In the 2011-12 elections, government leaders in Russia underestimated the power of the internet and it impacted the outcome of the elections. The open internet provided an opportunity for the opposition to communicate and ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2017
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A Virginia Tech College of Science economics researcher says the popular social media website Facebook - and its open sharing of information - is a vital and often a significant tool against government corruption in countries ...
Economics & Business
Apr 24, 2017
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A new nationally representative survey of American teenagers age 13-17 finds that teens have shifted their favored social media platforms and are now most likely to use Instagram and Snapchat. The study by The Associated ...
Internet
Apr 21, 2017
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Ivory tower tweeters, Instagrammers and bloggers are using social media to break down barriers and make academic research more accessible to everyone, say Massey University academics.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2017
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The advent of social media has led to a vast increase in the amount of social information that we see about others' political behaviour and this has important implications for democracy, argues Professor Helen Margetts in ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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The more things change, the more they stay the same for female internet entrepreneurs.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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It's not an easy time for scientists to talk to the wider public. The US president, Donald Trump, has called global warming "bullshit" and a "Chinese hoax". In the UK, leave campaigner and MP Michael Gove famously declared ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2017
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Image-curation website Pinterest has become the latest social media service blocked in China, checks on censorship monitoring websites indicated Friday.
Internet
Mar 17, 2017
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The fallout from the poorly received ending of the third video game in the popular series Mass Effect could doom the upcoming release of "Mass Effect: Andromeda," say researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Software
Mar 16, 2017
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The more time a young adult uses social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated, according to a national analysis led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists. In addition to the time spent ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2017
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