A new study from the Kinsey Institute reveals that only 50.5% of women who were targets of sexual harassment during online gaming identified qualifying incidents as such. This figure dropped further to only 42.2% for women ...
Social Sciences
May 7, 2024
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Journalists are supposed to go where the story takes them, unrestrained by political bias. But the online media market puts the ideal of journalistic objectivity to a severe test, as highly partisan news sources compete for ...
Economics & Business
Jan 8, 2024
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Imagine being the most qualified person for a job and not getting a call-back or not being selected for an interview.
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2023
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Digital goods are products or services that can only be purchased, transferred, and delivered online (e.g., e-books, downloadable music, online games). Such goods can generate significant benefits for consumers, but because ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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A group of U.S. senators recently called on tech giant Meta—which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger—to hand over documents related to the mental and physical harms its products cause to young people. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2023
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Two concepts—acquisition and learning—play key roles in the study of language. Although there are people who use the two terms interchangeably, in reality they embody two different processes in the development of communicative ...
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2023
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Youth in the United States are targets of cross-platform digital abuse from peers, strangers, offline acquaintances and even relatives, with threats ranging from harassment and sexual violence to financial fraud, according ...
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2023
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Reports of far-right extremists trying to recruit young people through video games have raised concerns for parents, guardians and youth alike.
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2022
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When using social virtual reality, people hide behind avatars. But is it really hiding or is it a way to express our new digital selves? A new Trinity study published in the Journal of Digital Social Research suggests it ...
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2022
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Soon after the Russian invasion, the hoaxes began. Ukrainian refugees were taking jobs, committing crimes and abusing handouts. The misinformation spread rapidly online throughout Eastern Europe, sometimes pushed by Moscow ...
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2022
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