When an earthquake hits, it makes more than just seismic waves. Extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and terrorist attacks also produce waves of immediate online social interactions, in the form of Tweets, that offer ...
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2014
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Twitter provides an avenue for female sports broadcasters to break down gender barriers, yet it currently serves to express their subordinate sports media roles.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2014
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Hospital operator Community Health Systems said a cyberattack took information on more than 4 million patients from its computer network earlier this year.
Security
Aug 18, 2014
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Silverback gorillas appear to use odor as a form of communication to other gorillas, according to a study published July 9, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michelle Klailova from University of Stirling, UK, and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2014
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Authorities around the world should set up emergency communication teams to manage the amount of misinformation circulating on social media during disasters, terrorist attacks and other social crises.
Internet
Apr 7, 2014
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Disasters both natural and human-caused can damage or destroy data and communications networks. Several presentations at the 2014 OFC Conference and Exposition, being held March 9-13 in San Francisco, Calif., USA will present ...
Telecom
Mar 5, 2014
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The belief that we consider ourselves better than our peers holds true to convicted criminals as well.
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2014
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Those looking for honest companies to invest in might want to check out businesses based in more religious communities, suggests a new paper from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2013
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Social media, and Facebook and Twitter in particular, are increasingly being turned to in times of crisis.
Internet
Oct 15, 2013
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(Phys.org) —It bothered Lindsay Hoffman and colleagues to see other researchers making broad yet vague claims about the role social media plays in political participation. So they decided to study it.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2013
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