Social media sites' responses to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and new European privacy regulations have given users much more control over who can access their data, and for what purposes. To me, as a social media ...
Internet
Jun 6, 2018
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Social media has greatly changed how all sorts of companies can interact with their audiences and customers. A new study suggests that even brands dedicated to positive social change tend to use social media as a way to promote ...
Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2017
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(AP) -- Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or just work to retain customers, according to ...
Internet
May 5, 2009
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For more than a decade we've been deeply immersed in a love affair with social media. And the thought of ending things can be painful. But like any relationship, if social media is no longer making you happy—and if curating ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2022
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When controversial laws are passed, people take to social media to share their thoughts, vent frustrations and encourage action. And just as often, people criticize those making such posts as "clicktivists," or simply being ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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The study found a "systematic and quantifiable pattern" of political parties officers opting against fielding minority candidates where they perceive that their non-white appearance might prevent a win. This includes constituencies ...
Political science
Jan 11, 2021
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A new project in the Department of Sociology in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is studying the acute rise in anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2020
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In times of crisis, conspiracy theories can spread as fast as a virus.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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When it comes to food technology, the information shared on social media often trumps the facts put out by the scientific community and food experts, leading to the dissemination of disinformation, "fake news" and conspiracy ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2019
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Today is Data Privacy/Protection Day 2016 and experts in the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at The University of Nottingham are launching a Twitter based campaign to look at the way personal digital data is being ...
Internet
Jan 29, 2016
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