A team of researchers from Ca'Foscari Univerity of Venice, the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, the University of Brescia and the Sapienza University of Rome has found that different kinds of social media ...
Americans who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and COVID-19, a survey showed Monday.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2021
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Despite COVID-19 restrictions and the risk of animal to human disease transmission, illegal wildlife trade on social media networks has continued, with wild animals sometimes sold as 'lockdown pets'. Researchers from Oxford ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2020
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As election rhetoric and social issues heated up over the summer, the amount of popular "iffy" social media content on key themes rose as well, but less so on the topic that has dominated much of the national discussion this ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2020
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Back in the day, if you liked a brand, you bought and used its products, perhaps mentioning or even recommending to friends and family. Today, the ubiquity of social media means that consumers have so many additional, albeit ...
Economics & Business
Aug 4, 2020
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There's a price to pay when you get your news and political information from the same place you find funny memes and cat pictures, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2020
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You've been harassed online and the social platform has removed the offending post, so that's it, right? End of story.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2020
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As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend life and business around the globe, countless industries are struggling to adjust how they operate in unprecedented circumstances. The media industry finds itself in a similar ...
Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2020
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Like adults, children use the news to learn about what's happening in the world. But the circulation of misinformation, such as the recent spread of fake news about COVID-19 (the disease caused by coronavirus), blurs our ...
Education
Feb 25, 2020
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Applying for a job? Don't come across as self-absorbed on your Facebook page. Don't express your strong views on potentially controversial topics either. According to researchers at Penn State, job recruiters are less likely ...
Economics & Business
Feb 5, 2020
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