Legal restrictions placed on the amount of time young people in China can play video games may be less effective than originally thought, a new study has revealed.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2023
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The largest independent scientific study ever conducted, investigating the spread of Facebook across the globe found no evidence that the social media platform's worldwide penetration is linked to widespread psychological ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2023
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New research based on thousands of reviews posted on Amazon shows that when people received free products in exchange for reviews, their ratings were significantly inflated—and product sales were stronger—even though ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2023
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A recent claim by South Korean researchers that they have created a material which works as a superconductor at room temperature—long a holy grail of physics—has been met with huge excitement on social media but skepticism ...
Superconductivity
Aug 9, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic created a global increase in domestic violence against women. Now, an MIT-led experiment designed with that fact in mind shows that some forms of social media can increase awareness among women about ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2023
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The Social Media Archive at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has released data focusing on the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes during the U.S. 2020 elections.
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2023
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A study recently published in Psychological Science reveals that when people repeatedly encounter headlines about corporate wrongdoing, they view the wrongdoing as less unethical and are more likely to believe the headlines ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
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When people who publicly reject COVID-19 vaccines later die from the disease, observers have complex reactions to their fates, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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Partisan politics played a role in exacerbating public health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study suggests that partisan politics could also play a role in addressing those challenges—at least when it comes ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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Young citizens across the globe vote at relatively low rates, which contributes to political parties' de-prioritizing issues that matter to youth, from climate change to well-paying jobs.
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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