Ilana Horwitz, Tulane University With birthday celebrations being downsized, religious services moving back online and indoor playdates getting canceled, millions of Americans are having fewer…
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Manipulation And Misinformation On Social Media – How ‘Engagement’ Makes You Vulnerable
Filippo Menczer, Indiana University Facebook has been quietly experimenting with reducing the amount of political content it puts in users’ news feeds. The move is…
The deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January exposed the power of social media to influence real-world behavior and incite violence. But many adolescents,…
Search engines are one of society’s primary gateways to information and people, but they are also conduits for misinformation. Similar to problematic social media algorithms,…
MacKenzie Scott’s $5.8 Billion Commitment To Social And Economic Justice Is A Model For Other Donors
The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Dec. 15 that she had given almost US$4.2 billion to hundreds of nonprofits. It was her second…
Parler The Social Media Platform Attracts Millions Of Trump Supporters, Bringing Together Mainstream Conservatives, Anti-Semites And White Supremacists
Since the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Parler has caught on among right-wing politicians and “influencers” – people with large online followings – as a social…
Venmo and Cash App – The Rise Of Digital Handouts, What It Says About Our Fraying Social Safety Net
A college student pleading for grocery money. A driver in need of an unexpected car repair. A worker out of a job because of the…
Rural Health Cooperatives Are Innovating But Are Challenged By Connectivity And Social Distancing
Rural areas are seeing some of the fastest spread of the COVID-19 in the U.S., taxing already stressed rural health care systems. Researchers Tanisa Adimu…
TikTok, a social media platform targeted at young mobile phone users, was the second-most downloaded app in the world in 2019. It was the most…
Honey bees can’t practice social distancing, so they stay healthy in close quarters by working together
As many states and cities across the U.S. struggle to control COVID-19 transmission, one challenge is curbing the spread among people living in close quarters.…