Comments and livestreams can lead to physical fights, shootings and even death.
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Social media isn’t just mirroring conflicts happening in schools and on streets – it’s intensifying and triggering new disputes.
Camera angles and selfie composition are proxies for how you might position yourself in a room
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Selfie takers often choose to shoot the left side of their face, from above. But why exactly is that thought to make you look better?
After an Indian politician recently tried to shame a woman for wearing ripped jeans, women’s responses were swift and sharp.
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After an Indian politician disparaged a woman for her lack of morals because she was wearing ripped jeans, an online protest erupted, reviving the original protest-culture of the ripped jean.
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If it hosts the same violent rhetoric that saw Parler forced offline, Trump’s platform may be a short-lived adventure.
Too much social media can be harmful.
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It might be more helpful to talk about excessive use of social media in relation to degrees of harm rather than as “disorder” in terms of addiction.
Demonstrators shine their cellphones during a protest in St. Louis in 2020.
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A privacy expert says citizens will need to exercise their right to public protest if they want to preserve their privacy.
Fake news.
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The researchers are working on a way to train people to be better at spotting fake news.
Social media often had a positive influence.
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Our study showed that social media often had a positive influence on young people, motivating them to be healthier.
Facebook’s Oversight Board recently upheld a decision to remove posts using ethnic slurs against Azerbaijanis. Here Azerbaijani troops march during a military parade in Baku in December 2020 in celebration of a peace deal with Armenia.
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The decisions made by Facebook through its content moderators and Oversight Board have significant implications for the exercise of worldwide freedom of expression and speech.
Identify and stop the lies.
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A social psychologist explains how to avoid being misled, and how to prevent yourself – and others – from spreading inaccurate information.
The #ScienceUpFirst campaign targets online misinformation about COVID-19 that can endanger public health.
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A national coalition of scientists, communicators and health experts is empowering Canadians to work together against online misinformation about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines with #ScienceUpFirst.
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Imagine if Facebook’s content was hosted on a blockchain — across many thousands of ordinary computers — and governed equally by each of them, rather than Mark Zuckerberg.
Canada is poised to pass laws aimed at social media companies and harmful online content. Is it the right approach?
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Canada needs to think carefully about our approach to regulating online harm. Rather than going it alone and taking aim at social media companies, Canada should work with other democracies.
Bad news.
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Whatever it is that triggers you, the goal is to find the balance between using the news to stay informed and not becoming overwhelmed.
Tragedy: sorrow and concern are natural human emotions in cases like these.
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Your social media comment may prejudice the outcome of a trial, even if you don’t intend to.
The past five to 10 years have seen the rise of artificial intelligence, which is increasingly posing a threat to democracy.
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It would be naïve to think that the rise of science and technology hasn’t made it more difficult to understand the problems we face as citizens
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Indonesian gay communities dispel stigmas by using four strategies on social media.
Getting kids to put down their phones doesn’t have to be a battle.
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A psychologist explains why certain goals may be more effective than others in breaking screen habits.
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Gen X is leading the way in kicking the social media habit. And concerns about an overall ‘internet addiction’ seem overblown.
Pupils weren’t persistent in using a maths app to study the subject after school because were distracted by peers and social media apps.
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High school pupils enjoy using mobile devices for socialising. But their motivation to use devises decreases when it comes to studying online, especially unsupervised.