Robert Kozinets, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
An analysis of social media commentary about socialism versus capitalism shows that people are talking past each other, but some are engaging in more nuanced discussions as well.
At least half of parents of young children report having encountered negative messages about vaccines on social media.
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The generation of designers broke out of their studios and took the business world by storm. Their skills could also be turned to bigger world problems.
How could they post that of me?
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The legal system is working out how much of an exclusive right you have to commercial use of your own name, image, likeness or identity – and online that doesn’t just mean in an ad.
Phones out, but today’s students are less likely to have Facebook or Twitter open.
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Young people are starting to skip the very public postings of some of social media’s original platforms. Why? And where will that leave the companies that rely on our willingness to divulge everything?
Tons of social media there for the taking… but is it truly representative of real life?
Jürgen Pfeffer
Behavioral scientists have seized on social media and their massive data sets as a way to quickly and cheaply figure out what people are thinking and doing. But some of those tweets and thumbs ups can…
Many trolleys have been reduced to roaming the countryside in search of work.
Patrick Wilkin
Ever since there were shops, people have enjoyed window shopping. But a new phenomenon is emerging that takes the habit to the extreme. If you save things to your Amazon wishlist without ever actually…
Mark Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq’s opening bell from the Facebook Headquarters in California.
EPA/Zef Nikolla
With almost a billion accounts and growing, Facebook still has as strong a lock on the concept of sharing as Google does on the concept of search. As such, while no company is immune to failure, the current…
Pinterest’s tasty layout is only part of its appeal.
Pinterest
“I’m still trying to understand the whole thing but there must be something to it. It’s really popular!” That’s my sister-in-law writing on Facebook in late January about Pinterest – one of the real up-and-comers…