The Canadian author made the mistake of questioning the #MeToo campaign and was savaged on social media.
Although measures of teen and adult happiness dropped during the high unemployment rates of the Great Recession, it didn’t rebound when the economy started to improve.
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Changes in how we’re spending our free time is a likely culprit.
Bullet Club wrestlers, from left to right, Nick Jackson, Adam ‘Hangman’ Page and Matt Jackson are at the forefront of an indie wrestling boom.
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Tech companies are beginning to recognise that there is an ethical dimension to their work, and that they have some responsibility for the well-being of their users.
Footballers and other sports stars are the giants of social media, amassing millions of followers. But does it provide value for money and will the relationship last?
Rohingya Muslim women who fled Myanmar for Bangladesh stretch their arms out to collect aid distributed by relief agencies in this September 2017 photo. A campaign of killings, rape and arson attacks by security forces and Buddhist-aligned mobs have sent more than 850,000 of the country’s 1.3 million Rohingya fleeing.
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Facebook is unwittingly helping fuel a genocide against the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Does Cuba’s internet model provide lessons to manage social media amid political chaos?
It’s time to build trust.
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China’s most popular social media app WeChat is on the rise in Australia thanks to demand from Chinese students and tourists. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to use it.
New media is setting the tone in Kenya.
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Across Africa, mainstream media have traditionally been the unrivalled custodians and originators of the public agenda. But this year social media took over as a new regime of information.
Facebook’s Messenger Kids has sparked debate about what age children should be using messaging apps.
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Many parents are fearful about their children being online. Messaging services for children could help both kids and parents learn how to communicate safely and respectfully in the digital space.
Studies have found scrolling through Instagram is linked with increased depression.
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We often hear reports of the effect of social media on teens’ mental health. So what does the science say about it?
The apparently growing practIce of governments and government officials blocking critics on social media has serious implications for freedom of expression.
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Citizens should be free to criticize government authorities on social media platforms, and muzzling such criticism may well be unconstitutional.
Engaging with your teen’s online world will make it easier to have difficult conversations about some of the risks and ways to manage them.
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Parents should ask their teens to show them how they use social media and how it works so they can have conversations about what the risks are and how to reduce them.
Are you a Facebook addict? Here’s how to find out.
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The combination of a divisive political climate and widespread use of social media networks to share controversial material has many people asking this question. Here’s what Aristotle would say.
The ‘bikini bridge’ phenomenon caught on quickly because it reflected the cultural expectations placed on women’s bodies.
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The ‘bikini bridge’ may have been a hoax, but its damage to women’s body image was real, demonstrating yet again the disturbing set of pressures social media places on young women.,