The bestselling title is already a serious contender for the Game Awards’ Game of the Year.
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Despite calls to boycott the game by trans activists, the game has proved wildly popular – particularly among Black gamers.
The world of influencing is not always as honest and exciting as it’s cracked up to be.
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As social media becomes more prevalent in our lives, a career as an influencer may seem enticing. But those interested in this new career should be aware of the challenges.
Journalists take cover during March 2023 protests in Kenya.
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There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Teenagers using social media filters.
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The damaging effect of social media filters is rarely taught in schools.
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Rightwing activists are creating a ‘parallel economy’ to compete with mainstream tech and financial systems.
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Generational faultlines are made visible by the way we use punctuation and text formatting in online communication. Tone of voice is a tricky thing to convey.
Social media algorithms are programmed to swoop in and flag certain words.
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The aggressive efforts of social media platforms to police language have spawned a new lexicon meant to evade censors.
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Our research showed reading as a teenager was a stronger indicator of curiosity than, say, their mathematical ability.
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Young people told us that adults’ views about online harms rarely reflected their own.
Models wearing outfits that reflect traditional Chinese culture walk the runway during China’s International Fashion Week in March 2023.
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Contemporary beauty culture in China blends traditional Chinese culture with modern aesthetics and global influences.
Attention isn’t a single mechanism, but rather the result of a number of different mechanisms across various areas of the brain.
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With most social media users logging in at least once a day, and one-third of teens using these apps almost constantly, it raises the issue of whether social media is hurting our attention abilities.
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Learning how online misogynists use language can help teachers and parents intervene in radicalisation.
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The platform has already faced bans in a number of other countries – most of them citing privacy and surveillance concerns.
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Pranking your intimate partner to gain clout online is not as innocent as it might seem.
Constant distractions affect our ability to concentrate.
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With the proliferation of social media platforms, smart devices and apps, the demands on our attention have never been greater. But how is this affecting our ability to process and retain information?
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A video allegedly showing a 13-year-old being assaulted in Queensland went viral online. Simply viewing such material can be a criminal offence.
Research confirms the adverse effects of social media on mental health.
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Some commercial products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and social and health inequity. Large transnational corporations are especially to blame.
Chinese shoppers are increasingly using a video app when they need to complain.
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Chinese shoppers find a TikTok-style app is helpful for complaining.
Is a wildly popular social media app a threat to U.S. citizens?
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What data privacy risk does TikTok pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
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My research reiterates the roles of TikTok in fostering hate speech in elections