As cities have shut down and residential compounds have issued curfews, social media in China have become more important than ever. But it is a place of rumours and mistruths.
The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities.
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Misinformation spreads fast when people are afraid and a contagious and potentially fatal disease is frightening. This provides the ideal emotionally charged context for rumours to thrive.
Two people, one profile pic.
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Social psychologists investigated why Facebook users post profile pics of themselves with a romantic partner and how those online displays are interpreted by others.
Jo Martin as a parallel Doctor Who in the latest series.
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Doctor Who has always been progressive – but now it appears it’s a little too ‘ woke’ for many of its fans.
A motorcyclist rides across a bridge in Wuhan, China, in January 2020. The city as banned most vehicle use downtown in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the 2019-nCoV outbreak, is now under lockdown. What does that mean for its 11 million citizens, and for the rest of the world?
Medical workers talk with a woman suspected of being ill with a coronavirus at a community health station in Wuhan, China, in January 2020.
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New research has identified the main triggers of this psychological phenomenon, the contexts in which it happens and the types of fears involved in it.
Thanks to algorithms, outrage often snowballs.
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Social media is the wild west, and Big Tobacco loves it.
Research by Relationships Australia released in 2018 revealed one in six Australians experience emotional loneliness, which means they lack meaningful relationships in their lives.
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There is heavy social media use among both the most lonely and least lonely people. So what exactly is the relationship between social media use and loneliness?
We can’t stop jurors accessing the internet, but we can educate them and encourage self-regulation.
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Does a fair trial exist in the social media age? The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute has released recommendations around juries and their smart devices.
One-fifth of U.S. teen girls reported experiencing major depression in 2017.
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New research finds that the different ways boys and girls use digital technology might explain the discrepancy.
Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leafs Foods, speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Toronto in April 2011.
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Michael McCain has been criticized for maligning Donald Trump on the Maple Leaf Foods corporate Twitter account over Flight PS752. But strong leaders don’t shy away from taking a stand.
Humans are barraged by digital media 24/7. Is it a problem?
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Most of us spend hours each day glued to some type of screen for work or play. But is that a bad thing? Has anyone got the data to figure it out? Now is the time for ‘The Human Screenome Project.’
Wombats may not usher other animals into their burrows, but their warrens still protect other species in bushfires.
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