Researchers got 128 students at a middle school to use Twitter to further their science learning. And what happened? These students learned how to connect science to real life.
Police tap into social media to do their job.
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Government agencies are turning to social media as a new way to engage with their constituencies. Practitioners in the trenches are excited about the possibilities – while some academics are less so.
More visual coverage of the campaign means more material that is shareable and alterable.
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After a selfie-snapping man was mauled to death by a bear, a psychologist wonders why people feel so compelled to capture and share images of themselves.
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.
Commuters react to the Brussels attacks.
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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.
Just a few of Donald Trump’s Twitter followers.
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