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Online discourse about female victims of sexual harassment in Nigeria shows negative attitudes towards the victims.
An analysis of tweets posted by the Ukrainian national government and the Kyiv city government in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 shows a national resilience.
For some teens on social media, TikTok and Twitter aren’t all about selfies or the latest craze in online “challenges.” Some teens are using social media to advocate for social justice.
The number of immigrant voters is on the rise – and research shows that for young immigrants, social media is where they are primarily wading into politics.
The study indicates that social media platforms are central to how young adults make sense of COVID-19 news and messages.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twitter shutdown will be hard to enforce and could have dire consequences for Nigeria’s fragile democratic institutions and economy.
The platform also took down another 2,000 communities, including left-leaning groups. The move comes just months ahead of the 2020 US presidential election.
Mood tracking apps are sophisticated tools that track, measure and improve our emotions. But doing so may make our emotional data vulnerable to interested third parties.
Research into attitudes reveals some startling findings.
The ‘like’ button does far more than just express how much a person likes a particular picture or post. It could be used to make social comparisons.
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Lecturer in Criminology and Media Law, City, University of London
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Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology, Australian National University
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Ph.D. Student in Doctrinal Theology, Concordia Seminary
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
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PhD, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University
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