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
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It’s not just the likes of Gary Lineker who can get in trouble for tweeting.
Experts have been considering whether TikTok is worse in terms of privacy or security than other, US-based apps.
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TikTok has been banned from UK government devices, but it’s easy for all social media platforms to harvest your data.
Perpetrators often utilize the numerous social media, messaging apps, games and forums available online to initiate contact with potential victims.
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Many children and adolescents fall victim to online exploitation, but there are some steps parents can take to protect their children online.
What goes on in the Twitter shadows.
New research shows that antisemitic posts surged as the ‘free speech absolutist’ took over the social media giant. And it has settled at a higher level since.
Resolved: BBC football presenter, Gary Lineker, has reached a deal with the BBC and will return to work at the weekend.
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Over the past few years, most big media organisations have updated their social media rules.
A drag queen reads to a group of parents and kids at a library in Los Angeles in July 2019.
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Emphasizing threats to children is a well-worn refrain among those worried about the decline of American culture and values.
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The crisis has highlighted unresolved questions about the role of journalism in the age of social media.
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Teenage chef Debbie commenced her decade-long tenure at the Australian Women’s Weekly in July 1954 – and her recipes could help with your ‘matrimony prospects’.
TikTok has been banned on government employees’ devices in the EU and US.
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The evidence on whether TikTok poses a risk to users’ privacy and security.
Influencers have started filming themselves shopping for supplies, prepping food, refilling containers and organizing their pantries.
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Maybe you can’t have a designer kitchen. But you can still beautify your bulk food storage.