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How Your Facebook Friendships Could Impact Your Risk of Premature Death
A recent study reveals that regions with stronger ties between individuals of varying socioeconomic backgrounds, as indicated by their Facebook friendships, have remarkably lower rates…
Russian Twitter Campaigns During the 2016 Presidential Race Didn’t Change Voting Behavior
A new study by NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics shows that Russian Twitter campaigns during the 2016 presidential race primarily reached a small…
COVID Pandemic Mood: Much Worse Than a Bad Monday
A new study led by MIT researchers attempts to measure how the pandemic affected public sentiment through a massive examination of hundreds of millions social…
MIT Scientists Find Clues to Why Fake News Snowballs on Social Media
MIT researchers built a theoretical model to study how news spreads on a Twitter-like social network and found that when a network is highly connected…
What’s Fueling Political Polarization Across the US? People Unknowingly Grouping Themselves Together Online
As people curate their online news feeds, they may be unwillingly sorting themselves into polarized networks. Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University As people curate their…
Groups of Laypeople Reliably Rate Stories As Effectively as Fact-Checkers
Crowds Can Wise Up To Fake News Experiment with Facebook-flagged content shows groups of laypeople reliably rate stories as effectively as fact-checkers do. In the…
Steer Clear of the Influencers? Surprising Source of Social Influence Discovered in New Research
Want to promote your new product or trigger a shift in thinking? Steer clear of the influencers. Imagine you’re a CEO who wants to promote…
Correcting Online Falsehoods Can Make Matters Worse
Not only is misinformation increasing online, but attempting to correct it politely on Twitter can have negative consequences, leading to even less-accurate tweets and more…
MIT Twitter Experiment Shows Clear Self-Selection Into Social Media “Echo Chambers” Due to Political Preferences
MIT scholars have found that Twitter users are three times more likely to follow other Twitter accounts they are aligned with in political terms, showing…
COVID-19 Warnings Were on Twitter Well Before the Official Outbreak of the Pandemic
New study shows that posts revealing concern for ‘pneumonia’ circulated very early, suggesting social media can be an effective tool for epidemiological surveillance. Even before…
What Russian Interference in U.S. Elections Might Look Like in 2020
What does Vladimir Putin have to gain from meddling? A University of Chicago scholar explains. As the 2020 election approaches, Russia is back in the…
The Hype Machine: Why Social Media Has Changed the World — And How to Fix It
MIT professor Sinan Aral’s new book, “The Hype Machine,” examines the dynamics of social media and suggests new ways to prevent online information from exacerbating…
COVID-19 / 5G Infodemic: A Perfect Storm for Conspiracy Theories
COVID-19 a perfect storm for conspiracy theories – QUT research tracks Facebook rumors of 5G causing the pandemic. Credit: QUT Marketing and Communication As the…
New Research Shows Candidates Who Use Humor on Twitter May Find the Joke Is on Them
Study finds funny stuff reduces credibility and support. Political candidates’ use of humor on social media could sometimes backfire on them with potential supporters, new…
Healthier and Happier Without Facebook – Reduce Usage to Feel Better All Round
People who reduce the time they spend on Facebook smoke less, are more active and feel better all round. Two weeks of 20 minutes less…
MIT: How Putting Warning Labels on Fake News Can Backfire
A new study co-authored by MIT Professor David Rand shows that labeling some news stories as false makes all other news stories seem more legitimate…
Linguistic Analysis: Without Twitter, Donald Trump Would Not Be in the White House Today
If not for Twitter, Donald Trump may not be in the White House today. ‘Going Negative’: How Trump Has Changed the Twitter Narrative If not…
Anger, Anxiety, Insomnia: Predicting Lonely Twitter Users by Their Tweets
Loneliness is estimated to affect roughly one in five adults in the United States. It also stands as a public health crisis because loneliness has…