Tag Archives: social media
How science is presented and consumed on Facebook
This post is a breakdown of the Pew study titled The Science People See on Social Media, published March 21, 2018. Without further ado… In an effort to better understand the science information that social media users encounter on these … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, IFLScience, Mehmet Oz, Pew Research Center, scientific discoveries, scientific research, social media, social network, Twitter, user engagement
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Hey, is anybody watching Facebook?
The Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013 kicked off a flurry of social media activity that was equal parts well-meaning and counterproductive. Users on Facebook and Twitter shared reports, updates and photos of victims, spending little time on verifying them … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Graph Search, machine learning, Patrick Meier, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, situational awareness, social media, Twitter
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Go slow on the social media
Why whether the social media will inspire direct political mobilization in India is hard to say. Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Lok Sabha polls, elections, mobilization, political campaigning, social media
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Notes: News aggregation
Access to multiple sources of news over the internet increases aspirations corresponding to news consumption: readers don’t have to restrict themselves anymore to news that we or they think will be useful to them. Consequently, news aggregators become more than … Continue reading
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Tagged aggregators, automation, commoditization of information, RSS readers, social media
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