Human implications of digital media
Warning: potential employers are looking at your social media profiles
Users should be increasingly cautious about what they post on social media - even students - as insitutions and employers look on.
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Why chasing happiness could actually have the opposite effect
New research suggests that, social pressure to feel happy can actually have the opposite effect and might contribute to the prevalence of depression.
Social Media
Smartphones haven't made us into activists. They've turned us into helpless bystanders.
Our phones make us feel like social-media activists, but they’re actually turning us into bystanders.
Global
The delicate art of engaging with Trump on Twitter
With US President Donald Trump foregoing traditional niceties by on his personal Twitter account, only a handful of world leaders have engaged directly with him on social media.
Social Media
Which European country has the most trusted media?
What do stories about Hilary Clinton selling weapons to ISIS, Donald Trump being endorsed by the Pope and the EU costing the UK £350 million every week have in common?
Science & Technology
In a connected world, people are feeling lonelier
Despite the increasing popularity of humanized products like Amazon’s Echo, Apple’s Siri, and iRobot’s pet-like Roomba vacuum, people are feeling more alone or isolated than ever.
Science & Technology
Here's what Google is rumoured to launch later this year
Everything Google is rumoured to be launching in 2017
Science & Technology
Happy or sad, this is how the internet can tell
Each time we post on social media, we leave traces of our mood.
Science & Technology
There's still a digital gap in America, and it's to do with where you live
A digital gap between rural and non-rural America persists, according to new data from Pew Research Center.
Work
How to get around your networking phobia and get ahead
Networking is important for career growth but not everyone loves it.
Science & Technology
Think older people are technophobes? Think again
Roughly two-thirds of those age 65 and older now go online and a record number now own smartphones.
Media, Entertainment and Information
Building a global debunker for fake news
The spread of false information has always been with us, but it is something we face every day in the digital age. At the core of the problem of misinformation is confirmation bias – we t...
Human implications of digital media
#MacronLeaks changed political campaigning. Why Macron succeeded and Clinton failed
Using technology to counteract computational propaganda may be our only hope to preserve democracy as we know it. And Macron’s campaign is a prime example of that.
Social Media
Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles are an exaggerated threat. Here's why
A new study suggests that concerns about fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles were overstated, if not wrong.
Science & Technology
Facebook is about to hit 2 billion users. Here’s a closer look at the rise of the social giant
As the number of monthly active users approaches 2 billion, here’s a timeline of Facebook’s incredible journey, starting in a Harvard dorm room.