White supremacist groups are still highly active on social networking sites: study
A recent study claims that dozens of white supremacist groups are still…
Researchers convey the effectiveness of using social media influencers to advocate social distancing guidelines among adolescents
A research group at the University of Cambridge turned to online mass…
Social media is not a determining factor when patients are seeking physicians on the web
A research team at George Washington University evaluated 715 US-based adult participants…
Excessive preoccupation with editing selfies linked to low mood and body satisfaction
An excessive preoccupation with editing self-portraits on social media could have negative…
How credibility indicators could combat the flow of misinformation on social media
The new study was conducted by researchers at the New York University…
Researchers dissect algorithm curation of video recommendations on YouTube
A research coalition affiliated with the French National Centre for Scientific Research…
Conservative media and social networking sites are contributing to the spread of COVID-19 misinformation
Misinformation on COVID-19 making the rounds on social networking sites is more…
Academics are not critically assessing their sources of online information
Researchers found that students are prioritizing online information rather than traditional teaching…
Online-based propaganda raises the demand for corporate corrective response
The study, as published in the peer-reviewed journal Mass Communication and Society,…
A US-based study probed the spread of political and pandemic propaganda on Facebook’s advertising network
In the findings, as published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, researchers…
Stress and nomophobia associated with patterns of stress-evoking media use
During times of stress and nomophobia, a group of researchers studied its…
Widespread anti-vaccination misinformation on social media regressing trust in medical experts
New research published in the HKS Misinformation Review investigates the surge of…