• Study uncovers six basic types of Twitter conversations

    Study uncovers six basic types of Twitter conversations

    Feb 20, 2014 05:00 PM EDT

    ... was also taken for specific periods of times and the researchers note it does not represent the sentiments of the full population of Twitter. Plus, Twitter users are still a relatively small demographic. According to the 2013 Pew Social Media Update only 18 percent of Internet users use Twitter and ...

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    Twitter Chat: Is anything private online?

    Feb 19, 2014 05:12 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. More than 70 percent of adults who go online use a social networking site of some kind. The popularity of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and ...

  • Twitter Chat: Where does the conflict in Syria stand?

    Twitter Chat: Where does the conflict in Syria stand?

    Feb 13, 2014 06:10 PM EDT

    ... the University of Oklahoma will take questions during the weekly Twitter Chat on Feb. 13 from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Tweet us questions using the #newshourchats or by leaving them in the comments below and join us on Twitter for the discussion or by watching the conversation below.

  • Twitter Chat: What are the long-term effects of sleeping less?

    Twitter Chat: What are the long-term effects of sleeping less?

    Feb 06, 2014 03:25 PM EDT

    ... recently published in the journal Sleep shows a link between depression and sleep in adolescents. Ask your sleep questions in the comments below or via Twitter using the #NewsHourChats and join us for the chat on Twitter from 1 to 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 6. Not on Twitter ...

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    Join NewsHour's State of the Union Twitter watch party

    Jan 27, 2014 04:17 PM EDT

    President Barack Obama delivers his 2014 State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The PBS NewsHour team invites you to watch it with us by participating in our "watch party" on Twitter. What subject do you want the President to address? How well will he address that issue ...

  • Twitter Chat: Ask your internship and volunteer questions

    Twitter Chat: Ask your internship and volunteer questions

    Jan 27, 2014 04:03 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour and use the hashtag#NewsHourChats. Photo By Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images Some high schools require students to volunteer while others just strongly encourage it, and for ...

  • Twitter Chat: What would prompt you to seek alternative medicine?

    Twitter Chat: What would prompt you to seek alternative medicine?

    Jan 22, 2014 08:15 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the #NewsHourChats. Photo by PBS NewsHour staff Poetry is medicine for the soul and maybe also for the body. PBS NewsHour Correspondent Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate ...

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    Twitter Chat: Ask your arthritis questions

    Jan 07, 2014 11:21 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. One of every five adults and 300,000 children suffer from arthritis. The condition of inflamed joints leads to joint pain and stiffness and is the ...

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    Twitter Chat: What's your unemployment or underemployed story?

    Jan 03, 2014 04:05 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the #NewsHourChats. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. Overall, unemployment numbers are declining. A U.S. Labor Department report in November of 2013, put the unemployment rate at 7 ...

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    Twitter Chat: Submit your flame retardant questions

    Dec 31, 2013 02:36 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Flame retardants were added to upholstered furniture and other household products beginning in the mid 1970s to help prevent house fires, but in the decades since questions about ...