May 11 Column: Why Facebook and other social media may fuel new mothers' insecurity By Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, The Conversation Scientists look into how often new parents use social media, why some use it more than others and what the impact might be on new parents’ mental health. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 6:07 Is Facebook taking its impact on society more seriously? By PBS News Hour Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that the company will add 3,000 more workers to monitor live video after problems with hate speech and violence, including murder and suicide. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 5:26 Marines caught sharing photos of female colleagues draw condemnation By PBS News Hour It started with a private Facebook page that had hundreds of explicit photographs of female Marines, accompanied by obscene, degrading comments. Women who have so far been identified said it had been done without their consent. Military officials have launched… Continue watching
Feb 13 Push against Russia's 'disinformation' goes online By Larisa Epatko Two U.S. government-funded news organizations, known for their counter-propaganda efforts during Soviet times, are turning to social media to reach Russian audiences. Continue reading
Jan 26 @POTUS Twitter account appears to be linked to a personal Gmail account By Travis Daub As we put together this report, the account appeared to be upgraded to a higher level of security. Continue reading
Jan 25 Government bites back: Civil servants troll Trump, leak info By Lisa Lerer and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent much of his campaign bashing the federal government, a system he described as awash in "waste fraud and abuse." Now, the bureaucracy is biting back. Continue reading
Jan 16 Can Instagram's new tool really help users who self-harm? By Emily Wishingrad Is social media reporting the future of mental health treatment?… Continue reading
Jan 06 Column: Can librarians help solve the fake news problem? By Donald A. Barclay for The Conversation As a long-time academic librarian, I have spent a good part of my career teaching college students to think critically about information. For me, the recent spate of stories about large segments of the population falling for fake news stories… Continue reading
Jan 02 Column: 10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump By Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media postmortems continue. In particular, the role played by the media and technology industries is coming under heavy scrutiny in the… Continue reading
Dec 28 Fans share mental illness stories #InHonorOfCarrie By Dan Cooney Fisher, the actress, author and screenwriter, was perhaps as well known as an advocate for mental illness as she was for her iconic role as Princess Leia from "Star Wars." In the hours since her death, fans have shared a… Continue reading