Jan 12 Watch A look at social media reaction to the 2016 State of the Union By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Shields and Brooks on social responses to State of the Union By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 07 Monitoring how teens behave online is new normal for parents By Laura Santhanam Just as moms and dads tell their children how to behave in real life, parents today also keep tabs on how their kids conduct themselves online. Continue reading
Jan 05 Twitter considers 10,000-character limit By Joshua Barajas A new Twitter feature could let users exceed its current 140-character limit. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 8:54 Why 20,000 Israelis are suing Facebook over Palestinian attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 23 Belgians on lockdown tweet kitten photos: see our 9 picks of the litter By Larisa Epatko When authorities asked the residents not to tweet details about the #BrusselsLockdown in case it would tip off the enemy, people began tweeting cat photos instead. Continue reading
Nov 13 Parisians use #PorteOuverte to offer each other shelter after attacks By Corinne Segal After a series in attacks in Paris left more than 100 people dead Friday, residents rallied around the hashtag #PorteOuverte on Twitter to offer people safe places to stay. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Most teens think they can multitask while getting screen time. They can’t. By PBS News Hour Today's teens and tweens are constantly connecting -- to TV, computers, smartphones and tablets. Kids between 8 and 12 report spending an average of 4.5 hours a day in front of a screen, while teenagers spend more than 6.5 hours… Continue watching
Nov 03 Twitter swaps ‘favorites’ for ‘likes,’ users do not heart decision By Colleen Shalby Twitter has removed their star icon -- meant to allow users to “favorite” a tweet -- and replaced with a heart, or what Twitter is calling a “like.”… Continue reading
Oct 13 While the Democrats debated, the Republicans offered their own responses on Twitter By Jasmine Wright While the Democratic presidential candidates were busy debating, the GOP presidential hopefuls were busy tweeting their reactions and not so subtle disses. Continue reading