Oct 02 Jihadists swap gun photos for cuddly kittens on Twitter By Larisa Epatko Twitter suspended the accounts of hundreds more pro-Islamic State group users this week. And some users have put up a defense -- in the form of a kitten. Continue reading
Aug 26 When it comes to Facebook, we all just want to be popular, study finds By Ruth Tam If you think your Facebook NewsFeed or Twitter timeline is becoming an echo chamber of the same material, you’re right. According to a new Pew Research Center report on the role of social media in civil discourse, Facebook might not… Continue reading
Aug 25 Facebook continues to battle click-bait By Corinne Segal Facebook announced in a blog post today that it would change its algorithm to reduce the amount of click-bait in the News Feed, and improve users' experience. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch How will ALS ice bucket challenge money be spent? By PBS News Hour From George W. Bush to Kermit the Frog, scores of celebrities and thousands of others have posted videos of ice water being dumped over their heads. It’s all to raise money to battle ALS, a disease that destroys nerve cells… Continue watching
Aug 22 Islamic State militant group used less restrictive social network By Charles Pulliam-Moore The Islamic State extremist group began using a social networking website with less restrictions on users after other social media sites, Twitter and YouTube in particular, removed content related to the group. Continue reading
Aug 21 Twitter Chat: Can hashtag activism have real impact? By Nora Daly Hashtag activism is a term coined to describe the use of viral hashtags on social media to raise awareness and foster discussion about specific issues and causes, but can it affect real change?… Continue reading
Aug 20 How has social media adapted to deal with violent terrorist imagery? By Nora Daly The horrifying documentation of James Foley’s tragic death has raised questions about how social media must adapt to deal with violent, terrorist imagery. Continue reading
Aug 15 How has social media changed the way we talk about race and justice? By Nora Daly Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Stacia Brown of ColorLines about the social media response to the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. Continue reading
Aug 14 From Michael Brown to the Central Park Five, race changes how victims are portrayed By Sarah McHaney While the unfolding events in Ferguson, Missouri, continue to disturb observers around the country, the emerging narrative is familiar. Historian Craig Steven Wilder offers his take on how citizens are responding in the streets and on social media, as well… Continue reading
Aug 12 Twitter reports 23 million users are actually ‘bots’ By Charles Pulliam-Moore Twitter has disclosed the number of its users that are actually human as opposed to account-holding, automated programs in its most recent quarterly filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the report, about 23 million -- or 8.5%… Continue reading