Mar 13 Twitter Chat: Who are the women who have had the biggest impact on society? By Bridget Shirvell March is Women’s History Month and this week during #NewsHourChats we will discuss the contributions of women both past and present and the glass ceilings still left to break. Continue reading
Mar 01 Fighting social media ‘thinspiration’ with messages of self-acceptance By Colleen Shalby Type the terms #thinspiration, #thinspo or #ana into various social media networks, and a disturbing underground world comes into focus. Images of emaciated legs and protruding ribs are flanked by words like "starving for perfection" and drastic tips to drop… Continue reading
Feb 28 Can tweets help curb the spread of HIV? By Geoffrey Lou Guray A new article in the journal Preventive Medicine says researchers might be able to learn more about HIV outbreaks — and even help to prevent them — by coupling location data from certain tweets with location data… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch Messaging monopoly? Why Facebook is willing to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Is WhatsApp really worth the $19 billion price tag? By Colleen Shalby On Wednesday, Facebook acquired messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, a number that left many scratching their heads, including “The End of Big” author Nicco Mele. “The valuation is crazy to me,” Mele said in… Continue reading
Feb 20 Celebrating 10 years of ‘hot’ (or not) Facebook innovations By Colleen Shalby, Frank Bi Of all of Facebook’s most Facebook-y features from the past 10 years, we ask: Which do you “like”?… Continue reading
Feb 20 Study uncovers six basic types of Twitter conversations By Bridget Shirvell The Pew Research Center and the Social Media Research Foundation analyzed thousands of Twitter conversations and found distinct patterns in conversation and social structures. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Closing the digital divide by helping seniors get online It's estimated that about half of Americans over the age of 65 use the Internet. But for the other half, increasing societal dependence on digital technology threatens to leave behind those who don't go online. NewsHour correspondent Mary Jo Brooks… Continue watching
Dec 18 From Bo to Batkid, moments that inspired us on Twitter in 2013 By Colleen Shalby At its best, Twitter connects people and ideas miles, states, even worlds apart. In 2013, 500 million tweets were sent per day. We took a look at some of those moments of inspiration, amusement and wonder. Continue reading
Dec 17 Wish you could edit that tweet? Soon you might be able to. If you've wished you could edit a tweet after posting it, you may soon be in luck. According to journalist Matthew Keys, Twitter is working on an "edit" feature for tweets. While the exact details of the… Continue reading