Mar 22 Circumventing the Turkish Twitter crackdown By Hari Sreenivasan After the government in Turkey attempted to ban Twitter on Friday, social media savvy youth in the country almost immediately found ways around the block. Continue reading
Mar 21 Turkish PM: 'We'll eradicate Twitter' By Jaywon Choe, Anya van Wagtendonk In a stunning move Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan banned microblogging site Twitter across his country, in an attempt to quiet critics of his administration as it prepares for crucial elections later this month. Erdogan and his political… Continue reading
Mar 20 Twitter chat: What are the biggest threats to U.S. waters and marine life? By News Desk Join PBS NewsHour for a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. Thursday about water, and its impact on your world. Continue reading
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 08 Groups mark International Women's Day on social media By Kayla Ruble, Kristin Miller Organizations, international corporations and celebrities from around the globe marked International Women's Day on social media. Continue reading
Mar 03 Twitter Chat: What do unions have to offer today's workers? By Bridget Shirvell In this week's #NewsHourChats, we'll discuss unions in the United States. Join us on Twitter. Continue reading
Mar 02 Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton's White House By Hari Sreenivasan The online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady… 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 21 Twitter Chat: What are some of the biggest risks for developing cancer? By Bridget Shirvell Join PBS NewsHour, the Mayo Clinic and the American Association of Cancer Research for a Twitter chat on cancer on Feb. 27, from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. Doctors Axel Grothey, Paul Limburg, Sandhya Pruthi, Stephanie Hines along with Psychologist… 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