Every once in a while, things need to be updated. Your mailing address, your wardrobe, your hairstyle, your media collection. Things get outdated, stale, and irrelevant — it’s just the way of our constantly changing world. Unfortunately, your marketing content is no exception. Over time, what once was an accurate, fresh piece of content becomes, well […]
The Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is all set to launch its much-awaited colour changing V23 series smartphones; Vivo V23 Pro 5G, Vivo V23 5G in India today during the live virtual event. The company says it will be holding a first-of-its-kind interactive launch event for the two smartphones. The event will be streamed live on […]
Supply chain shortages. Public health restrictions. And the meteoric proliferation of delivery apps and take-out dining. These are just a handful of trends driving change and innovation across the Food and Beverage industry, now and in the foreseeable future. For Food and Beverage brands, this rapidly changing and often unpredictable landscape has made already fierce […]
Abstract Social media now complements many parts of our lives. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many other social networking sites allow users to share and interact with online content and to connect with like-minded people. Its strengths – rapid dissemination and amplification of content and the ability to lead informal conversations – make it a powerful […]
Abstract Objective To estimate the changes in life expectancy and years of life lost in 2020 associated with the covid-19 pandemic. Design Time series analysis. Setting 37 upper-middle and high income countries or regions with reliable and complete mortality data. Participants Annual all cause mortality data from the Human Mortality Database for 2005-20, harmonised and disaggregated by age and […]
Video gaming is an extremely popular leisure-time activity with more than two billion users worldwide (Newzoo, 2017). However, the media as well as professionals have underscored the potential dangers of excessive video gaming. With the present research, we aimed to shed light on the relation between video gaming and gamers’ psychological functioning. Questionnaires on personality […]
While many of us enjoy staying connected on social media, excessive use can fuel feelings of anxiety, depression, isolation, and FOMO. Here’s how to modify your habits and improve your mood. The role social media plays in mental health Human beings are social creatures. We need the companionship of others to thrive in life, and […]
When the PS5 and Xbox Series X are released this fall, we may finally see games with visuals that rival the likes of Pixar films like Onward, according to several game developers who recently commented in new advances in ray tracing technology. Speaking to IGN about next-gen development, Night School Studio (Oxenfree, Afterparty) lead developer Bryant Cannon stressed that the biggest differences between […]
As the year 2019 came to close, the Gaming Industry as a whole commanded a very comfortable year-on-year revenue growth of close to 10%. Outliner of this exponential growth of the Gaming Industry was non-other than the Mobile Segment. Mobile Gaming saw revenue growth of more than 10% over the previous year 2018. According to research by […]
The processing and evaluation of news content on social media is influenced by peer-user commentary
Abstract Contemporary news often spreads via social media. This study investigated whether the processing and evaluation of online news content can be influenced by Likes and peer-user comments. An online experiment was designed, using a custom-built website that resembled Facebook, to explore how Likes, positive comments, negative comments, or a combination of positive and negative comments would affect […]