When it comes to social media, the red flags just keep appearing. Amid debate, experts have found that social media use appears linked to negative mental health impacts among young people. Researchers have noted a rise in depression among young people since about 2012, with use of social media among teens and their amount of time spent online increasing in close proximity. Earlier this […]
The air travel industry is “not quite out of the woods” — but the future could be brighter than the last 20 months, says Paul Griffiths, the chief executive of Dubai Airports. “We have room for optimism that the future, hopefully, is much brighter than the last 20 months,” he told CNBC’s Dan Murphy on Sunday at […]
The wave of coronavirus (COVID-19)-related content has become a high-stakes test for social media platforms’ abilities to fight misinformation. False recommendations about how to avoid contracting the virus or what measures infected people should take to avoid spreading it have the potential to cause more sickness and death from a pandemic that has already taken […]
The city-based Call of Duty League is shifting to a new format amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the league said that upcoming matches will be played online as opposed to large events hosted by cities across North America and Europe. “Call of Duty League has seen firsthand the power of our live events in […]
Gut feel. That’s how ecommerce marketers sometimes gauge the health of their search engine optimization program. SEO contains many gray areas, for sure. But an evaluation requires data, not a hunch. Use these six methods — in order — to determine the health of your SEO program. Analyzing metrics in multiple systems yields the clearest […]
Social Media is no more just about fun, but also about easy access to learning resources and experts from various industries – all cost-effective! Here are 7 ways social media is helping education today. The preceding decade ushered in quite a few prominent changes in technology, namely social media. It began as a concept of […]
WhatsApp is finally releasing the much-anticipated Dark Mode feature to its Android users. Finally! Starting today, the Facebook-owned messaging app is bringing the dark mode feature in its latest Android Beta version 2.20.13. The feature was spotted by WABetaInfo, a blog that tracks WhatsApp developments. If you want to use the feature, all you need to do is […]
2019 has seen a host of gaming laptops come out at various price points. At India Today Tech, I have lived with the fanciest gaming laptops for weeks costing almost as much as a small car, and with the latest entry-level gaming laptops that offer just enough firepower to run the latest bunch of games. […]
We all know how easy it is to create new email addresses and user accounts on certain websites. But social media, or at least Big Social Media, is supposed to be different, with the likes of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter purportedly working around the clock to remove fake users, fake posts and fake engagement. However, […]
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 […]