Mass Media

New research shows real-time social media data may have been a source of military intelligence for the Kremlin and potentially other governmentsCredit: Courtesy of nyaberku Online discourse by users of social media can provide…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Political polarization among Americans has grown rapidly in the last 40 years -- more than in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or Germany -- a phenomenon possibly due to increased racial division, the rise of…

INFORMS Journal Marketing Science New Study Key Takeaways: The shutdown of 'Google News' in Spain decreased the number of daily visits to Spanish news outlets between 8 and 14 percent. The shutdown decreased online advertising…

Researchers study why people watch computer gamers live Globally, arenas and stadiums that seat tens of thousands of people are filling up for whole weekends with crowds excited to their favourite sports stars sit on chairs and stare at…

Credit: University of Otago New Zealand media reports on chronic pain are focusing on treatments involving opioids and cannabis at the expense of best practice non-drug treatments, researchers have found. Chronic pain, defined…

Big data analysis shows global north, Oceania leading while developing nations get left out LAWRENCE -- As climate change threatens the world, governments and organizations from around the globe have banded together to fight its effects.…

Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03255 Throughout history, people have sought vibrant blue pigments. The Egyptians and Babylonians used lapis lazuli 6,000 years ago. In 1802, a French chemist synthesized…

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Preaching sexual abstinence to youth was popular for a number of decades, but research repeatedly found that such educational messages fell short in their intended goals. Simply telling youth not…

New proof-of-concept project tracks evolving online conversations Researchers at Caltech have demonstrated that machine-learning algorithms can monitor online social media conversations as they evolve, which could one day lead to an…

A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found children ages 10-12 were nearly three times more likely to make healthy eating decisions after watching a television cooking program featuring healthy…