Mass Media

Credit: Laura Thomas-Walter Researchers from Bangor University, University of Kent, Newcastle University and University of Oxford coded the scripts from the four most recent David Attenborough narrated series. They found the Netflix…

The impact on brands and profitability CATONSVILLE, MD, September 13, 2019 -There are more than 60 million business pages on Facebook and that number is from 2017. With those pages come scores of positive and negative posts generated by…

Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materialsCredit: R. Capanna, A. Berlato, and A. Pinato CAMBRIDGE, MA -- With apologies to "Spinal Tap," it appears that black can, indeed, get more…

All individuals are vulnerable to security breaches, identity fraud, system errors, and hacking. But economically disadvantaged individuals who rely exclusively on their mobile phones to access the internet are disproportionately impacted.…

New study by USC researchers shows bots evolving to better mimic humans during elections USC Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI) computer scientist, Emilio Ferrara, has new research indicating that bots or fake accounts enabled by…

A new study examining the relationships among personality, motivation, and internet gaming disorder (IGD) found that predictors of IGD include male gender, neurotic and introverted personality traits, and motivation related to…

Emotion-reading algorithms cannot predict intentions via facial expressions Most algorithms have probably never heard the Eagles' song, "Lyin' Eyes." Otherwise, they'd do a better job of recognizing duplicity. Computers aren't very good…

New study discovers small number of influential users share homogeneous content sometimes associated with state-sponsored propagandaCredit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay WASHINGTON (Sept. 1, 2019)--Despite its portrayal as a network that…

First large-scale analysis of partisan WhatsApp groups during 2018 Brazil presidential electionCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- After Brazil's 2018 presidential election, international political pundits and journalists…

Study one of the first to examine IT switching prowess phenomenon in the 'net generation' with some unexpected resultsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Emails, instant messaging, app notifications, RSS feeds, and a…