It might seem new, and maybe narcissistic, that people feel the need to share their lives with the world – tweeting about what they had for...
Amidst growing concerns of online harassments in Facebook, which of late has seen a drastic increase, some action from the social media giant was always expected....
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cyprus University of Technology and University College London have conducted the first large-scale measurement of how mainstream and alternative...
About those before and after selfies and public declarations of hitting the gym? New research co-authored by Dr. Sonya A. Grier, professor of marketing in the...
Gone are the days when websites are accessed only through computers. The advancements in technology have given us the convenience of accessing information through smartphones and...
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month — 31 days of reflection brought about by years of suffering, survivorship and study that experts say still needs far more...
Two to three decades ago, advertising in television was the best medium to reach umpteen numbers of viewers to market certain product and services. Now the...
The first time people thought of using computers. Previously called Computer-Assisted Language Instruction and the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), the general concept has its humble roots...
This could be a long and very tedious article. It could be. After all, any communication sent via text message (also called “SMS” or short message...
Code Therapy is a short documentary about how technology is changing the way mental health services are delivered. Mental illness, such as depression, is one of...
Telemedicine is the use of information technology and telecommunication devices to provide a healthcare remotely. It is intended to solve distance barriers, improve access to quality...
Facebook announced that their crisis response tools, including Safety Check, Community Help, and Fundraisers, will be accessible in a new center on Facebook called Crisis Response....
Anyone who works in the social services industry has noticed a growing trend. The number of clients who request that you use “text messages” to reach...
Criticism of Facebook began last week after a news report revealed that the social network enabled advertisers to seek out self-described anti-Semites and other anti-Semitic topics....
For most Americans, protecting free expression means countering threats from government. Private corporations are not usually seen as threatening free speech. But as private technology companies...
Whenever you hear the context of social work in social media, it primarily generates unlikely images of disciplinary hearings and confidentiality breaches. But on the contrary,...
Children and young people under-25 who become victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to enact self-harm and attempt suicide than non-victims. While perpetrators of...
In the future, public health workers could monitor trends on social media to quickly identify a rise of influenza, depression or other health issues in a...
Since social media began with the launch of MySpace (and even the blogosphere and forums before it), people’s real world minds and moods have been affected...
It’s early morning and your alarm has just sounded its daily wake-up chime. Without thinking about it, you reach straight for your phone and scroll through...
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We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing...
The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorder community,...
On May 15, 2020, Rep. Karen Bass, co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, and Rep. Gwen Moore will...
At difficult times like these, Fred Rogers followed his mother’s sage advice: “When I was a boy and I would...