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Dr Aviv Barnoy (assistant professor in Digitalisation and Business at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication) and his fellow researchers have discovered that clear agreements on how people should share information online can significantly reduce the spread of misinformation. Concerns about misinformation on social media have led platforms and policymakers to experiment with warnings, labels and other countermeasures.

New research from the University of Copenhagen points to a simple yet effective method for combating misinformation on social media: make it slightly harder to share content. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and X have made it incredibly easy to share content with friends and acquaintances through like and share buttons.

A study of the Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper following the Hillsborough disaster has found that the boycott shaped people's perceptions of political parties and made people more left wing. The study focused on the famous and longstanding Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper after it blamed the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium crush on Liverpool F.C. supporters.

Users of editing apps may be perceived as more attractive, but are also seen as less enjoyable to be with, study suggests The use of disclaimer labels on digitally enhanced portraits could have unintended social consequences for their subjects, according to a study by a team of McGill researchers. Researchers at the Laboratory for Attention and Social Cognition used beauty filters on a common social media application to gradually edit a total of 300 images of 60 women (from 0 to 100 per cent, 25 per cent at a time).

Misinformation clouds the memory of both accuser and accused in sexual assault cases, research finds Credit: AtlasComposer/Envato Elements A new study suggests both defendants and complainants are equally prone to memory distortions in sexual assault cases. Challenging long-held assumptions about how memory distortion should be understood in the courtroom, this research delivers compelling evidence that both the accused and the complainant in "he said, she said" cases are equally susceptible to memory errors.

An international research collaboration co-led by Radboud University and IMDEA Networks' researchers discovers a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex bridging persistent identifiers to browsing histories. Native Android apps, such as Facebook or Instagram, silently listen on fixed local ports to receive web tracking data from their web tracking solutions without user consent.

Children who use electronic media more frequently tend to show lower levels of attention, while independent reading is associated with better concentration. These are the findings of a survey of more than 1,000 children conducted as part of the LIFE Child study at Leipzig University's Faculty of Medicine.

Almost all adults consult a medium at least once in the hour before bedtime, according to a study by a UdeM doctoral student. What impact does this have on their sleep? "I wanted to explore media use by a diverse population and its association with sleep variables," sums up Ajar Diushekeeva, a doctoral student in Research and Intervention, Clinical Psychology option, at the Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Antonio Zadra (Department of Psychology) and Santiago Hidalgo (Department of Art History, Cinema and Audiovisual Media).

Social media networks have proved to be fertile ground for the rise of populism, providing a mostly unfettered space for polarising discourse and spread of misinformation. Around the globe, the rise of populism has made political resilience and stability increasingly challenging. Help may come from an unexpected partner: for the first time, researchers in finance and economics are using a combination of models and theories from finance, robotics, economics and natural sciences to quantitatively study the data linked to the increase and pervasiveness of populism in social media.

" Can a marriage without sex be a happy one? " asked an article in the New York Times Magazine last year. Based on 30 married couples who reported on their relationships in interviews, a journalist put forward the thesis that a sexless married life does not necessarily mean that relationship satisfaction suffers - a surprising finding, as it is generally accepted that a fulfilling sex life is an elementary component of a happy relationship.

There is evidence that media reports of individuals who talk about successfully overcoming a suicidal crisis can have a preventive effect on other people in a similar situation. Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna have now been able to show that this effect, also known as "Papageno effect", also applies to posts on Instagram and other social media platforms.

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has carried out a study which shows the desire among Spanish society to have mechanisms in place which ensure the veracity of the news they receive through the media on health issues.

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna, the University of Vienna and the Yale School of Public Health has analysed the way breastfeeding and commercial milk formula are presented in more than 2,500 articles in Austrian print and online media over a period of two decades (2002-2022).

Finding hidden biases in Wikipedia's multilingual content New tool analyzes and addresses cultural disparities across language versions, paving the way for more balanced information Cultural and social biases significantly influence Wikipedia's multilingual content, according to a team of researchers that includes a computer scientist from Johns Hopkins University.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be a weapon of mass disinformation, but a recent report has demonstrated that its impact thus far has been limited Voters in nearly 100 countries - including Taiwan, the US and Senegal - went to the polls this year, and AI was often used during the election campaigns.

When Bloomingdale's opened its first "Bloomie's- store in 2021, it seemed like a natural evolution. After all, loyal customers had affectionately used the nickname for years. But new research suggests this marketing strategy - known as nickname branding - might actually harm brand performance and customer perception.

Librarians are stressed and fear being attacked according to new UCD research examining the impact of protests against inclusive LGBTQ+ library material. In a study funded by the Irish Research Council (now incorporated into Research Ireland), the experiences of Ireland's public library staff forced to deal with reactionary agitation while maintaining their need to serve diverse communities is documented.

Study: negative body image among teens is a global issue. A new study by University of Waterloo researchers found that the majority of young people on social media were dissatisfied with their bodies. Researchers say this is a global issue. Negative body image, or body dissatisfaction, occurs when a person has persistent negative thoughts and feelings about their body and is associated with poor psychological and physical health, especially in young people, according to similar studies.

Attacks against LGBTQI+ communities are increasing in Ireland, according to a new report. When Ireland legalised same-sex marriage in May 2015, it was seen as evidence of a seismic shift in public opinion towards LGBTQIA+ individuals and groups. Nearly a decade on, however, hostilities against these communities has have increased significantly.

Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings from Australia's largest survey of young people. The study found non-binary students who regularly use social media reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction. Meantime, TikTok, Reddit and Twitch users who identified as male or female all'had lower life satisfaction than those who did not use these platforms.