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When it comes to shaping political beliefs, MIT postdoc Chloe Wittenberg PhD '23 finds video captivates, but might not beat text.

Johns Hopkins group eyes TV reboot to capture the wonder of science Inspired by a landmark Hopkins television show from the '40s and '50s and backed by a JHU Discovery Award, a small team wants to cr

Researchers led by TU Graz unravelled a shift in the way US politicians communicate on social media, which helps explain the proliferation of untrustworthy The international study, published in Nature Human Behaviour , analysed millions of tweets by members of Congress over the last decade.

Media Research In the run-up to elections and referendums, the news media play an important role in shaping public opinion.

A significant portion of organizations appear to look for discrimination-sensitive personal characteristics in the resume during the recruitment and selection process.

For some young scholars, this perspective on the nature of a Ph.D. may diminish the significance of our contributions to the scientific community.

In times of fake news and endless streams of information, it is important that young people learn to critically reflect on what they read or see online.

Social media influencers who censor negative comments risk losing followers to anti-fan communities as they attempt to "re-establish lost intimacies", research from Cardiff University shows. Academics at Cardiff Business School spent five years studying beauty and lifestyle social media influencers, as well as relevant online gossip forums, where anti-fan communities have sprung up.

Professor David Rolph from the Sydney Law School unpacks two key questions from the high-profile defamation trial brought by the decorated Australian soldier.

What potential does environmental data offer for the Digital Humanities? How can digital methods contribute to the analysis of weather and climate in the humanities and media studies? Can they be used

Many young people regularly post photos of themselves with a glass of beer or wine in their hand. But such 'alcohol posts' could lead to more youngsters drinking alcohol.

Researchers from the Computational Social Science Lab at University of Sydney have conducted a Hackathon bringing together 20 Eurovision experts to analyse how fans across the world are engaging on social media for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.

UvA professors Rens Bod, Jeroen de Kloet, Julia Noordegraaf and Frank Lobbezoo have been selected as new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

New research co-authored at UC Berkeley finds that loyal liberal viewers of MSNBC and CNN and conservative devotees of Fox News have a tendency to get locked in to partisan echo chambers.

Abdullahi Tsanni wants to broaden understanding and expand coverage of science research in Africa. As a child growing up in northern Nigeria, Abdullahi Tsanni always knew he had a passion for writing. Some of his earliest memories are trying to read his mother's writings in Arabic and Hausa. It was in secondary school when Tsanni also developed an interest in science.

What impact does watching television or playing video games have on body image satisfaction? Does the physical appearance of the characters in series, films and video games have any effect on the self

New study shows social media content opens new frontiers for sustainability science researchers With more than half of the world's population active on social media networks, user-generated data has proved to be fertile ground for social scientists who study attitudes about the environment and sustainability.

Faszination Forschung "Faszination Forschung" is the science magazine of TUM. It offers fascinating insights into the world of research at our university - twice a year, in German and in English, in print and in PDF. The latest issues of the magazine. "Faszination Forschung" Magazine no. The physics of self-organisation in biology What exactly is a 'good' innovation? We explore the social, political, and ethical dimensions of this question.

The University of is to set up a research center to investigate right-wing extremism. The project is sponsored by the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Gera Nagelhout is, in many respects, not a typical professor. She was the first in her family to attend university, and at the age of 34 was appointed endowed professor of Health and Wellbeing of People with a Lower Socioeconomic Position.