Do smartphones and social media lead to adolescent suicide? Do smartphones and social media lead to adolescent suicide? The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Daniel Romer argues that the tendency to correlate uptick in suicides and social media is not backed by data. Instead, he argues the economic recession may be to blame.
Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness By identifying similar themes across tweets, researchers are uncovering markers that could be used to predict loneliness, something that could lead to depression, heart disease, and dementia.
The culture of coworking spaces The culture of coworking spaces As Penn sociologist David Grazian discovered through hundreds of hours of fieldwork, despite today’s digital work-anywhere economy, having a physical place to conduct business still matters.
This is what it’s like to study social media influencers for a living Penn In the News Fast Company This is what it’s like to study social media influencers for a living Emily Hund of the Annenberg School for Communication discussed her research on the intersection of labor and social media. “Academia is not exempt from the influencer logic,” she said. “You still feel that pressure to self-brand and present yourself online in particular ways. I don’t think any creative worker is exempt from that.” #OldBoysClub: Twitter and gender disparities in health services research #OldBoysClub: Twitter and gender disparities in health services research A JAMA Internal Medicine study of Twitter users find that female health services and policy researchers had considerably less reach and influence on the social media platform than their male counterparts. Brevity is the soul of Twitter Brevity is the soul of Twitter A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that the 280-character limit makes Twitter more civil. Deepfake detector wins PennApps XX Team DeFake: Aarati Srikumar, Daniel Li, George Diwan and Sofiya Lysenko (Image: Penn Engineering) Deepfake detector wins PennApps XX An app designed to detect deepfakes took home the grand prize at PennApps XX, beating nearly 250 tech projects developed over the course of a weekend. When you watch online porn, who is watching you? When you watch online porn, who is watching you? A forthcoming study from the Annenberg School for Communication analyzed over 22,000 pornography websites and found that 93% of them were sending user data to at least one third party. Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emoji usage Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emoji usage While the idea of emojis unifying people across language barriers is enticing, people of different cultures might not use emojis in the same way.
#OldBoysClub: Twitter and gender disparities in health services research #OldBoysClub: Twitter and gender disparities in health services research A JAMA Internal Medicine study of Twitter users find that female health services and policy researchers had considerably less reach and influence on the social media platform than their male counterparts.
Brevity is the soul of Twitter Brevity is the soul of Twitter A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that the 280-character limit makes Twitter more civil.
Deepfake detector wins PennApps XX Team DeFake: Aarati Srikumar, Daniel Li, George Diwan and Sofiya Lysenko (Image: Penn Engineering) Deepfake detector wins PennApps XX An app designed to detect deepfakes took home the grand prize at PennApps XX, beating nearly 250 tech projects developed over the course of a weekend.
When you watch online porn, who is watching you? When you watch online porn, who is watching you? A forthcoming study from the Annenberg School for Communication analyzed over 22,000 pornography websites and found that 93% of them were sending user data to at least one third party.
Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emoji usage Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emoji usage While the idea of emojis unifying people across language barriers is enticing, people of different cultures might not use emojis in the same way.