For best buds or a big network, money matters

U. VIRGINIA (US) — Is it better to have a few close friends or a wider circle that’s perhaps less deep? Economic circumstances may play a part. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 26, 2012 8:47 - 1 Comment

Follow the food: Safety laws shape global trade

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Nations should carefully consider how establishing or changing their food safety laws could influence global trade, experts caution. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 12, 2012 17:10 - 4 Comments

Would you ‘friend’ Shakespeare?

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new social network tracks major figures in literature, like William Shakespeare and Robert Frost—and the scholars who study them. (more…)

Society & Culture - Sep 29, 2011 14:58 - 0 Comments

Freedom or repression: Twitter goes both ways

PENN STATE (US) — Twitter, Facebook, and text messaging were used both as tools for freedom and as weapons of repression in recent civil strife in Egypt and Kenya. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 31, 2011 11:01 - 0 Comments

Social network tracks amphibians

UC BERKELEY (US) — Citizen scientists can use a new social networking site to help researchers track the decline of amphibians around the globe. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 8, 2011 16:15 - 1 Comment

Women post more photos on Facebook

U. BUFFALO (US) — Women who use image and appearance as a basis for self-worth tend to post more photos of themselves online on social media sites like Facebook. (more…)

Society & Culture - Feb 16, 2011 12:56 - 38 Comments

Whites prefer whites when dating online

UC BERKELEY (US) — The quest for a post-racial society continues, even in the world of online dating, new research shows. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 23, 2010 13:28 - 0 Comments

‘You’ and Bieber top Tweet wishlists

MCGILL U. (CAN) — “You” is, hands down, the No. 1 thing people want for Christmas according to Xmas Tweets, a website that extracts and prioritizes the most up-to-date holiday wishes posted on the social-networking site Twitter. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 9, 2010 16:26 - 1 Comment

Circle of friends is fluid, not solid

U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — We like to form cliques with others of common interests—but those relationships aren’t necessarily as tightly knit as we may like to believe. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 25, 2010 16:59 - 6 Comments

Busted! Astroturf campaign on Twitter

INDIANA U.(US) — The website Truthy.indiana.edu has uncovered one of the most egregious examples of a Twitter-based political astroturfing campaign. (more…)

Society & Culture - Sep 9, 2010 13:48 - 0 Comments

Peer networking: boys vs. girls

MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Although girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys, this difference vanishes by the time children reach the eighth grade, according to a recent study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 21, 2010 12:00 - 13 Comments

Lonely? It all depends on your perception

U. ARIZONA (US)—Hoarding friends on Facebook—or followers on Twitter—won’t do much to stave off loneliness if those relationships lack any kind of strong connection, new research finds. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 1, 2010 13:28 - 0 Comments

Affluent communities cast wider social net

CORNELL (US)—People who phone a diverse group of acquaintances tend to live in more affluent communities and have more socioeconomic opportunities than those who talk primarily to people in their immediate vicinity. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 24, 2010 13:45 - 0 Comments

Other primates can forget a face, too

U. MICHIGAN (US)—Even the most social of animals don’t always recognize individuals they regularly encounter, new research finds, uncovering first known evidence of “missing social knowledge” in non-human primates. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 13, 2010 14:46 - 3 Comments

New math model untangles Facebook

UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—A new technique for examining networks can help identify patterns—and see how connections evolve. (more…)

Society & Culture - May 7, 2010 12:05 - 3 Comments

Who’s the vital link in your social network?

USC (US)—Call them bridging individuals or critical connectors, but in social networks they’re the ones who drive the flow of information from one network to another. Now researchers have figured out a way to identify them. (more…)

Society & Culture - Apr 28, 2010 11:12 - 2 Comments

Is location where it’s at in social networking?

U. PENN (US)—To find the hottest restaurant, bar, or concert venue in town, many young adults are no longer checking in with their friends. They’re “checking in” virtually via Foursquare, a location-based social networking site. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2010 11:17 - 14 Comments

Second opinion: Health blogs viewed skeptically

PENN STATE (US)—Health information written by a doctor is rated as more credible when it appears on a Web site rather than in a blog or an individual’s homepage, according to a study of college students. (more…)

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