Social media
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
Self-help gurus for the digital age.
Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.
Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
People naturally judge fact from fiction in offline social settings, so why is it so hard online?
Brown noise, the better-known white noise, and even pink noise are all sonic hues.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, “prebunking” can fight fake news.
The media is deliberately pushing your buttons.
What responsibility do social media companies like Twitter have to free speech? It depends on whether they are “landlords” or “publishers.”
Elon Musk’s successful bid to take over Twitter has fragmented the internet along predictably partisan lines. But only time will tell whether this is a good or bad thing.
Moral dilemmas reveal the limitations of ethical principles. Oddly, the most principled belief system might not have any principles at all.
Social media distorts the reality of the public sphere.
Outrage is a useful emotion that helped our ancient ancestors survive. Today, it leaves us feeling angry, tired, powerless, and miserable.
Step one, start with a trial separation.
In “Off the Edge”, journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions.
People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
Our social instincts can lead us to adopt models of desire that might not serve our interests.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
Both journalists have put themselves in danger to shed light on corruption and abuses of power in their home countries.
Once limited in range, mass hysteria can now spread across the globe in an instant.
Technology usually has more pros than cons, but every benefit still carries some risk.
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